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Elite Army unit at Fort Meade searching for ways to fight ISIS
Baltimore Sun ^
| 7/18/15
| Ian Duncan
Posted on 07/18/2015 7:17:45 PM PDT by markomalley
elite Army unit based at Fort Meade is sending battle-hardened soldiers to Iraq to get a close look at the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria so they can develop ways to fight America's newest adversary.
Lt. Col. Justin Sapp, a commander in the Asymmetric Warfare Group, describes ISIS militaries as a new kind of challenge: a force of fighters informed by a decade of war in Iraq and beyond, with legions of recruits, high-end weaponry and stable funding sources, that has proved adept at changing its strategy and tactics as it draws more attention from the United States and its allies.
"They have the benefit of years of experience and at the same time they have a lot of recruits angry young people," Sapp said. "I don't look at them as an army, but they're certainly a serious and adaptable threat."
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To: markomalley
Bacon bullets and Kate Upton leaflets.
Next question.
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:20:34 PM PDT
by
struggle
To: markomalley
Destabilize their funding sources, and kill them all. No money, no Jihad.
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:24:57 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
To: markomalley
A couple of squadrons of A-10s would be a good start.
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:25:39 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: markomalley
Why would we fight ISIS? We created them!
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:26:08 PM PDT
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: markomalley
Why would we fight ISIS? We created them!
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:26:22 PM PDT
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: markomalley
Why are we worried about them? I thought they we just the J.V. </sarc>
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:26:37 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: struggle
free marijuana and Bob Marley tapes
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:26:40 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: markomalley
Well how about letting all be armed and let us shot back
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:28:10 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: markomalley
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:36:15 PM PDT
by
meatloaf
To: markomalley
An elite Army unit based at Fort Meade is sending battle-hardened soldiers to Iraq to get a close look at the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria so they can develop ways to fight America's newest adversary.One very clever way to successfully fight ISIS would be to replace the POTUS.
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:37:36 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: markomalley
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:38:16 PM PDT
by
null and void
(If the government can't protect the Marines, how can we expect it to protect us?)
To: markomalley
If we fought WWII like we have fought recently, we’d be speaking German or Japanese.
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:38:43 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: DuncanWaring
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:41:53 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: markomalley
Phase 1: Frogwalk the Muslim-terrorist-in-chief out of the Whitehouse.
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Profit.
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:48:12 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: markomalley
Thousands of Muslims coming to the US every year (maybe every month??). What is the point of fighting them there, when they are taking over our country from within.
Ban Islam in civilized countries, tear down mosques, deport Muslims, put US troops on our borders, institute a “pet the pig” requirement to board a plane or enter the US.
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:52:55 PM PDT
by
Pining_4_TX
(All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
To: Jan_Sobieski
Indeed, going after moderate RINOs tolerating islamists in the name of moderation should be a start.
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posted on
07/18/2015 7:53:44 PM PDT
by
lavaroise
(A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
To: markomalley
A single sub full of nukes could solve the Isis problem in less than 20 minutes if we had the will to use it.
To: markomalley
Kill ‘em all, and bury them wrapped in pig-skin.
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posted on
07/18/2015 8:17:04 PM PDT
by
LucyT
To: markomalley
Maybe they need to take a good hard look at it right here in the good old U S of A. Or let our local militias take up the task.
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posted on
07/18/2015 8:22:20 PM PDT
by
Conservative4Ever
(ENOUGH!! Man the pitch forks and torches...let the revolution begin!!!)
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