It's been one year. How is the war against ISIS going?

2015-08-28T14:51:02-04:00

http://freebeacon.com/columns/obamas-politicized-intelligence/

The anniversary of the U.S. war against the Islamic State passed with little notice. It was August 7 of last year that President Obama authorized the first airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq, a campaign

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Aug 28 at 2015 3:13 PM

2015-08-28T15:13:01-04:00

Terrible. The Sunnis provide local support to ISIS. The Iraqi army can't maneuver out of a paper bag. We don't know if the Kurds want to attack N Iraqi cities. I don't know if the Iraqi government is reforming to support Iraqi civilians. We are training these 60 badass Syrians for a million each. We cant win a ground fight with drones alone, and estimates of ISIS range from 30,000 to 200,000.

Response by SSgt David Swart made Aug 28 at 2015 4:53 PM

2015-08-28T16:53:07-04:00

Hell I don't think we've started yet!

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 28 at 2015 5:26 PM

2015-08-28T17:26:15-04:00

Daesh isn't as powerful as they would otherwise be... however they are not really weaker than they were a year ago either. We need to continue to support local allies in the region and go after both Daesh and number one reason Daesh exists (Al Assad). Not until Bashar Al Assad has fallen, will everyone turn their focus on Daesh.

Response by SN Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 28 at 2015 5:48 PM

2015-08-28T17:48:53-04:00

honestly i think we're past the major flares and it should continue to die down over the next year or so.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Aug 29 at 2015 6:08 AM

2015-08-29T06:08:55-04:00

Before ISIS there was Al Queda, Before Al Queda was Hezbollah, Before that was Fatah/Black September, Bader Meinhoff. There will always be Religious and Non-Religious Young Zealots and Terrorist to fight, murder and kill for their "Ideal" of what Society Should be.

Response by SGT Jerrold Pesz made Aug 29 at 2015 6:30 AM

2015-08-29T06:30:50-04:00

I really don't see that we have accomplished much. The US hasn't won a war since WWII and as long as we have a PC military fighting PC wars by PC rules of engagement we never will.