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Iraq
US using 'annihilation tactics', Mattis says
2017-05-29
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  He's modified the Colin Powell Pottery Barn analogy:
"If you break it, break the shit out of it, then smash the shards"
Posted by: Frank G   2017-05-29 12:42  

#4  What? He's not trying to win their hearts and minds? But, but, that's MEAN! /SARCASM
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2017-05-29 12:37  

#3  And then move on to the Turkish Caliphate?
Posted by: AlanC   2017-05-29 12:33  

#2  Nice
Posted by: 3dc   2017-05-29 09:45  

#1  “Our intention is that the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home to North Africa, to Europe, to America, to Asia, to Africa. We’re not going to allow them to do so. We’re going to stop them there and take apart the caliphate,” Mattis said.
Good.
Posted by: Glenmore   2017-05-29 09:25  

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