Posted on 02/27/2017 3:27:46 PM PST by Texas Fossil
A Pentagon-led preliminary plan to defeat Islamic State has been delivered to the White House and U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will brief senior administration officials later on Monday, a Defense Department spokesman told reporters.
Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis told reporters that it was the framework for a broader plan and looked at Islamic State around the world, not just Iraq and Syria.
Davis said the plan would define what defeating Islamic State meant and was one that would rapidly defeat the militant group.
He added that Mattis would discuss the plan, which is primarily a written one with accompanying graphics, with members of the cabinet-level Principals Committee on Monday afternoon.
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This is not a wait and drag it out approach.
I have great confidence in both Trump and Mattis's determination to end ISIS and stabilize the Middle East.
And our SDF allies (Kurd & Arab) are both determined to do their part.
And it is a winning team. Soon it will be get the job done time.
Part of that plan must include a section about taking down Obama and his muslophile moles infesting all levels of government, as they will undermine any effort to take out ISIS.
Certainly this is going to include rules of engagement that allow us to attack the enemy. How refreshing! Unleash the US military and I guarantee a win.
Are leaked versions availabe on the NYT or Wapo?
“Captain Jeff Davis” There goes Trump with the former President of the Confederacy as part of his team. And has the audacity to promote him from lieutenant to captain!
Davis to get an appointment and attend the United States Military Academy (West Point) starting in late 1824.[15] While there, he was placed under house arrest for his role in the Eggnog Riot during Christmas 1826. Cadets smuggled whiskey into the academy to make eggnog, and more than one-third of the cadets were involved in the incident. In June 1828, Davis graduated 23rd in a class of 33.[16]
Following graduation, Second Lieutenant Davis was assigned to the 1st Infantry Regiment and was stationed at Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Michigan Territory. Zachary Taylor, a future president of the United States, had assumed command shortly before Davis arrived in early 1829. In March 1832, Davis returned to Mississippi on furlough, having had no leave since he first arrived at Fort Crawford. He was still in Mississippi during the Black Hawk War but returned to the fort in August. At the conclusion of the war, Colonel Taylor assigned him to escort Black Hawk to prison. Davis made an effort to shield Black Hawk from curiosity seekers, and the chief noted in his autobiography that Davis treated him “with much kindness” and showed empathy for the leader’s situation as a prisoner
The Philippines can thank us later by sending me some lumpia, flan and ten of their finest women.
If it doesn’t include B-52s with bellies full of iron bombs, its no good.
Good, and I DON’T want to know what’s in it and I don’t want anyone else to, either.
When this leaks I’d like to see someone go down for treason.
Will the 9th circuit court approve this? These people have rights.
And no embedded press. Unleash to fight and win a war, not to make people happy here.
I hope i’m wrong, but I bet this will be yet another of our military generals gay little deft moves, leveraging locals with a little of our data and scientific management thrown in and some careful use of precision weapons.
They will fail to note that this is a once in a century chance to do more than destroy them. They are screaming to be an object lesson before the entire world. Their destruction should be so shocking and dramatic that it causes every nation on earth to pause and take note.
The three things needed, and which won’t be done are
1) a shockingly massive, and insulting display of firepower,
2) a closing perimeter to arrest every fleeing war criminal like we did Nazi Germany. Impounding them for months in open air internment pens as we sort through them. Followed by hundreds or thousands of hangings.
3) relinquishing our effort to unseat Assad.
I predict something similar to our northern alliance silliness in Afghanistan, and the ISIS guys fleeing back to Germany, France, the UK, etc to live out their lives in peace.
“And no embedded press.”
You got that right. None, they don’t deserve it. They are not primarily “American” anymore.
Ahead of schedule. Don’t care about the budget. Whatever it takes, make it so.
>Ahead of schedule. Don’t care about the budget. Whatever it takes, make it so.
Indeed.
There is no lack of will to destroy ISIS among Kurds or the Arabs they dominated. Even the Kurdish women are determined that no more women should be treated worse than animals. If you think they will not kill all of ISIS you are wrong.
The Arab community there is also very agitated. There have been more than 1,000 young Arab women join the YPJ. The want to end the cultural slavery they have been imprisoned in.
Are there issues with the dynamics of the local governments? Probably. But the subjection under ISIS is bad enough to fuse them together where it was not possible before.
The best possible outcome? For a total rework of Syria's government structure to accommodate the necessary changes.
I pray daily that will be the outcome. I have a deep attachment for the Syrian Kurds I have come to know in the past 2-1/2 years. Yes, many of them don't have my perspective. But I like and trust them.
“Unleash the US military and I guarantee a win.”
They will be there, but the Kurds and Arabs in SDF will do the work. I assure you they are motivated and determined to do it.
All they need is some heavier weapons, a little instruction, and USAF support.
They will do the job. They are not like us, but they are very good soldiers. They have had that reputation for centuries.
Knowing Mattis, NO.
A solution involving Warthogs and carpet bombing would be a good start.
Enough of the boots on the ground.... steel from the air makes more sense.
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