Saturday, August 09, 2014

Peace Prize Winner Obama: Military Strikes In Iraq Successful, Will Be Long Campaign

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Air Strikes are not boots on the ground, according to President Barack Obama.  He stated he will use the tools available, but will not send in troops to Iraq. . . and but he won't close the Embassy or consulate.

Under criticism regarding the U.S. pulling out of Iraq in the first place, an action Obama campaigned on and said he would accomplish, he responded that it wasn't his decision to pull out of Iraq.  The Iraqis didn't want our troops in their country.  Obama rejects any inclination that troops will ever return to Iraq. "We are going to maintain that because we should have learned a lesson from our long and immensely costly incursion into Iraq," Obama said.

Among Obama's criticisms of George W. Bush when he was "Candidate Obama" was that Bush's war in Iraq was a long, drawn out affair, and we had no business being in that country for such an extended period of time. On the White House lawn, however, President Obama explained that the new campaign to bring security in Iraq requires military and political changes and "is going to be a long-term project." He wouldn't give a timetable for how long the U.S. military involvement would last, saying it depends on Iraq's political efforts.

"I don't think we are going to solve this problem in weeks," Obama said. "I think this is going to take some time."

Obama lay the blame, and the responsibility, for ground operations on the Iraqi security forces who have lost thousands men that have deserted, or joined the ISIS terrorist forces.  He said that Iraq needs to revamp their security forces to effectively mount an offensive, which requires a government in Baghdad that the Iraqi military and people have confidence in.  The problem, I am hearing from Obama, is not terrorism, Islamism, jihadism, or Iraq's lack of an adequate military force, equipment, or men willing to fight. According to Obama, it's about politics.  Iraq needs a prime minister.  He's partly right.  Trust me, under a weak leader, the urge to fight is lacking.  Just ask people that have decided not to join the military since Obama has been president.  But the problem is not the Iraqi soldiers as much as it is that ISIS exists and is moving its bloodthirsty force through the region.

Barack's statements, however, revealed that he has little faith in the legitimacy of Nouri al-Maliki, or his administration in Iraq.  His statements also reveal that he lacks the comprehension of how evil ISIS truly is. . . or he knows, but is unwilling to do what it takes to stop the sick terrorist organization claiming large swathes of Syria and Iraq for themselves as they commit genocide against all Christians that are in their path, and are even beheading Christian children.

Humanitarian efforts will continue to airdrop food and water to persecuted religious minorities stranded on a mountaintop, he said, and planning is underway for how to get them down.

U.S. military jets launched several airstrikes Friday on isolated targets, including two mortar positions and a vehicle convoy. U.S. officials announced Friday night the second airdrop of food and water in as many days for the imperiled refugees.

Obama's statements were made to the press on the South Lawn of the White House as he prepared to board Marine One for his yet another vacation, this one to be enjoyed in Massachusetts.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary







1 comment:

Janson Smithers said...

One of the reasons I don't & won't become President is because of the fact that whoever it is at a given time needs to be BUSY.

This guy clearly is NOT as busy as he should be.