America's Top Military Officer Explained The Big ISIS Problem In One Sentence

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America's Top Military Officer Explained The Big ISIS Problem In One Sentence

by Michael B Kelley at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/martin-dempsey-on-the-isis-problem-2014-8

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“This is an organization that has an apocalyptic end-of-days strategic vision that will eventually have to be defeated.” -General Martin E. Dempsey, U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Gen. Martin Dempsey, America's top military officer, told a press briefing this week that the mere existence of ISIS is clearly a problem that had to be addressed.

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Demspey noted that destroying ISIS will require "the application of all of the tools of [U.S.] national power — diplomatic, economic, information, military."

In fact, as counterterrorism expert Brian Fishman explained, truly defeating ISIS would require full-scale war that would involve fighting in both Iraq and Syria.


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1. i tend to agree with Netanyahu on this

They are like Hamas. They need to be dealt with. And yes militarily.

[RKP5637]

3. It's another damn catch-22. ... I don't think it can be ignored. n/t

[840high]

7. Yes. They scare the hell

out of me. Dark-age barbarians.

[Schema Thing]

11. Hamas, agree with them or not, are an outgrowth of apartheid.

ISIS bears zero resemblance to Hamas.

[Autumn]

2. “This is an organization that has an apocalyptic end-of-days strategic vision that will eventually

have to be defeated.” We got us one of those organizations right here in the good old US of A.

Yep.

[cantbeserious]

5. + 1,000 - Wonder If They Are Related In Any Way

eom

[Adam051188]

4. organization with an apocalyptic end of days strategic vision.....well i'm glad isis is the only one

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[Octafish]

6. The oil means that much.

[lob1]

8. I think ISIS is a front organization for the CIA, who is the action arm of the MIC

who just want to keep us fighting in another fucking war.

[gratuitous]

9. Fear, fear, FEAR!!

The only answer is all-out war. Again. Never mind those last two or three or six wars. THIS time, we know what we're doing, and we'll be all wrapped up in, well, maybe not six weeks, but I doubt six months. Won't cost a dime, because we'll make the newly-liberated Iraqis pay for it. Oh, and the job creators are going to need another tax break, so they can, you know, create jobs. Like last time.

Just like last time. Everybody remember how excited "shock and awe" was? How about that whole "Mission Accomplished" deal? Everybody was soooo happy.

Gooooo WAR!

[bemildred]

10. Why, it's like an employment act for Generals. nt

[msongs]

12. "If we don';t keep coming up with new wars I might lose my job" is more like it nt