Posted on 10/03/2015 10:42:41 AM PDT by amorphous
One question that’s been asked repeatedly over the past thirteen months is why Washington has been unable to achieve the Pentagon’s stated goal of “degrading and defeating” ISIS despite the fact that the “battle” pits the most advanced air force on the planet against what amounts to a ragtag band of militants running around the desert in basketball shoes.
Those of a skeptical persuasion have been inclined to suggest that perhaps the US isn’t fully committed to the fight. Explanations for that suggestion range from the mainstream (the White House is loathe to get the US into another Mid-East war) to the “conspiratorial” (the CIA created ISIS and thus doesn’t want to destroy the group due to its value as a strategic asset).
The implication in all of this is that a modern army that was truly determined to destroy the group could likely do so in a matter of months if not weeks and so once Russia began flying sorties from Latakia, the world was anxious to see just how long the various rebel groups operating in Syria could hold up under bombardment by the Russian air force.
The answer, apparently, is “less than a week.”
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It must be nice to be able to take on the bad guys without a bunch of buffoon politicians and “lawyers” in the District of Corruption handcuffing your military.
The adults are now in charge.
I hope so. If it works in Syria, I’d hope the US would do the same thing to those terrorist rebels in Ukraine.
Russia, just doing the job that Americans don’t want to do.
so what is really going on here? Putin is trying to destroy ISIS??? He’s taking action where we won’t???
So, they are deserting (i.e., melting into the civilian populace)...no prob, they’ll be back next week. This is why the Rooskies will pound the general area into oblivion. They’ve seen that trick before. So have we, but we don’t learn.
I thought ISIS was JV?
We could have done this but it would have been
you know disproportional...
Putin loves and has killed for his country. Something I admire in a _resident.
If the CIA created ISIS, what was the purpose. I haven’t found the answer to this question.
The optics wouldn’t have been great.
Hey, Obola, Vlad says you’re next.
Another “neat idea” like Operation Gladio, Fast and Furious, etc..
I don't think so, at least not any general population which had to deal with being burned alive, raped, beheaded, and cruxifiction. More likely they will out those attempting to hide among them.
Embarrassing the Obamanation and kicking ISIS’s ass is not a bad week.
Fiorina: Ok, so Obama ceded control of the Middle East to Russia. My solution is that we have to be prepared to use force!
Hillary: Duh!
Remember, facts don’t matter to Putin. What he can present to his subjects as victory and strength is all that matters.
A whole lot of conservatives now owe Ron Paul an apology.
...to create a wave of “refugees” to invade Europe.
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