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2015-11-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US military: Air strikes destroy 116 ISIS fuel trucks, sharing target info with France

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-11-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 Our touchy-feely Pentagon at work.

Posted by Spomong Bourbon8696 2015-11-19 08:13|| 2015-11-19 08:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Is the video up anywhere yet?

Posted by Grunter 2015-11-19 08:39|| 2015-11-19 08:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Trying to wn a war... Without offending our enemies....

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-11-19 09:24|| 2015-11-19 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 "Trying to win a war - without ~~killing~~ offending our enemies "

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-11-19 09:43|| 2015-11-19 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Our touchy-feely Pentagon at work

They follow orders. Two guesses where they come from?

Posted by Pappy 2015-11-19 10:01|| 2015-11-19 10:01|| Front Page Top

'The official said previously the fuel trucks were off limits to U.S. military strike aircraft.
WTF?!

One possible explanation; if your bombing campaign has primarily targeted ISIS High Value Targets (HVT) traveling about in vehicles, Toyota's, captured MRAPS, etc, the continued mobility of these vehicles is essential.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-11-19 10:09|| 2015-11-19 10:09|| Front Page Top

#7 I guess Putin showed G-20 all the trucks carrying illegal fuel to fund ISIS crossing over Turkey, warning them he was going to take them out. RoE prohibited our pilots from taking them out because the drivers were considered civilians....also warning fellow G-20 members were actively aiding ISIS. The photo of Putin and O was very telling--look at Putin's tense jaw--but Pooty deserves a little respect for calling it like it is.

Posted by Thor Lumumba3940 2015-11-19 11:36|| 2015-11-19 11:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Logistics are valid targets. This is why ISIS isn't "contained" in the least.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2015-11-19 11:58|| 2015-11-19 11:58|| Front Page Top

#9 So that's Russia - 500, USA - 116. We're a little bit behind, huh? Think maybe if we didn't stop to warn the drivers we could do some catching up?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-11-19 12:56|| 2015-11-19 12:56|| Front Page Top

#10 How about remove most, but not all, fuel from the rat line. Only the most "mission critical" vehicles will be allowed fuel, to include troop transports, and other HVT's.

Turkey shoot to follow.

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2015-11-19 13:30|| 2015-11-19 13:30|| Front Page Top

#11 @#2: Here's your vid: A-10s and C-130s destroy Islamic State fuel trucks

Posted by Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2015-11-19 16:24|| 2015-11-19 16:24|| Front Page Top

#12 'They follow orders. Two guesses where they come from?'

Posted by Spomong Bourbon8696 2015-11-19 17:52|| 2015-11-19 17:52|| Front Page Top

#13 More than a year ago there was the claim that ISIS made $1 million a day selling oil to Turkey and Iraq. There were articles that disputed that claim because it would take hundreds of trucks to achieve that amount. I for one certainly didn't realize that the Pentagon had placed the trucks off limits. IOW, the Pentagon kept silent as ISIS continued to fund itself through the ilicit movement of oil that could have been stopped. Don't tell me that the Pentagon is not a 'go along and get along' operation.

Posted by Spomong Bourbon8696 2015-11-19 17:56|| 2015-11-19 17:56|| Front Page Top

#14 Go along and get along to get another star?

Posted by Black Bart Glaish7485 2015-11-19 18:01|| 2015-11-19 18:01|| Front Page Top

#15 Tank truck drivers are part of the military logistics effort of ISIS. Therefore they are also legitimate targets. Get rid of the truck drivers and it will be harder to get recruits for other trucks. Just like the driver of a hit squad. They may only drive but they are part of the operation.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-11-19 19:37|| 2015-11-19 19:37|| Front Page Top

#16
Warren said the leaflets, which were dropped about 45 minutes before the airstrikes began, said, "Get out of your trucks now, and run away from them."

Because the truck drivers were assumed to be civilians, Warren said the military created the leaflets to "shoo people away without harming them."

Posted by 3dc 2015-11-19 19:39|| 2015-11-19 19:39|| Front Page Top

#17 I bet all those family survivors of French railroad workers caught in the allied bombing of '44 wished grandpa got some warning leaflets too just before the iron arrived.

It's sort of like war, but not quite war as you thought it was.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-11-19 20:32|| 2015-11-19 20:32|| Front Page Top

#18 I think we shoulda airdropped leaflets, held by JAGS, Political Pentagon Weenies, and DOS asshats

Posted by Frank G 2015-11-19 20:58|| 2015-11-19 20:58|| Front Page Top

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