I hope Obama sticks to his guns and keeps American boots out of the mud. The NY Times reports today that Turkey, Jordan and Egypt are giving tepid support to the U.S. campaign to defeat ISIS out of fear of their population which is more supportive of ISIS.
That is precisely why John Boehner should know we cannot put American boots on the ground to win this. They will attract wanna be heroes from all these populated countries and grow ISIS.
Only Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, the Kurds, and the right guys in Syria can defeat ISIS on the ground. This will take a long time because other than the Turk's, their Armies are weak and under armed. The Iraqi's had adequate arms but they abandoned them in their flight and now ISIS has them.
There is no way this threat will be defeated and made harmless quickly, but it is necessary.
Unfortunately, for the Arab states, this cannot be done by their mercenary Army, the United States Army and Marines. They have to do this themselves. They hope they can buy their way out of it by funneling money to America but it will not be enough. They need to commit their own armies to this effort.
boots in the air!
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