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Marines have arrived in Syria to fire artillery in the fight for Raqqa
Stars and Stripes ^
| March 8, 2017
| DAN LAMOTHE AND THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF
Posted on 03/08/2017 12:28:22 PM PST by CMB_polarization
Marines from an amphibious task force have left their ships in the Middle East and deployed to Syria, establishing an outpost from which they can fire artillery guns in support of the fight to take back the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State, defense officials said.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Syria
KEYWORDS: syria; usmarines; usmc
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Boots on the ground.
To: CMB_polarization
I guess that whole “declaration of war” stuff is passé.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:31:10 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both)
To: CMB_polarization
i thought loose lips sink ships.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:31:50 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
To: BenLurkin
I guess that whole declaration of war stuff is passé.They don't have the guts to make that large a commitment to anything. Had this Congress been sitting in 1941 we would never have declared war on Japan.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:33:38 PM PST
by
pgkdan
(The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
To: CMB_polarization
Not good. Let regional players sort it out — no more US blood or treasure for the ME.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:36:26 PM PST
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
To: CMB_polarization
Getting some practice with the Big Boy Toy’s.
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
great, just great. Now my wife will hear this and worry about one of our boys going there as he is a Marine.
Another weekend of drama .
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:39:41 PM PST
by
manc
( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
To: CMB_polarization
May those fanatical Islamic State terrorists who kidnapped Yazidi and Christian females to be used as sex slaves be hunted down until the last one draws his last breath. And God willing, that last breath will not be from sickness or old age.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:40:43 PM PST
by
Enterprise
("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
To: manc
What’s his MOS?....................
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:41:05 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:42:19 PM PST
by
manc
( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
To: CMB_polarization
Big bad mistake.
We should be getting out of the Middle East, not getting further entangled there.
How many times will we “take” Raqqa? Like how many times we had to take Mosul and other places.
All for naught.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:42:57 PM PST
by
Lorianne
To: CMB_polarization
I’d feel better if one of Trump’s kids was in the military... so he could feel the weight.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:43:00 PM PST
by
Lexington Green
(Sun Tzu Trumps Saul Alinsky)
To: CMB_polarization
The force is part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which left San Diego on Navy ships in October Jeeze, did they rely on wind and tides?
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:43:11 PM PST
by
keat
To: manc
Amphibious Vehicle?..................
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:43:26 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
To: CMB_polarization
We need to create a pile of glass where Raqqa used be.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:44:58 PM PST
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
“Getting some practice with the Big Boy Toys”
Yep maybe some Excalibur training. They can be 35 - 40 miles away from the target and be pinpoint with the GPS round.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:45:14 PM PST
by
DAC21
To: BenLurkin
Some might say it is illegal (declaring war that is)
But the President did say we would wipe isis off the face of the earth.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:45:24 PM PST
by
aumrl
(let's keep it real Conservatives)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
“Getting some practice with the Big Boy Toys”
Yep maybe some Excalibur training. They can be 35 - 40 miles away from the target and be pinpoint with the GPS round.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:45:24 PM PST
by
DAC21
To: CMB_polarization
This is the very same way Obama handled authorization for military deployment and action.
I’m appalled.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:46:08 PM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Red Badger
yes the big vehicles which transport Marines to the shore from the big ships and transport on land.
He probably won;t go,.but the fact she will hear this will be more drama.
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posted on
03/08/2017 12:46:56 PM PST
by
manc
( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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