The opposite of shock and awe.
Shouldn't disclose such things.
This is reassuring in a way, but I wish he would please keep his mouth shut about exact numbers of troops and time parameters of the operation. The President already telegraphs our every move as it is. The things he should be more forthcoming about (Fast&Furious,Bengazi,IRSscandal,MuslimBrotherhood,5for1terroristgivebacks,WetBackDumping) Obama keeps us out of the loop completely.
5000 candidates for capture and beheadings
We have hundreds there already, been there since last summer.
“He said that even if America is successful...”
It won’t be. It’ll only further weaken American’s defense establishment and troop morale, which will be needed to fight more conventional wars soon enough.
The First Moslem does not even use the name ISIS.
There is no named Enemy, except the Tea Party,
conservatives, whites, Christians and Jews.
No. Not one boot on the ground. Defend our borders and let the stinking Saudis clean this mess up on its own time, blood and dime.
And LBJ thought it was a brilliant idea to announce the Navy’s first Post Golf of Tonkin fiasco air strikes against Hanoi. While our aircraft were still en route!
Which resulted in the very first American POW of the Vietnam War. Lt. Everett Alvarez, Jr. USN.
Personally, I don’t believe we have 5,000 operators. Covert or otherwise, who could pass for locals. Let alone gain information and intelligence on a long or short term basis.
The political manure, just keeps flowing.