Obama hides behind the fear of "collateral damge," and, in doing so, allows ISIS to grow and prosper.

 <<<  Collateral damage ????  Anyone see that possibility, here?  This is ISIS,  parading after taking Ramadi.  Why didn't we destroy this parade?  Clearly "collateral damage" is only an excuse for allowing these savages to continue to kill,  torture and destroy.  The only collateral damage being done in this so-called war against ISIS,  is what ISIS is being allowed to do by the Obama Administration. 


From the NY Times:  


American and allied warplanes are equipped with the most precise aerial arsenal ever fielded. But American officials say they are not
striking significant — and obvious — Islamic State targets out of fear that the attacks will accidentally kill civilians. Killing such innocents could hand the militants a major propaganda coup and alienate both the local Sunni tribesmen, whose support is critical to ousting the militants, and Sunni Arab countries that are part of the American-led coalition.


But many Iraqi commanders, and even some American officers, argue that exercising such prudence is harming the coalition’s larger effort to destroy the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or Daesh, and that it illustrates the limitations of American air power in the Obama administration’s strategy. A persistent complaint of Iraqi officials and security officers is that the United States has been too cautious in its air campaign, frequently allowing columns of Islamic State fighters essentially free movement on the battlefield.

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