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2011-07-22 Africa North

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Posted by Fred 2011-07-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 At least, Al-Jizz knows to use "claims".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-07-22 02:43|| 2011-07-22 02:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Eventually this mess is going to make one hell of an interesting military history read.

Posted by S 2011-07-22 02:53|| 2011-07-22 02:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Eventually this mess is going to make one hell of an interesting military history read

No it won't. It's basically weaponized clashes between gangs of hooligans.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-07-22 03:16|| 2011-07-22 03:16|| Front Page Top

#4 make that "gangs of Moslem Hooligans"...one side dresses up as Hotel Doormen and the other side dresses up like garage mechanics and punks.

And they all were trained in the Ya Allah method of Have at Thee.
A lot of arm waving and threats and then drive off and yell over the tailgate. And the next evening you hide behind a tree and set up an improvised sandbag bunker beside the only bridge into town .
Six men who mean business can take on 200 of that crowd.
Airstrikes? Artillery? Patrolling by Toyota pickup trucks across country with effective communications and a good map are more important. A squad in the back and a few cellphones.

The airstrikes are to knock out the enemy logistics and communications. Then you maneuver to find how to get in or around. No need to fight them if you can simply cut them off.
Then send in sniper teams to make the garrison sit down all day. You dont need the town if you control the roads. The town will fall on its own if you nibble it to death and it cant get back to Momma. Cut the town off by maneuver and strangle it. Interdict the roads around a town and seal the town off. Ambush any relief. Burn the vehicles, take the ammo and equipment, and shoot the prisoners.
Systematic, every damned day, consistent pressure, no prisoners. You will know in a week who is a fighter and who is a civilian punk. Put the punks to garrison what you take, use the fighters to make solid teams and keep up the advance. No, you cant take a break and have a candy bar.

No one is going to do it for you, Achmed.

But you know what your REAL problem is gonna be? AFTER its all over if you see someone trying on funny hats and putting on sunglasses. Dont just watch that guy....mark him down. He has to go to the latrine sometime. Wait until his pants are down.

Posted by de Medici 2011-07-22 05:37|| 2011-07-22 05:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Sad fact followed oil and gas for almost two decades now and what they got the United States does not need. There were contracts in place and as we are in South Korea protecting them from the North and they held one of if not the largest deposits makes a person wonder do we really have any leaders?!?

Posted by Pancho Bourbon8158 2011-07-22 06:59|| 2011-07-22 06:59|| Front Page Top

#6 de Medici, if I hadn't already realized you were full of sh&t, your comment about cutting off the comms and logistics of tribal locals - in the desert - would have provided ample evidence.

Posted by pfeh 2011-07-22 07:59|| 2011-07-22 07:59|| Front Page Top

#7 No it won't. It's basically weaponized clashes between gangs of hooligans.

So was the 1871 Paris uprising and the Spanish and Lebanese civil wars.

Doesn't mean there's nothing to learn from them.

Posted by Pappy 2011-07-22 12:41|| 2011-07-22 12:41|| Front Page Top

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