[AlaskaErik]

This air campaign was just an election year gimmick to make it appear as if he was doing something. Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows this is pure political theater.

[Verginius Rufus]

The airstrikes are definitely just a gimmick before the election. There was a general on FNC the other day (McInerny?) who said they should be having 1000 sorties a day instead of 5 if they were serious about stopping ISIS.

Obama's strategy is not a failure if his goal is to see to it that the jihadists win. There is nothing in his record to suggest that he doesn't want that.

Anyway, if all of Iraq falls under ISIS apart perhaps from a few areas under the Kurds or Iranian-backed Shi'ites, the Democrats will be able to use it as a campaign issue in 2016: it's all because Bush removed Saddam Hussein from power. If the sheeple were willing to blame the poor economy in 2012 on Bush, they'll be willing to blame the disasters of Obama's foreign policy on Bush.

[21twelve]

One day I think they only did seven air strikes one day. With 4 confirmed fighters dead.