blackhawk
Diamond Member
I agree with pushing ISIS back into Syria and let ISIS and Assad beat the hell out of each other as for Iraq we have troops already there the Kurds who we know can and will fight. If we would increase our airstrikes and send air controllers to the front lines to make the strikes more effective and arm the Kurds I think ISIS could be pushed out of Iraq and destroyed on their retreat back to Syria and if they aren't as already has been stated let them and the Assad regime kill each other.I think that we should be telling the Iraqi Army to man up and we should let Assad handle his own business with them (ISIS). I'm guilty of using "boots on the ground" but I agree that we should be calling them "troops on the ground" because they are people and not "boots". I'm will to bet that there are CCT's there and FAC's there already calling in airstrikes. I can see this starting as Sf guys initially (Green Berets) to train counter insurgency forces, rangers as a larger assault force, and SEALS to run raids to take care of HVTs. Hopefully we don't have to go much further than that. Though I can see some Cav and Armor being used to soften things up.As I understand it the President is not talking about putting a large number of troops on the ground for an extended period of time which is what you will have to do to defeat ISIS militarily. If this is the case it begs the question whats the point of putting any boots on the ground?