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Top general: 50,000-troop coalition needed in order to crush ISIS
fox news ^ | 4/13/16 | Catherine Herridge

Posted on 04/13/2016 4:38:07 PM PDT by Nachum

It will take a coalition of 50,000 troops on the ground to defeat the Islamic State, according to the former army chief of staff who spent more than four years serving in Iraq and who is credited, along with retired General David Petraeus, with being the architect of the successful 2007 troop surge there. "Probably around 50,000," said Gen. Raymond T. Odierno during a panel discussion moderated by Fox News for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Odierno, who received the George P. Shultz award for distinguished service, emphasized the 50,000 would not all be U.S. troops, but the coalition would need

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To: Nachum

cool. Draft every member of Congress’s and every state legislature member’s kids to fight first.


21 posted on 04/13/2016 5:41:27 PM PDT by blueplum (March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?)
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To: Nachum

Sure. We’ll supply 49,000 and the 1,000 Europeans will defect.


22 posted on 04/13/2016 5:41:47 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Don't call them Daesh OR ISIS or ISIL, they are always "ISLAMIC State.")
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To: blueplum

+1


23 posted on 04/13/2016 5:42:35 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: dennisw

Good idea and let the Saudis pay for it.


24 posted on 04/13/2016 5:47:25 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Black Agnes

Reform the Devils Brigade. All convicts-volunteers. Send them there to do what they do best. Reward them when the job is done. How? Dunno. Guess they’ll have to keep fighting.


25 posted on 04/13/2016 5:56:21 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Nachum

Change the rules of engagement back to what they were at least immediately post 9/11 and you’ll need considerably less troops and with lower cost of life.


26 posted on 04/13/2016 6:51:44 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Nachum

Gee, that has a familiar ring to it... when have I heard that before?

Oh, I remember - August, 1964.


27 posted on 04/13/2016 7:28:46 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (uff said.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Exactly, because the problem is not ISIS, it’s Islam and the enemy is in our country and increasing in numbers. It is absurd to have US troops in the Middle East fighting for whatever Muslim sect is pretending to be our pals at the moment when Islam is establishing a foothold here.

Islam is incompatible with freedom and should be banned in civilized countries. Put US troops on our borders, deport Muslims, and let them kill each other over there to their heart’s content. Get as many Christians out of there as we can.

Institute a “pet the pig” requirement to board a plane or enter the US. Problem largely solved.


28 posted on 04/13/2016 7:46:52 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Nachum

Massive B-52 strikes and target every mosque. Save the big nuke for Mecca


29 posted on 04/13/2016 8:36:31 PM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: Nachum

Never happen. Coalition allies have deemed it easier to allow mass immigration and capitulation than to actually kill the cancer..


30 posted on 04/14/2016 7:15:03 AM PDT by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe)
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To: dennisw

They ARE faggy, aren’t they..


31 posted on 04/14/2016 7:21:58 AM PDT by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe)
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To: dennisw

“Bring in 20,000 Chechnyan guns for hire from Russia. They love to fight. They will terrorize those faggy ISIS amateurs. They will waste them”

Obama will commit to 500. Just enough to get them all killed.


32 posted on 04/14/2016 8:02:25 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: blueplum; Nachum; All

” Draft every member of Congress’s and every state legislature member’s kids to fight first.”

Post of the DAY!


33 posted on 04/14/2016 8:03:44 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Nachum
FU Odiorno. I know, it's tough when you're a civilian, and you don't hear "Yes Sir, No Sir" hundreds of times a day.

My mess hall was the location of a monthly breakfast get together of retired colonels and generals. Damn, they were a drama queens, expecting to be waited on hand and foot, treated like royalty.

34 posted on 04/14/2016 8:08:11 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
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