Imagined moral superiority? No. But I don't twist what I read so that it conforms to prejudices.
You just don't think very well. But that's something you can learn how to do.
The New Alamo
- Thread starter Humpy
- Start date
Imagined moral superiority? No. But I don't twist what I read so that it conforms to prejudices.
You just don't think very well. But that's something you can learn how to do.
Given that he beat up an Iraqi police officer and was fined and "allowed to retire", maybe not.
Of course, there's McCain . . .
I'd vote for him (to prove I am not racist
).I'd vote for him (to prove I am not racist
I'm afraid Obama may have poisoned the well as far as electing negroes.
Now Julian Castro is another matter.
Closest thing to an allies we have in the region? The Kurds. People in the region we can find common ground with? The Kurds. The only ones in the region willing to put up a fight for their freedom? The Kurds. So naturally, it only makes sense that we abandon them.
Every severed head on a pole is on Obama. Every person being crucified is on Obama. Every man shoved into an open grave is on Obama. Every woman and girl sold into slavery is on Obama. Every family slaughtered is on Obama. This is his war, 100%. He and he alone is responsible for the development of ISIS. This could have been avoided and he, for purely political reasons, has thrown millions to the dogs. Just one more thing on a really long list of failures. The man has taken the term "useful idiot" to a whole new level.
Every severed head on a pole is on Obama. Every person being crucified is on Obama. Every man shoved into an open grave is on Obama. Every woman and girl sold into slavery is on Obama. Every family slaughtered is on Obama. This is his war, 100%. He and he alone is responsible for the development of ISIS. This could have been avoided and he, for purely political reasons, has thrown millions to the dogs. Just one more thing on a really long list of failures. The man has taken the term "useful idiot" to a whole new level.
Perfect place for a honey pot killing ground. Having sneaked in special forces, the enemy are lured in. Easy targets on the road in and an easy victory once they turn up, from well prepared positions.
If Dumbo won't give the order then the coalition will fall apart. If that happens the coalition will melt away to just the US and poodle UK.
Just takes 1 word Dumbo - go for it.
If Dumbo won't give the order then the coalition will fall apart. If that happens the coalition will melt away to just the US and poodle UK.
Just takes 1 word Dumbo - go for it.
Lawyers/politicians are so used to talking the opposition to death they think it will work against Isl.
Don't think it will work this time.
While Obama works on his short game, this is what is happening in the Iraq he abandoned. Doesn't exactly look safe and secure to me.
The US is investigating claims that a cache of weapons dropped into Syria to help Kurdish fighters actually ended up in the hands of Islamic State militants.
On Monday the US announced that it had air-dropped 27 bundles of weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to the Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian-Turkish border town of Kobane from IS.
It admitted that one bundle had gone astray, but said this had been destroyed with an air strike to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
However, IS has released a new video in which militants boast about recovering weapons and supplies intended for Kurdish fighters. The footage appears to show a masked militant going through a crate filled with hand grenades.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said that militants had seized one cache.
Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said he could not confirm if the video was authentic. "They are certainly of the kinds of material that was dropped... so it's not out of the realm of the possible in that regard," he said.
The Washington Post says the incident "highlights the difficulty in making sure all air drops are accurate, even with GPS-guided parachutes that the Air Force commonly uses".
The newspaper says the air drops were made partly because Turkey refused to allow Kurdish fighters to cross its borders into Kobane to bolster the town's defences. Turkish officials have since changed their minds but the deal is said to be "tentative".
After weeks of fighting, Kurdish forces control most of Kobane, but IS remains a threat, said Kirby. The militants had been kept at bay by efforts on the ground from Kurdish forces, as well as dozens of air strikes by the US-led coalition.
Yesterday, the US military announced a further four air strikes near Kobane, which they said hit IS fighting positions and a building occupied by the militants.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Why bother if the weapons get to the enemy ?
On Monday the US announced that it had air-dropped 27 bundles of weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to the Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian-Turkish border town of Kobane from IS.
It admitted that one bundle had gone astray, but said this had been destroyed with an air strike to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
However, IS has released a new video in which militants boast about recovering weapons and supplies intended for Kurdish fighters. The footage appears to show a masked militant going through a crate filled with hand grenades.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said that militants had seized one cache.
Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said he could not confirm if the video was authentic. "They are certainly of the kinds of material that was dropped... so it's not out of the realm of the possible in that regard," he said.
The Washington Post says the incident "highlights the difficulty in making sure all air drops are accurate, even with GPS-guided parachutes that the Air Force commonly uses".
The newspaper says the air drops were made partly because Turkey refused to allow Kurdish fighters to cross its borders into Kobane to bolster the town's defences. Turkish officials have since changed their minds but the deal is said to be "tentative".
After weeks of fighting, Kurdish forces control most of Kobane, but IS remains a threat, said Kirby. The militants had been kept at bay by efforts on the ground from Kurdish forces, as well as dozens of air strikes by the US-led coalition.
Yesterday, the US military announced a further four air strikes near Kobane, which they said hit IS fighting positions and a building occupied by the militants.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Why bother if the weapons get to the enemy ?