Posted on May 1, 2015
Is congress going to get serious about ISIS or just keep the status quo
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At least in Vietnam we had the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/240699-house-members-press-boehner-for-vote-on-isis-war-resolution
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/240699-house-members-press-boehner-for-vote-on-isis-war-resolution
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Debate over war authorization in Congress fades with little result
GOP leaders, blaming the Democrats, have effectively announced the demise of the effort.
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I think the real problem might be that the military still does not want to do this mission. They all claim to be itching to go and fight but it's another small war and counterinsurgency operation. We have seen the military's reluctance over the past 13-14 years to do what is truly needed to fight these wars. They want tanks, and strategic bombers, and big ships, and those don't fit into these small wars. Even more so as these wars are ending (and restarting in this case) the services have been transitioning back to a Cold War-esque footing. Personally, as it stands, I hope Congress maintains the status quo because otherwise it seems we will just draw ourselves into another dozen years fighting in the sandbox because our military doesn't want to do the mission right.
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I expect them to do what they usually do, hem and haw about things but do nothing to improve the situation, so Status Quo it is.
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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.
Well .. remember .. Iraq was supposed to pay for itself!
"Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy Paul Wolfowitz suggested the war could be done on the cheap and that it would largely pay for itself."
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2011/1222/Iraq-war-Predictions-made-and-results
"Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy Paul Wolfowitz suggested the war could be done on the cheap and that it would largely pay for itself."
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2011/1222/Iraq-war-Predictions-made-and-results
Iraq war: Predictions made, and results
A look back at some of the predicted US outcomes for the Iraq war, and what happened.
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