I'm very interested to see what other people think about this?
I remember asking myself a question a while back. What would be the most efficient way to defeat ISIS in battle?
An answer I thought of was lasers. Imagine shooting a small laser into the eyes of an enemy in battle, instantly and permanently blinding them. What can a blind soldier do to you? Pretty much nothing.
You could mount a laser of this type on a small lawnmower sized remote-controlled robotic car. The result being a super cheap, ultra stealth, and ultra precise weapon that works with no collateral damage. Without going into detail, a single laser could be almost totally automated (including targeting) and, presumably, take out a hundred enemy soldiers in less than say a minute.
It doesn't take much energy to fry an eyeball. A formidable weapon.
So why don't we do it? Well, I remember reading that it's against international law to use weapons that permanently blind people. So there goes that great idea! But here is my point...
Why isn't ISIS developing and using such elegant weaponry? They've certainly got the cash flow and I can't believe they wouldn't have thought of it, and yeah right they care about international law. And why aren't they using chemical and biological weapons, and even electromagnetic pulse bombs, etc? All these kinds of brutal weapons are available now, and as technology advances further they will be available even more.
One possibility is simply that terrorist organisations know what the reaction would be if they went down this road. If they present themselves as a truly scary threat, the Western world would presumably stop pussy-footing and in turn do what it takes to annihilate ISIS (and their chums) and fast. And there may in turn be no more mosques that aren't loaded with surveillance, for if they were even allowed to exist at all.
And so, it would probably be game-over for the terrorist's long-range ambitions should they push it too far, and scare us too much. Terrorist organisations might be emotionally disturbed (yes they are) but I presume they will not be completely stupid.
If Islamic extremists want to convert the Western world into Islam, then they must know that they could only do it first by infiltration, and expansion. And never scaring us too much, at least not until they can unleash a hell that the Western world can't contain.
So that is my argument. Watch out for the fundamentalists who take jihad seriously. Study them. Make sure we know who they are and what they're doing. It's not Islamophobia - it's taking due caution. Because in this world of highly accessible technology, even a lone wolf terrorist can do incredible damage. And again this problem can only advance as our technology continues to advance.
And again, if these people are serious about global Islamification, then they would surely be biding their time because there's just no other way they could realistically succeed. The relative power of the West is just too overwhelming, right now.
We need to be sure that we're not breeding a monster. This is a sensible position to take considering Islamic fundamentalists have already infiltrated some non-Muslim nations, and violently converted them to Islam. Correct me if this is wrong, but I'm actually preaching history, and recent history, as much as a concerning potential future.