Ok, I get that the "American people don't want another war". I get that the "American people don't want to invade". I also get that the Community Organizer and Chief needs to make the country think he's doing something about AlQeada's big brother, ISIS. But seriously, what are we doing?
Or the better question is, what is our objective??
If our Objective is to decimate and dismantle ISIS, that's NOT going to happen with airpower alone. Its not even slowing them down much
If our Ojective is to merely disrupt their command & control, as well as their supply lines, that requires more intel, as in boots on the ground with the ability to identify specific targets, giving our air strikes a chance for some lethal disruption
If, however, our "objective" is to placate the masses that we're doing something against folks who behead our own citizens, this is a horrid use of our military, putting soldiers at grave risk, spending millions of tax dollars, and using up resources that could be better utilized for serious conditions, all for qa political show of "doing something".
Here's a hint....if you want the enemy out of Iraq, then you bomb the heck out of ISIS in Iraq, and leave them an exit route, back into Syria. You don't keep bombing in both places
