Posted on 02/21/2017 10:34:20 AM PST by elhombrelibre
The U.S.-backed Syria Democratic Forces alliance has crossed into Deir al-Zor province for the first time, as part of a U.S.-backed offensive against Islamic State, a Kurdish military source said on Tuesday.
The advance is part of an operation to encircle and ultimately capture the ultra-hardline group's de facto Syrian capital of Raqqa in the north of the country.
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So, how long before they run like hell, abandoning their equipment and supplies to ISIS?
That seems to have been the most common outcome - they resupply ISIS with their equipment.
I think you’re confusing the Iraqi army of two years ago with these Kurds. The Kurds probably are the best true warrior in this fight.
Sure hope so.
Dead ISIS types are a wonderful thing.
The Kurds have killed many of them, as have we.
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