Wow, this topic blew up quick.
I hope the glass parking lot idea wasn't serious otherwise I'd have to call you a madman. Thought about it some myself though when I get frustrated enough at the situation over there. Also, using Hitler's tactics might be construed as advocating brutality in war and genocide. Not saying you are just saying you might not want to advocate a swift decisive strike that way.
I remind everyone of Bush's mistakes every chance I get only so we don't end up committing them again. They are pretty big ones after all and they matter. I fully recognize that one has to deal with the situation at hand not the one they'd prefer though so the could have beens are only something to keep in mind when considering the future.
If I were in charge I'd be licking the heck out of ISIS right now while I work out a larger plan. My main beef with Obama is not that he doesn't act but that he does so too slowly. Even Bill Clinton would have done massive airstrikes weeks ago. I disagree with the opinion that Obama is following the polls with this or everything else he does. The polls are all for acting. If he were following them he'd have done a lot more a long time ago.
Obama is a mediator you can see it in his strategy. He wants everyone to come together and be a part of the solution. The truth is that hardly anyone wants to help in the middle east. Hence, it doesn't work. He's getting token comittments from every country and nothing substantial that is going to stop ISIS.
My plan would be:
1. Airstrike the crap out of them to disrupt their organization. Do not allow a foothold.
2. Support(i.e. weapons, aid, airstrikes & special forces help on ground at most) the Kurds on the ground in the north of Iraq.
3. Work with Iran to arm and support the Shia in the south.
4. Suck it up and support Assad in Syria to crush ISIS there.
5. Divide the whole of Iraq into parts when ISIS is in ruins. If the sects still fight amongst each other great. It keeps them busy. Our focus is the terror group.
Yes, I support brutal regimes and dictators. Do I like it? No. But I guarantee supporting someone who actually has a real military works better than trying to fight both Assad and ISIS at the same time with a crappy moderate rebel group(does it even exist?) that is barely holding out on its own against both of them. We don't get along with Iran but on this issue they are nearby have a lot of troops and are willing to do something. If they take over part of Iraq after ISIS, so what? They can waste their resources trying to control it and are far more manageable with diplomatic resources than a terror group.