[Zhang Fei]

[How are 50 U.S. troops going to prevent slaughter. ]

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With associated air support, they could probably destroy the entire Turkish force tasked with invading Syria. As in kill every last man.

[21twelve]

It was about 24 US guys along with some Kurds and artillery and air-support that fended off an attack by over 500 Russian mercenaries and Syrian fighters (supported by 27 vehicles including tanks). 16 more good guys (Marines) joined the battle mid-way. I think they ended up saying 200 bad guys killed and as many wounded. No good guys were hurt during the 4-hour battle.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/battle-syria-us-russian-mercenaries-commandos-islamic-state-a8370781.html

excerpt:

For the first 15 minutes, US military officials called their Russian counterparts and urged them to stop the attack. When that failed, US troops fired warning shots at a group of vehicles and a howitzer.

Still the troops advanced.

US warplanes arrived in waves, including Reaper drones, F-22 stealth fighter jets, F-15E Strike Fighters, B-52 bombers, AC-130 gunships and AH-64 Apache helicopters. For the next three hours, US officials said, scores of strikes pummeled enemy troops, tanks and other vehicles. Marine rocket artillery was fired from the ground.