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General Dunford Suggests White House Is Limiting His Ability to Fight ISIS
Weekly Standard ^ | 4/28/16 | SHOSHANA WEISSMANN

Posted on 04/28/2016 9:59:19 AM PDT by Nachum

On Thursday, Senator Lindsey Graham asked General Dunford about his ISIS strategy.

"[T]he military strategy that we're embarked on is the best way to destroy ISIL. And it's what you recommended. Or is it limited by conditions put on you by the White House?"

Dunford responded, "[T]o clarify, so if I say..."

Graham interrupted, "[W]ould you do more if you could?"

He answered, "I would do more if I could, but the limitation is not just a political limitation. Part of it is our partners on the ground..."

Watch here:

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dunford; general; isis; obamaisis
Vid at link
1 posted on 04/28/2016 9:59:19 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


2 posted on 04/28/2016 10:01:33 AM PDT by Nachum (ISIS is alive... and Chris Stevens is dead)
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To: Nachum

'Nuff Said.

3 posted on 04/28/2016 10:02:13 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("The bathroom deal is a big fat nothing burger." -- Jim Robinson, 04/22/16)
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To: Nachum

The White Mosque only protects al Qaeda and ISIS
which it created.

The American People? NOT AT ALL.


4 posted on 04/28/2016 10:02:25 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Nachum

Linda’s tryin’, at least


5 posted on 04/28/2016 10:02:34 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

‘Nuff said, indeed.


6 posted on 04/28/2016 10:03:33 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Nachum

God bless this General for opening the door to shed light on things as they are.

God help us this November to change this sad state of affairs and start doing things as they should be done.


7 posted on 04/28/2016 10:09:56 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Semper Fidelis - Molon Labe - Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Nachum; alarm rider; Alex1977; at bay; Babsig; BILL_C; bnelson44; ColdOne; DesScorp; G.Love; ...
Uber RINO Lindsey Ping
"Republican by day, Democrat by night."


Want on or off this ping list?
Just FReepmail me.

h/t to martin_fierro for the graphic

8 posted on 04/28/2016 10:10:35 AM PDT by upchuck (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. ~ JFK)
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To: Nachum

General’s about to become unemployed and have a fatal drone accident, real soon.


9 posted on 04/28/2016 10:17:03 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Nachum

I forgot who said it but they said that Hillary was the mother of ISIS


10 posted on 04/28/2016 10:34:23 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I am waiting for the sweet sound of handcuffs being put on this treasonous bag of excrement.


11 posted on 04/28/2016 10:35:34 AM PDT by jimbug
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To: Nachum

Dunford is a worthless leader anyway. He thinks women can succeed as Marine infantry. So he isn’t really listening to. This is an Obama internal squabble. But they are in the same team.


12 posted on 04/28/2016 10:40:37 AM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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To: Nachum; sheik yerbouty; Lumper20; vette6387; HarleyLady27; mazda77; flat; unkus; Doogle; ...

Really, Congress does nothing to stop the destruction of our military. Remember that in November.


13 posted on 04/28/2016 11:09:59 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Nachum

send a squad of Marines to arrest the chap that occupies that office .


14 posted on 04/28/2016 11:16:05 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: ExTexasRedhead

I think we should make that statement on more threads than just one...

This whole government is corrupted and we need to clean it out and the only way to do that is stop re electing stupid people!!!


15 posted on 04/28/2016 11:19:16 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: Nachum

The Saudis don’t want anyone beating up on their Mini-me.


16 posted on 04/28/2016 12:17:46 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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17 posted on 04/28/2016 4:32:55 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Ted Cruz, "But it's what plants need!")
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To: Diogenesis

BINGO!


18 posted on 04/28/2016 4:43:01 PM PDT by bayouranger (Those who are anti-islam are a National Security Threat.- J.Brennan CIA Dir. Feb10)
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To: Nachum

c-span with Carter, too.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?408675-1/secretary-carter-general-dunford-testify-isis-strategy


19 posted on 04/28/2016 7:18:49 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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