[beethovenfan]

The Russians don’t seem to be bothered by such niceties.

[dfwgator]

And we’re there because?

[DesertRhino]

A national embarrassment. Our pussified senior officer corps strikes again. Glad they weren’t around for Desert Storm.

[butlerweave]

Obama is keeping his hopes alive

[ichabod1]

Just more CIA writing the news copy. They really need better propagandists.

[hal ogen]

Outside the cities there is desert wasteland...no? Couldn’t the “coalition forces” blasted them to Hell there on the open plain? Something is fishy.

[DesertRhino]

Also, letting the bastards escape means two things. You get to fight them again at their next defensive position. And then, you lose an amazing chance of wholesale capturing of war criminals who will soon escape back to Europe.

Nice work “coalition”. /s

[Byron_the_Aussie]

No biggie:

The remaining 100 Da'esh terrorists in Manbij and 400-600 related civilians left through a "safe passage corridor" provided by YPG/SDF in order to end hostilities in the city early. This battle raged for 72 days - 31 May 2016 to 12 August 2016, and involved US, French, and possibly German and UK special operators, and air strikes from the "US-led coalition" that has had arguably very little success against Islamic State in Syria.

Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a75_1471099338#wJqe9IXW7s1FsUM4.99

[RandallFlagg]

I’m surprised obama didn’t order the abandonment of all weaponry and vehicles.

His buds need new rides, ya know.

[ColdOne]

Coalition troops forced obama to allow ISIS fighters to flee Syrian battlefield...............fixed it.

[Old Yeller]

Strafe em. Every one of them.

[faithhopecharity]

What are we doing there, other than arming and enabling enemy forces?

[CMSMC]

They need to fire (or shoot) nine out of every ten lawyers employed by DOD. Then maybe then we could win a war or two.

[Gritty]

If we’d fought the Krauts or Japs like this we would now be speaking German and Japanese or more likely both.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Dead ISIS troops can’t fight again. Simple rule of warfare.

Destroy the hardcore of the hardcore of the enemy’s forces. Collateral damage be damned. Bury them quick; bury them deep. The Desert hides many secrets! (from an old Richard Carlson SciFi movie - possibly “The Beast with a 1,000 Eyes”).

[CivilWarBrewing]

0dungheap has an agreement with ISIS that they can live to see another day if they promise NOT to attack the United States until AFTER he leaves office.

Sure has been quiet lately, eh? No mass cop killings since before the DNC convention, either. Hmmmm..

[CGASMIA68]

ISIS has no civilians.The procreation needs to end,yesterday

[stylin19a]

what ? they couldn’t stop them and ask to see their passports ?

[DiogenesLamp]

U.S. and coalition troops were forced to allow hundreds of Islamic State commanders, fighters and their families to flee the embattled northern Syrian town of Manbij, fearing any attempt to attack the escaping forces would end in massive civilian casualties.

Just more p*ssification of America. When you elect a P*ssy, it is no surprise that the people he commands would be forced to behave like P*ssies.

He would show no hesitation to destroy us and our families though.

[The Toll]

Oh, ok. So Fiji could completely conquer America if they bring a kindergarten with them? Makes perfect sense.