In his latest protracted speech about the ISIS war, President Obama insisted that the war is continuing to go well, citing thousands of ISIS fighters killed, and talked up escalating airstrikes against ISIS in Raqqa, insisting that the recent attacks “proved” ISIS would eventually be destroyed.
That “eventually” could be a long time indeed, as Obama described the conflict as a “generational struggle” that would be one at some unspecified point in the future. In the meantime, it’s all airstrikes, and bragging about body counts.
Pentagon officials, however, say that the basic ISIS war strategy are unchanged, beyond an increase in the number of airstrikes in recent days. Officials continue to maintain that, despite mounting losses on the ground, the existing strategy is the right one.
Despite the length of his comments, Obama actually said very little of import about the war, just rehashing long-standing White House positions that the war is going well enough, irrespective of very visible losses, and that victory is going to eventually happen, even if it is long after his term in office is over.
Maybe one can replace him with a cardboard cutout doing robospeeches and flashing "Hope and Change" neon signs?
One could save a fat amount of money on not having to maintain Airshit One.
This idiot isn't only a traitorous imposter but he is delusional as well.
Yippie, more money for the weapons mafia!
asshole peddling the same old lies. Did you hear the one about we are going to be arming the ''''''moderate'''''' (wink wink) Syrian Rebels who are going to (wink wink) fight against ISIS ……and also fight against Assad.
They must think the American people are really really really stupid. Unfortunately they may be right.
Nice that he finally gets around to declaring official malice against another generation.
Forever War. Generational War. The Long War. A Hundred Years War.
Those are the answers we keep getting to the questions as posed by the neocons running DoD and State.
NO !!!
Whatever question that answers is the wrong question.
Ask instead, "How do we get ourselves out of this mess?"
Ask, "What are our real interests, and how can we serve them without killing people?"
Ask, "How can we build a future here?"
Not, "How can we crush that many people?" Not, "Who do we 'have to' kill?"
Obama was supposed to know better than this. He walks into the Pentagon, and comes out talking like Dick Cheney.
They all wanted for this war to be "generations" war from day one. They supplied, they supported, they supplied it from NATO Turkish Erdogan regime to that Swedish king to those Neo liberals to those Neo fascism in Europe to usg. Obama is a manipulative politician, you can not expect more of him than what he said, although he knows that usg, George W. Bush and Tony Blair the British government are the main reason for growth of Isis, yet both Bush and Dick Cheney so as Tony Blair the war criminals are free. That is not how democracy works, the justice for all is part of principles in democracy and if Obama believed in justice for all he should have prosecuted these war criminals when he took office.
This nightmare is never going to end for the people of Iraq and Syria.
Oboomer could care less. He will pass this disaster off to the next
flunky his masters stick into that office.
Government doesn't work.