The Obamization of the Military, Pt. 243

American Thinker ^ | 11/19/15 | J.R. Dunn

[markomalley]

It appears that the New Military is using the campaign against ISIS as an opportunity to rewrite the rules of war – and not in favor of the West.

According to Bridget Johnson of PJ Media, actions taken by U.S. forces in the wake of the Paris massacre include an effort to interdict ISIS oil tanker traffic. U.S. aerial assets carried this out by bombarding the trucks with leaflets warning drivers that an air strike would follow within forty-five minutes. What followed was, evidently, not air strikes at all but low-level buzzing by U.S. Navy fighter-bombers. (Consider for a minute what the pilots must have thought.)

It’s difficult to know what’s more astonishing about this – the fact that it’s taken over a year for the Central Command to move against ISIS’s major source of revenue, or the delight that military spokesmen have taken in this ineffectual, empty operation.

You see, the important thing isn’t hurting ISIS. No -- the important thing is not hurting civilians. This is how it was put by Col. Steve Warren, in a passage of pure Obamese that would be hard to beat by the master himself:

"So we had to go through that whole process of one, determining whether or not we felt it was in our best interest to strike these trucks. And then once we determined that, yes, it is in our interest to strike these trucks, how do we go about ensuring that we're able to mitigate the potential of civilian casualties? And these things take time,"

Uh-huh. Memo to Col. Warren, Central Command, and the Pentagon: they’re all civilians…

[MrMarbles]

The Obama legacy is going to be a whopper, unless of course it’s written totally inaccurately.

[Brad from Tennessee]

One unique weapon in the U.S. arsenal has been deployed by Obama, John Kerry and some Pentagon bigwigs. They publicly utter the word “Daesh” to identify ISIS. Daesh is supposed to have a negative second meaning considered by ISIS members to be an insult. If this tactic works they should ramp it up with Camel Jockey, Towel Head, Goat Boy and Sand Monkey.

[gartrell bibberts]

IF we can get a Republican elected who has some spine, there needs to be a purge of the military like nothing we’ve ever seen before.

[Tucker39]

Sticks and stones are too brutal. Let’s call ISIS names. That’s our new ROE for the ME. Only democRATS could come up with that, and keep a straight face.

Say what you will about Michael Savage, he’s right in the center of the bullseye on this statement: “Liberalism is a mental disorder.”

[jonly]

OH! there are PLENTY of spin doc’s that think he is wonderful-l—of b..u..nk? wish I could be around to set some people right!look at what is being taught about our history now..’bama will be st.TWERP

[jonly]

isis does not deserve to be written in cap’s... just little tiny letter’s or not at all.. we think

[jonly]

HMMM leaflet’s, we tried that in ‘nam,didn’t work there. try a daisy cutter,now that gets attention...FAST!! WWII< sometimes looking out for civilian’s destroys the whole idea of stopping something,casualty’s are part of any fight against terror,hell they don’t care WHO THEY KILL!!! time for strong response,enough of ‘bamy’s “IT TAKES TIME”. time has run out for isis..........................

[Theoria]

The legacy will be the failure of Congress failing to hold a President accountable, they are all co-conspirators.

[Brad from Tennessee]

[. . .enough of ‘bamy’s “IT TAKES TIME”. time has run out for isis..]

Right. When Obama says “it will take years” to destroy ISIS he’s telling the enemy that the U.S. is not an immediate threat. The U.S. ran the Iraqi army out of Kuwait in a matter of weeks. If the White House and the Pentagon had chosen to do so, they could have killed off the entire invading force.