Obama's Conundrum

[JackLuis]

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An airstrike by a U.S.-led coalition warplane explodes on an ISIL position on November 10, 2015 near the town of Hole, Rojava, Syria. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)​

Obama Blocks 75 Percent of Terror Targets From Bombing

Due to an Obama administration policy that is aimed to prevent civilian deaths and collateral damage, U.S. military pilots who have returned home from the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq have definitively stated they were unable to obtain clearance to launch strikes and in turn were blocked from dropping 75 percent of their weaponry on terror targets, The Washington Free Beacon reports.

According to the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., the policy is coming under attack by military leaders who believe it has enabled ISIS to gain strength within the region.

While Jack Keane, a retired four-star U.S. general, agreed with Royce's evaluation of the policy, he noted that it's not only severely "constricting the U.S.," but he believes it has "been an absurdity from the beginning."

"Believe me, the French are in there not using the restrictions we have imposed on our pilots," Keane added
And the same goes for Russians, he said, adding, "They don't care at all about civilians."
Pentagon officials, however, are sticking to the policy despite the heavy criticism.

 

[phrodeau]

Shock and awe, or hearts and minds, which to choose?

 

[BotanyBoy]

Can't wage an effective politically correct war.....


If we aren't ready to go kill ISIS and everyone standing around them, their fuckin dogs and pick-up trucks too....take over Iraq/Syria and exploit their natural resources to pay our bill for having to go police them, we need to park our shit.

 

[JackLuis]

Can't wage an effective politically correct war.....


If we aren't ready to go kill ISIS and everyone standing around them, their fuckin dogs and pick-up trucks too....take over Iraq/Syria and exploit their natural resources to pay our bill for having to go police them, we need to park our shit.

Obama doesn't want to wage a WAR, that would mean a draft, a realignment of out industrial output, and a Declaration! But playing at war and drone strikes from afar boosts the Mil-Indus Complex without doing much that would effect the consumer economy.

Now that the Russians and French are in it, why not feed them the intel and let them piss off the Arabs? Arabs are mad at us already.