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2023-04-05 Terror Networks

CENTCOM announces conducting 37 operations in Syria and Iraq against ISIS in March, resulting in the killing of nine militants and the injury of 18 others

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Posted by Fred 2023-04-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 To what purpose?

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-05 06:15|| 2023-04-05 06:15|| Front Page Top

#2 How to measure success. Percentage indicates serious failure rate.

Posted by Slavising Unineting5672 2023-04-05 10:51|| 2023-04-05 10:51|| Front Page Top

#3 37 operations, 27 operators reduced. I assume remaining 10 operations were against depots, etc.
Somebody at CENTCOM can't spin numbers.

So at $100,000/mission almost $4M was spent to knock 9 guys off the board.

"But these were important guys!"

Also assuming the knockoffs were clustered in groups of 2-3. So possibly only 3 of the 37 operations had any success. Terrible.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-05 12:09|| 2023-04-05 12:09|| Front Page Top

#4 "But these were important guys!"

"The graveyards are full of indispensable men."

- Charles DeGaulle

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-04-05 12:11|| 2023-04-05 12:11|| Front Page Top

#5 What the hell are we doing over there anyway!

Posted by Spavick Speater7712 2023-04-05 15:58|| 2023-04-05 15:58|| Front Page Top

#6 #5: yea why are we there? We were in Iraq and to what end? If Centcomwants a target how about iran. Thy declared war on us in 1979 by occupying our embassy. Oh, Val-Jar and Susan Rice have Centcoms/Bidens ear.

Posted by irish rage boy 2023-04-05 17:27|| 2023-04-05 17:27|| Front Page Top

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