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To: blueunicorn6

Not sure how they could be more hateful than they already are. What we’re doing is prepping the battle space for the Kurds and other friendly forces.


11 posted on 08/17/2014 10:31:42 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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To: ScottinVA

Yes, I understand the concepts of aerial interdiction and close air support. I’m not convinced that the Obama Administration has a strategic goal in Iraq. Bombing just to show video clips of trucks blowing up is not a strategic goal.
The purpose of killing in war is to achieve a strategic goal as part of a plan to make the other side give up. Look at Libya. What did Obama’s bombing accomplish there? What strategic goal did he have?
Obama has no military experience. He is not prepared to be the American Commander In Chief. As far as I can see, he has made no effort to learn that job. Perhaps we should elect people to the US Presidency who have some experience with the military or at least are willing to learn.
There is a cost to waging war. I haven’t even written about the cost to our military members and their families or the cost to the US Taxpayers.
The harsh reality is that there needs to be a positive Return On Investment if we are going to wage war. Killing people just to have some video to get the press off of Obama’s back is cruel and childish on his part.


16 posted on 08/17/2014 11:34:08 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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