Campaign to Destroy ISIS Could Take Years
Campaign to Destroy ISIS Could Take Years
via Campaign to Destroy ISIS Could Take Years.
Monday, 08 Sep 2014 08:02 AM
According to senior officials, the operation will be conducted in three phases, continuing past the end of President Barack Obama’s term in office, but as the president has previously stressed, there are no plans to use ground troops.
“What I want people to understand is that over the course of months, we are going to be able to not just blunt the momentum” of ISIS. “We are going to systematically degrade their capabilities; we’re going to shrink the territory that they control; and, ultimately, we’re going to defeat them,” Obama said in an interview aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
The first phase of the mission, currently underway, has consisted of air strikes to halt the advance of the extremist group and protect religious minorities as well as American diplomatic, intelligence, and military personnel.
Phase two will be intended to train, advise, and equip the Iraqi military, Kurdish fighters, and possibly members of Sunni tribes, and is expected to begin after Iraq forms a more inclusive government which is scheduled for this week.
The last part of the offensive would destroy the group’s military capabilities inside Syria, with a campaign lasting at least 36 months. This part of the operation is expected to be the most politically controversial, according to the Times.
Meanwhile, the administration is working to solidify an international coalition to join the effort. Officials say that the countries committed to varying levels of help include Britain, Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is also working to secure the support of Turkey, whose location is seen as strategically crucial to stopping foreign fighters from joining ISIS and allowing the American military to launch operations from bases in the country.
Differences, however, are expected to emerge on the issue of airstrikes in Syria.
“Everybody is on board Iraq,” one administration official told the Times. “But when it comes to Syria, there’s more concern” about where airstrikes could lead.
At the same time, the official said that the administration expects countries to ultimately agree to the plan because “there’s really no other alternative.”
Tags: Isis, Islam, Islamic State, Jihad, Middle East War, President Barack Obama, USA
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WarSclerotic 
September 8, 2014 at 4:15 PM
It is FG”!#$%& unbelievable !
September 8, 2014 at 8:04 PM
OBAMA IS biding time! He doesn’t realize that we will be attacked while he is taking time away so he can vacation and fund raise. OBAMA is doing this for political reasons PERIOD! You can’t figure that out when the world is burning he is fund raising??? And amnesty, his democratic base has begged him to not do amnesty. He is determined to do executive order for these illegals and it will not end there. Once this first amnesty is done there will be other amnesty and more people flown into america. The most important thing is to vote republican because the democrats are going to take us down the road of bankruptcy. Obama wants millions of muslims to live in america. His allegience is to islam/muslims, and his speeches are always about how muslims have built america and they have contributed so much to america. Obama is muslim no doubt it I heard this from his lips in a speech. Look at the way he has our borders open. What president would invite and fly illegals here? He wants us to be attacked. He wants america to be a MUSLIM NATION. If you would wake up and see him for what he is. THE ENEMY. His whole life he has learned to hate america and capitalism. He hates Christians, our military and if he had it his way we would all have the religion of being muslim. The only thing that would save us is the next president which must be republican could repeal the amnesty order. Obama is scary and he has filled his white house with muslims. Check it out yourself. It’s all there. Even a white house staff said that american will be a muslim nation. we need to get this president out of our country.
September 9, 2014 at 4:05 AM
Bravo!
September 9, 2014 at 6:09 AM
Oy vey!
September 9, 2014 at 3:39 PM
L’Chaim!
September 9, 2014 at 5:39 PM
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