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applegrove

(118,786 posts)
Tue Feb 21, 2017, 10:54 PM Feb 2017

Trump plans to send troops to fight ISIS.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/a4575958-f7fb-335b-96cb-3576ff3a18af/ss_trump-plans-to-send-troops-to.html

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Combat ISIS
Just over a week into the Trump Administration, the President issued an Executive Order giving Defense Secretary James Mattis 30 days to come up with a plan to defeat ISIS. According to the Order, the plan should make recommendations on military actions, diplomatic actions, partners, strategies, and how to pay for the operation. As we approach the president's deadline it looks like the military is going to present Trump with a plan to do a whole lot more of what we've been doing and somehow expect different results. Proving the old saying that when all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail, we are hearing increasing reports that the military will recommend sending thousands of US troops into Syria and Iraq.
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Trump plans to send troops to fight ISIS. (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2017 OP
So what could go wrong? Canoe52 Feb 2017 #1
... Lucinda Feb 2017 #2
I thought Trump had his own plan! VMA131Marine Feb 2017 #3
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