re: Obama and the military brass at odds with strategy to fight ISIL

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Mattis’s comments came two days after Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took the rare step of publicly suggesting that a policy already set by the commander in chief could be reconsidered.

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That's NOT what Dempsey said. Dempsey said that IF the situation called for it he would RECOMMEND combat troops to the President, which is his job to do.

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“My view at this point is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward,” Dempsey told the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I believe that will prove true. If it fails to be true and there are threats to the U.S., then of course, I would go back to the president and make the recommendation that may include the use of U.S. military ground forces.”

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What Dempsey REALLY said

I'm not an Obama supporter but fail is fail.

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McKeon added. “I would also request that he not take options off the table.”

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I 100% agree with this.

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Retired Marine Gen. James Mattis said “We may not wish to reassure our enemies in advance that they will not see American boots on the ground.”

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I agree with this too.