France Drops 20 Bombs On IS Stronghold Raqqa

Sky News ^ | 11/15/15

[markomalley]

French fighter jets have dropped 20 bombs on the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Raqqa in northern Syria.

The planes hit a jihadi recruitment centre, training camp and arms depot run by the group, according to the French defence ministry.

The bombing raid was France's biggest to date in Syria, and was launched from air bases in United Arab Emirates and Jordan.

[grania]

This is the civilized world's fight

Marco Rubio pointed out this morning that it was an all-out attack on a NATO country. NATO now has the obligation to do what it's supposed to do.

[usafretired]

So these targets have been sitting there for 2 years and they’re being struck for the first time? I need a drink.

[Bubba_Leroy]

You forgot to mention that he served in Vietnam.

Kerry served in Vietnam? Seriously? I never heard that before. I wonder why he never mentioned it when he was running for President?

[mkjessup]

Save the money of bombs and start building cages to keep these Islamic “="refugees" in

Hey there, be careful with that, our very own Norm Lenhart has the FR Franchise on 'Cages for Liberals'(c) although I'm sure he would welcome a like minded fellow like yourself.

(oh Norm? meant all in good fun you know!)

[FreedomGuru]

Maybe James Taylor will sing “How sweet is to be bombed by you”

[mkjessup]

Dear France,
Please attach 100 lbs of pork-fat to one of those bombs.
Let it be vaporized and spray all over the bastards.

I am fairly certain that the ghost of General John 'Black Jack' Pershing is smiling and heartily approves of your idea, as do I.

[Bubba_Leroy]

They are still doing more about it than the US is.

Obama is planning on sending ISIS a very sternly worded letter, once he can figure out where to mail it.

He will then apologize, blame Bush, and offer them all visas if they will promise to vote for Democrats.

[publius911]

What a disappointimgly ignorant statement! You must feel so safe in your ignorance.

I suggest a crash course in History.
If you are too lazy to find it, I am sure many freepers would be happy to help educate you.

[butlerweave]

Obama told the French they could only drop 20 bombs

[mkjessup]

Try something nuclear.

Great minds think alike Miss M. The French have the aircraft, AND the nuclear capability to 'make it so'. They just need the will.

[corlorde]

Is 20 bombs alot?

No. In context, the United States and coalition forces have flown thousands of sorties all over the Middle East for well over a decade. As you are aware, the Russians have also started an unrelenting air campaign yet here we are, with ISIS still causing chaos while still on the march.

[miss marmelstein]

Do a Truman - start with Nagasaki and build from there. If first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

It’s gonna end up there sooner or later, I fear. Better them than us.

[mkjessup]

I can see we see things through the same precise prism, I addressed this earlier today with some more detail, 'submitted for your approval':

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3360462/posts?page=13#13

[batterycommander]

...and, it is reported, in Cambodia.

[Norm Lenhart]

Oh I agree. The more liberals in cages, the more fun ;) I don’t care who gets on board the cage train. I just want the bastards caged ASAP so we can continue as a species. I may have been the guy ‘popularizing the idea, but great ideas have a life of their own. The more the merrier ;)

Existential Cage Theory - An idea whose time has come!

Get a cage
Put the liberal in the cage
Weld the door shut
Walk away

[TheStickman]

Did they let the Islamists on the ground know they were coming in advance?

“Pitiless war” should = 100’s of bombs!

[batterycommander]

Show them how to “fish” for alligators.

[mkjessup]

AGREED!



We need to go General Jack D. Ripper on their asses, if you ask me. 'Plan R' needs to be dusted off and activated.

[nomad]

No, we`ll probably send more arms to the unicorns. And while we`re at it, destabilize a couple more ‘regimes’ in that part of the world, after all, we know those evil secular strongmen are SO much worse than the moderate ‘unicorns’.

[publius911]

I would suggest educating yourself starting in the present and working backwards; it only gets worse.

Jihad in The West, Muslim Conquests from the 7th to the 21st Centuries, Prometheus Books, 1998.

Unholy Terror, Bosnia, Al-Qa'ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad, John R. Schindler, Zenith Press, 2007.