Yesterday (12 Feb, 2015), CNN.com posted an article that outlines our President's request of congress to formally authorize military force against ISIS. It summarizes Obama's hopes to get formal authorization from congress to approve a "systemic and sustained campaign of airstrikes," along with humanitarian aid and training for indigenous personnel. However, he makes it clear that, once again, ground troops will not be deployed, saying they're "not necessary for us to defeat ISIL."
The request limits the time that the President (Obama and the next) has the authority to wage a conflict against ISIS to three years and with no sustained ground operations.
As to be expected the Democrats and Republicans have differing views. Republicans want less restrictions placed on the President, while Democrats think the proposal is fine as it is.
In my opinion, airstrikes will only get us so far in the "war on ISIS." As someone who has trained foreign ground forces, I can say that it's one of those things that sounds good on paper, but isn't so feasible in reality. Also, until we have robots fighting for us, "ground troops" will always be required to win a war.
I encourage you to read the article and form your own opinions on the issue.
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