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Terror Networks
Former CIA official paints a bleak picture of the war against ISIS
2015-02-05
"Unless the coalition is willing to put more ground troops into Iraq, and possibly into Syria, there is very little we can do to respond," Morell, the former second in command at the CIA, said. "I think it would take 100,000 [troops to destroy ISIS] and that will simply does not exist here and it doesn't exist in the other coalition countries."
Or we could just fund the Kurds, who seem to be managing...
Posted by:Hupineger Glomomp0035

#5  More exectaly no head of executive in a coalition country has a a stomach for that. Specially not the one who sits in the Oval Desk
Posted by: JFM   2015-02-05 05:46  

#4  However, no coalition country has "a stomach for that," he says.

Thank you for an amazing hallway tour of the obvious. Could you please shed a bit more light on the decision making process and events surrounding Benghazi ?


Posted by: Besoeker   2015-02-05 04:47  

#3  You cannot win a PC war. Time for “Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius"
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-02-05 03:28  

#2  "...if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may be even a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves."

- Winston Churchill
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2015-02-05 01:34  

#1  Iff the JudeoChristian = WEstern World desires to preempt or prevent the rise of the Islamic Messiah/Mahdi 2030-2050, DESTROY THE ISIS N-O-W WHILE THEY CAN.

Otherwise, iff the US-West don't believe in 2015 that the Islamist Jihad is a de facto GLOBAL MUSLIM CONQUEST, THEY WILL TOO LATE REALIZE THE VERY BLOODY TRUTH THEN AS THE WESTERN WORLD FALLS TO ISLAM.

WID THEIR HELP-N-COLLUSION.

Reminds me of "MONTY PYTHON + HOLY GRAIL" = SCENE WHERE THE CAPTIVE GAY SINGING TOWER PRINCE LETS FLY AN ARROW MESSAGE TO SIR LANCELOT FOR HELP WHILE A HEAVILY-ARMED GOON GUARD(S) WATCHES-N-SMILES.

Good thing the US-West + Vatican may have Queen Madonna of the UK + Other to save them from themselves.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-02-05 01:21  

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