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2016-10-28 Iraq

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Posted by badanov 2016-10-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 The Eisenhower approach to Berlin? Let the Russkies take it and pay the price?

(81,116 dead or missing, 280,251 sick or wounded -wiki)

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-10-28 07:55|| 2016-10-28 07:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Let the Shiite militias martyr themselves. Win, Win.

Posted by brujotejano 2016-10-28 08:47|| 2016-10-28 08:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Why should they? It's not their city.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-10-28 11:54|| 2016-10-28 11:54|| Front Page Top

#4 "The Eisenhower approach to Berlin? Let the Russkies take it and pay the price?"

Bullshit. The Germans would not have opposed allied forces. They did fight the Soviets for obvious reasons.

Posted by Iblis 2016-10-28 13:18|| 2016-10-28 13:18|| Front Page Top

#5 ...you ignore 'the corporal' was directly in charge and didn't need a long reach to deal with 'traitors'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-10-28 15:42|| 2016-10-28 15:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Iblis, do tell, new documents? Note that the division of Berlin was already set in stone, how would the western powers have benefited from taking it first?

History read it or repeat it along with Practical Math. :)

Posted by Shipman 2016-10-28 16:49|| 2016-10-28 16:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Kurds have no dog in the fight in Mosul proper. I doubt they could be convinced to come in and die for those areas as long as the Shia militias and others are willing cannon fodder.

Posted by OldSpook 2016-10-28 18:36|| 2016-10-28 18:36|| Front Page Top

#8 The lack of specific news indicates things are not going well, and the Kurds are right to stay out of what looks to be a shambolic bloodbath.

Posted by phil_b 2016-10-28 19:38|| 2016-10-28 19:38|| Front Page Top

#9 "Why should they? It's not their city."

They prefer not to, but Erbil is but a small hump up-hill from Mosul. Let's just say they have an "elevated interest".
Pretty country by the way.

Posted by newc 2016-10-28 20:11|| 2016-10-28 20:11|| Front Page Top

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