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Again, Too little--Too late NO plan to win!!!

Submitted by Ohio Shootist (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 2:58pm

Yes, to little to late.....as always.
When did did the government abandon Unconditional Surrender?

Submitted by R. Resseman (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 1:53pm

I don't believe that the majority of people of our allied Arab countries really are our friends. They need us to fight for them. They need to join there own alliance with each other and fight against their enemy in their backyard. Russia is loving this. They try to dictate what we can do because they are allied with Syria, Iran and a few others. They are the smart ones right now. Watching us tire ourselves from over a decade of war. Spending billions of dollars to be over there, and destroying our own economy in the meantime. Then when the ISIS began their crusade Russia began the European battle to not only distract us but to divide our military know that we would step in we would and are draining our economy even more. Destroying the will of our people. Russia's plan - DIVIDE AND CONQUER! Let's step back, protect our country and regroup for the final blast. Isn't that how we ended WW2? They were the one's fighting for years while we watched. That way we had strength enough to conquer.

Submitted by TomM (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 5:54pm

Where's Forest Gump when you need him?

Submitted by Tom M (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 6:46pm

very good points.we musttake the fight to the enemy where ever and who ever the enemy is.

Submitted by patrickjgaa (not verified) : Feb 17, 2015 2:08pm

You're absolutely right. To much BS the USA doesn't need. Stay out of it.

Submitted by Joe Bosse (not verified) : Feb 14, 2015 8:49am

We are foolish to keep destroying our countries people, and economy in the middle east when the people over there are really anti America. They wont give their all equal to what we give. So I say stay home, and stop hurting our own people. It really isn't our problem unless we keep putting ourselves where we shouldn't be!

Submitted by Jimmy James (not verified) : Feb 15, 2015 3:46pm

How do you fight to win a war that is being engaged against you from the Whitehouse?!

Submitted by FREEDOMLOST (not verified) : Feb 15, 2015 8:39am

With respect, this is a ridiculous premise. The war you perceive is in your own mind. If you want the White House to fail, or if you want American to be more divided, or if you want to put forth this kind of anti-American sentiment, the enemy wants to recruit you.

Submitted by yogamusic (not verified) : Sep 3, 2015 9:56am

A war of attrition against spiritual ideology cannot be won. Killing one leader is going to produce a stronger will among their youth who are watching. Killing them produces martyrs. The only way to conquer terrorism is with from-the-cradle education. The radicals are convincing people that their distorted view of Islam is the law put forth by Mohammed, and this is very wrong. It will take generations to educate people toward a peaceful world, but it is the only way to have lasting peace.

Submitted by yogamusic (not verified) : Sep 3, 2015 9:53am

The President is our Commander-in Chief when will he have the backbone to act like one.

Submitted by Nightingale (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 3:12pm

stop listening to Fox News and grow up! America has delivered 75% of the air strikes. This has been our president leading the way with other nations, not alone jumping in when Arab countries aren't committing forces to secure their own security.

Submitted by Clark Richardson (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 11:58am

Finally, a person with common sense. How long are we going to fight the fight for the Arabs. All we do is train/supply weapons. They run and leave these weapons to their enemies. Who do we supply weapons to next?

Submitted by Chuk Warren (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 2:15pm

Any troops on the ground should be from Arab countries. It is essential that Turkey stop playing both sides and start acting like the US ally it claim to be.

Submitted by Jim Sharp (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 2:33pm

This is battle against a common enemy involving countries that are rich neighbors who should take the lead in defending themselves with their own troops and weapons. We should not be risking our troops without strong participation from the nations surrounding them. Similar to the way the air-strikes are being done.

Submitted by Bill Berto (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 2:42pm

Nightingale you are 100% correct! Also add a few generals!!

Submitted by Medic John (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 3:59pm

Nightingale and Medic John--Why don't you run for office? I would say that as a bi-racial President, getting up every morning with huge opposition against him from the Right--who have never wanted to negotiate, but only to obstruct--obstructing even the things that would help the country, by the way (!!), with pure racial hatred coming at him from the uneducated--I would say that he has gotten an amazing amount of work done in 6.5 years. To me, that represents more backbone than you or I have, friends.

