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The Gloves Are Coming Off in the U.S. War Against the Islamic State’s Oil
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| 16 NOV 2015
| Paul McLeary
Posted on 11/17/2015 5:24:06 AM PST by thackney
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To: thackney
Too cautious?
Try non existent ?
Putin has forced Obama’s hand and threatens to expose how Obama has done virtually nothing to fight ISIS over the last two years
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posted on
11/17/2015 5:53:19 AM PST
by
rdcbn
("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Miller)
To: thackney
1,000 well-placed "Daisy Cutters" should be a damned good start.
Why this is not obvious to our military and C-I-C, I have no idea!
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posted on
11/17/2015 5:55:42 AM PST
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: thackney
The answer to everything Obama does now needs to be a simple. ‘A year later than it needed to happen. tens of thousands have been murdered because of it.”
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posted on
11/17/2015 5:55:51 AM PST
by
ilgipper
To: thackney
How will Obama justify this with his Muslim masters?
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posted on
11/17/2015 5:56:57 AM PST
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Sacajaweau
Obama wont be on the ballot in 2016, so they have to start pretending again.
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posted on
11/17/2015 5:58:52 AM PST
by
TexasFreeper2009
(You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
To: MNJohnnie
It's better than nothing but not much.
To put things into perspective , four A10 and a C130 gunship is an aggressive ground support mission to support a couple of platoons of ambushed Marines.
Obama could have and still can shut off the flow of oil with minimal and easily repaired damage to the choke points in the system pretty much over night so respect for Assad's oil infrastructure is just the latest in a long line of red herring excuses Obama uses to avoid attacking ISIS
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posted on
11/17/2015 6:03:26 AM PST
by
rdcbn
("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Miller)
To: MNJohnnie
They dropped leaflets and let the humans escape before firing.
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posted on
11/17/2015 6:13:14 AM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
("It gets late early around here..." Yogi)
To: thackney
So a year later we are finally getting g serious?
I still doubt that
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posted on
11/17/2015 6:13:19 AM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.)
To: Don Corleone
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posted on
11/17/2015 6:15:18 AM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
("It gets late early around here..." Yogi)
To: MNJohnnie
This is exactly why we keep the A-10 around.
To: mad_as_he$$
Jan 2017 cannot come soon enough.
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posted on
11/17/2015 6:21:59 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
To: RoosterRedux
He’s very accomplished at leading from behind.
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posted on
11/17/2015 6:26:28 AM PST
by
OLDCU
To: AustinBill
Taking the gloves should involve sending in the B52s and unleash their load. Maybe be the could have an errant drop over cair. Carpet bombing is needed, vile islamist meet brute force.
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posted on
11/17/2015 6:27:07 AM PST
by
grcuster
To: MNJohnnie
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posted on
11/17/2015 6:28:05 AM PST
by
mad_as_he$$
("It gets late early around here..." Yogi)
To: thackney
American military officials have come to the conclusion that the U.S.-led air campaign targeting Syriaââ¬â¢s oil infrastructure ââ¬â which has provided the Islamic State with hundreds of millions of dollars over the past two years ââ¬â has been too cautious. A new offensive aims to change that. No worries, when the 150 billion in frozen assets from Iran becomes available, they won't need the pittance oil money.
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posted on
11/17/2015 6:35:13 AM PST
by
dartuser
To: dartuser
I agree! And on the subject of Iran . . . Obama, Kerry, et al insist that the treaty brokered with that regime is a good one. In support of this claim they state on-site inspections are key. If, in fact, there is merit to this argument, how much time will elapse before an inspection is requested let alone conducted? How else can we know if Iran will live up to its side of the deal? Time to prove it up.
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posted on
11/17/2015 7:01:59 AM PST
by
t4texas
(-)
To: tet68
This month, the coalition has launched over a dozen airstrikes...
I think I see the problem...
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posted on
11/17/2015 7:12:42 AM PST
by
aumrl
(let's keep it real Conservatives)
To: thackney
But there was little doubt that the U.S. aerial assault that tore through 116 ISIS oil tankers parked near an Iraqi border crossing While there are satellite pictures (taken by Russia) of caravans of oil tankers that go on for miles and miles.... the US bombed 116 tankers that were PARKED... because they were broken down.
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posted on
11/17/2015 7:13:10 AM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: thackney
Shades of Vietnam. It’s “graduated escalation” all over again. The idiots in this administration think they’re so smart and original.
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posted on
11/17/2015 7:21:46 AM PST
by
glorgau
To: thackney
The area where the trucks assembled in Syria has been closely monitored by US reconnaissance drones. As many as 1,000 trucks have been observed there, waiting to receive their cargo of illicit oil, the report said, adding that
at the time of the attack, 295 trucks were in the area,
Oh Jeeeze ....do I have to say it.
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posted on
11/17/2015 7:42:50 AM PST
by
spokeshave
(MDSM = Mentally Discombobulated Screaming Media)
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