gftChris Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 About time. Apparently this is a rubber stamping vote tonight, but we're still a couple of months behind everyone else. And it's only for Iraq, not Syria. The government lost a vote on bombing Syria a year or two ago, but I believe that was when it was only domestic rebels, not ISIS/ISIL/IS or whatever the mot du jour is to describe this amalgamation of pond scum. There's basically no real opposition to taking these guys out, it's got cross-party approval. The only concern is we're going to cut the weeds but not kill the roots without some kind of ground presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Hell, even the French are bombing already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted September 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Exactly. Not sure why we've dragged our feet on this one. I mean the referendum took some focus away, but surely not that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 We are sending in "advisors". I have a feeling they will be advising some ISIL members on how to die. http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140925/NEWS/309250057/-Big-Red-One-HQ-will-deploy-Iraq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalterWhite Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Denmark sent a fleet of F-16's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted September 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 What's encouraging, I think, is that this is not just a USA/UK led thing. There's also Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, as well as European countries like France and Denmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Problem is that bombing a terror group is not like bombing a standing army. They could easily disband and blend into the country. This isn't going to work with bombs alone. It may not work with anything unless the local people decide they have had enough and defeat them. If they just run away, then ISIS/ISIL will win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 yeah, they were allowed to bomb those buildings, at a time of day when nobody was there. Baloney. Muslim countries don't sanction the killing of other "Muslims".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns149 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 yeah, they were allowed to bomb those buildings, at a time of day when nobody was there. Baloney. Muslim countries don't sanction the killing of other "Muslims".... I saw that they were only bombing part of the buildings as well. The were NOT destroying the entire place. Sorry to say it, but if you want to "WIN" a war, you can't pick and choose what to target. You have to hit ALL of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 It's like "doing something" but not really doing something. Like Vietnam, All those lives lost, but LBJ would not allow us to take out Haiphong Harbor, and other stuff. Like Clinton sending some missiles into the desert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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