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2016-09-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US special forces sabotage covert training mission in Syria

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Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-09-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 From my reading, the only force we should back in Syria is the SDF/YPG.

Posted by Ducatisi 2016-09-21 09:01|| 2016-09-21 09:01|| Front Page Top

#2 We've had plenty of opportunities to help the Kurds. Operation Provide Comfort I and II back in the early 1990's were excellent efforts. Not sure where similar effort stand today.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-09-21 09:12|| 2016-09-21 09:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Something odd is going on at Fortuna's Corner. Clicking on the article link now gets

Oops! That page can’t be found.

So I did a search on the second paragraph.

It looks like the article originated at SOFREP.com, where the bulk of it is
behind a subscriber paywall.

Sic Semper Tyrannis was the next link on the list, who had this to say:

Jack Murphy published this article on his subscription website, SOFREP.com. It was also published on another website without his permission. I read the article on that site before I realized it was done without permission. Jack Murphy is a fellow Green Beannie. Out of courtesy to him, I will not provide a like to that site. Although I am not a joiner by nature, I may break down and subscribe to the SOFREP site. It seems to have some quality content not readily available elsewhere.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-09-21 11:13|| 2016-09-21 11:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Sed fugit interea fugit irreparabile tempus.

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-09-21 11:17|| 2016-09-21 11:17|| Front Page Top

#5 If only I'd studied Latin in my youth, instead of those other languages! ;-) But the internet answered this one:

Borrowed from Latin, from the verse Georgica which was written by the Roman poet Virgil which is sed fugit interea fugit irreparabile tempus ‎(“but it flees meanwhile: irretrievable time flees”) which has the less literal translation "while, the irreplaceable time escapes".

Not your fault, Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. I was a little shocked to see this discussion out in the open, but I'm glad to know that -- after just about every past trainee deserted to or was destroyed by the enemy -- our guys are not turning the current trainees into the best they can be.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-09-21 13:05|| 2016-09-21 13:05|| Front Page Top

#6 I got no pleasure in the post. Someone, however, must recognize what is happening to our cherished Military and get things turned around, stat.

Btw, most of my material comes from the Norm Crosby school, but the meds, occly, kick in. ;)

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-09-21 15:36|| 2016-09-21 15:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Train them in the Wimp Lo school of combat.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-09-21 15:43|| 2016-09-21 15:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Reminds me of a story I've heard as a kid (won't guarantee it's true) about a Soviet Air Force officer in charge of the camp where they trained Egyptian & Syrian pilots. Every time he'd get drunk (and remember, it's Russia), he'd write a report requesting a transfer to dog training camp --- because "dogs are more trainable".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-09-21 16:03|| 2016-09-21 16:03|| Front Page Top

#9 The dogs probably smelled better too.

Posted by Black Charlie Hupeng3366 2016-09-21 19:54|| 2016-09-21 19:54|| Front Page Top

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