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September 05, 2014
Frustrated With Obama/Biden WH a GI in Iraq says How Can We Chase ISIS to the 'Gates of Hell' When We Can't Leave the Front Gate of Our Base?
American Troops in Iraq: How The F*** Can We Chase ISIS to the 'Gates of Hell' When We Can't Leave the Front Gate of Our Base?
America's GI "boots on the ground" in Iraq are so frustrated with the White House message about their mission against the Islamic State -- which Vice President Biden vowed Wednesday to chase "to the gates of Hell" -- that they're wondering how they'll accomplish the goal "when we can't even leave the front gate of our base."
Biden on Wednesday delivered what was probably the toughest statement to date from the administration, declaring, after another U.S. journalist was beheaded by the Islamic State, "we will follow them to the gates of Hell until they are brought to justice."
But his tough talk was at odds with a message delivered earlier in the day by President Obama, who said that while his administration's goal is to "destroy" ISIS -- it also is to "shrink" it to a "manageable problem."
Amid the mixed messages, a source in contact with special operators in Iraq told Fox News that "frustration and confusion reign" among Americans on the ground there.
The source relayed the complaint of an unnamed special operator:
"Chase them to the Gates of Hell? How the [f---] are we going to do that when we can't even leave the front gate of our base!?"
Ostensibly, U.S. personnel on the ground in Iraq are there to defend U.S. facilities. The president earlier this week deployed an additional 350 personnel to Baghdad to provide security at the U.S. Embassy and related facilities.
Wild Thing's comment...........
I don't blame this GI for his reaction. It has got to be the worst ever serving under this CIC Obama and his VP Biden.
Posted by Wild Thing at September 5, 2014 12:55 AM
Comments
Biden's talk was tough and sounded good but he failed to realize that the VP is only talk. He can take no action on his own. Obama calls the shots, not Biden.
Posted by: BobF at September 5, 2014 06:46 AM
Biden can play the tough guy now because the draft is long gone. During Vietnam he quivered behind draft deferrments. Yup, a real tough guy.
Posted by: TomR,armed in Texas at September 5, 2014 12:50 PM
VP Bite Me Joe can sell sand to an Arab!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at September 6, 2014 05:50 AM
