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Your Views: Islamic State proving to be no JV squad
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Never in our history has our commander in chief been more concerned about telling our enemies what he’s not going to do rather than taking the advice of his experienced defense and military advisers. Three years ago, he turned down the recommendation of his secretary of defense, secretary of State and the broader intelligence community to arm the Syrian army when the Islamic State bullies were not very strong and could have been easily defeated. In January of this year, President Barack Obama said that ISIS was in the “JV league.”