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But he doesn't know what to do.

Source: Obama given detailed intelligence for a year about rise of ISIS

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/02/source-obama-given-detailed-intelligence-about-rise-isis-for-year/

Maybe the answer is on the golf course?
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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2014/09/05/see-it-now-media-attacked-bush-iraq-surge-he-was-right

Yes you are.
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Spoken from  the deaf and blind
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The blind still support Obama.
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hmmm. so we are morphing into what? Why we should all hate obama? Gee, why am I not surprised...I could have sworn we were talking about Isis and what to or not to do...

my bad.
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Ouch.....
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-I wan tto hear someone defend Obama for his handling of ISIS.-

It won't be Mr and Mrs Vaughn

Letter from the parents of Aaron Carson Vaughn of SEAL Team VI: Please resign, Mr. President
Special to WorldTribune.com
Billy and Karen Vaughn

After finally choosing to view the barbaric, on-camera beheading by ISIS of freelance war correspondent James Foley, I have been left with a level of rage known only to those of us who have sacrificed unspeakable offerings on the altar of world peace.
My offering was my only son — Aaron Carson Vaughn. Aaron was a member of SEAL Team VI. He was killed in action when a CH47D Chinook, carrying thirty Americans and eight Afghans was shot down in the Tangi River Valley of Afghanistan on Aug. 6, 2011.
endorse1Many times over the past three years, I have been asked what drove my son to choose his particular career. What made him want to be a Navy SEAL? My answer is simple.
Aaron Vaughn was a man who possessed the courage to acknowledge evil. And evil, once truly acknowledged, demands response. Perhaps this is why so few are willing to look it in the eye. It is much simpler — much safer — to look the other way.
That is, unless you are the leader of the Free World.
As Commander-in-Chief, your actions — or lack thereof — Mr. President, cost lives. As you bumble about in your golf cart, slapping on a happy face and fist-pounding your buddies, your cowardly lack of leadership has left a gaping hole — not only in America’s security — but the security of the entire globe. Your message has come across loud and clear, sir: You are not up to this job. You know it. We know it. The world knows it.
Please vacate the people’s house and allow a man or woman of courage and substance to seize the reigns of this out-of-control thug-fest and regain the balance we, America, have provided throughout our great history.
Thanks to your “leadership” from whatever multi-million dollar vacation you happen to be on at any given moment, the world is in chaos. What’s been gained, you’ve lost. What’s been lost, you’ve decimated. You’ve demolished our ability to hold the trust of allies. You’ve made a mockery of the title “President.” And you’ve betrayed the nation for which my son and over 1.3 million others have sacrificed their very lives.
But this should come as no surprise, since your wife uttered a vile statement on Feb. 18, 2008, during the primary campaign — one that speaks volumes of your true convictions. “For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country,” she said.
I am sure my deceased son thanks you for that, Mrs. Obama. Oh, and you’re welcome.
Never in my lifetime have I witnessed such despair and such growing fear that the world’s last best hope, America, has finally been dismantled. Perhaps the better word is transformed — fundamentally transformed. Come to think of it, it’s become difficult — if not impossible — to believe things haven’t gone exactly as you planned, Mr. President.
Amazingly, in five short years, your administration has lurched from one disaster to another. You spearheaded the ambitious rush to end the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan — with no plan on how to do so effectively. Also, the release of “the Taliban five” in exchange for one American — without consulting Congress — is also on your shoulders.
You have been at the helm during unprecedented national security leaks — including, but not limited to the outing of SEAL Team VI on the Bin laden raid, the outing of the Pakistani doctor who provided the intelligence for that raid, the outing of Afghanistan’s CIA station chief, and the outing of your personal “kill list” to make you look tough. In addition, 75 percent of American deaths in Afghanistan and 83 percent of Americans-wounded-in-action have occurred on your watch, according to icasualties.org.
And now, we have this recent, heinous event: the beheading of an American citizen by a barbaric organization you foolishly referred to as “the JV team” in your statements to the New Yorker magazine in January.
You, sir, are the JV team. It’s time for you to step down and allow a true leader to restore our honor and protect our sons and daughters.
America has always been exceptional. And she will be again. You, Mr. President, are a bump in our road.
Billy & Karen Vaughn are Gold Star parents of Special Operations Chief (SEAL) Aaron Vaughn, KIA 6 Aug 2011. Billy is the author of Betrayed: The Shocking True Story of Extortion 17. Read more at http://www.forourson.us.
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were never going to stop the crap over there.

