“I don’t know where you’ve been for the last two years...”
Well, during the last two years I’ve spent time in Iraq, supporting counter-ISIS air operations. I’ve watched many ISIS get smoked in real time.
The West operates under different ROEs than the Russians. Our ROEs will not inflame the Muslim world. Theirs will. We follow something called the Law of War and avoid civilian, non-combatants. Russia also follows the Law of War and does not avoid civilians due to Assad declaring non-regime aligned Syrian civilians enemy combatants. All of them. This distinction is not lost on Muslims looking at Syria.
The longer Russia participates, the worse things will get. Just watch.
Russia’s tactics will eventually piss off everyone.
But Turkey was foolish to give Putin this optic. If you can’t down it way into Turkey, leave it alone
“The West operates under different ROEs than the Russians. Our ROEs will not inflame the Muslim world.”
Exactly what France did when initially dealing with Hitler. Didn’t work out too well for them.
As ALL muslims are taught by their religion to confront and eliminate all infidels, I could care less what they think or if they get inflamed. They have ALREADY made their feelings and intents crystal clear.
And you might want to revisit your definition of “the West”, on last count both the UK and France are working with Russia, not undermining therm like the (increasingly isolated) US.
heh...
All I have seen are “show votes” when it comes to this administration fighting ISIS.. or any muslim for that matter...
In the end the results are that WE are supporting ISIS indirectly and directly. I still remember the PR trip where McCain went to party with ISIS leadership.
WE are the bad guys here... and WE need to do something to stop this out of control element within the federal government... elected, appointed bureaucracy, appointed military leadership, and civilian military support... This has gone WAY to far... and Im sorry, but these people need to be stopped by any means necessary.
This is just incredible to me... I could not have imagined a world where WE, the USA, were the BAD guys.. Supporting the worst evils on this planet (islam)... and the RUSSIANS!!! of ALL countries!! were the SANE ones attempting to fight that evil. You can say what you want, it all comes out in the wash... The facts stand for themselves. the Russians are killing ISIS, and our “allies” are killing Russians because of it.
The US government has been funding and equipping these bastards despite what guys on the ground are doing.
We need to wake up to that fact.
I’m also a vet and did three tours. Not against ISIS but Islam all the same.