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re: Obama and the military brass at odds with strategy to fight ISIL
Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:03 am to Iosh
Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:03 am to Iosh
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Americans don't want troops back in Iraq. By a huge margin. In theory, at least, we are a democracy.
This. And like I said, the military has most certainly underachieved in the ME since we arrived. This carte blanche of taking some retired man's opinion as gospel is ridiculous.
For all we know these guys are setting up a run for office - it's not like they've spent a day of their lives working in the private sector.
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 8:07 am
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Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:05 am to SirWinston
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And like I said, the military has most certainly underachieved in the ME since we arrived.
I think you have to add caveats such as: we're trying to kill the enemy but not hurt innocent civilians. The enemy doesn't play by any rules and neither should we IF we want to completely kill the enemy.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 8:11 am to SirWinston
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it's not like they've spent a day of their lives working in the private sector.
And it's not like Obama has spent a day on the battlefield with a rifle.
This argument can go both ways.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 9:00 am to SirWinston
The military has underachieved? By what metric? Poor strategic objectives lead to a failed campaign.
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