Bullshine. A city of 100k and thousands of soldiers “besieged” by an ISIS force?
So what is the size of this ISIS force? What I see is a short supply of guts on the part of the besieged.
Screw this mentality that without us they cannot defend themselves. I bet a paycheck that this ISIS force is fewer than 1000, probably fewer than 500.
Get out your rifles and defend your homes cowards. Uncle Sugar isn’t your problem, YOU are.
>Screw this mentality that without us they cannot defend themselves. I bet a paycheck that this ISIS force is fewer than 1000, probably fewer than 500.
They where defending the city just fine until the US airforce destroyed their defensive lines. Like it or not, we created this mess.
Not so easy to claim when uncle sugar is providing intelligence training subsistence salaries and arms to ISIS
Just last week there were odd reports of a US special,forces mission to extract someone from this location - we seem to have “ advisors’ in the most strategic locations to help ISIS ... You think US bombing of the power stations, water treatment plants and escape routes is accidental?
You can’t call families whose sons husbands and children are being beheaded enslaved raped and crucified by a ruthless externally supported barbarian force “cowards” unless you have walked the walk
I doubt if we are hearing much about individual acts of courage and valor among the population and their national army
Here’s a map of the military situation near Deir Ezzor last January:
https://southfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eUUh0XX.jpg
It’s not the Kursk Salient, but neither is it 500 guys with black headbands.
Here’s the situation a year later - there’s a helpful video.
https://southfront.org/syrian-war-report-january-17-2017-isis-developing-advance-in-deir-ezzor/
The position has basically collapsed.
The key breakthrough was back in September when ‘Uncle Sugar’ deliberately strafed outposts on and about Tharda mountain. Significantly: this air assault was immediately followed by an ISIS attack.
This breakthrough has led inexorably to Deir Ezzor airport being closely encircled.
If the new CIC repurposes the USAF so that it starts fighting ISIS, instead of acting as its airforce, then perhaps the legitimate government of Syria will have a chance.
