Posted on 08/20/2014 2:17:23 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
U.S. fighter jets and drones stepped up attacks on Islamic State targets in Iraq and the Obama administration was weighing sending more boots on the ground -- even as the group released a graphic video showing the beheading of American journalist James Foley.
A senior U.S. official also told Fox News that military planners are weighing the possibility of sending more American forces to Iraq mainly to provide additional security “in and around Baghdad,” at the request of the State Department.
The official said the Pentagon is seriously considering sending fewer than 300 personnel, but there has been no final decision yet.
The developments come as U.S. intelligence analysts confirmed the authenticity of the execution video.
Military analysts and U.S. lawmakers say the execution should be a wake-up call to the need to dismantle the militant organization.
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Obama never ever heard of Vietnam ,few troops here and a few troops there and then boom 10’s of thousands
Simple all that ISIS has to do is move its important people to Syria and shazam a safety zone for jihadis because in Syrian jihadis become good jihadis. Our whole elite is a complete joke.
The last thing I want to hear Obama say is "Heads are going to roll."
Leave it to Obozo to try half-assed measures to do what is needed to do.
Wake me when the Pentagon mulls sending 30,000...
Of course he didn’t care when it was just Christians and Children having their heads cut off.
Any other president would be in a war room somewhere planning drone attacks or more.
A lesson learned.... maybe?
Follow the Kurds’ example: they will not fight against women as they cannot go to paradise.
Did you notice that in his statement, the first people he mentioned being slaughtered by ISIS were Muslims, Christians were mention last.
Oh, they will alright.
Slap on wrists only gets more killed, faster.
Cluster Bombs, Fuel Air Bombs, A-10’s, AC 130’s, then a nice carpet of Napalm should make this problem a little easier to deal with.
No?
Oh, that's right.
We have to get our priorities right.
The 35.4 Percent: 109,631,000 on Welfare
So we will ramp up bombing for one Jihad journalist, but we don’t give a damn about thousands of Christians.
Got it.
the land of which you speak is ISIL and contains bonefide targets
We are going to have to allow for some more collateral damage to clean this mess up.
We can’t fight IS only in pockets. There has to be a collective, collaborative and active effort. So Obama needs to sit down, talk to Assad in Syria, draw up an action plan then implement. Otherwise & obviously IS will return to Syria as they’re doing, regroup and do more damage.
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