No sugar coating it. All those people who want the President to "Do Something" about ISIS/ISIL/IS/what-ever, are saying they want US troops to be killed.
Now, guess what! Soldiers understand this.
They don't like it, but they understand that there are times when the United States feels it is important to stop bad things so much that the death of Soldiers from the US is needed.
Yes, ever effort is made to keep that number small, but Soldiers understand that "doing something" means someone dressed like them is going to die.
The question that should be asked is: "How many US Soldiers are you willing to kill to stop ISIS?" How many blown off limbs, deaths, horrid scars, is it worth to Pres. Obama to "do something"?
I've found the right wing does not want to think of this - they kick out things like "give weapons to groups fighting against ISIS" (like we did with the Libyans...that they point to as the "wrong thing to do") or "Air Bomb them back to the stone age"...like Jordan has been doing which cost them a pilot that was shot down in an US made plane. (no matter what, you will have US Troops killed)
When you hear someone rant about how "weak" Obama is for not "putting boots on ground" or "stepping up the bombing" or "doing something", ask them: How many US Soldiers are you willing to kill to stop ISIS? How many US Soldiers' lives is it worth? 1? 1,000? 4,488?
(Personally, I think it might be worth US lives to stop ISIS. That is IF we do it right - declare war, use overwhelming force and have a plan for post war recovery)