Submitted by yogamusic (not verified) : Sep 3, 2015 10:27am

Why don't you run for office? I would say that as a bi-racial President, getting up every morning with huge opposition against him from the Right--who have never wanted to negotiate, but only to obstruct--obstructing even the things that would help the country, by the way (!!), with pure racial hatred coming at him from the uneducated--I would say that he has gotten an amazing amount of work done in 6.5 years. To me, that represents more backbone than you or I have, friend.

Submitted by yogamusic (not verified) : Sep 3, 2015 10:00am

Iam glad he wasn't President during WW II otherwise we would still be fighting the dam thing

Submitted by Oldtimer1924 (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 3:27pm

If we commit our troops to wipe out Isis, you know that it's just a matter of time before another Muslim religious fanatic group takes control again! Then what? We have to go back & kick their asses too? I realize that it sounds like geneside but I feel that the only way to end terrorism over there is to completely wipe out the Muslim religion entirely! You know that's not going to happen, so I think we are probably wasting our time! Unless we can actually find a Muslim group over there that actually has some damn sense & can take control & govern with sense after we leave, it's just going to be back to square one again!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 3:32pm

Thank you for your comment. I never looked at it that way. I seem to agree where you are coming from. Looks like there is no end game. Something to consider and really think hard about.

Submitted by TomTom (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 4:06pm

I feel the best way to handle ISIL is destroy them now and leave a "small peacekeeping force" with mega firepower. We are still in Korea, from over 60 years ago. That way if a new group breaks out, take them out IMMEDIATELY with smart bombs. Terrorism is not going away for a long time in my opinion. I may be wrong on this, so I would like your comments about this idea.

Submitted by Roger S. (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 8:31pm

How do you destroy "them" without also killing thousands of innocents? There are no "smart bombs" because the people firing them are nearly completely stupid. Education of the poor in the world will be the way to peace. Yes, it will take a long time to conquer terrorism. On this we agree.

Submitted by yogamusic (not verified) : Sep 3, 2015 10:32am

I thought I was one of the very few to think like this. I am finding many Veterans think the "Old Testament" cure is the only one that will work.

Submitted by RetMarine (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 4:28pm

You guys are right on the mark. There are many breeds of animals ( including homo -sapiens). Much of who we are we inherited in our DNA, good or bad. The solution is to breed in the good traits and breed out the unwanted ones over many generations. This takes a long time and people that have knowledge of biology and purpose. We need logical people who take responsibility for who the future citizens are who will populate the planet. Until we are breeding using knowledge instead of random brainless breeding there is nothing to do but to kill of the mutations to improve the gene pool and save those who are social beings. Take no prisoners because there is no hope of really rehabilitating defective brains. About half of the population seems to have feeling type brain connections rather than logical-organized type brain connections. Who is overpopulating the planet? It is not the smart folks. I rest my case.

Submitted by k2 (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 5:03pm

Your thinking would have fit in perfectly with National Socialists in the 1930's.

Submitted by Jim Sharp (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 2:36pm

Amen, Jim!!

Submitted by yogamusic (not verified) : Sep 3, 2015 10:34am

What makes you think you are one of the selected ones?

Submitted by Dad2 (not verified) : Feb 14, 2015 1:21pm

Evil is evil the only way to treat is to wipe off the face of the earth with nothing left to start over. Yes the Old Testament it very well ! US Army 68-70

Submitted by Jerry L. (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 6:36pm

The Old Testament hasn't permanently ended war yet. I think a different approach is in order.

Submitted by yogamusic (not verified) : Sep 3, 2015 10:36am

How about the Kurds? They are predominantly Muslim and tolerant of other religions.

