BUSH DEAN: ISIS CAN’T BE DEFEATED WITHOUT GROUND TROOPS
A former U.S. ambassador to six Middle Eastern countries told a group art Texas A&M Wednesday night, airstrikes will not be enough to defeat ISIS.
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Ryan Crocker dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service and former ambassador, shared his thoughts on the crisis in the Middle East and the Islamic militant group ISIS during a roundtable discussion Wednesday evening at the Bush Library.
Crocker, former ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, and Lebanon, said ISIS will not be defeated from the air, and that forces will not defeat it without—what he called, “boots on the ground”.
Crocker, who called ISIS "al Qaeda Version 6.0" in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece earlier this month, said there was little to differentiate between the two groups because former al-Qaida members are involved with ISIS. What distinguishes ISIS is that it controls territory.
Noting that "it takes an army to beat an army," Crocker also warned that other nations wouldn't send ground forces to take on ISIS militants unless the U.S. does so first.
This is serious America! We need to take them out now! Before they grow bigger. They are inhumane ISIS people. They want christians and everyone to convert to Islam. If you don’t they will cut your head off. This is happening in other countries now. It is coming to USA also. Some are here now. They are evil to the core. Obama and congress act now please. USA is headed for judgement soon! If you don’t think so then read the BIBLE! We are living just like the days of Noah. We need to repent and turn to GOD before it is to late for America!!