Posted on Sep 2, 2016
Former Commanders Take Increasingly Dim View of War on ISIS
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"The U.S. is beating ISIS handily, judging by Vietnam’s body-count metric. The total number of ISIS battlefield deaths claimed by U.S. officials has jumped, from 6,000 in January 2015 to 45,000 last month—a bloodbath for an enemy force estimated to number about 30,000."
This is an awesome Zinni quote - one for history am sure! "Anthony Zinni, a retired Marine four-star who held the same post from 1997 to 2000, says he doesn’t think he could do so today. “I don’t want to be part of a strategy that in my heart of hearts I know is going to fail,” he says. “It’s a bad strategy, it’s the wrong strategy, and maybe I would tell the President that he would be better served to find somebody who believes in it, whoever that idiot may be.”"
This is an awesome Zinni quote - one for history am sure! "Anthony Zinni, a retired Marine four-star who held the same post from 1997 to 2000, says he doesn’t think he could do so today. “I don’t want to be part of a strategy that in my heart of hearts I know is going to fail,” he says. “It’s a bad strategy, it’s the wrong strategy, and maybe I would tell the President that he would be better served to find somebody who believes in it, whoever that idiot may be.”"
Former Commanders Take Increasingly Dim View of War on ISIS
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ISIS
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The pilot counts 1 enemy KIA, the JTAC in the TOC watching the video feed counts 1 KIA, the GOI forces on the ground counts 1 KIA after they do a dead check. 3 separate reports on the same incident are then aggregated by S2 (well the time event occurred is slightly different, must be separate incidents) and that is how you get the enemy body count!
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We killed more than there was there- is that logical and is that common core math being used?
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Where in the hell were these leaders' comments when the had CENTCOM? They sure in the hell weren't telling POTUS the real deal. They were making shit up so that they sounded good. “I’ve talked to some U.S. generals who are really frustrated—they could be in Raqqa in a week, Zinni says." I've said the same thing but I am only a retired SGM. The ones that should have been saying this didn't/don't have the intestinal fortitude (was gonna say balls) to tell the man what the real deal is. Chickenshit politician generals is what they are. Now my son has to put his ass on the line because we let ISIS happen.
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LTC Eric Udouj
I always figured Matias did tell the POTUS the real deal with Afghanistan... and why he departed early from CENTCOM command. Zinni was way back - and sure wish he was the lead these days - as much as I do like GEN Vogel.
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