Submitted by Bronxzite (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 6:02pm

very meaningful approach to the evil in this world. First we must look at the track record of the current leadership. Nothing has been done in a meaningful way to reduce the terrorist element in the last six years in fact every decision has favored the terrorist situation and the world hasn't chosen to address this. If we are to return I firmly believe we should adapt the world war 2 approach and level every city the bad guys are in and not put our sons and daughters on harms way over this evil ever again. The ramblings of an ageing VETERAN.

Submitted by kellogg (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 9:12pm

Why are we sticking our nose in all these countries? America is bankrupt from all these stupid wars that don't benefit our people. Only the bankers, military/industrial complex and Israel make out while we provide the money and manpower. Get out & stay out and
why give a crap if they kill each other. Stupidity is doing the same things that don't work. America first!

Submitted by Milt (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 11:07am

You have to ask why? OK Milt, I'll tell you. I have to say first, though, that having to tell a grown (assumed) man (assumed) is a NOT just a LITTLE bit ... humm ... weird.

Because "Milt" these guys are not just talking. They are doing. So far in the hell hole islam has created for lunatics STUPID enough to become associated with islam. But "Milt" these guys are planning and getting ready to DO TO YOU, AND YOUR WIFE, AND YOUR KIDS, AND YOUR GRANDKIDS AND YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS .... (get this now "Milt") THEY gonna DO IT RIGHT HERE IN YOUR HOMETOWN.

Next time "Milt" post your "F-ing" LAST name. It shows just have brave you are ... or aren't ... "Milt".

Submitted by John P. McKenzi... (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 3:43pm

You are right. The muslims are an ignorant vicious race of people and have been around forever causing trouble. Trying to exterminate such would be next to impossible but it may be necessary to try, but it would take more than a 100,000 man war effort to even think about starting to do it. Now 500,000 committed men and women is a good start. The biggest problem is that you would need the will of the people to get it done and we don't have the will or a leader that is willing to do anything other than give lip service.

Submitted by GaryMc (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 3:49pm

It is not the religion of Islam that is the problem. It is the Radical's MISINTERPRETATION of Islam that is the problem. Educate the poor, illiterate Muslims about the correct interpretation of their religion, and we will conquer terrorism.

Submitted by yogamusic (not verified) : Sep 3, 2015 10:03am

AS long as the problems remain in the Middle East we should stay out of it except specific actions to protect the US and our allies. No outside force can bring peace between Shia and Sunni, Persian and Arab, Kurd and Arab and on and on. Read your history - it's a black hole and nothing good will come of our intervention.

Submitted by Jim Fountain (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 3:40pm

See above Jim. See my response to "Milt". Thanks for using your full name.

Submitted by John P. McKenzi... (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 3:45pm

All indications to date is, the President is conducting the war on Islamic extremism with logical thought. I have a hard time rationalizing how a bunch of old "veterans" wanting to throw more money and young men down the rat hole of war. Until we deal with the root causes of Islamic extremism it will just return again and again. We need thinkers not knee jerkers!!!

Submitted by Cal H (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 3:53pm

Cal H. The "H"??

... flesh it out "H" or people could through "logical thought" think "Horseshit"???

Yeah! YOU are "the Thinker"

So is obama.

This is simple Pal. ONLY the Nazis and Genghis Khan and Vlad the impaler and Joe Stalin and Adolph Hitler and Pol Pot and various and sundry islamic war-lord incestous spew (incestous spew of satan) have tortured the world around them as these isis islamic slime have done.

Now "think" Thinker.

Children cut in half.
Children heads severed.
Children burned and crucified and raped
and shot by multiple "HOLY WARRIORS".

Women, men, boys ... Good Lord "H" did you not see the Jordanian pilot burned to death to the cheers of "islamic" goat, horse, camel as well as other ... "animal humpers".

"THINK" "H". It "WILL" add up IF you have a brain.

You are a democrat aren't you "thinker".

And you are politically correct aren't you "H"?

NO one wants this except the islamic scum that "buys" Mohamed's unholy words.

It is YOUR neck "Thinker".

YOUR neck is next.

And when your head is on a pike ....
I do not "THINK" ...
YOU will be THINKING very much EVER AGAIN.

