Zip:
What’s really been missing in the fight against ISIS is competent cohesive strength on the ground. If Jordan is applying for that role, it could be a game changer.
King Abdullah basically captivated media yesterday by quoting Clint Eastwood and vowing to not stop ‘until we run out of fuel and bullets” to destroy ISIS. This is what a leader with resolve looks like. Can we trade for him?
Via Fox News:
Jordan’s King Abdullah is a former general and special forces commander who experts say has the resolve to follow through on his vow to crush ISIS.
Following the release of a ghastly video showing a captured Jordanian air force pilot being burned to death, the 53-year-old monarch warned that retribution will be swift. And with an army of more than 100,000 well-trained soldiers, tens of thousands more in reserves and a capable air force, Abdullah’s kingdom is more than up to the task, Middle East experts told FoxNews.com.
King Abdullah has said quite a few things about what he could do…..as long as Obama keeps Jordan resupplied.
Obama didn’t even need to verbally warn the King not to be ”disproportionate” in his response to ISIS killing just one individual.
All Obama had to do was expand the amount of red tape to get resupplies to Jordan.
Apparently, according to what the King told Congress, Obama has done just that.
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/policy-budget/congress/2015/02/04/jordan-pilot-us-weapons/22863869/
Meanwhile, unless the Obama plan includes better defense of the coalitions’ fliers, the UAE has quit flying sorties against ISIS.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/04/us-officials-key-arab-ally-no-longer-flying-airstrikes-over-syria/
Meanwhile, since Obama held back helping at all until the Iranians were included, Iran’s forces have started murdering Iraqi civilians of the opposite sect all over Iraq!
ISIS was just their excuse to get in there.
Obama has already turned down Jordan’s request for Predator Drones!
Whose side is he on???
These are NOT the armed drones Obama uses to kill his personal choices for death.
These drones help identify an enemy target on the ground!
@Nanny
Moreover, the administration has been reluctant to resupply on fuel, munitions, and spare parts. Jordan has been requesting for resupply ever since the “coalition” took shape. Whatever the reason for the foot dragging, it’s not a good one.
I wonder if this (if it had been against US pilots) would finally get Obama’s ire up?
ISIS has listed the names, addresses, ranks and job titles of 52 Jordanian pilots!
Along with this is a koranic verse* and an award offered of 100 gold dinars (or currency of the killers’ choice) for proof you murdered one of these pilots.
http://www.memrijttm.org/isis-offers-reward-to-anyone-killing-or-wounding-a-jordanian-pilot.html#_ednref1
http://www.memrijttm.org/isis-offers-reward-to-anyone-killing-or-wounding-a-jordanian-pilot.html#_ednref2
http://www.memrijttm.org/isis-offers-reward-to-anyone-killing-or-wounding-a-jordanian-pilot.html
* “Fight against them so that Allah will punish them by your hands and disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the breasts of the believers**, and remove the anger of the believers’ hearts. Allah accepts the repentance of whom He wills. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.” Al-Tawbah 14-15
** This is the title of the video showing the execution by torture of the Jordanian pilot.
@Nanny: Obama this Obama that–You got a one track mind
I SALUTE the Jordanian King and his courageous pilots Up and At Em