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2014-05-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syrian Activists: Bomb Kills Local Al-Qaida Leader

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-05-07 11:02|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: al-Nusra

#1 So called 'Leadership Decapitation' accomplishes little. They simply sprout new heads.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-07 12:03|| 2014-05-07 12:03|| Front Page Top

#2 Reading that some of the more extreme area elements seem to thing that the AQ types are too 'moderate'.

Probably wasn't one of the 'good guys' doing this.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2014-05-07 12:21|| 2014-05-07 12:21|| Front Page Top

#3 So called 'Leadership Decapitation' accomplishes little. They simply sprout new heads.

"Heads" aren't effective unless they have situational awareness (we call it "being in the bubble,") idea of the TO&E, and support of the other terrs.

It will happen eventually; the idea is to take advantage of the gap in effectiveness.

also, long-term, there is degradation of capability. That too must be taken advantage of before there is a rectification.

Posted by Pappy 2014-05-07 15:23|| 2014-05-07 15:23|| Front Page Top

#4 While it doesn't take too much "situational awareness" [SA] to go out and set IED's to kill infidels, you make a valid point. If killing or capturing High Value Targets [HVT], you're pissing in the wind. So called nation building is also pissing in the wind. In fact, just about every effort the US has initiated against the TB in Afghanistan equates to little more than pissing in the wind.

Now if you're talking about a firey, strategic bombing campaign against mosque armories, training centers, and breeding hives in Chaman or Quetta, that's a different story. HVT campaigns however, not so much.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-07 17:04|| 2014-05-07 17:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Again, degradation works - if you immediately and agressively follow up to take advantage of the degradation.

Nation-building works - if you aggressively mitigate the factors that work against it..

Obviously none of that happened. That's a leadership failure, not a concept failure

A "firey, strategic bombing campaign," in my experience, still requires preparation, intel, BDA, location and deployment of assets, aggressive follow-up, et cetera.

It all sounds nice and doable - especially yakking about it at the VFW bar. The implementation, however, still has to be done.

Posted by Pappy 2014-05-07 18:00|| 2014-05-07 18:00|| Front Page Top

#6 VFW bar....

Koffee thru the nose. Thanks u ....er !
Whahahaha

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-07 18:05|| 2014-05-07 18:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Actually, the finer points of Arclight strikes are a frequent topic of discussion by us boys on the assembly line for the F-150s. It would be nice to know that our work was going to be put to good use.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-05-07 18:58|| 2014-05-07 18:58|| Front Page Top

#8 You're buying, Snowy.

Posted by Pappy 2014-05-07 20:33|| 2014-05-07 20:33|| Front Page Top

#9 "Bomb Kills Local Al-Qaida Leader"

Feel-good story of the day. :-D

Posted by Barbara 2014-05-07 21:05|| 2014-05-07 21:05|| Front Page Top

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