Get ready it is coming to your town "H" ... "Thinker". Protect your family ... "man" ... IF you are.

John P. McKenzie, Cosby, TN

I bet you are "thinking" now.

"PAL"

John P. McKenzie

You thinkin "Thinker"?

Submitted by John P. McKenzi... (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 4:07pm

There can be no peace in the Middle East that's achieved from outside the region. Any military action of any scale, scope or duration must be in concert with friends and allies in the region. In addition, political/religious "borders" should be reevaluated. A lot of the mess in the region is a result of the arbitrary borders imposed by the French and British when carving up the Ottoman Empire.

Submitted by Richard01 (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 3:54pm

We have nukes for this, If we go in, lets do it in a serious way so we are not sending Americans to a worthless death.
didn't we learn anything from our Viet Nam fiasco?

Submitted by Richard H. (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 3:58pm

---I am very leery of granting Full War Powers to this President.---This is one of the surest ways to suppress any dissent and to put Tanks on American Streets!!!

Submitted by Doug Kahr, E-5 ... (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 3:59pm

In 6 years the President has got all our military out of Iraq like he promised.he got Bin Laden in less than 2 years,while bush and cheney didn't even know what country he was in after 8 years.obama has killed more terrorists in 6 years than bush even knew existed.ISIL exists because bush deactivated the whole iraq army after 2003,sending 300,000 armed men out in the street with no job or paycheck.what did bush think would happen?these are the people who killed americans in iraq from 2003-2013.now some of these same sunnis are fighting in syria as ISIL.obama is asking for the same power to fight terrorists now like bush asked for leading up to the iraq war.why didn't any of you repuplicans demand a plan from bush before giving him the power to use force back then?democratic presidents led us to victory in WWI,WWII,led us into KOREA and VIETNAM before republican presidents cut and ran in 1952 and 1972.trying to find a republican politician who is a combat veteran is like trying to find a winning power ball ticket.they are few and far between.

Submitted by Michael Crawford (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 4:00pm

You must be a troll.

Submitted by Neg (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 4:13pm

Clearly

Submitted by SGT MOORE (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 4:53pm

He may be a troll, but a troll with facts on his side.

Submitted by Jim Sharp (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 2:38pm

Blah, blah, blah... Do you have anything constructive to say or are you just bleating to be heard bleating?

Submitted by Bob95490 : Feb 12, 2015 7:08pm

Thanks for your full name. "THAT" being said ... Your politics are obvious AND muddled.

SAY you are a COMBAT vet. "YOU" (don't worry about the Republican politicians) "YOU" are a combat vet. No matter. Combat vets GAVE you the right to post and say and bullshit.

So have at it, but for the record folk - this guys "ideas" are OH! SO politically correct and OH! SO stupidly WRONG.

IF you can cruse through 7 years of the current moron in the White House and not SMELL, NOT KNOW ... that he is a muslim, a coward, an illegal alien a seditious "TROJAN HORSE" planted for when islam is at "our" (Yours pal and mine) doors looking to hang the isis flag ... THAT is when people like YOU, friend, will see the real obama for the first time.

This Republic is in trouble.

Because of people like you.

Are you a combat vet?

John P. McKenzie, Cosby, TN

Submitted by John P. McKenzi... (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 4:17pm

Do it IF:
1. All congressmen send their sons & daughters. It's easy to say let's go gettem if you have no family in the service!
2. GO IN TO WIN unlike like Korea & Viet Nam!!
Other commentators are right. Those people have been fighting each other for hundreds of years, don't care if they die, and will come back after foreign powers leave.

Submitted by 21YRNAVYCHIEF (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 4:26pm

When fighting a vicous enemy, the president said he would destroy ISIS in so many words but never send in ground troops or boots on the ground. Since when do you let your enemy know what you are not going to do. ISIS must be celebrating and laughing at the same time. That was the dumbest thing a leader could have said to the enemy.

