{"id":61942,"date":"2015-09-22T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=61942"},"modified":"2015-09-22T08:43:44","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T12:43:44","slug":"white-house-discusses-more-aggressive-policy-against-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=61942","title":{"rendered":"White House discusses “more aggressive” policy against ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post<\/a> reports that the Obama Administration is discussing among themselves how to take a more aggressive stance against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. <\/p>\n

The White House\u2019s top national security officials met last week and will convene again in the next few days to discuss ways to capi\u00adtal\u00adize on recent and unexpected gains made by Syrian irregular forces. The administration is considering providing arms and ammunition to a wider array of rebel groups in Syria and relaxing vetting standards, effectively deepening America\u2019s involvement in the ongoing civil war.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Their plan seems to be to only vet leaders, rather than checking the background of every soldier, and the intent is to get more weapons in the hands of unvetted troops. Yeah, I don’t see anything that could go wrong with that plan, well, except the specter of the spate of green-on-blue attacks that haunted our troops in Afghanistan a few short years ago.<\/p>\n

The change is driven partly by frustration with the stalemated fight in Iraq, where an Iraqi army assault on Ramadi has ground to a halt and where a much-anticipated offensive to reclaim Mosul, originally planned for this year, may come only after President Obama leaves office.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, claims, correctly, that Iran’s military is the best hope for the region. With Iraq’s troops joining the exodus of refugees to Europe, the Iranians are the only force in the region that will deal with the thugs of ISIS in a way that they will understand the consequences of their terror. I’m guessing that Iranian rules of engagement are somewhat less restrictive than those imposed on US or any other western forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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