[MNJohnnie]

The A-10s dropped two dozen 500-pound bombs and conducted strafing runs with 30-millimeter Gatling guns. The AC-130s attacked with 30-millimeter Gatling guns and 105-millimeter cannons

Its about time. And this time their will be no press cameras crews and "journalists" wailing and moaning about "a highway of death" to stop it.

[rdcbn]

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

[mad_as_he$$]

They dropped leaflets and let the humans escape before firing.

[tanknetter]

This is exactly why we keep the A-10 around.