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| Gen (R) Jim Conway: Champ's ISIS Strategy, not "A Snowball's Chance In Hell Of Succeeding" | |
| 2014-09-22 | |
| [Business Insider] The man who was the top Marine general from 2006 until his retirement in 2010 says President Barack Obama's strategy to defeat the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is doomed to fail. "I don't think the president's plan has a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding," retired Marine General James Conway, who served as the 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps during the end of the Bush administration and the beginning of the Obama administration, said at the Maverick PAC Conference in Washington, D.C. Friday, according to a source in attendance. A U.S. 'success' against ISIS was never part of Champ's plan. Subduing the Jewish hawks and enabling the Iranian moderates, that was and remains the plan.
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| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 Political snark of the day from James Kunstler: Does any tattoo-free American adult outside the Kardashian-NFL mass hypnosis matrix feel confident about the trajectory of US policy regarding the so-called Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL)? Maybe if I get a couple of tattoos, I will feel better about the whole affair. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-09-22 17:04 |
| #8 General Mattis' take on ISIS and Mideast terrorism. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-09-22 16:12 |
| #7 Darth, which means HE is successful since the devolution of America has been his goal since day one. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-09-22 15:02 |
| #6 Obumble's entire administration doesn't have a snowball's chance of hell of being successful for America. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-09-22 13:13 |
| #5 I've never been able to make any sense out of what this regime is doing. The most persuasive scenarios I've read all deal with building up the Iranians and pressuring Israe. Most everything the clique does seems to fit someway into that. I said yesterday that at this rate Bammer will either have WWIV or a new Civil war here by the end of his term. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-09-22 12:54 |
| #4 Wagging the dog |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-09-22 11:35 |
| #3 It's already serving it's purpose, i.e. giving NYT and WaPo something to yammer about. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-09-22 08:06 |
| #2 No sh*t, general? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-09-22 05:21 |
| #1 The sad fact is: we no longer have any idea who is actually running the show in America. . It sure as hell isn't Obama – he’s simply never on the job. He’s on the golf course, or at fund-raisers, or on vacation, or at celebrity events. He is never working. That’s not mocking – that’s simply reality. Barry put the USA on auto-pilot, and went golfing – several years ago. Joe Biden? Hah! He probably spends half of each day trying to get each of his shoes on the correct foot. John Kerry? Lurch simply wanders the earth “looking for a clue” - appearing stupid, and sounding foolish. Chuck Hegel? He has his hands completely full with the task of slashing the size and capability of the US military – while elevating gays and trans-genders to command operations. The White House Chief of Staff? OK, now - don't cheat: do you even know who is currently in that position? Perhaps he's not the guy in charge. Who is running America? Seriously? Who is actually charting the course for the most powerful country in the history of the world? It cannot be any of the idiots named above. Susan Rice? Valerie Jarrett? Harry Reid? Janet Yellen? John O. Brennan? (if it must be one of these, PLEASE let it be John O. Brennan). So - we are going to support the "moderate" blood-thirsty, murderous, jihadi, maniacal rebels? Whew, that surely makes me feel better. And to think - just a few years ago - we were all laughing at: http://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/clint-chair-borowitz.jpg |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2014-09-22 01:21 |