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

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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.

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You don't "completely kill the enemy" without regard for innocent civilians, you generate more enemies. Good relations with the host population are an absolute necessity in COIN.

I suggest some light reading by noted pussy liberal David Petraeus. Maybe start at 13-31: LINK