No we are not, and that is why it is soooo important for the people in the region and surrounding regions who are also threatened by these ilk, to have skin in the game as well. That is the only way it will change. imo
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Maybe I'm a spoiled brat.  I want to have my cake and eat it too...  I understand all of the behind the scenes crap we have to go through.  The more approval we get from other countries, the better we look in other peoples eyes.

I really don't like the idea of sending boots on the ground anywhere, but we've got few options when we are playing with selective bombing and even then there is collateral damage.  (Just heard that in the most recent bombing, 2 civilians died.)  Fact of the matter is, we don't really need boots on the ground but that will cause a lot more collateral damage.

I really don't like the idea of civilians getting killed in this mess, and you're right.  These a-holes have been screwing with the people (primarily women) in their own countries... somehow, some way, I bet these people would fight back for a better tomorrow if they knew how.  They don't and they feel helpless.

We've got to do something and it needs to be bigger than capturing Hussein or getting bin laden.  We need to pulverize something... we need to get our way in this.  But... were never going to stop the crap over there.
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I agree, but keeping in mind that they are doing this and more to all those poor people every single day, not just ours. They are evil and need to be dealt with, and I feel confident that when the president is done with nato, gathering allies and meeting with all these groups and setting out the options, at that time we will act in Syria.

I would also note that it would appear our missile strikes are hitting their mark, and doing what was intended. As far as going into Syria, well that is a complicated mess and requires special handling. But I have no doubt in my mind that that too will be handled.
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We've got to come up with something... losing an American every week or two to a beheading is already a little old with me.
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HaHa!!!!!!!

send in the women!!!!! Too funny!!!!!!

Supporting Obama on ISIL? Yep, I sure do!!!!! Last time we went beating our chest, out of emotion, 250 thous Iraqi people lost their lives and 7thousand of our own, and lest we forget, ISIL came out and spun off those alqaida folks too, as a result......
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Something the WH may be considering. Bring on the women!

ISIS fighters terrified of death at hands of female PKK warriors
Published September 02, 2014
FoxNews.com

Battle-hardened women fighting alongside Kurdistan's rugged Peshmerga are striking fear into the hearts of Islamic State fighters, many of whom reportedly believe getting killed by a female will bar them from heaven.

The women, fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party, also known as the PKK, told Stars and Stripes they have an intense interest in killing the bloodthirsty marauders who have beheaded Christians, raped women and sold females into slavery across a treacherous swath of Iraq and Syria.

"Everywhere they go they kill and do bad things in the name of Islam," said Zekia Karhan, 26, a female guerrilla from Turkey. "They captured a lot of women and they are selling them in Syria for $100. They rape women and behead them in the name of Islam."

Karhan is a member of PKK, the leftist Kurdish group classified as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and NATO. She and others ave flocked to the front lines in the all-out effort to retake Iraqi cities and towns from Islamic State.

Another female PKK fighter from Turkey, Felice Budak, 24, told Stars and Stripes she smells fear on the enemy. Islamic State fighters “are very scared of death because they are only here to kill people,” she said. “I don't mind doing it over and over again. I've already fought in Turkey, Iran and Syria.”

The extremists are terrified of being killed by the opposite sex, Karhan said. In northern Iraq, it is said that the Islamic State fighters believe that they won’t be admitted to heaven if they are killed by a woman.

"Nobody knows if there is heaven or hell," Karhan said. "How can they know they will get 27 virgins? To me Kurdistan is heaven and Kurdish women are angels. Heaven is no place for terrorists."

PKK Commander Tekosher Zagros said his fighters deserve credit for fighting the Islamic State. But the PKK has not received support from the Iraqi government mainly because it is still designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. and NATO.

"We understand it is because of Turkey," he said. "Turkey is your friend. But you can see now that we are fighting the terrorists. It is clear now who are the terrorists."

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/09/02/isis-fighters-terrified-death-at-hands-female-pkk-warriors/?intcmp=obnetwork
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I wan tto hear someone defend Obama for his handling of ISIS.
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