“With 300 Marines, you could probably take over Iraq if you wanted to and get rid of ISIS completely. Make no mistake about it, Marines are war fighters. I mean they are really good at what they do. The only time they are not good at what they do is when someone puts the shackles on them.” IfsMeanWarWantedMistakeMilitaryIraqFighterNavyOnly TimeMarineIsisShacklesMarinersMaritimeNavy Seal Author:Marcus Luttrell
“Of course, ISIS is a terrible organization that has to be defeated. And, of course, we need a strong military. But just as with every other agency of government, you know what, the military also has got to get rid of waste and fraud and cost overruns.” KnowsNeedsGovernmentCoursesStrongMilitaryTerribleCostWasteOrganizationAgencyFraudDefeatedIsis Author:Hillary Clinton
“I don't think we should be engaged in nation-building. It's not our job to turn foreign nations into democratic utopias, to try to turn Iraq into Switzerland. It is the military's job to hunt down and kill our enemies, to kill ISIS before they murder American citizens and they wage jihad.” ThinkingShouldTryingJobsTurnsNationsEnemyMilitaryBuildingCitizensMurderDown AndDemocraticIraqEngagedHuntsIsisUtopiaAmerican CitizensJihadSwitzerlandNation Building Author:Ted Cruz
“It is important to understand that there are two separate battles taking place in Iraq: there is the political rift between the Sunnis, Shia and the Kurds and there is a foreign extremist group - ISIS - trying to take advantage of the political environment through violence. If the Iraqis can resolve their political differences, it will be far more difficult for ISIS to thrive. Moving forward, we should continue to evaluate additional steps to help combat ISIS as we see what the Iraqis are willing to do politically, but we must also firmly guard against mission creep.” IfsShouldTryingTwoImportantHelpingMovingPoliticalDifficultDifferencesStepsEnvironmentViolenceGroupsMilitaryWillingBattleAdvantageIraqMissionsMoving ForwardThriveResolveCombatIsisCreepsEvaluateExtremistKurdsShiaRiftPolitical EnvironmentPolitical DifferencesExtremist Groups Author:David Adam Smith
“It cannot be an American fight. And I think what the president [Barack Obama] has consistently said - which I agree with - is that we will support those who take the fight to ISIS. That is why we have troops in Iraq that are helping to train and build back up the Iraqi military, why we have special operators in Syria working with the Kurds and Arabs, so that we can be supportive.” ThinkingSaidHelpingFightingPresidentSupportSpecialMilitaryAgreeTrainIraqBarackTroopsConsistentlySyriaSupportiveIsisPresident Barack ObamaOperatorsKurdsTroops In Iraq Author:Hillary Clinton
“Regarding national security, we need to restore the defense cuts of Barack Obama to rebuild our military, to destroy ISIS before it destroys us. Regarding economic security, we need to take power and money away from Washington D.C. and empower American families so that they can rise up again.” NeedsCuttingEconomicSecurityMilitaryDefenseBarackEmpoweringNational SecurityIsisAmerican FamilyEconomic Security Author:Jeb Bush
“We need to destroy ISIS in the caliphate. That's - that should be our objective. The refugee issue will be solved if we destroy ISIS there, which means we need to have a no-fly zone, safe zones there for refugees and to build a military force.” IfsNeedsShouldMeanForceIssuesMilitarySafeObjectivesZoneRefugeeIsisMilitary Force Author:Jeb Bush
“Developing a strategy, leading the world, funding it to make sure that we have a military that's second to none, and doing the job and making sure that we destroy ISIS there. That's how you keep America safe.” WorldJobsAmericaMilitarySafeStrategyDevelopingFundingIsis Author:Jeb Bush
“Looking more deeply at the emergence of ISIS or the chaos that exists in Syria, Yemen and Libya would clearly raise crucial doubts about reliance on military intervention and drone warfare as adequate counterterrorist responses and would call attention to the detrimental effects of US "special relationships" with Israel and Saudi Arabia.” AttentionDoubtSpecialEffectsMilitaryRaisesResponseChaosIsraelCrucialWarfareSyriaAdequateInterventionRelianceIsisArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisEmergenceDronesLibyaDetrimentalYemenSpecial RelationshipMilitary Intervention Author:Richard A. Falk
“ISIS has a caliphate the size of Indiana! Also, US military has been totally gutted. Can't even project power anymore.” Has BeensMilitaryProjectsSizeIsisIndianaUs Military Author:Jeb Bush
