Posted on 11/19/2015 7:32:54 AM PST by Lazamataz
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says the U.S. is prepared to change the "Rules of engagement" in the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, pointing to methods like targeting fuel trucks controlled by the terrorist group.
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Mr. Carter said the U.S. has started going after fuel convoys now, in addition to the 3,500 people on the ground in Iraq and air sorties flying "every day."
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I’m sure it’s misleading at the least. These folks are employed at the pleasure of the president. It’s like the old days when Clinton acted as if Janet Reno was out there on her own. Just not so.
Strangely, I just read another article about how the Russians have been doing this very same thing.
So we are going to stop giving them weapons now and start fighting them? Cool!
The criminal ROE bammy has had the military put in place are responsible for more injuries and deaths of US personnel during the relative “peace” than during the actual war.
Let me know when Carter announces the arrest of Obama and Kerry. That’s a “change” that would actually make a difference.
Obama will not let him Pollute the Desert with Evil Oil
It sounds to me the Russians are doing that, and Obama's trying to take the credit for it.
So Opeaser is now Putin’s “Mini-Me”. Typical.
Please Sec. Carter just shut your pie hole and go about a strategy to destroy ISIS without tipping off every friggin move that you take and don’t take.
Mister Stompy-Foot
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This last week in particular, he’s been acting like someone took his Binky away.
Ash Carter breaks with Obama: “We’re prepared to invoke the Trump Doctrine and change rules of engagement’ in fight vs. ISIS”
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Our CIA had quite the scam going. To fund ISIS, they arranged to buy Syrian oil inside Iraq. And because the CIA then sold that oil, they didn’t have to report anything to Congress.
Well, they lost some $ on the deals...but they just marked that up as losses for “training” anti-Assad rebels. $500 Million to train 9 guys! Yeah, right.
...but the scam fell apart when Russia started bombing the oil trucks.
Yes, Bambi hates oil more than terrorists and Vlad doesn’t like the competition in the oil market.
Hope Ash is brushing up his resume. You DO NOT contradict the lyin’ king. He could get ron brown’d. Or vince foster’d.
We are changing because the Russians have already targeted the trucks.
Video: Russia in Syria- Airstrike on ISIS Oil Tanker Convoy by Bombers
Asked why the U.S. had waited so long to hit fuel trucks, which are highly vulnerable and easily targeted by air, Davis said the U.S.-led coalition has been mindful of civilian casualties and sought to limit damage to Syria’s oil resources to preserve them for future generations.
“We’re balancing that with the fact that this revenue is presenting a clear and present threat to Syrians today, in that it’s being converted into funds which are being used for military equipment, which is being used to kill innocent civilians,” Davis said.
Army Col. Steve Warren, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad, said last week that the U.S. has learned over time that the militants were quickly replacing or repairing damage to oil distribution centers and other infrastructure. In many cases, he said, within days of an airstrike the targeted piece of oil infrastructure was up and running again.
“We don’t want to completely and utterly destroy these facilities to where they’re irreparable,” Warren said. “So what we’ve done is we’ve used very precise targeting, a very detailed analysis to strike certain parts of these facilities that will cause them to shut down for an extended period of time.”
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