Submitted by Edward Silverman (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 5:05pm

Enough is enough. Let's oversee the Middle East settle it's own differences while we bring our boys back home and take care of our own. It's like a slap in the face to have homeless, starving Vets in the streets while we dump a Kings' Ransom to help the world's poor and dysfunctional people while our own go to bed at night on an empty stomach. If we have to Police these places; lets just use drones and significant munitions as deemed necessary. In short, let them kill each other off if they wish to. That is not our responsibility to interfere in Religious disputes!!!

Submitted by BILLY MARTIN (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 5:42pm

We need a coalition of every NATO country and Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and use american troops to guide the coalition not do all the fighting. Those country's have a lot more to worry about than the usa. we have the best military in the world but even with that you need a leader and our command and chief is out to lunch when it comes to a leader. Always said the president of the usa should have some kind of military background.

Submitted by Don. A (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 6:02pm

It is refreshing to see some thoughtful comments as opposed to the usual tirade against our President.

Submitted by Bronxzite (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 6:07pm

It is time for the Middle East to take charge of it's own problems!! We should support them , but no ground troops from us!!!! Only Air Support !!!!!!

Submitted by SFC Paul (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 7:13pm

ABOUT TIME THAT SOMEONE DID SOMETHING ABOUT THESE ______ SAVAGES? I'M A 74 YEAR OLD ARMY VETERAN AND AS I ALWAYS SAID
"I AM READY, ANY TIME ANY WHERE AND AGAINST WHOM EVER TRIES TO ATTACK US. PROUD MEXICAN/AMERICAM

Submitted by ENRIQUE- PROUD ... (not verified) : Feb 12, 2015 8:48pm

Enric or Enrique ... you the man. Please read my post. I am 71 and I will be proud to have you in my fireteam ... or be part of your fireteam. Point is I am proud of this Mex/American vet!!

"Airborne". "ALL The Way"

Submitted by John P. McKenzie (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 2:31pm

Did anyone stop to think maybe the arab spring that we seemed to back was not a good idea. most I not all of the countries are in worse shape now than they were under "bad leaders" perhaps these countries need ruthless leaders to control the population

Submitted by Dad` (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 8:13am

This should have been done long before now. Airstrikes,and droan missions. No ground troops. This should be done with our Alies,not just the U.S..

Submitted by Claude47 (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 9:57am

I am about 2/3 way through "My Share of the Task":McChrystal. After reading of all the inhumanity of Muslims against Muslims, I believe the best course of action is to leave the Middle East to solve their problems. Maybe we should help Israel and Jordan but ignore the rest. Africa is now being over run by Muslims and we can't handle that problem either. Furthermore, the influx of Muslims into the U.S. means that we will continue to see problems with Muslims here.

Submitted by El (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 10:16am

Instead of all the bickering in the house-action needed to be taken along time ago

Submitted by Gene A Svatos (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 10:39am

there is no hope of anything changing until we get a leader to run our government.

Submitted by jerrybrown (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 11:11am

Let Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, etc fight their own war.

Submitted by brad4d (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 11:23am

In 1529 Martin Luther made the statements " Turks(Muslims) pray to their God Allah the Devil" and also when he gave the German Princes his prayers for their soldiers to fight the Ottoman with the Popes soldiers he said "All the Popes armies will not stop the Muslims only conversion will" The question in 2015 is Who has the will to convert the devils? Start at Getmo? Does the USA even allow bibles there?

Submitted by Richard D Smith (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 11:32am

We are sadly mistaken if we think the conflicts between the various factions of the Middle East can be resolved from outside. Anyway, they are agravated by the conflicts between the Western interests and the Orient. We would have to find a common Middle Eastern goal with the Russians and the Chinese, aswell as the European Union. The last time I saw a commom goal like that was in WW II, when everybody hated the Nazis and the Japanese. But that unity of purpose dissolved when diverse national interests bucked into each other at various world points. ISIS is not a nation with a single leader. It has no center that can be overrun. None of the classic goals of warfare can be achieved against that kind of nebulous enemy. The only hope is to cut off its funding so it cannot buy weapons or recruit manpower, but that goes back to the Wahhabbis, the Saudi sect which has steadily promoted conflict between Sunnis and Shi'ites for centuries. Their "madrassas" or religious schools are scattered throughout both the Arab world and Europe, fomenting distrust and hatred. Yet I don't hear any discussion about their role in the buildup of ISIS.

