Donald Trump gives US military 30 days to prepare anti-ISIS strategy

indianexpress ^

[davikkm]

President Donald Trump today directed US military to develop a “comprehensive strategy” within 30 days to defeat the ISIS, asserting that America must take decisive action against the dreaded terror group. “The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is not the only threat from radical Islamic terrorism that the US faces, but it is among the most vicious and aggressive. It is also attempting to create its own state, which ISIS claims as a ‘caliphate’. But there can be no accommodation or negotiation with it,” Trump said in his executive order. “For those reasons I am directing my administration to develop a comprehensive plan to defeat ISIS,” he said. The plan to be submitted to the President within 30 days calls for a comprehensive strategy to defeat the ISIS and recommend changes to any US rules of engagement and other American policy restrictions that exceed the requirements of international law regarding the use of force against the terror group.

[OKSooner]

Kill them all.

[MotorCityBuck]

The Winning continues.

[blueunicorn6]

Make those admirals and generals earn their pay.

[Spruce]

No more ISIL with a whistling “S”.
The adults are home and have to clean up the mess from the eight year long frat party

[cll]

Easy. “We win, they lose”. Free advice from a retired CWO.

[oh8eleven]

Donald Trump gives US military 30 days to prepare anti-ISIS strategy
Thirty days? Why doesn't the Pentagon have a working plan already completed?
Isn't it their responsibility to have plans ready for all contingencies?

[bigbob]

If I never hear “ISIL” again it will be too soon.

[mylife]

Why is Trump bullying the JV team?

[mylife]

Obama walking away from Iraq was treasonous.
We had that place sewn up

[Liaison]

A strategy is likely to been made as the Joint staff has had a long time to write this OPLAN. The issue is the ROE and what the civilian leadership will allow the military to do in the prosecution of the operation.

[odawg]

“Isn’t it their responsibility to have plans ready for all contingencies?”

They are probably forbidden to do that with “ISIL”. It is racism, bigotry, etc.

[Delta 21]

Quite lterally their days are numbered.

Daesh Daesh Daesh Daesh Daesh Daesh Daesh

[oh8eleven]

Yeah, good point. The contingency plans were probably the responsibility of at least one of the generals that Obama fired.

[Newtoidaho]

Bomb the shit out of them.

[taildragger]

Coming on the heals of the Exec-Order on Immigration "ban" from certain countries has me asking, how are these two E.O's. not linked. You don't want bad actors sneaking in before or during an operation, is this about containment of the threat as the bad actors know it is not if, but a question of when that they are gonna get spanked.

[eyeamok]

Dear President Trump,

Have you ever heard of the “Neutron Bomb”?? No DAMAGE, Everybody Gone in a few seconds.

[Logical me]

President Trump is what a real leader must do. Go President Trump.

[grania]

May we assume from this that there is not and never has been a plan to defeat ISIS?

[LS]

Patton only needed 48 hours to design a campaign in the Battle of the Bulge. Piece of cake.