Making the world safe for ISIS...
U.S. military pilots carrying out the air war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria are voicing growing discontent over what they say are heavy-handed rules of engagement hindering them from striking targets.
They blame a bureaucracy that does not allow for quick decision-making. One Navy F-18 pilot who has flown missions against ISIS voiced his frustration to Fox News, saying: "There were times I had groups of ISIS fighters in my sights, but couldn't get clearance to engage.”
He added, “They probably killed innocent people and spread evil because of my inability to kill them. It was frustrating." (read more)
Meanwhile, The Free Beacon reports Al Qaeda in Syria is "
Tweeting Jihad to Over 200,000 Followers"
Though al Qaeda’s ongoing operations have taken a backseat to the exploits of IS, the group founded by Osama bin Laden is thriving on Twitter, according to MEMRI.
“It should be noted that as Twitter’s removal of accounts on its platform linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) has gotten a lot of attention, accounts belonging to many other Designated Terrorist Organizations, notably to Jabhat Al-Nusra (JN), Al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria that was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department in December 2012, have not received any attention, and its many accounts, which have a total of over 200,000 followers, are thriving,” MEMRI wrote in a recent report.
“This is another reminder of Twitter’s failure to effectively address this issue and its lack of a true strategy for doing so,” the group concluded.
8 comments:
The Army of One -- Obama
Told you. The rules of engagement are what determines, in most part, how a war is fought and ultimtely lost or won. Guess which side Urkel is on?
Our bombing campaign is nothing but a PR stunt.
War fighting 101... you cut off the enemies communication.
Would al Qaeda be tweeting 200,000 followers if Bush was president?
I' like to think not.
Bottom line, Obama is not at war with ISIS nor al Qaeda.
They've known where ISIS headquarters is in Syria for months but won't hit it due to concern for civilians. (Civilians beheaded/burned/otherwise killed by these animals could not be reached for comment.)
ROE's were the problem in Afghanistan as well. They radically change under Obama.
Tough when the CinC - and his Rasputina - is one of the enemy.
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