Report: U.S. Pilots Waging Anti-ISIS War Claim ‘Micromanaging’ Slowing Them Down

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 Deptula told Fox News that President Obama’s White House is behind the heavy-handed rules of engagement that end up tying the hands of U.S. military pilots.
“The ultimate guidance rests in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,” he declared. “We have been applying air power like a rain shower or a drizzle — for it to be effective, it needs to be applied like a thunderstorm.”

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"American military pilots charged with carrying out airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria are complaining that stringent rules of engagement are interfering with their mission, Fox News reports.

"Unnamed sources, reportedly close to the U.S.-led air campaign against ISIS, told Fox News that on average, strike missions take under an hour, from when the pilot requests authorization to strike an ISIS target to the time the ordnance actually leaves the aircraft’s wing.

"Some pilots, Fox News notes, blame a bureaucracy that hinders their ability to make decisions on the fly.

“ 'There were times I had groups of ISIS fighters in my sights, but couldn’t get clearance to engage,” a Navy F-18 pilot participating in the U.S.-led campaign against ISIS frustratedly told Fox News.

“ 'They probably killed innocent people and spread evil because of my inability to kill them. It was frustrating,” added the unnamed pilot." . . .

 The New York Times ripped President Obama for inaction leading up to the fall of Ramadi. ISIS has set fire to Tikrit, they've set fire to Mosul and they've set fire to Ramadi. Saudi Arabia has just hired a New York ad agency to re-brand ISIS as Climate Change in an effort to get President Obama to declare war.  Comedian Argus Hamilton