Posted on 02/17/2015 4:31:53 AM PST by LeoMcNeil
Charles Martel and the Holy Roman Empire kept the Muslims out of Europe on two separate occasions. Today Europe has all but abandoned its Christian past and has allowed Muslims to come unfettered into their countries. ISIS is busy chopping the heads off of Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya, putting that group on the doorstep of Europe. Meanwhile in Europe has been subjected to one Muslim terrorist attack after another. European Jews don’t have socialists with Hitler sympathies to fear, they have Muslims to fear. A synagogue in Denmark was attacked over the weekend leaving one dead. In the Paris attacks last month, a Jewish grocery store was attacked. Apparently in Paris Jews can’t walk the street without Muslims sneering at them or threatening them.
Meanwhile here in the United States President Obama wants to whine about supposed Christian atrocities over the course of 2,000 years. He’s engaging in a cheap debate tactic, trying to deflect scrutiny of Muslim terrorism by talking about the Crusades, which happened centuries before America was even discovered. Obama displays a fundamental ignorance of history, the Crusades were not fought to destroy Islam but to protect Christians in Jerusalem who were being attacked and murdered by Jihadist Muslims. In its very essence, the Crusades were a defensive war meant to protect Christians. They devolved over time from a noble cause to something less so. However that doesn’t change what the intent of the Crusades was. It also doesn’t change what Muslim terrorism is today.
Despite not wanting to talk about Muslim terrorism, President Obama wants a war authorization against ISIS. After all these years of ISIS threats, the President has finally gotten around to wanting to do something about it. Congress, however, should not grant him any war powers until he can present a clear strategy. Obama created the conditions for the rise of ISIS by leaving Iraq early. He’s aided and abetted ISIS in Syria by threatening to attack Assad. He’s also aided them by supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and by supporting the overthrow of Gaddafi in Libya. Now all of a sudden Obama has determined that ISIS is dangerous so he wants a war authorization. Perhaps the President could explain to Congress and the public why he called ISIS the “jv team” just a year ago. Has Obama suddenly determined ISIS has made varsity?
Obama doesn’t have a clear plan of attack against ISIS. It appears that he has no intention of using ground troops. How in the world does he expect to defeat an organization like ISIS, which controls much of Iraq and other territories, without using ground troops? Right now the President is relying upon Jordan, which appears to be the only nation on the offensive against ISIS. Jordan has a small, relatively unsophisticated military. In fact, most of our allies in the middle east have small, relatively unsophisticated military’s. Obama has historically refused to take the lead on any international military operation. Is his plan for the United States to lead from behind while unsophisticated and small nations lead the way against ISIS? That strikes even casual observers as a recipe for wasted time and money.
ISIS has been on the march trying to create a caliphate ever since Obama abandoned Iraq. They’ve increased the amount of territory they control. Worse, they’ve gained power and prestige in the Muslim world. They’re on the doorstep of Europe, maybe not to conquer but at least to create mayhem and fear. The problem is that the more attacks they pull off in Europe the more desirable they appear to Muslims living in Europe. President Obama has no strategy for dealing with ISIS. He wants a war authorization but he has no plan and no real stated goals. It appears his only desire is to not use ground troops. Congress should refuse his request. Without a clear strategy, American lives and treasure should not be risked. Especially so when our President apparently believes the enemy is the “jv team.” While we have known all along ISIS was anything but the jv team, the administration needs to explain itself. Why should Congress trust Obama with war power against ISIS when he doesn’t even respect their strength?
Lay up to avoid the water hazard and then hit a 5 Iron for the green...
They win, we lose.
Golf?
“Today Europe Socialists have abandoned its Christian past and has allowed Muslims to come unfettered into their countries.”
There - fixed it!
Yeah, I’d say it appears to be: help them any way he can while marginally maintaining the facade of opposition.
“What Is Obama’s ISIS Strategy?” Have ISIS kill as many Christians as possible as revenge for the Crusades.
A plan? Every day Michelle even picks what clothes he’s going to wear. His caddie selects his golf clubs, and his chef picks his menu. His valet selects his shoes. And, so it goes.
He doesn’t know how to make decisons. And, the ones he makes are the wrong ones.
His strategy is to make possible (with American Gov’t Support) for ISIS to gain as much ground; become stronger; recruit millions of terrorists and eventually ensure world wide submission to islam, while he is still POTUS.
Even the most casual of observers of this administration would have to say that is obvious.
Obama’s ISIS strategy is to manipulate other nations and the UN to take care of ISIS...he’s not going to exert himself directly in anything on the International stage where he can’t take a bow for doing so.
To keep it out of the headlines.
We lost. They win.
The only viable strategy for Europe is to expel the Moslems totally. Ditto for America. Of course that is the wrong strategy for a Moslem President of the United States.
I think you nailed the exact strategy Obama has taken.
Germany turned some of the most beautiful churches I ever saw back in the late 50’s into beer halls in the 80’s-to present. The USA has thrown religion down the drain, too. That is why Muslims have come here now. We are easy target now.
This nation has become whimps. We know we must kill every damn one of them.
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