Posted on 09/02/2014 8:46:29 AM PDT by GonzoII
And since Obama gets all his info from our media he may well believe that he’s really not doing anything in Iraq. Or maybe, he’s not really in control any longer and doesn’t know that either because those actually running the show haven’t had a press conference yet.
You know damn well we have soldiers there. And it’s a matter of time when one will be captured or killed.
“U.S. and German special operations teams had taken up positions in Zumar that allowed them to coordinate with U.S. aircraft.”
I figured that would be happening all along. As to the 38 prisoners that is a mistake. I would not be taking any ISIS prisoners.
Bombs do not get dropped from US aircraft without FACS.
Just remember those American airstrikes had to have had spotters lasing the targets.
It is the military’s job to normally deny where US SPEC OPS types are deployed with few exceptions. These men are most likely from the 5th group at Ft. Campbell as they have worked with the Kurds even long before the last war.
Exactly!
One more thing....get some boys.
And as far as intel is concerned, the political and media lesson learned probably has been - don't take them out of country, and turn them over to the Peshmurga ASAP afterwards for them to adjudicate
Seriously folks, you do not think the government would lie to us about something as serious as this do you? Did they lie about Vietnam? Did they lie about Cambodia? Did they lie about WMDs in Iraq?
No, not our government. /Sarc with a capital sarc
More likely AF CCTs.
Not troops — advisers.
[Recall that is what sucked us into Vietnam — upwards of 50,000 advisers.]
CIA SAD/SOG, SAS, or JSOC pax are probably in Syria and Iraq now.
When Obama lies, he lies to EVERYBODY, even his base.
“What? At war? Us? Noooo...”
““There are no U.S. troops on the ground in or around Zumar.” The Pentagon told The Daily Beast on Monday night. Captain Rick Haupt, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, which has control over military operations in the Middle East.”
Since the Sunni Obozo and his Black Muslim buddies took over the outhouse after his first election due to voter fraud, when if ever, has that group of liars ever told Americans the truth?
Not much lasing anymore. GPS to JDAM’s is very common.
http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/jdam.htm
We do not have to have FACs in all instances to hit targets. We have PGMs now that do not require FACs. Are we better off with FACs? Yes, that’s true. But we do have muns that do not require FACs. Heck, even for laser guided bombs we can use another plane or another platform to guide the bombs.
JDAMS are not laser guided, my friend.
CCTs. Oh, the real silent professional who don’t write books.
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