Posted on 08/07/2014 5:22:50 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
President Obama has approved a mission to to drop humanitarian aid in Iraq for the 40,000 or so religious minorities stranded on a mountaintop in the country's north after Islamic militants forced them to flee, senior U.S. officials told Fox News Thursday night.
However, the officials said the air drops had not yet begun.
If all goes well, they said, the mission will be completed following a single pass of U.S. military cargo jets. The officials did not disclose the planes' starting point due to host nation sensitivities.
It was possible the mission also could include air strikes to protect those delivering the aid and dissuade militants from stealing the supplies.
Earlier Thursday, the White House stopped short of committing America's military to stopping a potential "genocide" in Iraq, declining to say whether doing so is in "America's core interests." Airstrikes in particular would mark a significant shift in the U.S. strategy in Iraq, as Islamic State (IS), the militant group formerly known as ISIS, makes further gains in the country.
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How about dropping some of those “humanitarian crisis unaccompanied minors” on them.
Last time I heard, missiles had a heavy potential for collateral damage. Even for drones.
He is a Jihadi...a sworn enemy of Christians.
If he even tries...he will make sure that the Christian die.
Allah demands it.
Don’t worry, he’ll drop them alright and give the Muslims down below a perfect excuse to push on up to the top and relieve the Christians of there valuable food stuff.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the humanitarian aid would be dropped on ISIS.
we are about to find out what sort of MANPAD’s the ISIS have acquired . Prepare for bad news , and we should prepare a devastating response .
Bring back napalm
Any close air support? Defense against MANPADS?
How many of them has Obama allowed to be snuck in?
He’s now worried about ‘core interests’?
Lolol. That’s a good one.
So was his response to Benghazi.
My mental image is that of Iraqi civilians getting hit
on their heads by abortion pills dropped from C130s.
It is not "political correctness", it is a tragic reality:
In the Middle East Christians are a relgious minority.
ISIS running low on supplies? Oh, he implies that the aid may be for ISIS’ victims.
In this case “religious minorities” is probably apt. The people in question are said to Zoroastrians. Muslims consider them satanic and not even worth converting. Their only option is death.
That should be “said to BE Zoroastrians”,
You are counted among the enemy of America.
You're not with us...you're against us.
But we will last much longer than you imagined.
A single pass of U.S. military cargo jets will feed 40,000?
Either the planes are really big or the folks on the ground don’t eat much.
Or Obama’s lying again.
Wrong weapon Rooster....
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