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2017-03-06 Arabia

New wave of US air raids on Qaeda in Yemen

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Posted by trailing wife 2017-03-06 01:10|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

#1 But Democrats and the MSM (BIRM) quoted unnamed Obamabot "Senior Mil Sources" as saying the raid gathered NO usable/valuable info and intel.

Who ya gonna believe?

Time to root out the corrupt rot

Posted by Frank G 2017-03-06 08:53|| 2017-03-06 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Short of massive sweeps requiring hundreds of thousands of soldiers and a huge logistics tail, aggressive raids and ambushes are the correct approach.

Drone zapping 'eaches' is a half-asses approach that harvest little if any actionable intelligence and prolongs the conflict.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-06 09:04|| 2017-03-06 09:04|| Front Page Top

#3 The 'git done and git out' strategy.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-06 09:42|| 2017-03-06 09:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Beso, seriously is prolonging the conflict a bad thing?

As long as it stays contained having the Iranian faction killing the AQAP folks and IS when found; and vice versa just seems like a reason to stock up on pop-corn.

Posted by AlanC 2017-03-06 12:15|| 2017-03-06 12:15|| Front Page Top

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