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Joint Chiefs chairman says ISIS not a direct threat to US, won't recommend Syria strikes yet
Fox News ^ | 8/25/14

Posted on 08/25/2014 5:43:48 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has said that he would not recommend U.S. military airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria until he determines that they have become a direct threat to the U.S.

Gen. Martin Dempsey, speaking to reporters on board a military plane traveling to Afghanistan, said Sunday that he believes the Sunni insurgent group formerly known as ISIS is more of a regional threat and is not currently plotting or planning attacks against the U.S. or Europe.

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KEYWORDS: election2012; iraq; islam; islamicstate; jayvee; leadingfrombehind; obama; obamacult; ostriches; september10; terrorists
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To: CAluvdubya

Dempsey has been a coward ever since he got the job from Obama and his traitorous advisors.

He is no longer allowed to call himself a “Marine”. He’s a foo, gutless and a disgrace to the service. My Marine friends were and are still fighters, despite their age.


41 posted on 08/25/2014 6:03:21 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Dempsey isn't and wasn't a Marine. He's an Army General, but otherwise, everything you said is spot on.
42 posted on 08/25/2014 8:27:36 PM PDT by PVT4evr ((Operation Iraqi Freedom 2007-2008, 2009-2010 3rd Infantry, 2010 2nd Infantry))
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