"We will slaughter your people in your streets."
The ISIS leader has spoken and released a video of the beheading of another American. Who will challenge him when he says the United States is weak? We are fighting ISIS with little more effect than throwing spit balls. We are training Iraq soldiers with little confidence they will be effective with their "boots on the ground," but that's all we have since the president has said his strategy is to contain ISIS with air power alone.
If air power is all we have, use it; don't play around. We make five sorties on a busy day and boast about damaging a pick-up truck. Air power can accomplish something if it is fully utilized as it was in Iraq, where some days we flew 2,000 planes, a real commitment.
The ISIS leader has spoken and released a video of the beheading of another American. Who will challenge him when he says the United States is weak? We are fighting ISIS with little more effect than throwing spit balls. We are training Iraq soldiers with little confidence they will be effective with their "boots on the ground," but that's all we have since the president has said his strategy is to contain ISIS with air power alone.
If air power is all we have, use it; don't play around. We make five sorties on a busy day and boast about damaging a pick-up truck. Air power can accomplish something if it is fully utilized as it was in Iraq, where some days we flew 2,000 planes, a real commitment.
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