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2014-10-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Pappy 2014-10-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Lemme see if I have this straight:
* The Islamic State is not a state, is not Islamic and is not winning.
* Turkey is going to help although they have not actually agreed to do anything.
* The U.S. strategy is to help the Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds of Iraq, Syria and the wider Middle East unite in their fight against Islamic State, all of whom basically hate each other and the aforementioned Turks.

Have I missed anything?

Posted by SteveS 2014-10-14 05:39|| 2014-10-14 05:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Or it will be a short fight.

IS shootdown a civilian plane out of Baghdad Airport, panicked evacuation of westerners by road, along with a million odd shiia.

Chaos from Baghdad to Basra.

Posted by phil_b 2014-10-14 06:04|| 2014-10-14 06:04|| Front Page Top

#3 If they're smart, and they are, they'll not go into Baghdad until the southern LOCS are secured and closed to thru traffic.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-14 06:07|| 2014-10-14 06:07|| Front Page Top

#4 He who is on the defensive is not winning. Who's on the defensive?

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-10-14 08:49|| 2014-10-14 08:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Have I missed anything?

You missed whose fault all this is.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-10-14 09:04|| 2014-10-14 09:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Whose fault is this? A's obviously. he got us into Iraq in the first place.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2014-10-14 09:32|| 2014-10-14 09:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Breief summary ofb the article: Our beloved Littme Father of the People, Obama (awed silence) is right and your lying eyes are wrong.

Posted by JFM 2014-10-14 09:33|| 2014-10-14 09:33|| Front Page Top

#8 Over at PJM, Richard Fernandez has a good article about the psychosis of the Left and its inability or unwillingness to embrace reality.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-10-14 10:37|| 2014-10-14 10:37|| Front Page Top

#9 They may not be "Winning", but they sure as hell ain't losing.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-10-14 11:09|| 2014-10-14 11:09|| Front Page Top

#10 ISIS is certainly winning defectors from Al Q, Nusra and others.

ISIS is also winning defectors from civil society, or what passes for it, in the dozens from some countries, the hundreds from others and the thousands from others.

Posted by lord garth 2014-10-14 14:08|| 2014-10-14 14:08|| Front Page Top

#11 The Daily Mail reports that the group, known as 'White Shroud', is formed from the remnants of an anti-Assad group that was crushed by ISIS and claims to have killed more than 100 ISIS fighters. Its name refers to a death shroud it says awaits the ISIS fighters who have wrought havoc on the Syrian people.

Mr Aboud added that secrecy was paramount to White Shroud's operations, and that the group works in four-man 'cells' who operate independently of one another for safety reasons.

So far, the group has been operating in the area around the town of Al Bukamal, near the Iraqi border, picking off ISIS fighters when it has the opportunity.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-10-14 14:50|| 2014-10-14 14:50|| Front Page Top

#12 Protect the Kurds. Protect Israel. Play defense and let Isis grow. Let them act as a roach motel for all the crazy wanna-be psycho Islamists in the world. Embed forward air observers with Kurds and others, then whack them and whack them very, very, very hard.

Posted by rjschwarz 2014-10-14 14:55|| 2014-10-14 14:55|| Front Page Top

#13 White ~~Star~~ Shroud. Interesting name indeed Ebbo. Any idea where they get their funding ?

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-14 14:56|| 2014-10-14 14:56|| Front Page Top

#14 From the Rooters story:

"Secrecy is the most important element of White Shroud's work," said Abu Aboud. The group comprises four-man "cells" that work independently of each other, Abu Aboud said.

Has an SAS ring to it....Rooters link.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-14 15:06|| 2014-10-14 15:06|| Front Page Top

#15 re: #1

#1 Lemme see if I have this straight:
* The Islamic State is not a state, is not Islamic and is not winning ... a not war with non coalition forces

Posted by Alpha2c 2014-10-14 16:21|| 2014-10-14 16:21|| Front Page Top

#16 The big zero wanted to be the anti-Bush and he is succeeding beyond all expectations. Vote for change; yeah, change for the worse.

Posted by Whereter Ebbenter4423 2014-10-14 16:30|| 2014-10-14 16:30|| Front Page Top

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