With latest development with ISIS do you think we will mobilze and go to Iraq??

SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 06:13:23 -0400

I heard that there is a brigade size element in Kuwait do you think the US will act upon recent threats

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 30 at 2014 11:57 AM

PFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:57:03 -0400

Nope. It serves our interest to allow ISIS to run rampant for a little while. They are proving to the rest of the world that we were right and they are terrible human beings. So when the time comes to kick in their door we will have the worlds support. Just my opinion though. I think it's way above our pay grade and regardless of what they say on the news they have a strategy that we know nothing about and serves the best interest for our country

Response by SGM Gregory Tarancon IV made Jan 3 at 2015 10:21 PM

SGM Gregory Tarancon IV — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 22:21:44 -0500

Great Question, here is an article that provides some insight on the evolving ISIL situation, Army Senior Leadership concerns and what challenges lie ahead -

In Battle to Defang ISIS, U.S. Targets Its Psychology.

WASHINGTON — Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, commander of American Special Operations forces in the Middle East, sought help this summer in solving an urgent problem for the American military

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/29/us/politics/in-battle-to-defang-isis-us-targets-its-psychology-.html?ref=us&_r=2&referrer=

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 4 at 2015 11:11 AM

CW3 Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 11:11:59 -0500

Yes. I just left there.

Response by CSM Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 4 at 2015 12:11 PM

CSM Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 12:11:11 -0500

Brothers and sisters in arms, I just wanted to share what ISIS is referred to here in Theater. The Arabic countries refer to ISIS as DA'ISH, which is short for "Dawlat al-Islamiyah f' al-Iraq wa al-Sham." The word daish in Arabic means to "tread under foot" or crush like a bug. The acronym is pejorative and clearly hostile. It's their word, not ours but we use it exclusively so as not to legitimize the enemy. They are neither Islamic nor a state.