America is Afraid of ISIS

Ok, the plan with ISIS is to bomb the "shit" out of them, like Israel bombed Gaza.  Nope, we can't or won't do that because too many innocent Muslims (meaning Muslims that are not currently in power - is that fair in the Middle East?) will get killed. In fact, we have assembled a great coalition to help us bomb the ISIS ineffectively.  How are they going to help?  For example,  if Saudi's are helping us, then we hope the rest of the Muslim thinks we are not taking sides in the different religious factions.. In short, it is not America against the Muslims.

But everyone agrees that without boots on the ground, we can not dislodge ISIS from the territory they now control.  We are hoping the Syrian Rebels or the Kurds with guns from us and air support can do what we are unwilling to do:  put our lives behind a cause that we believe in.  But, the truth is, we don't believe in the cause, we are not willing to die to get rid of ISIS.  We are waiting for the next generation of war, a fully automated robotic fighting force.  

But the bottom line is that we have a coalition of countries carrying out a plan that no one thinks will stop ISIS.  ISIS will simply distribute themselves into the local population and wait us out.  They have plenty of territory to consolidate and some time to do that is probably in their best interests.  We have bombed some of their mobile oil refineries to reduce their income, but will that action encourage them to develop and improve their other forms of financing, such as donations and coercion of the local populations.  It will also give them more time to rape the local women, devaluing them per the local Muslim religions. So what happens to the cohesion of the neighborhoods when all the women have brought shame on themselves (not my thinking I assure you). So, all in all, we are giving them a time to consolidate their holdings and build a more solid foundation of terror to move forward in the future.  

A big question is whether or not the bombing of ISIS will enhance their recruitment.  I suspect we have improved their recruitment message.  They can now say, look at the might force and number of companies that have united because of their fear of us. Further,  they are still fighting the evil West and the Muslims that support the West.  They can point to the mighty coalition of countries that have united against them, and yet, they still control a vast swath of territory that is still expanding.  In short, we have America right where we want them.  And what is sad, I think it is true.

I was taught that any job worth doing is worth doing right.  That is clearly not what we are doing with ISIS.  We are doing the job half-ass afraid to risk any American lives, but afraid to do nothing.  WE ARE AFRAID, not committed.  

We no longer believe that the American Military can solve all our problems, but we are afraid to say it out loud.  We are just afraid of doing nothing, because we do not believe anyone else in the world is capable. We are afraid to look at the history of all our failures, especially in the Middle East, and chart a new course.  We want to control things, we want instant gratification.  We do not want to turn the spot light on ourselves and lead by example because we will find ourselves wanting.  At every turn, we doubt ourselves and are frozen into a tentative, improvised style of world leadership.  

We have not taken the moral high ground for a long time.  One has to look no further than Israel and the Palestinians to see the lack of our moral fiber to do what is right.  We buy the rhetoric of our news and politicians, that we are all powerful and righteous.  Each American needs to examine themselves and ask what we believe in, to look at our history, especially in the Middle East and ask ourselves what are motives are, what are our limitations, and what are our strengths.  Are we taking the moral high ground?