Report: Obama admin knows where ISIS propaganda & media centers are - refuses to destroy them

Hard data regarding the number of ISIS's civilian victims is notoriously unreliable. Estimates range anywhere from tens of thousands to well over 100,000 - just in the last 18 months. The high end of the range is likely inflated by ISIS's own braggadocio, while the low end is probably subject to downplaying by those who want to pretend the ISIS problem is being properly handled. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Whatever the exact number, one thing is certain - a massive number of civilians are being slaughtered by the Islamic State and, as we've learned, little has been done to contain them.

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Thanks to a well-organized and executed media campaign, ISIS continues to grow by attracting large numbers of foreign Jihadists to their cause. With that in mind, you'd think that destroying their media machine would be one of our top priorities. Sadly, it appears it's not. We know where their media centers are, and we're doing nothing to destroy them. From the Washington Times:

In a secret project tied to the overall U.S. campaign against the Islamic State, intelligence officials have spent months mapping out known physical locations of media safe houses where the extremist group’s operatives are compiling, editing and curating raw video and print materials into finished digital propaganda products for dissemination across the Internet. Most of the locations are embedded in heavily residential areas in Syria, Iraq and Libya and are not being targeted by U.S. airstrikes because of Obama administration concerns about civilian casualties, according to sources who spoke to The Washington Times only on the condition of anonymity.

Obviously, we understand the effort to limit collateral damage. However, it's also pretty clear that - even in populated areas - our military is capable of an impressive level of specificity when targeting structures and personnel. We've all seen the grainy black-and-white clips of missiles sailing into a building’s open window in order to destroy the targets within.

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Then we have to consider the fact that ISIS has killed tens of thousands of civilians already, and continues to do so. The 'numbers game' is an ugly reality of war. If we have to endure a few dozen civilian casualties to degrade or destroy recruitment efforts that will lead to thousands of additional deaths all over the globe, shouldn't we take the shot? No matter how desperate Obama is to keep his unearned Nobel Peace Prize untarnished, at some point the concept of "acceptable losses" has to come into play. The Obama admin is claiming that it wants to continue "studying" the ways ISIS is using the media, and officials are refusing to comment on the report.

While the White House, CIA and Pentagon declined to comment on the clandestine mapping project, its existence was revealed amid mounting debate over whether the administration’s strategy is robust enough for countering the professionalized blitz of digital propaganda that the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS and ISIL, is using to recruit fighters and radicalize supporters around the world.

"Studying" is great, but only if you're willing to apply what you've learned. So far, it appears the administration is doing everything it can to avoid getting its hands dirty. .... And here's the exit question: Last week, Hillary called on Microsoft, Facebook, and Google to "shut off" ISIS recruitment efforts. Why should they, when Hillary's former boss knows precisely where ISIS media centers are located, and refuses to take any action?

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