Posted on 09/16/2014 9:26:00 AM PDT by Kaslin
Testifying on Capitol Hill Tuesday in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey said that although "we're not there yet," the United States may eventually need to deploy U.S. ground troops to fight ISIS if a coalition and airstrikes fail to get the job done against the terror army.
“My view at this point is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward. I believe that will prove true but if it fails to be true and if there are threats to the United States then I of course would go back to the President and make a recommendation that we include the use of U.S. military ground forces. To be clear, if we reach the point where I believe our advisers should accompany Iraqi troops on attacks against specific ISIL targets, I will recommend that to the president," Dempsey said.
Gen. Martin Dempsey: US May Send in Ground Troops to Fight ISIS
President Obama has been adamant about keeping U.S. combat troops from re-engaging in conflict in Iraq. Currently 1600 U.S. troops and military personnel are stationed in Iraq as advisors to local forces. Last week in a speech to the nation, Obama said he was sending nearly 500 more advisors to the region.
Thanks to Jim Hoft for the video.
That guy's a fag!
“Will this upset General Dempsey’s plan for integrating transgender troops into our military? We need to keep our priorities straight. “
maybe the plan all along was for stilettos on the ground...
If they have U.S. passports then what will our being there do to keep them from returning here?
There is no doubt it will fail and we’ll have boots on the ground and more of our loved ones will die for nothing.
It looks like it is not designed to succeed. Just going through the motions, with that.
Plan “B” is actually plan “A”
Same here.
We need to defend OUR borders and let the rags defend theirs.
Bomb the goat herders is okay by me using SF on the ground as needed for lazing but to put in forces to clear towns, I say no. Level the towns and all occupants from the air and sea.
Oh, we may kill innocents or moderates??? BS, drop leaflets directly followed by MOABS.
These generals that surround Obama are the queers lovers that Obama hand picked to turn the military rainbow. They will never fight a war to win. We cannot support sending our boys and girls to die on the ground for these asswipes.
We left a vacuum and now Westerners are being beheaded
To bad to sad. These people should have gotten the hell out. Why are they over there trying to soothe the satanic hearts of a cult that wants to cut your head off?
I do not understand these bleeding heart people that put themselves in these positions in the first place. I am not going to say they deserve it but dang sometimes you have to have some common sense about yourself.
Doncha just love to hear a guy planning for failure?
If they get Baghdad and the continued oil revenue they are getting now they get that much more power.
>>I can forgive those who voted for that arrogant pos in 2008. But I will never forgive those who voted in to reelect him in 2012.<<
Amen!
I’m non fan of Obama but that seems to have been our plan for a long time.
Yes, what the hell has happened to our gene pool?
Then THEY need to plan for that ... not sit around waiting for the USA to do something. That’s my point.
I don’t agree. There would be the same outcome no matter when we leave ... same thing is going to happen in Afghanistan.
Are we to stay there for 50-100 years?
Because 100 years from now it will be NO DIFFERENT.
It has been like this in Islamic countries (and the countries and other cultures they interact with) for over 600 years. We are not going to change behavior in these places no matter how long we stay.
So OK we can say we should have stayed a bit longer ... but I truly do not believe that it would have made one bit of difference.
Tell you what ... Why don’t we poll military who have served in these regions (not the top brass) and see what they think? I would be willing to bet that the vast majority agree with me. I know many personally who say the same thing.
Same thing was said about Turkey before WW1. Then they lost and modernization has taken place. Notice Turkey much in the headlines these days? No. That's because they lost and we won. If the West had not taken action and the young turks had won the day the world would now look much different.
Turkey is supporting ISIS
WW1 changed the face of many Moslem nations. It can be done.
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