Submitted by Richard Hofacker (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 12:19pm

This president has proved that he is incapable of doing what is necessary to combat terrorists. If he would have continued the war on terrorists they would be defeated by now.

Submitted by Dale 70 (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 12:27pm

Defeating, or terminating his own kind is against his principles. This is also what happens when our Military is run by a bunch of politicians who are only trying to get elected again. A good strong and willing General could stop this war on terrorism by being on the front lines with the troops, directing the fight and not allowing any terrorists to walk or crawl away!

Submitted by A. Wood (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 1:59pm

The only way to win this "war" is to completely wipe out all ISIS. You cannot leave one person alive, or they will restart the group. Complete elimination.

Submitted by Morris Williams (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 12:28pm

Commander Obozo could not lead a girl scout group. This is a pure political move to blame the GOP if/when it fails. I would not give him any money until he lays out a clear action plan without a three year time line. He should go to the Hill and ask for the funds like a real C in C.

Former SSgt/USAF

Submitted by J. Ingalls (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 1:04pm

As a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Obama will do absolutely nothing against the Islamic State. He will lie to the American people and say that he will do this or do that, but that will only be a facade to appease those Americans whom are deaf, dumb, and blind to what his agenda really is. What this country really needs is another General George S. Patton Jr. Someone who is willing to ignore the politicians in Washington and go to where ever ISIS or any other radical Islamics are and kick ass and take names. If the news media, or any of America's wussy pacifists don't like it, they can all go straight to hell - and take Obama with them!

Submitted by A. Wood (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 1:49pm

You said it; if we only had a leader like Patton and we can start with the chief Muslim Obama and kick is ass out and charge him with treason.

Submitted by In God we trust (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 6:52pm

Every other country sends out there security force to go out seek these animals out in their own country like England, France Spain etc etc and they shoot kill or imprison who they find. We have a little different policy. We know where there are at least 22 active militant jihad camps are located in the USA. Do we go out shut them down NO they register and collect Welfare so they can buy more bullets and equipment. We even publish maps of their locations, our local police do nothing, the Fed's say they are not breaking the law, REALLY... Guess we will have to wait till they start killing Americans so be prepared cause our only hope is armed bible carrying right wing Americans, cause the left don't want to violate their rights as Islamic State Militant Jihads in America.....

Submitted by craigwomer (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 2:51pm

We should stay on the sidelines. Most of these fights are designed to make bankers wealthy. We shouldn't borrow money to go to fight with our hands tied anyway. Only the bankers win when we do. If this threat is real, than lets go and end it within a few days. With whatever it takes. The big stick might just have to come out to avoid economic default. It is possible that eventually no bank will loan us money. Fighting a long drawn out war could make this happen. Do you really want the banks to own us. Food for thought the Federal Reserve Bank is part of the World Banking System. They might just be draining our wealth. Are we stupid enough to let them? Don't answer that.

Submitted by dave48195 (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 4:22pm

War is ugly. If you're going to fight one, fight it to win convincingly and in short order. Do not tie the hands of your troops and remember that the longer it takes, the more American lives will be lost. The way this war is outlined, we will be there a long time with hands tied. Rather than setting them up to fail, we should keep our troops at home to defend us when I.S.I.S. reaches our shores.

Submitted by Bullitts (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 4:42pm

troops on the ground, kill more women, children,encourage terrorists. Taliban, Alkida not friends now united,we invaded their country. If the next group,or radical is from India or China do we attack them? Bush, Bama bashing useless we put them and congress in charge, they sold out to big business and military.
Education and money they have not our interest. Many told us seniors 25 years ago they would fix SS and Health Ins. Just think what we seniors could spend on toys and travel like they do. We must start at local levels make them accountable. HISTORY: The sun never set on the British Empire. Now the sun always rises on the US Empire. Have we been told where, why, or how many?
America The Beautiful may fall from within.We are dying from congessional cancer. Think independent, vote independent. I hope our children can save this wonderful country.

