‘Frustration And Confusion’ Among US Troops Over Mixed Message On ISIS -- FOX News
America's GI "boots on the ground" in Iraq are so frustrated with the White House message about their mission against the Islamic State -- which Vice President Biden vowed Wednesday to chase "to the gates of Hell" -- that they're wondering how they'll accomplish the goal "when we can't even leave the front gate of our base."
Biden on Wednesday delivered what was probably the toughest statement to date from the administration, declaring, after another U.S. journalist was beheaded by the Islamic State, "we will follow them to the gates of Hell until they are brought to justice."
But his tough talk was at odds with a message delivered earlier in the day by President Obama, who said that while his administration's goal is to "destroy" ISIS -- it also is to "shrink" it to a "manageable problem."
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My Comment: President Obama did admit last week that the U.S. did not have a strategy for combating the Islamic State .... so this frustration from the ranks is understandable. Why be deployed to a war zone when you do not even know what your ultimate mission is.
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