Any speculation on POTUS new plan for dealing with ISIS/ISIL?

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:30:03 -0400

I think it will be nothing different then what we are doing.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 10 at 2014 12:07 PM

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:07:17 -0400

I'm betting on a NATO charleyfoxtrot, with the U.S. providing the ammo, supplies and technical expertise.

Response by COL Roxanne Arndt made Sep 10 at 2014 12:42 PM

COL Roxanne Arndt — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:42:25 -0400

He talks in circles and I have no respect for someone who rarely looks directly at the camera. If you notice he spends his time looking from one side of the room to the other. I don't trust anyone who won't look you in the eye when they are speaking to you. After all....he is is talking to the American people when he has these messages not only the people in the room.....LOOK AT ME!!

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 10 at 2014 1:01 PM

MSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 13:01:40 -0400

Is it any Conquincidence the new strategy is given on the eve of September 11?

Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Sep 10 at 2014 2:09 PM

LTC Paul Labrador — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:09:50 -0400

Less talking. More doing...

Response by SGT Richard H. made Sep 10 at 2014 2:10 PM

SGT Richard H. — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:10:36 -0400

My guess is that The real plan is to avoid actually having a plan as much as possible.

Response by SFC William Swartz Jr made Sep 10 at 2014 2:29 PM

SFC William Swartz Jr — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:29:55 -0400

Not sure what he plans on sharing with us tonight, should make for interesting media/social media fodder for tonight and tomorrow!!

Response by Maj Chris Nelson made Sep 10 at 2014 2:51 PM

Maj Chris Nelson — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:51:16 -0400

I saw something today that they are talking about providing weapons to the "less radical in Syria" or something to that effect..... After we deal with ISIS, guess where the next war will be? Just a couple hints: we helped put Saddam Hussain into power, then we took him out. We helped finance/weaponize Al Quida in Afghanistan... now we are dealing with them. Not trying to be a Negitive Nelly, but everyone that we provide arms to, we end up fighting... Bomb them. Bomb them all. As we used to say when I was a Medic in a Lance missile BN (Nuke): Nuke them till they glow, then shoot them in the dark!

Response by CAPT Gary Foster made Sep 10 at 2014 3:23 PM

CAPT Gary Foster — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:23:20 -0400

In the matter of months we have gone from ISIS being "the JV team" to "no strategy," to a force that needs to be reduced to being "manageable," to a force that needs to be decimated. If he had gotten his way to go in and support Syria's anti-Assad rebels last year, we would have been supporting ISIS. So we continue to see a reactionary vice proactive stance on the world's most notorious and brutal terrorist organization, and they clearly are taking advantage of our weak leadership. I don't think POTUS will have anything to say, because quite frankly you just cannot believe the man. For example, we are not going to spike the football. Turns out he spiked it over and over and over again as he proclaimed Al Qaeda was defeated, and Iraq was stable. Now he claims it wasn't his decision to withdraw the troops from Iraq. He is putting more and more of my military brothers and sisters at risk. ISIS understands power and death, and nothing else. We need to start dropping heavy, massive bombs on their operations, and then force the Middle Eastern countries that are still alive to form a coalition to stabilize the country. I don't want to see any more of our American military personnel on the ground unless we are required to complete the annihilation of ISIS. Translation, it's only a matter of time before we send ground troops back in. Tonights telecast is just another broadcast of blaming somebody for his shortcomings. Maybe we should feed ISIS our school lunch program. That just might kill them all.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Sep 10 at 2014 7:04 PM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 19:04:58 -0400

I'm thinking along the lines of PO1 Private RallyPoint Member We'll provide the air superiority and bomb them to the stone age then hand all those surplus French rifles (never fired, only dropped twice in the face of a numerically superior force :-0 ), some beans and bullets to our NATO allies to occupy some grid squares.

Response by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Sep 10 at 2014 10:47 PM

MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 22:47:27 -0400

Use of unnecessarily harsh language against ISIS by dropping F-Bombs has been authorized. That ought to shut them up.

Now who has the fools-ball with the F-Bomb launch codes?

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 10 at 2014 11:34 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 23:34:45 -0400

Normally I give more detailed analysis.
This time, I have two words:

GONG SHOW