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2020-04-27 Iraq

Britain conducts first airstrikes against ISIS militants since September

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Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-27 01:17|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 Thing about the Forever War is that there's always room to make sure your people, equipment, and planning are up to scratch. Way back, the US offered a goodly number of nations the opportunity to get some experience. Long after NATO had shown up. El Salvador, the Stone Platoon. US Guard partners in the OMLT program. Individually, they showed pretty good. Not worth the effort to bring them there compared to the same number of our guys, or NATO's, but that wasn't the point.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2020-04-27 09:32|| 2020-04-27 09:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Cheaper to fly a strike than fly home?

Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-27 16:28|| 2020-04-27 16:28|| Front Page Top

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