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Iraq
Ramadi Falls, More U.S. Weapons Seized: See the Gains ISIS Made in Just Two Days
2015-05-18
[PJMedia]
With useful maps!
Posted by:trailing wife

#17  O can't slip weapons to ISIS as fast as he would like, but he's definitely figured out how to just give them to them.
Posted by: KBK   2015-05-18 22:38  

#16  But, but, US SecState Jaawhn Kerry said ...

* LUCIANNE > KERRY: DON'T WORRY ABOUT [fall of]RAMADI, DAESH HAS BEEN DRIVEN BACK.

versus

* SAME > [WaPo] FALL OF RAMADI EXPOSES WEAK OBAMA ISLAMIC STATE STRATEGY.

D *** NG IT, DOES NO ONE IN THE MEDIAS KNOW HOW TO SPELL "STRATEGEERY"!?
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-05-18 22:09  

#15  to your room!
Posted by: Frank G   2015-05-18 21:09  

#14  Can you still get a room at the Ramadi Inn?
Posted by: badanov   2015-05-18 19:33  

#13  At Khe Sanh the safe distance was down around 1km. You can walk about 3 miles a hour, so 70 minutes might be very generous.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-05-18 19:27  

#12  Your recommendation has great merit OS. Might I amend it to.... 72 minutes evac notice ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-05-18 14:06  

#11  Best solution is to give 72 hours evac notice, then launch Operation Dresden II. Anyone in this circle is going to be firebombed. Don't be near this circle 72 hours from now,
Posted by: OldSpook   2015-05-18 13:40  

#10  "What difference does it make?" (a.k.a. No money in those areas for American politicians personal bank accounts.)
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664    2015-05-18 12:26  

#9  As the old sarge asked - are you willing to die on that hill?

You now know who is and who isn't.

[a concept that is absolutely unfathomable by people in the Magical Beltway World]
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-05-18 11:54  

#8  Lady, I wouldn't let that silver haired, silver tongued white man anywhere near my child.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2015-05-18 11:48  

#7  IMA a little over half-way thru Nick Turse's Tomorrow's Battlefield. Some very excellent perspectives on AFRICOM's involvement in at least 49 of the 54 nations on the continent of Africa:

Hearts and Minds - Page 88:

When I spoke with Chris Gatz of the Army Corps of Engineers, the first project he mentioned and the only ones he seemed eager to talk about were those of African nations. In 2014, $6.5 million in projects had been funded when we spoke and that, the majority were "humanitarian assistance" (HA) costruction projects, mostly in Togo and Tunisa, and "peacekeeping" operations in Ghana and Djibouti.


Probably little more than a coincidence, State Department connection, Foundation, mysterious e-mail server, Benghazi, etc.
Link
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-05-18 11:10  

#6  Yep. The bombing campaign is working. ISIS is JV. No chemical weapons in Iraq.

Starting to seem everything we are hearing from the government about pretty much everything is a bold faced lie.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-05-18 10:24  

#5  In any way is this symbolic?
Posted by: DepotGuy   2015-05-18 10:15  

#4  Plus from reports, the Iraqis dropped their rifles and cut and ran.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-05-18 10:00  

#3  Tet? The only thing missing is Walter Cronkite preaching doom, gloom, morrass and losing.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-05-18 09:32  

#2  Tet?
Posted by: OldSpook   2015-05-18 09:27  

#1  I suppose we are going to hear how effective the US and allied bombing is soon.

Posted by: BernardZ   2015-05-18 05:54  

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