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Obama rules out putting U.S. troops on the ground to fight Islamic State
Reuters ^ | November 16, 2015

Posted on 11/16/2015 7:29:47 AM PST by maggief

EXCERPT

"There will be an intensification of the strategy that we put forward but the strategy they we put forward is the strategy that ultimately is going to work," Obama told reporters at a news conference at the close of a Group of 20 summit.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: assad; bombtheshitoutofthem; bootsontheground; daesh; deport; dhimmitude; iran; isil; isis; islam; islamicstate; islamisextreme; jihadists; murderingterrorists; muslims; obama; putin; redlines; resetbutton; rop; syria; terrorists; truemuslims; trump; trumpwasright; worldwar3
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To: maggief

1. He’s a Muslim sympathizer and will do as little as possible.

2. His ROE are so dangerous that’s just as well.


21 posted on 11/16/2015 7:37:29 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Life is good.)
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To: TigerClaws
He'll forever be defined by ISIS once it does.


22 posted on 11/16/2015 7:39:16 AM PST by frankenMonkey
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To: The_Reader_David

I agree. Assad is a genocidal thug. But it’s exactly what that place needs to keep terrorists in line.


23 posted on 11/16/2015 7:43:44 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: maggief

The basic requirement is to want to beat ISIS and that is what is missing in Washington.


24 posted on 11/16/2015 7:44:38 AM PST by armydawg505
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To: maggief
He's going to send these guys

25 posted on 11/16/2015 7:48:37 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: maggief

NBC Nightly News @NBCNightlyNews 9m9 minutes ago

On calls by some in US to refuse entrance to Syrian refugees, Pres. Obama says, “We do not have religious tests for our compassion.”


26 posted on 11/16/2015 7:50:23 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Good.
We need boots on the ground to defend us at home.
We have no “side” over there and we don’t even know who is who (and even if we did we’d most likely back the wrong side .... see NY Times article posted recently).


27 posted on 11/16/2015 7:52:20 AM PST by Lorianne
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To: TigerClaws

Obama will more than likely put our troops in harm’s way fighting for the WRONG SIDE ... assuming there is even a right side over there, which I seriously doubt.


28 posted on 11/16/2015 7:53:51 AM PST by Lorianne
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To: maggief

Syrian is a nationality, not a religion


29 posted on 11/16/2015 7:55:01 AM PST by Lorianne
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To: maggief

Who would trust this islamist SOB with anything, least of all commanding our forces against his brethren?


30 posted on 11/16/2015 7:56:46 AM PST by onedoug
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To: maggief

Obama will send a strongly worded letter to ISIS instead.


31 posted on 11/16/2015 7:58:07 AM PST by Mich Patriot ("The problem with quotes found on the Internet is they are often not true." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Ugh, thanks for that.


32 posted on 11/16/2015 7:58:43 AM PST by Mich Patriot ("The problem with quotes found on the Internet is they are often not true." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: skeeter

Agreed.


33 posted on 11/16/2015 8:00:26 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: maggief
And who are we going blame if there is a successful attack here in the US? Obama first, terrorists second. “Obama knew and did nothing and he is the commander in chief” will be the mantra. Sorry. It is a tough job being president.
34 posted on 11/16/2015 8:03:31 AM PST by dhs12345
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To: maggief

I don’t necessarily want our soldiers but I do want the US to give giving one dime or bullet to any middle eastern country or group.


35 posted on 11/16/2015 8:04:47 AM PST by circlecity
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To: circlecity

In other words, he is putting troops on the ground and when it is reported that we do in fact have troops on the ground, Obama can blame George Bush and these are “residual” troops.


36 posted on 11/16/2015 8:19:04 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Time for a global crusades. If we do not act, this is only the beginning.)
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To: maggief
There will be an intensification of the strategy that we put forward but the strategy they we put forward is the strategy that ultimately is going to work,""""".....

The BASTARD says the above. I suspect that strategy they put forward is not talking about fighting ISSA. That strategy he speaks of is his newly imported ARMY to contain and punish the American People into obedience, or kill those that reject.

Remember Obama really does tell us what he is doing to do, always. We just have not been keen enough to decipher the meaning. After 7 year we're finally catching on. TOO late.

37 posted on 11/16/2015 8:29:36 AM PST by annieokie
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To: JPG
What I saw was COMPLETE ARROGANCE on that little bastards face. He was thinking HOW dare you question me, that's all I saw.

Do I sense that the MEDIA is about to turn on him? They too have to fear what will happen near them as well as us little peons.

38 posted on 11/16/2015 8:32:39 AM PST by annieokie
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To: maggief

https://www.rt.com/usa/322322-obama-isis-attack-west/

“If there’s a good idea out there, then we’re going to do it,” Obama said. “I don’t think I’ve shown a hesitation to act.”

If “folks want to pop off and have opinions about what they think they would do, present a specific plan,” he added.

The president indirectly rebuked Ben Carson, the Republican frontrunner, for a comment last week in which the former neurosurgeon said that he had better intelligence on the ground in Syria than the White House does.

“If they think somehow that their advisers are better than my joint chiefs of staff or my generals on the ground, I want to meet them. And we can have that debate,” Obama said.

He also took a jab at Donald Trump, another GOP candidate.

“What I’m not interested in doing is posing or pursuing some notion of American leadership or America winning or whatever other slogans they come up with that has no relationship to what is actually going to work to protect the American people and to protect the people in the region who are getting killed and to protect our allies and people like France,” Obama said. “I’m too busy for that.”

He also took Republicans to task for their calls to slam the door shut on Syrian refugees fleeing the violence wrought by IS in their home country, saying that “would be a betrayal of our values.” Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who is also running for president, has said that the US should bar Muslim refugees from Syria from entering the country, while still welcoming Christian refugees.

“That’s shameful, that’s not American, that’s not who we are. We don’t have religious tests to our compassion,” Obama responded on Monday. “Our nations can welcome refugees who are desperately seeking safety and ensure our own safety. We can and must do both.”


39 posted on 11/16/2015 8:33:22 AM PST by maggief
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I, like 99% of all Americans, am willing to put whatever color ribbon on my car that is necessary to defeat ISIS in Syria.


40 posted on 11/16/2015 8:53:18 AM PST by Wolfie
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