Posted on 05/31/2015 8:21:21 AM PDT by jimbo123
Republican Jeb Bush, calling President Barack Obama's handling of the Islamic State a failure, said the United States should embed some U.S. troops with Iraqi forces to train them and identify targets.
The expected Republican presidential candidate, in an interview to be aired Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation," said he was not calling for U.S. combat forces to be deployed in Iraq, in what would be a return to the war policy run by his brother, former President George W. Bush.
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"We need to embed American troops, as we've done successfully in the past, to help train them, to identify targets, to do what we do really well," he said.
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Not one more DIME or DROP of American Blood wasted on those stone age goat fockers. Train them all you want - when the rubber meets the road - THEY RUN AWAY and turn over their (OUR!) weapons to the enemy!
No. Absolutely not.
I’d rather arm and train the Kurds along with those who fight at their side.
Exactly!
You said it. The central government in Iraq is a lost cause.
Ally with the Kurds and arm them.
No. Absolutely not.
MEGA dittos!
Just keep Diggin, Jebby.
I don’t see jebs fat ass going over to the sand box
Can we embed Jebster with the Iraqi’s?
We don’t understand the culture... we can ‘train’ until hell freezes over and they’ll still cut and run. Someone - NOT A LIBERAL ELITE OR A CONSERVATIVE ELITE needs to put some thought into this mess... and attempt to understand the cultural incentives of Islam.
How many decades of training do these tribal arabs need? It should be obvious by now we are wasting our time, money and manpower......
So far, this is an Arab/Persian fight. Crazy Nazi against Crazy Nazi.
If there ARE sane people in the regions in question(yeah, maybe Kurds) we need to arm and train them to survive.
Several governments in the region will not make it. Civilization will be set back for that region...at least 1,000 years.
Blame it on Mohammad.
The best we can do is protect ourselves from the craziness of Middle Eastern factions with minimum effort. It looks more and more that, for Iraq and Syria, that means:
"Nuke them from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
They don’t need training what they need is a spine embedded in their back.
Jeb is trying to recover from his debacle with Megan.
Well said my friend!
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