Posted on 11/17/2014 8:05:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Any situation short of the Islamic State obtaining nuclear weapons, and the United States knowing about that, appears to mean that President Obama will not order American ground troops into battle to destroy the terrorist group.
Over the weekend, ISIS beheaded a third American, former Army Ranger turned aid worker Peter Kassig. But a day before that news broke, President Obama outlined an extreme scenario under which he would order troops to fight ISIS on the ground in Iraq and Syria. The president made his remarks at the G20 Summit in Australia Saturday.
Obama says that he would send ground troops into the fight, if ISIS gets its hands on a nuclear weapon.
Obama said, “There are always circumstances, in which the United States might need to deploy US ground troops. If we discovered that ISIL had gotten possession of a nuclear weapon, and we had to run an operation to get it out of their hands, then yes, you can anticipate that not only would Chairman Dempsey recommend me sending U.S. ground troops to get that weapon out of their hands, but I would order it.”
Obama chuckled as he spoke about ISIS obtaining nuclear weapons.
ISIS has beheaded three Americans and two Englishmen. It has murdered thousands of Iraqi and Syrian civilians and military. ISIS has sold women into sex slavery and has destroyed historical monuments and sites. ISIS has also threatened to attack Americans in the United States itself.
Would he wait for proof? such as one exploded in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, DC? and then ISIS took credit to decide? what if it was DC and he happend to be there at the time? would we be depending on biden to make these decisions? We, including our military, are so screwed.
Hate the nukes, not the murdering cult, is the typical passive aggressive communist stance against Israel and US armament.
It is as if he expects and waits for them to get nukes.
Why would we risk troops on ground if they had nukes. The reason we were able to send troops to Iraq for a mass landing is because Sadam did not have nukes yet... smh.
What an idiot. If they get a nuclear weapon it’s a game changer. What good would ground troops do about someone just driving a truck into Baghdad? Or Tel Aviv? Or Jerusalem?
We are being lead by a moron.
Obama is not incompetent, he is America’s enemy! If he is not stopped he will destroy her and most of us,too.
Is it incompetence when it is all going according to his plan?
Barn door....horse....whut?
The clown fool said “a weapon”...what if they get two or more? Everything must be parsed. This nut-case is such a chronic liar and criminal.
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