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morningfog

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17. No one, anywhere, has said this can be done by the air.

Reply to MohRokTah (Reply #14)

Tue Sep 23, 2014, 06:02 PM

Sep 2014

No expert, general or administration official has suggested that an air campaign will be enough. They all recognize that troops will be needed if the objective is actually to destroy IS.

Likewise no one, anywhere has said this would be short, quick or easy. They speak in terms if three years. It is silly to think otherwise. Which is why you should oppose it. You hopes an dreams for this war do not match reality. The reality as told by the people you support.

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