I smiled when I saw that phraseology. I used to use that phrase about Islam, Pakistan "must be destroyed," etc. It comes from the Civil War. "South Carolina must be destroyed," some U.S. soldier said.
That's what he said today at the White House with President Hollande. That's a change for Obama, a change from "contain." Now, is he gonna walk the walk? We have to destroy it "together," he also said. That's cool, too, in the abstract. Who is "we?" The Turks and Russians? Obama said there are something like sixty countries already involved in fighting ISIL. Man, I hope that isn't true. If sixty countries haven't been able to...do whatever their mission statement was to ISIL, the president of one of them changing his language isn't going to do it. William Tecumseh Sherman walked the walk of destroying South Carolina. Will Obama?
That's what he said today at the White House with President Hollande. That's a change for Obama, a change from "contain." Now, is he gonna walk the walk? We have to destroy it "together," he also said. That's cool, too, in the abstract. Who is "we?" The Turks and Russians? Obama said there are something like sixty countries already involved in fighting ISIL. Man, I hope that isn't true. If sixty countries haven't been able to...do whatever their mission statement was to ISIL, the president of one of them changing his language isn't going to do it. William Tecumseh Sherman walked the walk of destroying South Carolina. Will Obama?
