I’ve heard we have held off bombing their oil operations, due to concerns about environmental damage. So Obama will not allow us to fight this war properly.
The last seven years have shown us all what happens when you put doctrinnaire liberals in charge of our government. I hope this lesson resonates with enough voters next year, when we have to decide whether Hillary should replace Obama.
My armchair general opinion....
Environmental — could be. Or maybe to prevent too much infrastructure damage. Something that the successor to ISIS would have to deal with. Not known who that would or should be.
The problem is identifying who our enemies are in the region — Russia, Syria, Syrian rebels, ISIS, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, etc. Damn. What an mess.
True dat. I might add bombing the oil fields is not the same as firing the wells like Saddam did. All that's needed is to damage the infrastructure (rigs, collecting piping, etc). That wouldn't fire the wells.
Because they don’t want to do anything that will substantially hurt ISIS. Just do enough to ameliorate political opposition, but don’t do anything significant. ISIS are good fighters and, until the Russians came in and upset the apple cart, were on their way to overthrowing Assad (an Administration priority).