Just the other day, president Obama (remember him?) gave a speech about how wonderful and successful his anti-terrorism policies have been. Today, as if to punctuate Obama's speech, ISIS forces are reported to have retaken about half of the Syrian city of Palmyra. About six months ago, a big deal was made that ISIS had been expelled from Palmyra and how ISIS was being pushed back to Raqqa, the ISIS capital. Since then, the Assad forces and their Iranian, Russian and terrorist Hezbollah forces have concentrated on starving and killing the Syrians and rebel forces in Aleppo. Many thousands have died, but the fighting continues in and around Aleppo. Meanwhile, Palmyra is once again falling to ISIS.
The real truth is that Obama's policies have been based on the strategic doctrine of "not enough". There are not enough soldiers, not enough weapons, not enough attention given to ISIS, and generally not enough anything except disinterest. I don't know that President Elect Trump will move to send US forces to the war, but I know that there will be one major change from Obama. Trump is going to try actually to succeed in what the USA does. The Obama target of doing enough so that Obama can say he has taken action (without really caring about ultimate success) is coming to an end.
The real truth is that Obama's policies have been based on the strategic doctrine of "not enough". There are not enough soldiers, not enough weapons, not enough attention given to ISIS, and generally not enough anything except disinterest. I don't know that President Elect Trump will move to send US forces to the war, but I know that there will be one major change from Obama. Trump is going to try actually to succeed in what the USA does. The Obama target of doing enough so that Obama can say he has taken action (without really caring about ultimate success) is coming to an end.
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