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Obama's Iraq-Syria Dilemma: No Force Now on Ground Can Beat ISIS
2014-08-27
If Washington is counting on the Kurds to defeat the terrorist caliphate with a little support from American drones and warplanes, it had better think again.
Posted by:Pappy

#4  Somethings gotta give - iff somebody's feelings get hurt, so bit it ala the "fog/chaos of war".

Its either the above, or the following ...

* WORLD NEWS > [Fox News] AL-QAEDA MAGAZINE [AQAP-published spinoff "Palestine"] HINTS AT LOOMING [US] ATTACKS, URGES BOMBING OF LAS VEGAS, MILITARY [+ Military-industrial] TARGETS.

As per various Twitter msgs, the ISIS claims they are present in LA, Chicago, + Washington DC, AKA "OBAMA/DEMOCRAT-LAND".

* TOPIX > [Daily Mail] AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE CHIEF WARNS BRUTAL ISIS WILL HAVE TO BE DEFEATED WID TROOPS ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

> ISIS "Not Defeatable" wid Airpower alone.
> "Situation is bigger than Iraq".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-08-27 22:58  

#3  the dilemma is to the Obama narrative

many of the best places, in a military sense, to bomb ISIS are in Syria but if the US hits ISIS there, the US will effectively be on the same side as Hezbollah and Assad
Posted by: lord garth   2014-08-27 15:37  

#2  Obama's Dilemma: they haven't taught it at Harvard.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-08-27 12:29  

#1  Why would the worlds dominant air power restrict its thinkingvto ground forces. We just need baitvto lure isis into open territory and will to bomb the crap out of them.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2014-08-27 10:13