I think that's what the U.S. is trying to do and Trump is criticizing Obama on that. He's a "carpet bomb them and let Allah sort them out" kind of guy.
Although it may appear that is what Obama is doing, I don’t think he really is. America’s best interests seem to be the furthest from his socialist mind so he can hide behind “moral” reasons for not going after ISIS with possible collateral damage. The result, as usual with the Left in charge is more people die than would otherwise and the world is a much less safer place. Obama SHOULD be criticized for that.
I don’t agree with reckless and wanton killing but we need to have the resolve to win. We should seek the alternative of least mortality and injury, but within that framework, we need to do do whatever it takes to win.
I think once Trump is in there, he’ll do just that - much like Reagan. Once he fixes our intelligence community (the reason 9-11 got pulled off was an utter failure of verification and use of sound intelligence), I think he’ll use intelligence the way its supposed to be used, the way Reagan used it, to remain aware of imminent threats to America and maybe try to help freedom fighters in totalitarian countries. And if a deadly imminent threat or cause of American deaths are found, then deal with it decisively. Not necessarily an invasion (Bush’s lame Bush Doctrine” after Iraq was DOA - that is not the American way). Reagan would use surgical strikes like what he did with Quadaffy in Libya. Boom. After hitting Quadaffy’s compound with two air-to-ground missiles, we didn’t hear from Quadaffy for awhile.
It depends on the situation. It takes IMO wisdom and prayer to know what to do. That’s what Lincoln did, Eisenhower did, Reagan did, and it’s what Trump’s going to have to do. We should be praying for him.