Obama admits 'initial ISIS strategy was wrong' and develops new plan: Must defeat President Assad first

[superbeets]

[h=1]Obama admits 'initial ISIS strategy was wrong' and develops new plan: Must defeat President Assad first[/h]

• White House developed a strategy to attack ISIS on the ground in Iraq

• Announced a $500 million plan four months ago to train a rebel force that could go after the group

• Plan was largely criticized as being unrealistic

• CNN now quoting senior government sources saying Obama has been forced to turnaround his plan

​

• National security team believe removing Syrian President Bashar al Assad will kick-start the defeat of ISIS

.

 

[superbeets]

Last month he said that an 'Iraq first' attack was the best means to combat ISIS, but Obama has reportedly developed a new strategy to defeat the al Qaeda splinter group - starting with the removal of Syrian President Bashar al Assad.



Senior White House officials have told CNN that the national security team has met four times, including one meeting chaired by Obama, to orchestrate the new strategy.



The U.S. and many of its allies see President Assad as the reason ISIS have been able to gain strength in Syria.



Obama's initial approach was to fight ISIS on the ground in Iraq while the government put together their own rebel force that could go after the group.


.

 

[superbeets]

Turnaround: Obama has reportedly been forced to overhaul his strategy on how to deal with ISIS following much criticism, changing from fighting them on the ground in Iraq to removing Syrian President Bashar al Assad (



.

 

[superbeets]

However the White House has subsequently run out of time, CNN reported.


'The long running Syria problem is now compounded by the reality that to genuinely defeat (ISIS), we need not only a defeat in Iraq but a defeat in Syria,' the senior sources told CNN.


'Developments on the ground have caused the national security team to collectively conclude we may not have time for Iraq first.


'In an ideal world you would drive (ISIS) out of Iraq and pivot to Syria.


.

 

[superbeets]

'But if by then the moderate opposition has been smacked and (ISIS) is still there, that doesn’t help.'
Embarrassingly, Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told CNN that the U.S. have not yet started preparing their Syrian opposition fighters, despite announcing the plan four months ago.
The plan asked Congress for $500 million to train and equip the 5,000 vetted rebels over the space of one year - but nothing has been done.
'The vetting hasn't started,' Admirable Kirby said.

+1


Threats: ISIS have released videos showing the deaths of captives such as James Foley, pictured above. They have been exclusively from the United Kingdom and the U.S. - whose governments do not pay ransoms







'Once it does start, that will be about a three-to-five-month process and then it’s about 8-9 months of training after that.'
'So we still got a ways to go.'
The Washington Post reports that Obama's turnaround comes after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel sent a private memo to Susan Rice detailing his reservations about the President's handle on Syria and Iraq.
Secretary of State John Kerry and other officials have also questioned the plan.
ISIS hopes to to create an Islamic state across Sunni areas of and are known for public execution-style killings.

.

 

[neverbend]

Another bad idea by Obama. When he leaves office I don't think they'll be a huge clamoring
for the "Barack Obama leadership Seminar."

Assad is the only Secular leader in the whole Muslim cesspool. Eliminating him and everything will explode.

 

[neverbend]

''ARMING THE SO CALLED FREE SYRIAN ARMY'

The free syrian army could'nt win a battle against our local volunteer firefighters.
'The Nusra Front stormed the bases of two moderate rebel groups in Syria’s north: the Ansar Brigades in Idlib and the Haqq Front in Hama. The two groups, both of which were receiving U.S. support through a covert CIA program, surrendered to Nusra, delivered their weapons to Ahrar al Sham and returned to their homes. Some of the leaders escaped to Turkey, fearing arrest or revenge from Nusra.
With these attacks, Nusra completed the elimination of FSA groups from Idlib and leaves just one group in Hama province receiving U.S. support. Nusra now controls all the resupply routes to Turkey.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/11/...op-in-new.html?sp=/99/117/&rh=1#storylink=cpy


Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/11/...op-in-new.html?sp=/99/117/&rh=1#storylink=cpy
​

The Revolutionary Command Council, is being formed to insure an Islamist government after Assad is toppled". If anyone thinks that after removal of Assad government we can set up a peaceful democratic government they are very wrong. If we want to clean out 72 groups of thugs we should help Assad.