Posted on 01/29/2017 4:24:01 PM PST by Innovative
President Trump wants a "preliminary draft" of a "comprehensive strategy and plans for defeating" the Islamic State on his desk in 30 days.
The president stipulated six criteria in a memorandum Saturday calling for the preliminary plan, which will be prepared by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. The outline calls for a suite of policy proposals, ranging from public diplomacy "to isolate and delegitimize ISIS" to identifying the funding for the plan. But the most critical policy requests, in terms of how they relate to Trump's campaign rhetoric and broader U.S. foreign policy, pertain to the military's rules of engagement and the list of potential partners in the fight against ISIS.
The memorandum makes clear that Trump wants to use more aggressive tactics...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
P2 wants a strategery and tactics within 60 days on how to defeat Islam within 90 days after the plan is complete and kicked off.
isis is zer0’s army. zer0 will not be happy. Thank You God!
Well we can stop funding and training them for a start.
When do I pick up my check?
I'm betting on U.S.+Russia+Syrian Army+Kurds and no Turkey or Iranian interference in Syria. U.S. and Russia for Air Power and Intelligence. Boots on the ground from Syrian Army and the Kurds. The “Good Rebels” need to get out this fight and stay out. Up to them.
Trump Payment Requirements: A diminished Syrian-Iran relationship.
Russian Payment Requirements: That Port that want to hold on to.
Ditto in Iraq. Just substitute the Iraqi Army for the Syrian Army. Add some Iraqi oil into the mix and you will have a deal. Russians just want Syria safe but will surely help in Iraq. But maybe not. Wait and see.
Time will tell.
I don’t want them defeated. I want them made into an example that sends the entire world a huge message. No more Bush/Obama pussified acts.
Overkill.
Start with airport protester rent-a-mobs.
Step One: No longer send them money ,weapons, oil, or food.
>Boots on the ground from Syrian Army and the Kurds.<
Don’t be surprised if Saudi joins the fight. The royal family is deathly afraid of ISIS.
“Please explain why you would not kill each and every one of them in the field”.
Hard to predict whether ISIS will use the next 30-60 days to fortify chosen positions, or to dissolve their forces into many hard to track smaller cells.
If the former strategy is chosen, thought should be given at an early stage for providing civilians with safe escape routes to designated camps. Weather by March-April in that region is tolerable outdoors (frequent sandstorms being the one problem). Get as many potential hostages out of the way at the earliest stage, preferably before anything becomes too obvious about timing and locations.
If the ISIS fighters decide to cut and run before the big force comes after them, then we can expect some sort of long-term series of nuisance terrorist strikes all over the place with ISIS hoping Trump will lose in 2020 and they can return to the field to face less determined opposition.
There is one other thing that needs to be in any long-term plan: parallel plans to crush Al Qaeda and/or any other group that simply takes over the mantle of ISIS. There is no real gain if somebody just reorganizes and leaves a few remnants of an abandoned structure behind to be wiped out, since the new group will start doing what the old group was doing.
Great analysis ... I hope they stay ...
Intercept you are absolutely spot on. We also need to recognize Kurdistan as a nation.
First and foremost, no US boots on the ground. We’ve lost enough young men in needless wars in dirty little hellholes that don’t appreciate the sacrifice. Of course, there are already spec-ops troops in-country and I suppose that can’t be avoided, but any ground escalation beyond current levels should be absolutely out of the question.
Follow the money, prosecute the traitors, and then prison. We all know the names.
Just find out who is funding Isis and cut off the flow. That includes us.
We go — we see — we kill all the moslem Isis bastards. I hope the Russians go. Praise Jesus!!. Let’s start in Raqqa!! We already won in Mosul.Let those chicken sh%t Iraqis take another 4 months over there.No dog in that fight!!
Oh right.
LeMay had it right, If you kill enough of them, they stop fighting.
General Curtis LeMay
Quote from a WWII veteran overhearing someone say that `You can’t bomb an ideology.”:
“The hell you can’t, because we did it. These Muslims are no different than the [Imperial] Japanese. The Japs had their suicide bombers too. And we stopped them. What it takes is the resolve and will to use a level of brutality and violence that your generations can’t stomach. And until you can, this shit won’t stop. It took us on the beaches with bullets, clearing out caves with flame throwers, and men like LeMay burning down their cities, killing people by the tens of thousands. And then it took 2 atom bombs on top of it. Plus we had to bomb the shit out of German cities to get them to quit fighting. But, if that was what it took to win, we were willing to do it. Until you are willing to do the same...well I hope you enjoy this shit, because it ain’t going to stop!” Back then, we had leadership, resolve, resources and determination. Today we’re afraid to hurt people’s feelings....and worry about which bathroom to piss in!!!
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