Monday, September 15, 2014

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Part 2) The Obama administration seems to be deeply conflicted and confused about both the threat of ISIS and the methods to combat that threat. Just the other day Secy of State Kerry made it crystal clear that we were not “at war” with ISIS. But the Pentagon has clearly stated: “make no mistake, we know we are at war with ISIL, in the same way we are at war, and continue to be at war, with al-Qaeda and its affiliates.”

The admins confusion and dithering (the perfect verb) stems from Obama’s bragging that he and his had destroyed AQI and by extension the threat of jihadism. Obama has gone out of his way to belittle the threat from ISIS, going so far as to say that it is the “JV team”, and is not a “state.” Obama seems to be purposefully ignoring the facts.

The facts are terribly unsettling. ISIS now controls huge amounts of land in both Syria and Iraq. They control an area the size of Indiana. They have managed to conquer major Iraqi cities and Syrian cities, and now have suddenly become very wealthy. They earn at least $3 million dollars a day in oil sales, in ransoms, and in looting. They very recently looted a single bank of about half a billion dollars. That kind of wealth buys weapons and fighters. Additionally the best current estimate of the number of their fighters is about 30k, that does not include support personnel and sympathizers. They have seized vast amounts of modern American heavy weapons and munitions from fleeing Iraqi troops. That includes American tanks, Mraps, and armed Humvees. They have even seized at least 11 jet air liners when they conquered Tripoli. Those aircraft have disappeared from view. Need you be reminded of the damage and terror that can be delivered by civilian airliners?

Even though Obama refuses to identify them as a state, they consider themselves a state, a Muslim fundamentalist caliphate. They are dedicated to conquering every inch of land that they can conquer and on delivering terror to all who are not Muslims.

It is good that Obama has finally decided to take some action against them, but, it is not nearly enough. Airpower alone will not vanquish them. We now have about 1400 or so American boots on the ground in theater, that is woefully short of the number and skill sets of the troops needed. We should be putting teams of special operators in the field to work with the indigenous troops. If air power is to be even marginally effective it is vital that we have American forward air controllers on the ground fighting alongside the indigenous troops. Obama is loath to do any of that. Nonetheless, it is a near certainty that we will have about 5k American troops in theater in just a few months.

Make no mistake, ISIS is a state, its citizens are evil religious fanatics who are prepared and even anxious to die for their beliefs. To underestimate their resolve is insane.

Obama’s foreign policy ineptitude has made it extremely difficult for him to cobble together a coalition of nations to fight ISIS. The coalition that now exists is offering precious little, essentially they only offer to hold our coat.

This is a terrible predicament, whatever course Obama ultimately follows, we will have to live with it for years. I fear that terrorism is on the ascent as America’s global reputation is on the descent.