Jeb Bush calls for use of ‘overwhelming force,’ including ground troops, against ISIS

[jpak]

Source: Washington Post

CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Wednesday called for "overwhelming force" to be used against the Islamic State terror group, including the deployment of ground troops.

"The United States should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out ISIS with overwhelming force," Bush said in a speech at The Citadel, the famous military college. "As the words of French President Hollande have made clear, the United States will not be alone in galvanizing this global effort. Militarily, we need to intensify our efforts in the air – and on the ground."

"While air power is essential, it alone cannot bring the results we seek," Bush said. "The United States – in conjunction with our NATO allies and more Arab partners – will need to increase our presence on the ground."

He said that the ultimate scope of a military response to the Islamic State "should be in line" with what military commanders recommend. He added that "the bulk of these ground troops will need to come from local forces that we have built workable relationships with."

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[riversedge]

1. JEB--> aka GWB

[sakabatou]

2. Let the neverending wars continue!

[madaboutharry]

4. He is a neocon.

JEB! is one of the original signers of The Project For The New American Century.

[Friend or Foe]

5. Yours First!!

Would he be sounding the same war cry if it were his two sons and one daughter who were the first called up to be part of the ground force?

[Peregrine Took]

6. After you, Jebbie me boy! n/t

[TwilightGardener]

7. Ground troops worked so well in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We stomped out all the insurgents and terrorists and built successful governments and democracies that are able to stand on their own today and fight their own battles. Oh wait...

[restorefreedom]

8. good thing he will never be prez. nt

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

21. Yeah, looks like we'll dodge that scud.

At least I hope so!

[restorefreedom]

25. many others flying at us, though unfortunately. nt

[lastlib]

9. The blood-lust of this evil family and its followers never ceases to astonish me.

Damn, what is it in their genetic makeup that makes them so willing to kill innocents?

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[Elmer S. E. Dump]

22. When you are a psycopath or sociopath, it just doesn't bother you all that much.

You've got more important things to concern your self with, like the delay in the delivery of your new yacht.

[Darb]

10. Oh Goddamn what a tool.

Can you imagine, there are people dumb enough to vote for that shitstain?

[global1]

11. I'm Shocked And Awed......nt

[Eugene]

12. "...local forces that we have built workable relationships with."

Has Jeb been paying attention over the past year?

They call him the smarter Bush brother. Really?

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

24. Maybe "they" are imbeciles themselves.

[spiderpig]

13. Jebbers at again.

Every single time he opens his piehole.

Well, considering his pedigree...

[underpants]

26. He said "quagmire"

I think it was yesterday

[tishaLA]

14. let him tell his party to vote on the force authorization then

and send their own kids to fight.

I swear, part of me thinks they just want boots on the ground so a few Americans get captured and at least one gets killed in some terrible, medieval way on video that FOX can run on a loop until after the election

[drray23]

15. thats the family standard operating procedure.nt.

[tanyev]

23. I bet they play Hank Williams' Family Tradition at all the big Bush family get togethers.

[rockfordfile]

16. jeb bush is just as bad his brother.

What a idiot republican.

[rtracey]

17. Idiot

Jeb Bush, you are an idiot plain and simple..... Anyone advocating ground troops to defeat ISIS is completely out of touch. This is NOT a uniformed war. These fighters are civilians that will simply fade into the Syrian, Iraqi, Iranian woodwork.

[wiggs]

18. Spoken like an original PNACr he is, and as currently advised by Wolfowitz. nt

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

27. PNAC Signatories

Signatories to Project for a New American Century Statement of Principles

Elliott Abrams[5]
Gary Bauer[5]
William J. Bennett[5]
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush[5]
Dick Cheney[5]
Eliot A. Cohen[5]
Midge Decter[5]
Paula Dobriansky[5]
Steve Forbes[5]
Aaron Friedberg[5]
Francis Fukuyama[5]
Frank Gaffney[5]
Fred C. Ikle[5]
Donald Kagan[5]
Zalmay Khalilzad[5]
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby[5]
Norman Podhoretz[5]
J. Danforth Quayle[5]
Peter W. Rodman[5]
Stephen P. Rosen[5]
Henry S. Rowen[5]
Donald Rumsfeld[5]
Vin Weber[5]
George Weigel[5]
Paul Wolfowitz[5]

[valerief]

19. Overwhelming force = overwhelming war profits! nt

[dhill926]

35. yep....that's it....

friends and family stand to make another shitload of $...

[EndElectoral]

20. As the late Yogi Berra said...it's like deja vu all over again....

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

29. Yeah. The future ain't what it used to be.

[maxsolomon]

28. Can Daesh be contained or defeated without force?

Without Ground Troops?

The Pesh Merga are already fighting them on the ground. Assad's forces are fighting them on the ground. Those are local forces.

The tactics employed to this point haven't eliminated the threat - their operational capacity has ramped up: the Russian Jet, Beirut, Paris.

If you know how to defeat them I'd like to hear the plan. And "Prosecute the Bush Admin" or "Get out of the Middle East" isn't going to do it.

My best idea is Quarantine.

[Turbineguy]

30. Well, sure

and the IS guys will no doubt oblige by marching in formation, wearing red coats and carrying muskets.

[Matariki]

31. I'm sure *someone* will profit from that

And it will create more terrorists for future profits as well.

[Cleita]

32. So how soon are he and his spawn ready to suit up and go? eom

[mitch96]

34. Exactly what I was thinking

His spawn would weasel out of it some way...
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[alcibiades_mystery]

33. Not only WILL there be a ground force fighting ISIS in Syria

This will be the issue that gets Bush back in the race.

Right now, something close to 70% of the public opposes ground forces to fight ISIS in Syria. This will soften to 50% opposition by Christmas, then down again to 45% or so by January 15. By then there will be a ceasefire between Assad and all other rebel forces and the narrative that airstrikes alone will be ineffective will have inundated the public. There will also have been at least one additional ISIS strike in Europe. The French and Germans will announce that an expeditionary force from NATO is necessary to defend their borders. The US will grudgingly agree.

There will be a force of 150,000 French and US ground forces in Syria by the end of May.

And Bush will be the nominee.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

36. You can't spell "blitzkrieg" without "Bush"

Prescott Bush, that is.

[olddad56]

37. Yeah, that worked so well last time for the Bush Crime family.

[Ouray]

38. What's that rotten smell?

Oh it's just Jeb!