Posted on 05/11/2017 5:14:18 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
Well I guess 26 dead is better than none, can I help if I prefer it were 26 per hour?
Great job Kurds and good job President Trump and the US airforce.
Where have you been? They just took Tabqa City and the Dam. It took 50 days, this is urban warefare.
And that town was over 75,000 people to begin with.
Not sure how many ISIS were there. They are fighting terrorists. As bad as the Nazi’s were in WWII or worse.
Raqqa was 340,000 people before ISIS took it. They have had 3 years to dig in. And I’m sure they have.
By the way, AMN is in Damascus, it mirrors the Assad military’s perspective.
Have you seen a single battle video on the media in the US?
Not one.
Yes. I have great respect for the Kurds in Syria. Am proud to call a number of them friend.
They did very well. Mattis has a smile on his face.
And they are simply good people. Very rare thing in the Middle East.
I understand what you said.
But I know some of these people. I simply don’t feel that way. Not all the players in the Middle East are the same.
It would take some time for me to explain that to you.
The only people who hate the A-10 more than ISIS is the USAF brass.
The Commander in Chief would do well to restart production...
...for The Marines!
Yes, send all ISIS vermin straight to hell.
But remember, there are some local conscripts that were forced to join them at the end of a gun. If they did not, they were shot.
That division took place in Tabqa city. There were gunfights between those who wanted to surrender (locals) and those who were hardcore, mostly foreign fighters.
I’ve had these conversations with people there who understand totally what has been happening. It is like what I said to some extent.
Euphrates Wrath is a great name for a rock band.
OK, I buy no sale. I don’t know you. And you don’t know me.
I did not write the article. But I do know what is happening there.
Yes, thank you. You are correct.
Yes. A-10 are incredible tank killers.
Tough as hell planes.
I suppose since the time of their Salahaddine the Kurds have dreamed of having their own homeland. Now, Kurds in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey have a chance to dream no more. It seems that the US is poised to close Incirlik in Turkey and enlarge the existing base north of Irbil in Iraqi Kurdistan. In doing so the US will practically guarantee the creation of an independent Kurdistan. The Kurds remember with great affection the no-fly zone the US imposed during the reign of Saddam Hussein, and they then began the creation of a mini-nation state. Now, if Washington backs the Kurds they will have their nation. And for the doubters, given its hydrocarbon resources a Kurdistan would flourish economically.
OK, I buy no sale. I don’t know you. And you don’t know me.
I did not write the article. But I do know what is happening there.
It was a cheesy thing to say.
You signed up 3 days ago to do what, argue with FReepers about Kurds?
Are you a Jihadist?
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