“Well, at this point, it looks like the Iraqi forces are moving into the city center itself. Now they've been working on this for seven months now. The American military's been pushing them and encouraging them to really get into the city and rout ISIS. So now they're finally doing it.” WellsLooksMovingForceCitiesMilitaryMonthsSevenPushingIsisAmerican MilitarySeven Months Author:Tom Bowman
“We do have special forces, we do have trainers, we do have the military personnel who are helping with the airstrikes that the United States is leading so that we can try to take out ISIS infrastructure, take out their leadership.” TryingStatesHelpingForceUnitedUnited StatesSpecialMilitaryInfrastructureIsisTrainersPersonnelSpecial ForcesMilitary Personnel Author:Hillary Clinton
“Our job is to provide coalition the military equipment that they need; the air support they need; special forces when appropriate. But at the end of the day for a dozen different reasons, not the least of which is that ISIS would like American combat troops on the ground so they could reach out to the Muslim world and say, "Look, we're taking on those terrible Americans."” WorldNeedsLooksDifferentEndsReasonJobsForceSupportAirSpecialMilitaryTerribleThe End Of The DayAppropriateCombatDozenReach OutTroopsEquipmentIsisCoalitionsMuslim WorldSpecial ForcesMilitary Equipment Author:Bernie Sanders
“ISIS have to be defeated. They have to be defeated militarily. How are we going to do that if we continue to weaken our military?” IfsMilitaryDefeatedIsis Author:Marco Rubio
“Think of it as the military doing a spectacular hack as opposed to blowing things up. The internet allows ISIS to have a secure method of communication across the globe. It helps the group recruit and raise money. That's the bad news.” ThinkingHelpingGroupsMilitaryCommunicationInternetNewsRaisesMethodSecureGlobesSpectacularIsisBad NewsHacksRecruit Author:Dina Temple-Raston
“Potentially, the U.S. military has the ability to stop messages from being delivered or can alter commands without ISIS knowing.” AbilityKnowingMilitaryMessagesCommandIsis Author:Dina Temple-Raston
“Americans are at war with radical Islamic terrorism. We are at war with the ISIS caliphate, and what we need is a commander-in-chief who knows that, who understands that, who will give our military the resources they need to make that fight, pull our allies together - including moderate Arab nations - and hunt down and destroy ISIS and other terrorist organizations at their source.” KnowsNeedsGivingWarTogetherFightingNationsMilitarySourceResourcesOrganizationDown AndIncludingTerrorismTerroristChiefsRadicalIslamicAlliesHuntsModeratesIsisCommandersCommander In ChiefIslamic Terrorism Author:Mike Pence
“We're making progress. Our military is assisting in Iraq. And we're hoping that within the year we'll be able to push ISIS out of Iraq and then, you know, really squeeze them in Syria.” KnowsYearsAbleProgressMilitaryIraqSyriaIsisAssisting Author:Hillary Clinton
“At one point, for example, [Donald Trump] argued that he knew much more than military leaders about the pursuit and defeat of ISIS. His assuredness of his own correctness seems also rooted in arrogance reflecting his fundamental insecurity. This insecurity and his belief in his own rightness, when combined with his success at making money, leads him to be self-reliant in his decision-making, which could result in his taking risks with threatening or using nuclear weapons.” SelfSeemsBeliefDecisionResultsLeaderRiskMilitaryExampleTrumpWeaponsFundamentalsDefeatNuclearPursuitMaking MoneyArroganceInsecurityDecision MakingRootedNuclear WeaponsThreateningReflectingIsisCorrectnessTaking RisksSelf ReliantMilitary Leader Author:David Krieger
“The leading members of ISIS were either tortured in US military prisons or in the prisons of the Shi'a government which the Americans put in place.” GovernmentMilitaryMembersPrisonIsisUs Military Author:Yanar Mohammed
“Al-Qaeda, ISIS, they can't be Islamic. Islam is the religion of peace. They are bastardizing it. They are frauds. They are calling themselves Islamic and they are calling themselves Muslim, but they're not. Because Islam is as anti-terror as you and I are. Islam is the religion of peace. I'm telling you what our government's position is. The US military position.” GovernmentMilitaryPositionCallingIslamTerrorIslamicAlsFraudIsisAl QaedaUs Military Author:Rush Limbaugh