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originally posted by: ClovenSky
And you know what the solution is? Why more money of course. Lots and lots of money.
I kind of hope that the petrodollar is dying a fast death. I wonder what their next trick will be when they can't create digital money out of thin air anymore and distribute the inflation around the world through the petrodollar?
Obama to send 250 more US troops to Syria Obama to send 250 more US troops to Syria 8:09 AM ET Mon, 25 April 2016 | 00:32 President Barack Obama plans to send as many as 250 more U.S. troops to Syria, bringing the total American presence on the ground to 300 to help fight Islamic State militants, U.S. officials said on Sunday.
The decision, which a U.S. official said would be announced in Hanover, Germany, on Monday, was first reported by the Wall Street Journal and confirmed an April 1 Reuters report that the Obama administration was considering a significant increase in U.S. forces. The additional deployment aims to accelerate recent gains against Islamic State and appears to reflect growing confidence in the ability of U.S.-backed forces inside Syria and Iraq to claw back territory from the hardline Sunni Islamist group.
slamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, controls the cities of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria and is proving a potent threat abroad, claiming credit for major attacks in Paris in November and Brussels in March.
While Obama has resisted putting U.S. troops into Syria, where a five-year civil war has killed at least 250,000 people, he sent 50 U.S. special operations forces to Syria last year in what U.S. officials described as a "counterterrorism" mission rather than an effort to tip the scales in the war. Obama on Syria: We have looked at all options
Obama to send up to 250 more US troops to Syria to fight ISIS
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: FamCore
The US has one of the most powerful military forces in the world, but if your battle plan consists of "we're going to bomb them until they're destroyed", you're going to lose every time. Air power alone can not win fights. You need people on the ground to both fight, and target the forces you're fighting for you.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: muzzleflash
That's what it boils down to. Air power isn't going to win. Period. They should have had boots on the ground from Day One if they were serious about the fight in Syria.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: muzzleflash
You can't blow stuff up by air if there are civilians in the area. Airpower can't win when you're fighting in cities and towns. You need people to call targets, and sometimes you need people to fight. Boots on the ground isn't always to take and hold territory. Sometimes you need them to fight too.