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Yeah, great plan except it's not his plan. If it was he would have shipped arms/ammunition by the boatloads to those groups (which is what they've been begging for) instead of the cases of MRE's.
What does he expect 'em to do? Toss crackers or chipped beef at ISIS?
You honestly don't keep up, do you? Have you got any idea what the troops Obama has sent back into Iraq are doing? Let me tell you: They're training, arming and equipping the Iraqi army and the Peshmerga.
And that strategy seems to be working really well. They've increased their beheadings, started burning people alive, and have some of our own troops surrounded in Northern Iraq.
With such a sound strategy in place, I can't for the life of me figure out why ISIS, or ISIL, whatever you call them, hasn't just laid down their arms and given up. Probably because we haven't offered them any of those shovel ready jobs yet....so I'm sure the problem will be solved momentarily.
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No, they don't have our troops "surrounded." They're 8 miles away. And, there have been some successes, notably around Mosul and the Mosul dam and inside Syria.
Nobody said it was going to be as easy as just rolling them up. ISIS is a little more sophisticated than that. They've dispersed their forces and guard their electronic footprint carefully. It's not as easy to find them as you seem to think. It will be done in the end, but it's not going to be tomorrow.
The funny thing is, people don't realize that al-Baghdadi's rise to leadership has EVERYTHING to do with Bush policies.
I'll say it again: Of course, the popular thing today is to blame Obama for everything. ISIL's rise has more to do with Bush than any other American. Period.
The funny thing is, people don't realize that al-Baghdadi's rise to leadership has EVERYTHING to do with Bush policies.
I'll say it again: Of course, the popular thing today is to blame Obama for everything. ISIL's rise has more to do with Bush than any other American. Period.
Bush and the House of Saud. But, the Saudi's lost control of it and now want us to bail them out. Any self respecting Bush would be happy to do it because of the tight business and personal relations they have with the Saudi's. Thank goodness Obama doesn't.
And, you can thank Big Oil and fracking for giving Obama the energy independence he needs to tell the Saudi's to get in the fight or deal with the consequences themselves. The Saudi's can't force us to do their bidding anymore by threatening to cut off the oil.
The right is busily trashing Obama over his ISIS strategy, as if he's done absolutely nothing so far. They seem to be all hot to send American troops back into another Middle Eastern war.
But, when you ask how many more American lives are they willing to give up, or how much they're willing to spend, or even more directly, how many of THEIR KIDS they're willing to lose.....it gets awfully quiet.
That's because it a pretty stupid question.
In fact, it's not a question at all is it? No. It's a statement, and a poor one at that.
No one is "willing" to lose their kids. No one at all.
But if things get bad - and they are not bad yet - you won't have to worry. No one will expect you to step up to the plate. We will look for you on the nightly news, though - slobbering and blubbering about all the "brave American heroes that gave so much for"....la-de-da-de-dah.......
That's because it a pretty stupid question.
In fact, it's not a question at all is it? No. It's a statement, and a poor one at that.
No one is "willing" to lose their kids. No one at all.
But if things get bad - and they are not bad yet - you won't have to worry. No one will expect you to step up to the plate. We will look for you on the nightly news, though - slobbering and blubbering about all the "brave American heroes that gave so much for"....la-de-da-de-dah.......
You've apparently mistaken me for that guy in the mirror. I'm 65 years old and did my time in combat when it was my turn. Did you?
The funny thing is, people don't realize that al-Baghdadi's rise to leadership has EVERYTHING to do with Bush policies.
I'll say it again: Of course, the popular thing today is to blame Obama for everything. ISIL's rise has more to do with Bush than any other American. Period.
Obama is in the 7th year of his Presidency and ISIL didn't exist when he took office. WWII was fought and won in less time than Obama has been around.
It's time for Obama to take some responsibility for his administration's policies and stop blaming his predecessors for it's failures.
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