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2014-11-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

IS Has 'Impaled' itself on Kobane, Says Top U.S. Envoy

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-11-21 01:06|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 So they've done the Hitler at Stalingrad/RE Lee at Little Round Top thing at Kobane?

Good

Perhaps a good ass whipping of these thugs will take the bloom off the rose and let the air out of the tires of this thing...and perhaps embolden others to start fighting...nothing like a bunch of militias nipping at your heels and flanks in the night to cause problems.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-11-21 12:01|| 2014-11-21 12:01|| Front Page Top

#2 I would have SEAL teams roving around the rear areas playing havoc, then when the IS is about to retreat drop a couple Ranger battalions behind them with the orders of "No bag limit".

Posted by DarthVader 2014-11-21 12:35|| 2014-11-21 12:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Of course, the SEALS and Rangers would have to wear sandals so Obama can keep his "no boots on the ground" promise.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-11-21 12:51|| 2014-11-21 12:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Methinks the General forgot the adage that it's better to keep your mouth shut than inform the enemy that they're screwing up.

Posted by Pappy 2014-11-21 14:21|| 2014-11-21 14:21|| Front Page Top

#5 No one has explained to me why it's a bad idea to let these guys kill each other. We can clean up the mess later.

Posted by Jvalentour 2014-11-21 14:25|| 2014-11-21 14:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh yes. It was explained JV.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-11-21 14:30|| 2014-11-21 14:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Young Kurdish female warrior while under fire captures soccer ball for the team.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-11-21 15:00|| 2014-11-21 15:00|| Front Page Top

#8 EH 2664, you source the best images.

Posted by Incredulous 2014-11-21 18:24|| 2014-11-21 18:24|| Front Page Top

#9 I suppose putting a special ops unit or two in rear area of ISIS to play havoc with their supply lines, communications, and sleeping habits is a good idea, we did much the same in Cambodia and we did much the same in Angola, Iraq, and other areas when putting "boots on the ground" was not politically correct.

It is scary work and you get hung out to dry or left to your own devices too often.

I do believe we have some of those guys already on the ground directing the airstrikes.

In an asymmetrical conflict, let the locals do the fighting but lead by example and provide active dynamic mentoring of the junior officers and leaders.

Besides, the local language, dialects, accents, and other subtleties of the environment lend themselves to the locals doing the heavy lifting/clandestine rear area vandalism and malfeasance.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-11-21 21:23|| 2014-11-21 21:23|| Front Page Top

#10 Thank you Incredulous.

It is an amazing story of Good vs Evil.

Posted by Mad Eye Shomosh7298 2014-11-21 21:49|| 2014-11-21 21:49|| Front Page Top

#11 The above is Ebbo, I am visiting from another location at the moment.

Posted by Mad Eye Shomosh7298 2014-11-21 21:50|| 2014-11-21 21:50|| Front Page Top

#12 @#4: Pappy, this new way is waaaaay "fairer" towards the underdog.

Posted by Glaving Omoluling5927 2014-11-21 22:16|| 2014-11-21 22:16|| Front Page Top

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