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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Boots on the ground is the tuffest decision.
It could very well be a long drawn out blood bath.
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That's what ISIS wants, they want Western powers embroiled in a, sorry about this turn, Tar Baby Battle.
It would have been easier if Iraq and Syria had managed to do a better job of evacuating the civilians in front of the ISIS surge. They could have gone in and flattened everything standing. But as it stands ISIS has thousands of hostages and any fight is going to be a long drawn out building by building rat hole by rat hole battle if it comes to it.
Personally, I believe that there has to be an element of proper boots on the ground.
Seize the key oil fields, or level them. Cut off one of ISIS' bigger money makers outside of really aggressive fund raising.
Seize key strategic points and use them to bleed ISIS of their ground troops.
Special Forces are engaged in destroying ISIS leadership.
Overwhelming attacks on ISIS Communication, command and control and logistical stocks.
Focus on the destruction of ISIS' ability to move troops around, target their vehicle base, limit how fast they can re-enforce.
Start going to war with ISIS electronically, go after their money, and their propaganda centers. Quit fighting the propaganda war on their terms.
At home, a heighted search for ISIS recruiting on soil, a heighted search for ISIS recruiters using social media.