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2015-09-19 Iraq

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-09-19 04:41|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 they have been saying this since day 1 and yet magically they keep winning territory

whole strategy is wrong

either we fight the ideological battle, starting in our own countries

or we lose

simple as that

Posted by anon1 2015-09-19 07:35|| 2015-09-19 07:35|| Front Page Top

#2 ps - didnt get a chance to comment on the muslim kid bomb story as it disappeared (i think to the next day) as soon as i hit return on the link.

The point of posting that annoying Guarian article was to show the propaganda gold the Islamists and their Internationalist allies like the Guardian make of this

That kid with his clock was propaganda gold for them and the overreaction was nauseating.

This is part of the ideological battle we have to fight within our own countries if we are to defeat IS.

The response should have been, from Government --

GOOD law enforcement did its job

YES Islamofascism is the threat, anybody caught participating in Sharia courts will be deported or tried for treason

YES we will be targeting the muslim community for surveillance because Islamofascists use them as human shields

We are not sorry for this

and Secular muslims will have their freedom of religion protected but while this war lasts they will have to endure additional, discriminatory checks.

Posted by anon1 2015-09-19 07:45|| 2015-09-19 07:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Of course there is the report by some 50 intelligence analysts that the reports have been cooked by Champ's administration. If IS is so fragile why not go ahead and put an end to them?

Posted by JohnQC 2015-09-19 07:53|| 2015-09-19 07:53|| Front Page Top

#4 I hope the good General and unnamed Colonel are correct and the clouds atop Spion Kop have not obstructed their view.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-09-19 08:00|| 2015-09-19 08:00|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't see how a pretty much all infantry army fighting in the desert really stand a chance against a modern Western military force *if* that modern Western military force takes the fight seriously.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-09-19 12:28|| 2015-09-19 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 If ISIS is "ended", they'll be simply reform under another name.

Aren't there ex-Baathists in their upper echelon now?

Posted by charger 2015-09-19 13:34|| 2015-09-19 13:34|| Front Page Top

#7 That's one mighty bigIF you got there rjs.

Posted by AlanC 2015-09-19 13:34|| 2015-09-19 13:34|| Front Page Top

#8 *if* that modern Western military force takes the fight seriously.

You mean all human rights & environmental impact assessments in triplicate?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-09-19 13:37|| 2015-09-19 13:37|| Front Page Top

#9 It WOULD be amusing if Isis decided to take on the Russians. Course, they probably won't cause they're scared the Russians play rough. Don't worry Isis, the Russians are all fat chekists who can barely tote a rifle! You can stomp them flat in no time.

Posted by Silentbrick 2015-09-19 15:49|| 2015-09-19 15:49|| Front Page Top

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