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2014-09-14 Terror Networks

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Posted by Pappy 2014-09-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 And their airforce?

Posted by borgboy 2014-09-14 05:00|| 2014-09-14 05:00|| Front Page Top

#2 I think my son's primary school is bigger than Kuwaiti army.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-09-14 07:15|| 2014-09-14 07:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Props to Kuwait army and soldiers who are brave enough to wear uniforms.

Posted by Herman Munster 2014-09-14 07:36|| 2014-09-14 07:36|| Front Page Top

#4 How long did the Kuwaiti army last against Saddam Hussein's forces?

Posted by trailing wife 2014-09-14 08:33|| 2014-09-14 08:33|| Front Page Top

#5 There were still Free Kuwaiti Navy assets fighting.

Posted by Pappy 2014-09-14 09:51|| 2014-09-14 09:51|| Front Page Top

#6 IIRC the Kuwait army was not in a active full defensive posture when Saddam invaded because (the usual bankrupt rationale) it might 'provoke' him.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-09-14 11:11|| 2014-09-14 11:11|| Front Page Top

#7 So much of this is pure bullsh$$. ISIS has an "army", but how well are they trained? Yeah, they may be able to defeat an army with no leadership willing to fight, but let the 1st Marine Division land at Basra and move north, and watch them either run or die. They're just a bunch of murdering thugs. As for the "leadership" of the US, I'll believe in it the first time I see a napalm strike on a line of vehicles, or a squadron of A-10s deployed to Israel.

Posted by Old Patriot 2014-09-14 14:06|| 2014-09-14 14:06|| Front Page Top

#8 ....but let the 1st Marine Division land at Basra and move north, and watch them either run or die.

Exactly what is needed. We'll use the same ROE and detainee processing regime as the Iraqi Army if you don't mind.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-14 14:49|| 2014-09-14 14:49|| Front Page Top

#9 This assumes our intelligence services are capable of accurately determining the size of the Kuwaiti army.

ISIS has an "army", but how well are they trained?

Somebody made the point that these guys are not some pickup-team off the street but have been fighting some of the best - Marines, IDF, and such. No doubt they would die in large numbers in a head-to-head fight against 1st Marines. Urban combat is another story. Both Fallujah 1 and the recent scuffle in Gaza come to mind.

Magic Eight Ball says: "kill them now, in the open"

Posted by SteveS 2014-09-14 17:01|| 2014-09-14 17:01|| Front Page Top

#10 As per FREEREPUBLIC, ISRAEL says it + IDF will fight the ISIS/ISIL iff Jordan is threatened or attacked by same.

I suspect iff the ISIS strikes KUWAIT first, or even EGYPT + KSA, the IDF will be militarily involved long before Jordan, etc. is finally threatened.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-09-14 20:34|| 2014-09-14 20:34|| Front Page Top

#11 Fallujah also demonstrates that when they stand and fight they die by the thousands, and our fatalities are 2 orders of magnitude lower.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-09-14 21:18|| 2014-09-14 21:18|| Front Page Top

#12 our fatalities are 2 orders of magnitude lower.

Very true. Unfortunately, our country's sensitivity to combat deaths, thanks to MSM spin and general lib wussiness, is 4 orders of magnitude higher than theirs. At least.

In fact, they claim to welcome combat death.

Posted by KBK 2014-09-14 22:03|| 2014-09-14 22:03|| Front Page Top

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