[TomasUSMC]

Soooo...the Iranians are helping the Iraqis kill ISIS. The Saudis are helping ISIS. The Turks are helping ISIS. The Russians don’t like the Turks. The Jordanians are fighting ISIS.

I SAY...tell the Israelis to consider all the help we have given then and take care of this shiite....because if we get in there ....instantly they will all start killing U.S. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO KILL THEM ALL.......hummm.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

The Saudis are helping ISIS.

One more reason.

As I've maintained in the past; on 9/12/2001, we should have blown the Sowdies off the map.

[elhombrelibre]

Our footprint is pretty small, really. I think the locals with our support will suffice. Our support from the air, Intel, logistics, and forward observers is pretty substantial. Then, when ISIS is defeated, we'll see if the Iraqis can work on a decent SOFA agreement with the our country.

They're going to need US trainers, US Intel, US logistics, and the US assistance with rebuilding Iraq. Someone will end up making a lot of money putting it back together. There is no way to know if they'll accept our goodwill. As for Syria, if Assad ends up with it, then Russia can pay that bill. I know a lot of the posters here want Putin to have an empire, warm water ports, a flank on NATO, etc. He'll have it thanks to Obama's failures.