The following is the story of the week and yet it is not important enough for the MSM to be concerned……….

First, the debate of the last couple days has been settled……..it is now officially a WAR…..gone is the “counter-terrorism operation”.  We can rest easy now….we have an answer to the question.

One of the selling points for this war is that there will be NO American troops on the ground, right?  It is perfectly fine to kill from the air put no one wants us to do it from the ground.

The prez has laid out his plan for action…..and one of those articles of engagement is that we will work with the ‘moderate’ rebels to assist and handle fighting the IS on the ground……said in the prez speech….

Second, we will increase our support to forces fighting these terrorists on the ground.  In June, I deployed several hundred American servicemembers to Iraq to assess how we can best support Iraqi security forces.  Now that those teams have completed their work –- and Iraq has formed a government –- we will send an additional 475 servicemembers to Iraq.  As I have said before, these American forces will not have a combat mission –- we will not get dragged into another ground war in Iraq.  But they are needed to support Iraqi and Kurdish forces with training, intelligence and equipment.  We’ll also support Iraq’s efforts to stand up National Guard Units to help Sunni communities secure their own freedom from ISIL’s control.

Now we can rest comfortably knowing that all effort will be focused on training and arming the ‘moderates’……good plan….if it would work……and?

The problem is that it WILL NOT work.  Why would I say that?

I reported on the possibility in a slight flaw in the prez plan in my post …”Counter-Terrorism Operational Briefing” of three days ago…….but for those lacking the foresight to read my report let me reiterate……..

Today, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that ISIS and other significant rebel factions, including both Islamist and “moderate” groups, have signed a mutual non-aggression pact in a Damascus suburb.

The pact was said to have been brokered by al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra, and agrees that all sides will respect a truce until the destruction of the “Nussayri” regime, a pejorative term for Alawites.

That small piece of news will pee all over the plans of the prez.  So far I have heard NOTHING along these lines from the MSM….why?  This is more important than worrying about what to call the situation.  And yet, so far NOTHING!

Then the question is if not those ‘moderates’ which ‘moderates’ were the administration speaking of in their nice little speech?

Tell the American people just who be the ground force fighting IS………not Turkey….not Saudi Arabia…..not Egypt……….then who?  So far it still looks like it will be Americans (again and for the third time).