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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nLet be me clear, in no way do I want to advocate for US troops or contractors in Iraq. However, there comes a point of no return when that is the only answer. All of us saw this return to Iraq in our future from the time that our sole strategy in Iraq became withdrawal, when it was clear that this administration wanted to abandon Iraq so the end of our participation in the war could be a bumper sticker slogan for reelection. It was made more clear last January when ISIS\/ISIL\/Islamic State forces took Fallujah with barely a shot fired. <\/p>\n
This administration promised support for the Iraqi government to help them defeat the Islamic State. No one was more surprised than me that the promised aid had not even left for Iraq when the Islamic State cut a wide swath across northern Iraq pointed at Baghdad in June. And, so here we are, three months after that eye-opener and the Obama Administration is still dithering. <\/p>\n
The Obama White House talks out of both sides of their collective mouth – one official will tell us that IS is the most dangerous threat to the US since September 11th, 2001, across the Potomac River, another will tell us that it is no threat to Americans.<\/p>\n
Today the President told the few viewers remaining on “Meet the Press” that he will have a major policy speech on IS come Wednesday, according to Yahoo News<\/a>; <\/p>\n \u201cOur goal should not be to think that we can occupy every country where there’s a terrorist organization,\u201d Obama continued. \u201cOur goal has to be to partner more effectively with governments that are committed to pushing back against the kind of extremism that [IS] represents.\u201d<\/p>\n Obama said he is planning to outline the U.S. strategy on IS \u2014 also known as ISIS and ISIL \u2014 in an address to the nation on Wednesday, a day before the 13th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.<\/p>\n “This is not going to be an announcement about U.S. ground troops,” Obama said. “What I’m going to be asking the American people to understand is, number one, this is a serious threat. Number two, we have the capacity to deal with it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The President says that his plan won’t include US forces on the ground in Iraq, but, the longer this dithering goes on, the less likely it is that US troops won’t be needed.<\/p>\n On ABC’s “This Week,” Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz accused Obama of not “taking ISIS seriously,” saying the United States should strongly consider military action against the Islamic extremists.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we ought to have is a directed, concerted, overwhelming campaign to take them out,\u201d Cruz said. \u201cThe focus should be Iraq, but the real focus should be taking out ISIS. Within Syria, it should not be our objective to try and resolve the civil war.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There comes a point when we can’t back off from the use of US troops and if we haven’t crossed that point yet, it’s not too far into our future.<\/p>\n But, as with everything else in the last few years, I expect more dithering after this policy speech. It seems that by just tacking together pretty words into a microphone, well, this White House considers that the extent of their involvement in foreign affairs. I don’t think that the aircraft and ammunition which was promised to Iraq last February has even arrived yet. Even Iran thinks we’re not serious<\/a> about fighting IS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"