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Islamic State takes over large portions of town near key airbase in Anbar
longwarjournal.org ^ | February 13, 2015 | Bill Roggio & Caleb Weiss

Posted on 02/13/2015 7:10:41 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

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1 posted on 02/13/2015 7:10:41 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Where are the air strikes?


2 posted on 02/13/2015 7:13:06 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Pretty soon....., because of the utter ineptitude and downright willful negligence and lack of treasonous total support to our fighting troops that are already there,...we will likely see American troops captured by ISIS with some ‘inside’ help surrounding our troops there.

It’s going to get real ugly pretty soon.


3 posted on 02/13/2015 7:21:24 PM PST by LibFreeUSA
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To: LibFreeUSA

There can be no doubt that our combat troops have been compromised from within..


4 posted on 02/13/2015 7:25:13 PM PST by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe..)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

300 Marines. They are already getting “300” tattoos, making 300 red T-shirts, and telling each other they will fight in the shade. You cannot imagine their morale right now. For them, Obama may as well be on another planet.

Just watch USMC culture,,, and see if I ain’t right.


5 posted on 02/13/2015 7:25:48 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; SunkenCiv
No Idea!

Obama was on the West Coast so maybe he didn't get them approved ...

You know they are going after that base,....got potential Hostages there...the Marines.

6 posted on 02/13/2015 7:26:15 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

7 posted on 02/13/2015 7:28:02 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; MeshugeMikey; SunkenCiv; Marine_Uncle; TigersEye; Fred Nerks; GeronL; ...

Gonna get ugly!


8 posted on 02/13/2015 7:30:31 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Particularly when our commander in chief..can not be counted ,,,on..


9 posted on 02/13/2015 7:32:53 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: cardinal4
Obies been terribly busy and thus his strategic meetings had to be postponed

fame has its obligations ya know...




10 posted on 02/13/2015 7:35:42 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: LibFreeUSA

“we will likely see American troops captured by ISIS “

You will not see a Marine surrender to ISIS. Take it to the bank....


11 posted on 02/13/2015 7:37:50 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: LibFreeUSA

ISIS has never won a single battle against anything like Marines or Rangers. Near Baghdad last year, they attacked a Special Forces position and were repelled with very heavy casualties. And 300 in a defensive perimeter, god help anyone that attacks them.
ISIS isn’t 10 feet tall. They have generally faced nothing but scattered resistance and a fleeing Iraqi Army. They roll into town, shooting and executing and beheading helpless people.

They will get their asses handed to them by the USMC if they dare approach anywhere they are.
ISIS isn’t the VC, NVA, Chinese or Japanese army. They have nowhere near the disciplined units it would take to go up against two grunt rifle companies.


12 posted on 02/13/2015 7:46:12 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Taking selfies and Skyping with his Iran buddies, that is what our “leader” is all about. I’ll bet he wears “Hello Kitty” panties, too..


13 posted on 02/13/2015 7:53:46 PM PST by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe..)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The town, which is 50 miles northwest of Ramadi, has been under siege for months after the Islamic State launched an offensive in Anbar last summer and took control of the nearby town of Hit. .....

the Islamic State attacked from two directions, and then proceeded to advance into the town. The Washington Post reported that an estimated 1,000 fighters took part in the offensive in al Baghdadi.

The Islamic State took credit for attacking Al Asad, in a message released in its The Islamic State took credit for attacking Al Asad, in a message released in its daily radio announcements

Well...this tells us that the islamics were around al Baghdadi for some months...then an estimated 1,000 fighters advanced from 2 directions....

So where were the air strikes....inquiring minds seek to know....

and the icing on the cake so to speak is "a message released in its daily radio announcements"....so don't the military have radio direction finding equipment to get the coordinates of the transmitter....even if its moving every day...they can get a fix on it and drop a cruse missile ....so how come it's still transmitting propaganda.

14 posted on 02/13/2015 7:55:41 PM PST by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: LibFreeUSA

Yes. I wonder which General will cross the Rubicon.


15 posted on 02/13/2015 8:09:02 PM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: cardinal4
lil pink ruffled numbers....




16 posted on 02/13/2015 8:13:34 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Worst President Ever..


17 posted on 02/13/2015 8:22:06 PM PST by cardinal4 (Certified Islamophobe..)
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To: cardinal4

He belongs in remakes of Pee Wee’s Playhouse..... NOT in The Whitehouse


18 posted on 02/13/2015 8:26:16 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: DesertRhino

Yea, that’s about right.


19 posted on 02/13/2015 8:29:33 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Pee Wee’s Playhouse was actually a competently produced and very funny show. All the things the Obama administration isn’t.

L


20 posted on 02/13/2015 8:30:52 PM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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