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Will bombing Isis, like the Iraq war, prove to be the wrong "war" against the wrong enemy?
vanity ^ | Nathan Bedford

Posted on 09/11/2014 9:40:28 PM PDT by nathanbedford

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1 posted on 09/11/2014 9:40:29 PM PDT by nathanbedford
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we need to go after them with FAE’s , white phosphorus , napalm and cluster bombs . All the stuff that makes the world aghast . Short of nukes , we need to give them the Hell they deserve . In large measure . Every town they hold should be leveled . That is the message we need to send . No quarter and no prisoners .


2 posted on 09/11/2014 9:45:06 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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this is also the perfect time to give Israel the green light to go after Iran . They will never see it coming .


3 posted on 09/11/2014 9:46:34 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: nathanbedford; xzins

If we are not committed to destroying the enemy then we will only succeed in making them stronger.

Obama is not even willing to call this operation a “war”. He has no plan for Victory. He is not even willing to identify the Enemy by name “Islamic....”

This is a lost cause from the get go.


4 posted on 09/11/2014 9:47:51 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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What if Obama gave a war and nobody came?


5 posted on 09/11/2014 9:48:11 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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Obama denies ISIS is Islamic. He’s insane. 25th Amendment, before it’s too late.


6 posted on 09/11/2014 9:51:08 PM PDT by Ray76
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To: Ray76

See tagline.


7 posted on 09/11/2014 9:52:28 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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It will destroy ISIS. The means of its destruction won’t be pretty, but it will happen. If we had allowed the Northern Alliance to finish off the Taliban, we would have saved thousands of American lives. They would have massacred hundreds of thousands of Pashtuns, and driven millions into Pakistan, but that would have solved the Taliban problem. No Pashtuns in Afghanistan, no Afghan Taliban.


8 posted on 09/11/2014 9:54:00 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: P-Marlowe

True!!! (I missed it.)


9 posted on 09/11/2014 9:54:17 PM PDT by Ray76
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To: nathanbedford

This supposed strike will give great cover for ISIS/ISIL. That is the stage being set.


10 posted on 09/11/2014 9:57:14 PM PDT by RedHeeler
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Did you know that we dropped more bomb tonnage on our enemy in Vietnam than we did in WWII? And we lost. Because war from the air is just part of the way to victory.


11 posted on 09/11/2014 9:59:26 PM PDT by Cry if I Wanna
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It will destroy ISIS.

It will likely drive Isis out of the desert and into the cities where it will find refuge among Sunni militants. Yes, it will degrade Isis but it probably will not destroy Isis because there will be no boots on the ground ferreting out these fanatics from every hole and corner in Iraq's cities. Later, Isis will emerge and resume its quest for a caliphate.


12 posted on 09/11/2014 10:01:16 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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The way I see it now: There is no God but Allah, and Obama is his prophet. We are in an historical train wreck. My deepest religious belief is that only the one true God can help us now.


13 posted on 09/11/2014 10:06:15 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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Did you know that we dropped more bomb tonnage on our enemy in Vietnam than we did in WWII? And we lost. Because war from the air is just part of the way to victory.

Plenty of local infantry, including the Kurds, the Shiites and the Syrian Alawites, available to hold territory. Their problem is Sunni Arabs with heavy weaponry (AA guns, artillery, tanks, heavy machine guns, anti-tank weapons, MANPADS). North Vietnam was being supplied by China and Russia. We can crush Turkey's and Jordan's economies with a total trade embargo if they continue supplying the rebels. Bottom line is that ISIS are a bunch of midgets puffed up by a hysterical media, mainly because two of theirs had their heads chopped off. But that's all right. If it helps flip the Senate, I'm a happy camper.

14 posted on 09/11/2014 10:07:52 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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Maybe they really want to bomb the original target? Assad. Bombing ISIS is just cover. They want Sunni control of Syria, so rest assured their bombing of ISIS will be faux.


15 posted on 09/11/2014 10:07:54 PM PDT by reardensteel
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To: nathanbedford

And they will use weapons we supplied to them through Syrian rebels - the cut outs.


16 posted on 09/11/2014 10:08:11 PM PDT by Ray76
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To: LeoWindhorse

I think we should get Toyota to kill their computers in the trucks they’re drivin.

Seriously, you behead, you get morphed into pink spray, with whichever implement works best at the time.


17 posted on 09/11/2014 10:12:40 PM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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ISIS is a conglomerate, backed by the Sauds. They are not going anywhere, other than the government centrals/entrails of their targets. The supposed targeted bombing, will actually help the bastards. Wake up. The latest version of socialist fascism is being promoted by Our- CIA, State Dept. and all of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches.


18 posted on 09/11/2014 10:12:45 PM PDT by RedHeeler
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Obama is not even willing to call this operation a “war”.

We can't wage "war" anymore; we're broke. Too many "citizens" in this country we are forced to give our borrowed money and taxed dollars too thanks to DC (let alone the friggen illegals) and the un-funded liabilities that range up to the 100 Trillion dollar mark. If we wanted to send a strong message and be done with it, nuke Medina and tell the islamo-kazis publicly "we left you mecca; don't F around". Only problem is we have a muzzie at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, an Iranian advising him, A Dem party bought and paid for by the muzzie brotherhood and a GOP corrupted by muzzie oil money.
It smells far too much like check and mate; only question is, how many moves are left.

19 posted on 09/11/2014 10:13:39 PM PDT by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: Zhang Fei; 2ndDivisionVet; no-to-illegals; All

The means of destruction can’t be any more ugly than what ISIS has broadcast to the world. So long as they keep publicizing American deaths, our will should remain strong and fairly united. We couldn’t let the Northern Alliance finish off the Taliban because their effective leader Massoud was assassinated at the critical time. Like driving anyone into Pakistan is keeping them from coming back, yikes.


20 posted on 09/11/2014 10:18:24 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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