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originally posted by: MystikMushroom
Am I the only one who finds this pretty convenient, considering that Obama just went to congress about putting boots on the ground?
ISIS can't be that stupid?
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
Am I the only one who finds this pretty convenient, considering that Obama just went to congress about putting boots on the ground?
ISIS can't be that stupid?
originally posted by: Sremmos80
a reply to: MiddleClassWhiteBoy
Well to be fair he hasn't even wanted to send people over, but the public has been crying for him to do so.
So to then turn around and be mad that those troops get harmed in the process...
There was no direct attack on the Al Asad air base,” the spokeswoman assured, while acknowledging reports of “ineffective indirect fire in the vicinity of the base.”
Reuters had reported that, according to unnamed officials, a group of insurgents did attack the well-fortified base but failed to break in.
The Al Asad air base is where 320 U.S. Marines are stationed training Iraqi forces. It is a mere 13-minute drive from al-Baghdadi to the base.
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
Am I the only one who finds this pretty convenient, considering that Obama just went to congress about putting boots on the ground?
ISIS can't be that stupid?
originally posted by: TechniXcality
a reply to: IAMTAT
300 mother#ers this is Sparta !
originally posted by: ANNED
Marines will just call in close air support for a target rich environment.
For ISIS to take Ain al-Asad air base they have to leave areas they can hide.
If they take a airbase then they are subject to carpet bombing due to them being out side a civilian area.