{"id":23551,"date":"2014-08-13T13:36:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T17:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23551"},"modified":"2014-08-13T13:36:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T17:36:21","slug":"and-so-it-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=23551","title":{"rendered":"And So It Begins…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those of us who are old enough to remember Vietnam are getting a little nervous about what is happening in the Middle East<\/a>–for various reasons. The American<\/a> involvement in the war in Vietnam<\/a> actually began in 1950 under President Harry Truman<\/a>, who sent the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG)<\/a> to assist the French. President Kennedy<\/a> increased our commitment, and it began. South Vietnam fell when a Democrat Congress refused to send them the aid they needed to stand. This is somewhat similar to what happened in Iraq<\/a> when President Obama<\/a> did not get a strong status of forces agreement to maintain stability. Now, despite claims to the contrary, we are back in Iraq.<\/p>\n

Paul Mirengoff<\/a> at Power Line<\/a> posted an article today stating that we are sending 130 military advisers to northern Iraq to assess the situation there. It seems to me that we already have a pretty good idea what the situation in Iraq is. We have an extremist Islamic terrorist<\/a> group killing people who will not convert to Islam. They have no problem killing women and children. I have no idea what the proper course of action is at this point. The Obama Administration has made so many bad decisions I am not sure it is capable of making a good decision. Meanwhile, the world seems to be turning away from the genocide that is happening.<\/p>\n

The article at Power Line concludes:<\/p>\n

President Obama claims that he\u2019s determined not to do \u201cstupid [stuff].\u201d It would be nice if, in addition, he abjured \u201chalf-assed [stuff].\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Combating ISIS with a few pinprick airstrikes and a small number of advisers is half-assed. Fox News reported this morning that U.S. military commanders have compared our limited action against ISIS to \u201cwhac-a-mole.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

ISIS is powerful and is becoming more so by the week. But it is not unstoppable, as has been seen in Syria<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ISIS found the Iran-backed Syrian regime too tough a nut to crack, so it turned to the U.S.-backed (sort of) Iraqi government, correctly perceiving that it is low hanging fruit<\/strong><\/p>\n

In short ISIS\u2019s approach is to probe for weakness. When it finds weakness, it runs rampant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Northern Iraq is the first place where ISIS has encountered the U.S. military. It is imperative that ISIS not find weakness there.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At some point the democracies of the world are going to have to unite against ISIS and ISIS-type groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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