I nominate the King Of Jordan to replace Obama fo rthe next 2 years

[spence]

Originally Posted by detbuch

Yes, it is obvious that we moved on. But ISIS has not. It is still stuck in its version of the middle ages.

Hence the subtext. What we've seen with the coalition comprised of many Arab states and just recently a Sunni Arab state pretty much declaring war on ISIS gives a glimmer of hope that modern Islam may be prepared to move on as well.

With everyone clamoring about Obama's lack of strategy here, we seem to have an Iraqi army regrouping to take back Mosul, a Jordanian military out for blood in Syria and a UAE back in the game. With our support the locals appear to be taking matters into their own hands...which I think actually was the strategy Obama laid out some time ago.

I think ISIS is going to be purged from Iraqi pretty quickly. It's going to be messy but they've never really had to deal with air and ground campaigns simultaneously. Retreat to Syria will be an attractive option.

The big complication will be what to do with Assad and the Sunni/Shiite implications.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

Hence the subtext. What we've seen with the coalition comprised of many Arab states and just recently a Sunni Arab state pretty much declaring war on ISIS gives a glimmer of hope that modern Islam may be prepared to move on as well.

With everyone clamoring about Obama's lack of strategy here, we seem to have an Iraqi army regrouping to take back Mosul, a Jordanian military out for blood in Syria and a UAE back in the game. With our support the locals appear to be taking matters into their own hands...which I think actually was the strategy Obama laid out some time ago.

I think ISIS is going to be purged from Iraqi pretty quickly. It's going to be messy but they've never really had to deal with air and ground campaigns simultaneously. Retreat to Syria will be an attractive option.

The big complication will be what to do with Assad and the Sunni/Shiite implications.

Spence, the guy can't get one right by accident. He dismissed Rodney's reference to the Putin threat with his witty and clever reference to the eighties wanting their foreign policy back. He dismissed critics who said that it would be dangerous to pull out of Iraq when we did. He called Isis the jv. It's unbelievable, you'd almost have to think that degree of incompetence had to be made up. I'm waiting for him to crash Air Force one into someone's swimming pool like inspector Clouseau. The stimulus will keep unemployment below eight percent, if you like your doctor you can keep it, obamacare will save the average family $2500 a year...how many blunders does one get to make before you conclude he's not up to this task, exactly?
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