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Abu Sayyaf raid required U.S. troops to use ‘hand to hand’ combat
washingtontimes ^ | May 16, 2015 | Kellan Howell

Posted on 05/16/2015 2:28:09 PM PDT by PROCON

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To: EEGator

You know....it looks like he is working on his kicking game...


21 posted on 05/16/2015 3:03:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Iron Munro
Eliminated bayonet training?

Might as well end weapons training too and just teach the Troops how to spread unicorn dust.

22 posted on 05/16/2015 3:13:11 PM PDT by PROCON (CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
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To: Lorianne
We should not be over there doing the scut work for Muslims. Let them take care of their own problems for a change.

Let 'em go at it.

When muslims are killing other muslims they are not killing Christians and Jews.


23 posted on 05/16/2015 3:15:48 PM PDT by Iron Munro (We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
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To: PROCON
Some of the Islamic State fighters hid behind women, using them as human shields.

America's enemies will always jump at the chance to use women and children as human shields.

That's ALL enemies; foreign AND domestic.

La Raza, black hate groups, the Homo Mafia, labor unions, etc.

They all do it.

24 posted on 05/16/2015 3:19:02 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (Today's Democrats are much more Fascist than Communist; but Sen Joe McCarthy was still right.)
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To: PROCON

Whew, just in time, a story to detract from Seymour Hersch’s account of the BinLaden raid and restore Obama’s manhood. I didn’t believe Hersch’s story until this convenient story of hand-to-hand combat, which absolutely did not come from Delta Force.


25 posted on 05/16/2015 3:20:10 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: Iron Munro

Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of Destroying Himself __ Napoleon Bonaparte

Unfortunately, we are doing the opposite of Bonaparte’s advice.


26 posted on 05/16/2015 3:20:45 PM PDT by Lorianne (fed pork, bailouts, gone taxmoney)
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To: Toespi

Exactly ... complete with the chum about them hiding behind the women .... people are just eating this stuff up!


27 posted on 05/16/2015 3:21:41 PM PDT by Lorianne (fed pork, bailouts, gone taxmoney)
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To: Iron Munro

Great catch!


28 posted on 05/16/2015 3:21:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: P-Marlowe; PROCON

Delta Force missions are classified. In fact, no special operator is supposed to give any details of any mission. The idea is that it could reveal tactics and techniques to any enemy, thereby increasing the vulnerability of the special operators on their next mission.

For the longest time, the US didn’t even acknowledge the existence of Delta Force. I’m not sure that has officially changed.

I know everyone loves Chris Kyle, but one sector of criticism for Chris Kyle came from within the special operator ranks. Not because he wasn’t one of them, and not because he’d openly violated any classified material. It was an ethos of silence that was broken, and some thought that silence had a reason behind it.

I’ve noticed them trying to walk back the Osama bin Laden hit in the media recently with confusion about Pakistanis being introduced into the mix. That gives some idea in my mind about how precious silence about their operations is to them.


29 posted on 05/16/2015 3:23:20 PM PDT by xzins (Donate to the Freep-a-Thon or lose your ONLY voice. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: ChicagahAl

What I saw of La Raza at Murietta is them standing in front of their women — especially the ones with the biggest mouths.

When an American protestor would challenge one of the pro-Mexican women, the La Raza guys would push in and say “You can’t talk to a woman like that”. Didn’t matter how foul mouthed and obnoxious the woman was being.


30 posted on 05/16/2015 3:24:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: PROCON

Just a few months ago, we were supposed to have killed another ISIS leader, this one in Iraq. But ISIS has come back stronger than ever since then; just yesterday it took over the critical city of Ramadi.

And a few years ago, we killed the top leader of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and yet since that time jihadi terrorism has exploded.

So while the media is cheering and Obama is bragging and the dead ISIS leader’s wife is in American custody, what can we expect from ISIS except an escalation of fury against the U.S.?


31 posted on 05/16/2015 3:28:00 PM PDT by Bluestocking
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To: BenLurkin
What I saw of La Raza at Murietta is them standing in front of their women

Did you mean behind their women?

32 posted on 05/16/2015 3:30:09 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (Today's Democrats are much more Fascist than Communist; but Sen Joe McCarthy was still right.)
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To: ChicagahAl
No. In front.


33 posted on 05/16/2015 3:32:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ChicagahAl
The pro-illegals side:

The pro-American side:


34 posted on 05/16/2015 3:35:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: EEGator

Kicking a Ram?


35 posted on 05/16/2015 3:37:14 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: ChicagahAl
This blond (in my opinion) was far and away THE most obnoxious person there (on either side)

But that is only my opinion.

36 posted on 05/16/2015 3:38:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Iron Munro

I remember an old military saying...”IF YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO STICK’EM YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO SHOOT ‘EM.”


37 posted on 05/16/2015 3:43:07 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Some times you need more than six shots. Much more.)
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To: PROCON

Nah. General (Whimp) Dempsey’s last hurrah.


38 posted on 05/16/2015 3:43:49 PM PDT by batterycommander (a little more rubble, a lot less trouble.)
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To: rabidralph

Nah. Trying to screw (with) a ram. The ram ain’t queer and don’t appreciate the long donged one approaching his rear.


39 posted on 05/16/2015 3:46:44 PM PDT by batterycommander (a little more rubble, a lot less trouble.)
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To: EEGator

Apparently fending off an LA Ram attack.;D)


40 posted on 05/16/2015 3:54:36 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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