Submitted by SENIOR, SR, WW2... (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 6:09pm

We need to turn the middle east spacifically Iran and Syria along with yemen and Afghanistan into glass. Kill them all and let God sort them out.

Submitted by In God we trust (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 6:45pm

I have come to the firm belief that our "leaders"(?) have forgotten what it means to "win". Korea, Vietnam, Afganistan, Iraq (first won and then given away), and now this debacle. If we go in we should go all in and bring our allies with us. I realize there will be collateral damage, but isn't there already collateral damage from ISIS? Start with letting the population know that we are coming and coming hard. Then a few well placed "Daisy Cutters" and then a massive force to wipe this scurge out. No prisoners.

Submitted by Bill L. (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 7:56pm

You can not answer this question with just one answer.it would two(2) or more of those answers you showed and other situations apply also..........LEAD BY EXAMPLE......Which we Seem Not to Have anymore. Vietnam Vet..

Submitted by Hugh P. (not verified) : Feb 13, 2015 9:33pm

WE NEED TO REDIRECT OUR ENERGY AND FINANCES FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS IN OUR OWN COUNTRY AS GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTION! Before involvement in yet another country's war, we need to stop and ask: What are the Arabs doing? The Egyptian Armed Forces are the largest in Africa, and the Middle East and also "one of the largest in the world"! Established in 1922, it consists of the Egyptian Army, Egyptian Navy, Egyptian Air Force and Egyptian Air Defense Forces. Haven’t we yet destroyed enough American lives for other countries who by our involvement now hate us?

Submitted by Patricia W (not verified) : Feb 14, 2015 4:49pm

If we fight; lets fight to win and destroy them. Cut their heads off; bury them in open graves; and pour pork guts on top of the bodies. Note; General Black Jack Pershings way of taking out muslims. His system worked; we should do the same.

Submitted by Nathan E. Wood (not verified) : Feb 16, 2015 6:28am

ISIS, I guess, was inevitable. A caliphate was inevitable - since the tribes of the Sand Empire have never accepted the "national" lines set by the western powers after WW-I. Nevertheless, our culture is at stake if we dither, the way Obama does.

We need political leaders who will say to the Generals "wipe out ISIS. And let them do it.

First mission will be to bomb Ar-Roqqah unto a pile of rubble and sand. Kill all inhabitants 100%. If the ISIS troops see their HQ wiped out, they will lose faith in their mission. If needed, use atomic weapons - I think that will be best to use nukes. We got 'em, lets use 'em. Now's the time.

In the entire Sand Empire, wipe out all mosques with B-52's. No mosque should be left standing in the Sand Empire. All Muslim Imams and Iatollas should be killed. We could do this in 24 hours.

Lastly, impeach Obama and remove him from the White House. Then deport ALL MUSLIMS from my United States of America - including Obama.

Submitted by Michael W. Rea (not verified) : Feb 16, 2015 11:24am

We really need to get Congress to act on Article Three of the US Constitution about Treason, All the people from the US that wants to become a terrorist for ISIL need to be informed they are committing Treason, The woman they caught got 4 years, When she should have gotten the Death penalty. Congress is the only one who can sentence someone for Treason, But they are afraid to act, because they don't get a kick back and it's the RIGHT thing to do.

Submitted by Richard/Rick Weeks (not verified) : Feb 16, 2015 6:09pm

I have seen the enemy. And he is at 1600 W Pennsylvania Ave
nuff said

Submitted by R-L-B (not verified) : Feb 23, 2015 5:22pm

We've endured 7 years of a do-nothing President and now he wants to go out with a bang?

Submitted by Amos Garnto (not verified) : Jan 14, 2016 5:11pm

We've endured 7 years of a do-nothing President and now he wants to go out with a bang?

Submitted by Amos Garnto (not verified) : Jan 14, 2016 5:12pm