72% Believe U.S. Will Use American Combat Troops Against ISIS

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29. That's because there's a relentless drumbeat in the media that we'll just never

"win" without American combat troops. Of course, that would be a very unwise decision, since the sectarian/political situation in Iraq and Syria would just turn our troops into shooting and IED targets all over again, but anything short of a Petraeus-style "clear hold build" surgetastic surge will be called "halfhearted" by the usual neocon (and neo-lib) suspects and retired military officers. The best thing we can do is pressure the Iraqi government to get the Sunni tribes on board, and to tighten up their military (the ones who will actually fucking fight instead of run away), and then provide them as much intel and guidance as they need. Keep arming and working with the Kurds, in Iraq and Syria. Use the threat of supporting an independent Kurdistan as a stick to get Turkey and the Iraqi government to get their shit together and fight. Because really, Iraq will collapse and divide if things keep going the way they're going, and Turkey is going to have never-ending refugees if they don't start fucking helping out.