Originally Posted by Guest

If I was in charge the first thing I would do is assess the threat to the US. Answer: large, and only ot get bigger over time.

The next question I’d ask is … do I want to actually solve the problem or just talk and pretend to solve it like Obama is doing. More accurately, he is just punting and letting the next president deal with it … most likely after a severe 9/11 attack here at home.

So, assuming we want to solve the problem YES, we need to send in ground troops. Sorry if that scares you. We can't win by playing total defense at home but I would certainly secure our borders and use all other means at our disposal ... cyber, psychological etc. But, when all is said and done, the infantry makes it real.

The right thing to do is a) accurately describe the enemy as Radical Islam b) a leader / President (currently not applicable) explains to the people what's at stake, c) mobilize for Desert Storm II and 4) change the Rules of Engagement to approximate what we did in WWII when faced with a fascist enemy. We need to destroy ISIS totally, and that means use of tactical nukes if need be to destroy their cities. We also need to make sure Iran does not end up as the hegemon in the Middle East ... and DSII would help with that as well.

Radical Islam uses terror to make us afraid (ie your comment about what ISIS would do to a US captive). Historically, we have to make them more afraid while simultaneously exterminating them as we did the Nazis and Imperial Japanese

Oh, by the way, bring back the draft. Everyone needs to be in this, including you.