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Senior US commander hints war on ISIL will take 5 decades

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Posted by Fred 2015-07-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top
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#1 It takes that long because we are not fully engaging the enemy, nor its suypporters (Yes that's YOU Turkey).

Posted by OldSpook 2015-07-26 02:15|| 2015-07-26 02:15|| Front Page Top

"It's going to take a long-term approach, understanding what is happening, making smart decisions and continuing to apply pressure

A very costly long-term chess game and milking effort, using diplomacy, drones, hit lists, and surgical strikes requiring unlimited secret budgets, enhanced technology, numerous contracts, and.......need I go continue ?

Who could possibly be trusted to undertake such an advanced and involved effort? Obviously not DoD.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-26 06:03|| 2015-07-26 06:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Fuck, we got any Titans left?

Posted by Shipman 2015-07-26 07:19|| 2015-07-26 07:19|| Front Page Top

#4 A bad boy city-killer could smoke out a lot of shit and perversely clarify things.

Posted by Shipman 2015-07-26 07:20|| 2015-07-26 07:20|| Front Page Top

#5 I think he is basing it on how long it took the communist Marxist take over of the USA.

Posted by Airandee 2015-07-26 07:59|| 2015-07-26 07:59|| Front Page Top

#6 That was closer to a century, but yes - it's an applicable comparison.

Posted by Pappy 2015-07-26 09:29|| 2015-07-26 09:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Pappy nailed it. Good ol Woodrow Wilson, progressives, and the 16th & 17th amendments (both huge errors which have made the current situation possible)

Posted by OldSpook 2015-07-26 14:30|| 2015-07-26 14:30|| Front Page Top

#8 1.3 decades and counting...

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-07-26 15:49|| 2015-07-26 15:49|| Front Page Top

#9 And WWII lasted how long?

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-07-26 19:00|| 2015-07-26 19:00|| Front Page Top

#10 60 years, if you count the Cold War.

Posted by Pappy 2015-07-26 19:35|| 2015-07-26 19:35|| Front Page Top

#11 The Spanish Reconquista lasted what, about 500 years? The Russian one was a couple of centuries. Unfortunately I doubt Twitter twits can take the long view.

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