the US is not needed in the war on isis. regional forces, russia and nato can handle this one.
On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 3:22:30 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > *It’s time for Obama to make a choice: Lead us or resign > <http://nypost.com/2015/11/14/its-time-for-obama-to-make-a-choice-lead-us-or-resign/>* > > By Michael Goodwin <http://nypost.com/author/michael-goodwin/> > > November 14, 2015 | 10:01pm > > Modal Trigger > <http://nypost.com/2015/11/14/its-time-for-obama-to-make-a-choice-lead-us-or-resign/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NY%2520Post%2520Newsletter&utm_source=Sailthru> > [image: > Description: It’s time for Obama to make a choice: Lead us or resign] > > > > In any time and place, war is fiendishly simple. It is the ultimate > zero-sum contest — you win or you lose. > > That eternal truth is so obvious that it should not need to be said. Yet > even after the horrific slaughter in Paris > <http://nypost.com/2015/11/14/paris-under-siege-more-than-150-dead-in-terror-attacks/>, > > there remains a distressing doubt about whether America’s commander in > chief gets it. > > *President Obama has spent the last seven years trying to avoid the world > as it is. He has put his intellect and rhetorical skills into the > dishonorable service of assigning blame and fudging failure. If nuances > were bombs, Islamic State would have been destroyed years ago.* > > He refuses to say “Islamic terrorism,” as if that would offend the > peaceful Muslims who make up the vast bulk of victims. He rejects the word > “war,” even as jihadists carry out bloodthirsty attacks against Americans > and innocent peoples around the world <http://nypost.com/tag/isis/>. > > He shuns the mantle of global leadership that comes with the Oval Office, > with an aide advancing the preposterous concept that Obama is “leading from > behind.” He snubs important partners like Egypt, showers concessions on the > apocalyptic mullahs of Iran, and called the Islamic State the “jayvee team” > even as it was beginning to create a caliphate. > > Having long ago identified American power as a problem, he continues to > slash the military as the enemy expands its reach. In a globalized era, the > *Obama > doctrine smacks of cowardly retreat and fanciful isolation.* > > *In an accident of timing that captures his cluelessness, the president > actually declared on Friday morning that Islamic State had been > “contained,” practically boasting in a TV interview that, “They have not > gained ground in Iraq and in Syria.”* > > *What gall. What folly.* > > Paris is the final straw. *Obama’s exemption from reality has expired.* He > must either commit to leading the free world to victory, or step aside so > someone else can. > > There is no more time to avoid the truth of war. America must organize the > combined forces of the civilized world before Islamic State makes good on > its vow to “taste” more American blood. > > If Obama cannot rise to the challenge of leadership in this historic > crisis, then, for the good of humanity, he should resign. > > As a top intelligence adviser told me yesterday, “*What they did in Paris > means they are coming here.”* > > *In fact, they already are here. Law-enforcement officials say the FBI has > as many as 1,000 investigations open into Islamic State sympathizers inside > the US.* > > Is America ready to stop multiple assault teams of suicide bombers? Is New > York ready? Or Chicago, Los Angeles or Washington, DC? > > Because Paris was a grand success to the terrorists, the propaganda value > acts as an incentive for attacks on other western cities. While sparing no > effort to stop them here, we must simultaneously destroy them in their > foreign bases. > > World War III began when Osama bin Laden declared war on the United > States, though we did not grasp the significance until 9/11. The collapse > of the Twin Towers, a smoking hole in the Pentagon and a downed jetliner in > Pennsylvania revealed the price of our inaction. > > The single greatest attack ever against America galvanized the nation and > defined a new generation of policy makers and warriors. > > Yet Obama always remained curiously cool about the whole endeavor, > denouncing the invasion of Iraq as dumb while holding up Afghanistan as a > necessary war. Once he got to the White House, though, he showed no > conviction about Afghanistan either, surging troops only to demand that > they return home quickly. > > The pattern has never changed, and his relationship with a rotating cast > of military leaders remains rocky. Robert Gates, secretary of defense under > both President Bush and Obama, said in his memoir that Obama’s distrust of > the military was destructive of the very mission he had given the troops. > > [image: Description: > https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/france_paris_attacks.jpg?quality=100&strip=all&w=664&h=441&crop=1&strip=all]People > > in France light candles at a memorial for the victims of the Paris terror > attacks.Photo: AP > > After a heated 2011 meeting on Afghanistan, Gates concluded that Obama > “doesn’t believe in his own strategy, and doesn’t consider the war to be > his. For him, it’s all about getting out.” > > Another former military leader, Gen. Jack Keane, notes that Obama never > once agreed to the full request of his commanders. If they ask for 10,000 > troops, Obama agrees to 5,000, 3,000 or none. > > The raid that got bin Laden marked the high point of Obama’s commitment. > He turned that achievement into political gold in 2012 and declared the > “tide of war is receding” to justify his decision to withdraw from the > field of battle. > > It was a convenient figment of self-interest, as if his wish would make it > true. Instead, the strategic dominos fell quickly as war metastasized. The > hard-won gains in Iraq were reversed, Syria descended into hell and Islamic > State was born in the vacuum. > > Its ruthlessness and success in capturing territory enabled it to supplant > al Qaeda as the most dangerous terrorist network. It has become the > proverbial “strong horse,” with each terrifying attack bringing more > recruits and more financing. > > In the last two weeks, it shot down a commercial Russian airliner over > Egypt > <http://nypost.com/2015/11/05/british-spies-uncover-isis-plot-in-connection-to-russian-jet-report/> > > and carried out bombings in Beirut. And then came Paris. > > Its ability to inflict unprecedented casualties in such far-flung > locations mark a growing strength and sophistication. The terrorists smell > weakness and have increased the pace of their aggressive expansion. Their > aim of global conquest must be taken seriously. > > [image: Description: > https://thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/546385503.jpg?quality=100&strip=all&w=300&strip=all]Photo: > > Getty Images > > French President Francois Hollande understands the meaning of Friday’s > slaughter. He called it an “act of war” > <http://nypost.com/2015/11/14/french-president-calls-attacks-act-of-war-carried-out-by-isis/> > > and vowed that “France will not show any pity” against those who carried > out the barbaric acts. World leaders quickly expressed their condolences > and condemnation. > > Yet it remains doubtful if our side is truly committed to winning. The > determination and unity the free world showed after 9/11 faded as > casualties, mistakes and politics eroded the mission. > > So we are back to square one again, facing a stronger and more emboldened > enemy. The time has run out for half measures and kicking the can down the > road. The enemy must be destroyed on the battlefield before there can be > any hope of peace. > > If Obama cannot rise to the challenge of leadership in this historic > crisis, then, for the good of humanity, he should resign. 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