Montecresto
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Nice to hear from you, Neville.
And greetings to you match.
Nice to hear from you, Neville.
Dresden and Tokyo.
It is when they hide among civilians; which is a war crime, BTW.
One could easily turn that around on you: Is anyone other than the US ever to blame for anything? But civilians die in war, often more die than do the soldiers that fight them. But so what? Its only recently that civilian deaths in wartime seem to have become taboo--but only for the good guys. The bad guys kill civilians at will and use them as slaves, shields and propaganda. We kill one inadvertently and people like you jump down our throats and play the moral equivalency game.By that logic, they could claim the same. Btw, is the US ever to blame for civilian deaths in your small warrior mind.
Why not call in massive air strikes now?
The crime of betraying one's country. He's done that time and time again.
One could easily turn that around on you: Is anyone other than the US ever to blame for anything? But civilians die in war, often more die than do the soldiers that fight them. But so what? Its only recently that civilian deaths in wartime seem to have become taboo--but only for the good guys. The bad guys kill civilians at will and use them as slaves, shields and propaganda. We kill one inadvertently and people like you jump down our throats and play the moral equivalency game.
I suspect a heavy dose of vitamin B-52 might do wonders in al-Baghdadi and the open country nearby. Drop leaflets first to warn the innocent to get out of town post haste, and then consider anyone still there to be hostile.
Leaving the security of this base up to Iraqi forces is not very satisfactory. We cannot let even one of our servicemen be captured by these vermin--ever.
Apparently they are in a mode where air strikes are optimum.
Do you question their every move is not being monitored?
I suspect a heavy dose of vitamin B-52 might do wonders in al-Baghdadi and the open country nearby. Drop leaflets first to warn the innocent to get out of town post haste, and then consider anyone still there to be hostile.
Leaving the security of this base up to Iraqi forces is not very satisfactory. We cannot let even one of our servicemen be captured by these vermin--ever.
I checked for this to be a public poll. This isn't the first time the software made it private anyway. Frustrating. Private polls have become worthless as a poll, though the topic valid.
Yes, the warmongers medicine chest.
I suspect a heavy dose of vitamin B-52 might do wonders in al-Baghdadi and the open country nearby. Drop leaflets first to warn the innocent to get out of town post haste, and then consider anyone still there to be hostile.
Leaving the security of this base up to Iraqi forces is not very satisfactory. We cannot let even one of our servicemen be captured by these vermin--ever.
That can't hide the fact, which you have made clear, that you are unwilling to see this country use any force at all against these jihadists. You would let them do whatever they please, regardless of how many innocent people--including Americans--they would murder as the result of your inaction.
Now the question was- Carpet Bombing- Yes- No.
After that is answered we can carry on the discussion. Fair?
Depends on the target and the mission. Sometimes carpet bombing is useful, sometimes ot's a waste of munitions.
They allowed the enemy to approach close enough to be engaged with gunships. That's close and yes, I question that strategy.
ISIS being in mortar range of the air base severely limits it's potential usage. While attacks on the base itself have been limited, ISIS has been fighting and has captured essentially the entire surrounding area - and is holding it.
Since this is all around a USA massive military and air base - and very close to Bagdad, obviously ISIS has NO fear of the supposed 60,000 Iraqi troops in Bagdad and 100% confidence that President Obama is going to keep his promise to ISIS that he wouldn't allow America troops to attack them, though they certainly can attack us anyway.
Our president is on their side, though saying otherwise. They kill Americans and allies, and he responds by attacking Christians and the West. They absolutely will not mention "victory" and only has said ISIS will be "downgraded." He has promises ISIS that he will not have American troops attack no matter whether they attack American troops themselves or whatever else they do to Americans and the USA.
I'm fairly confident there has never been ANY American president who has assured a declared enemy that no matter what they do there is no circumstance where he will use the Army or Marines against them, assuring them as long as they cover themselves in terms of air power they can attack and kill as many people as they want, including Americans, and engage in any acts of terrorism anywhere in the world - knowing that it is the President of the United States himself who is protecting them from the American military.
They were not a number in force that couldn't be handled without airstrikes. Probably too close in.
No, not so fast. Had I been influential, Hussein, Mubarak, Gaddafi and Assad would have been left alone as the rough around the edges stabilising forces that practiced containment of these miscreants that US policy has let out of the bottle.
And can be a War Crime.
Puff the Magic Dragon gunship works best for me. I think it's still in use?