6460. WHY THE ISIS MISSION IS OBAMA'S REAL 'RED LINE' 1 FAILURE TO 'DEGRADE AND DESTROY' ISIS WOULD DEGRADE AMERICA AS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN THE WORLD. THE UNITED STATES, THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY, IS BEING CHALLENGED BY A MOTLEY COLLECTION OF SADISTIC TORTURERS AND KILLERS CALLED ISIS WITH PRETENCES OF BEING A RELIGIOUS STATE. AS ODD AS IT MAY SEEM, THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES, CANADA INCLUDED, HAVE GONE INTO THIS FIGHT WITH ONE HAND TIED BEHIND THEIR BACKS. THEY HAVE RULED OUT SENDING IN GROUND TROOPS BECAUSE THE RISK OF HEAVY CASUALTIES WOULD BE POLITICALLY UNACCEPTABLE TO THEIR HOME CONSTITUENCIES. THE WORLD TOOK NOTICE OF AMERICA'S RETICENCE TO USE ITS VAST POWER. AND COUNTRIES EVERYWHERE REACTED BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF WASHINGTON'S INERTIA.. AMONG THOSE NOW THUMBING THEIR NOSES AT AMERICA'S MIGHT: RUSSIA'S VLADIMIR PUTIN.

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