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State Dept. Spox on ISIS: “We CANNOT win this war by killing them” » The Right Scoop –

“We’re killing a lot of them and we’re going to keep killing more of them. So are the Egyptians, so are the Jordanians. They’re in this fight with us. But we cannot win this war by killing them. We cannot kill our way out of this war. We need in the medium to longer term…

“We’re killing a lot of them and we’re going to keep killing more of them. So are the Egyptians, so are the Jordanians. They’re in this fight with us. But we cannot win this war by killing them. We cannot kill our way out of this war. We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it’s lack of opportunity for jobs…”

via State Dept. Spox on ISIS: “We CANNOT win this war by killing them” » The Right Scoop –.

General LeMay begs to differ.

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  1. osoloco11

    Can we at least try the “Kill them all strategy”?

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  2. pngai

    Speaking of LeMay, we had an EO9066 in effect at the time.
    Was it necessary then?
    Could we do it again?

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  3. scottthebadger

    It’s worked every other time it’s been tried.

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  4. ultimaratioregis

    Can we play this, the “empathy” clip, Bath House Barry’s “folks” comment, and the remarks about the Junior Varsity as the sound background to ISIS execution and beheading and burning videos in a continuous loop until November 2016?

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  5. LT Rusty

    Rule 6: If violence wasn’t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.

    Also, Rule 30 seems possibly applicable: A little trust goes a long way. The less you use, the further you’ll go.

    Further, Rule 47: Don’t expect the enemy to cooperate in the creation of your dream engagement.

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  6. LT Rusty

    And then fade to black with “at this point, what difference does it make?”

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  7. Quartermaster

    I think it’s a condition of employment at State that you be certifiably insane. That may not be true, but it certainly appears be the case.

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  8. diogenesofnj

    Send Marie Harf into Libya for face-to-face negotiations.

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  9. timactual

    Kind of reminds me of LBJ’s solution to end that little Vietnamese insurgency. A massive jobs program to include hydroelectric projects on the Mekong. “Old Ho can’t turn that down”.

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  10. MSG Harris (Ret)

    She’s a child. A young, uneducated child mouthing talking points she’s been given by others. Such a waste.

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  11. Tarl

    And if you have to kill all of them to achieve victory, so be it!

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  12. LtCol P

    “Harf” sounds like my cat trying to cough up a hairball.
    The woman is a fool.

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  13. xbradtc

    A Facebook acquaintance has coined the term “Harfing” as the vomit a lying spokesperson spews to a credulous press.

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