They plan on destroying ISIS, but they will leave ISIL intact.
Just nuke the place.
Smart move. Tell the enemy your plans.
First impression after reading the headline is that
Obama’s flying alllll over the country (not that he’s not doing it already) to give years-long speeches about fighting IS/ISIS/ISIL.
Come on. It shouldn’t take long to wipe out this Jayvee squad. I’m series.
but I thought Iraq wasn’t so important. The important war was Afghanistan according to Mr. Obama.
I can just hear it; "We will fight them on the fund-raising circuit, we will fight them in Martha's Vineyard, we will fight them on the golf course...we will never fight them to win."
Another storm of BS from the Muslim, illegal alien in the White House.
Kicking the can down the road!
That’s all he’s capable of!
At this point, that question is old....like the GOP.
The question/observation now is the “years” long campaign. ISIS is now more dangerous than Al-queda and “years” long sort of bothers me.
One of the terrorists best tactics is wearing down the resolve of their victims. You know...that whole Stockholm Syndrome thing.
The country is terrorist weary, war on terror weary and this is why we NEED a leader who will make a declaration of war. These politically correct wars, proxy wars etc. really are not protecting us or stopping the enemy.
Is 0bama the man to lead this campaign, clearly not. And in fact he may be counting on this strategy to finally bring down our resolve to protect ourselves. Lord knows his every campaign so far has not been our benefit. When he is replaced ...I will pray and weep for the new President for he/she truly will have more courage than the entire nation. I pray today that there is a leader like this or that God’s hand raises him up from amongst us.
riiiiiiggggghhhhhtttt.....ISIS is his peeps! They both have the same goal...destroy the US.
Because Malaki was so eager to shove the Sunnis out of power he wouldn’t negotiate an agreement for us to stay. So the Sunni tribal leaders who sided with us during the surge turned to ISIS. The Sunni soldiers didn’t want to fight for a Shiite dominated government, so they dropped their guns and went home. At least that’s my armchair take on it.
I knew it.
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Fixed the headline
We trained Iraqi troops once before, yet these troops surrendered in droves to ISIS while the rest ran away. In Afghanistan, we trained their army, too. Many of those guys turned on our forces & murdered their trainers. Does anybody really expect them to fight the Taleban for very long?
So, I see a repeat of these failures in Iraq. Money & effort to train Iraqis will be wasted on the cowards, while being of great value to the islamists. Our advisers will be murdered by their trainees. And 10 years from now the area will be just as chaotic as today.
If we want to stamp out islamic extremism FOR GOOD, we (the West) are gonna have to do it ourselves. Muslims are cowardly & untrustworthy. They will never be our true friends & allies.
Ann Coulter is right: Invade their countries, kill their leaders (especially imams), & convert them to Christianity (or at least ban islam). Islam is the illness, jihad is the symptom.
Because Obama and the democrats wanted to prove GWB WRONG and therefore we have been set back six years, the loss of Iraq and imminent danger within our shores.
“Americans are asking, “How will we fight and win this war?’’
We will direct every resource at our command—every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence, and every necessary weapon of war—to the destruction and to the defeat of the global terror network.
Now, this war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with a decisive liberation of territory and a swift conclusion. It will not look like the air war above Kosovo two years ago, where no ground troops were used and not a single American was lost in combat.
Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes. Americans should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign unlike any other we have ever seen. It may include dramatic strikes visible on TV and covert operations secret even in success.
We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place to place until there is no refuge or no rest.
And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation in every region now has a decision to make: Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.
First step: CLOSE THE BORDERS. STOP THE PC CRAP - CALL OUT ISLAM FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS (it’s NOT a religion).
This sounds like a pretty good plan. Of course, Obama will have to be president for life to carry it out. Any objections? Just step into this voting booth, fitted with showerheads.
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Are they planning on occupying Iraq for the foreseeable future with permanent bases like those found in Germany and South Korea?
Without permanent occupation, the entire region will devolve into a tribal and religious nightmare with plenty of bad actors interested in international mayhem. With permanent basis, they might become worthwhile members of the World community, at least the crazies would be subdued.