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Trump Targets ISIS: U.S. Marines Just Landed In Syria |
2017-03-10 |
![]() While the previous administration dispatched hundreds of “special advisers” and trainers from U.S. military Special Operations units to advise local militias, conventional warfare troops have never participated in the battle against ISIS in Syria. “The force is part of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which left San Diego on Navy ships in October,” notes The Post. “The Marines on the ground include part of an artillery battery that can fire powerful 155-millimeter shells from M777 Howitzers, two officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the deployment.” Over the last few months, U.S.-backed forces have been escalating attacks against ISIS strongholds in both Iraq and Syria. Disrupting ISIS activity and erasing territorial gains became a priority in the last days of the Obama presidency after years of dismissing the terror group as an irrelevant and non-threatening “jayvee team.” The Trump administration has chosen to continue escalating the offensive, initiating the preliminary steps of a long-planned strategy to root ISIS out of northern Syria. |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 Saving the 8500 sheep and goats by giving the premed real tissue to repair. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-10 20:49 |
#2 Because there's a paucity of non-Islamist forces available? |
Posted by: Pappy 2017-03-10 11:25 |
#1 Yes but these anti IS forces are Islamists themselves. Why are we on their side? |
Posted by: Harcourt Angoluting9366 2017-03-10 05:52 |