I don’t think our CIC wants to win.  Our President refuses to use words like muslim terrorists.  Last year he said, (On the Islamic State) “Isil is not ‘Islamic’. No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of Isil’s victims have been Muslim. And Isil is certainly not a state.”

Really?  Honestly I think that since ISIS describes themselves as an Islamic State, and they follow the medieval teachings of the Koran, it is logical to describe them in that way.

President Obama also said, last February, before an audience that included Muslim leaders, “No religion is responsible for terrorism — people are responsible for violence and terrorism.”

He also declared that “we all know there is no one profile of a violent extremist or terrorist . . . Around the world, and in the United States, inexcusable acts of violence have been committed against people of different faiths, by people of different faiths, which is, of course, betrayal of all of our faiths.”

The Washington Free Beacon reported today that our pilots are frequently blocked from dropping bombs in their fight against the Islamic state in Iraq, estimated to be 75% of the time.

U.S. military pilots who have returned from the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq are confirming that they were blocked from dropping 75 percent of their ordnance on terror targets because they could not get clearance to launch a strike, according to a leading member of Congress.

Strikes against the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) targets are often blocked due to an Obama administration policy to prevent civilian deaths and collateral damage, according to Rep. Ed Royce (R., Calif.), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Because of this, the Islamic state is gaining strength. The United States held back for months while ISIS steadily gained strength, and now our pilots are hobbled in their attempt to eliminate clear targets.

This new policy is described as “absurd” by retired General Jack Keane:

“This has been an absurdity from the beginning,” Keane said in response to questions from Royce. “The president personally made a statement that has driven air power from the inception.”

“When we agreed we were going to do air power and the military said, this is how it would work, he [Obama] said, ‘No, I do not want any civilian casualties,’” Keane explained. “And the response was, ‘But there’s always some civilian casualties. We have the best capability in the world to protect from civilians casualties.’”

However, Obama’s response was, “No, you don’t understand. I want no civilian casualties. Zero,’” Keane continued. “So that has driven our so-called rules of engagement to a degree we have never had in any previous air campaign from desert storm to the present.”

General Keane went on to emphasize that no other country – not Russia, and not France – is waging war (or not waging) under similar restrictions.

How can we possibly win a war under such rules of engagement?