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It Begins: US Airstrikes Hit ISIS Artillery Targets Inside Iraq
Townhall.com ^ | August 8, 2014 | Guy Benson

Posted on 08/08/2014 12:14:09 PM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin

We dropped TWO (or maybe 4) 500 lb bombs on artillery positions. While I don’t think those ISIS guys had a good day, if this is all Obama is going to do, the caliphate has won.


21 posted on 08/08/2014 1:19:20 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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"It Begins:
US Airstrikes Hit ISIS Artillery Targets Inside Iraq"


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22 posted on 08/08/2014 1:20:17 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: livius

Obama sure didn’t seem to have ANY hesitations bombing the living crap out of Libya.

Can anyone explain to me just why we attacked Libya?


23 posted on 08/08/2014 1:20:43 PM PDT by rdcbn
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To: Kaslin

“Highness” is a prince.
“Majesty” is a sovereign.
Technically a President might be “Excellency” but I have a lot more respect for a waitress at Waffle House than I do for the current occupant of the White House. (Actually, I have a lot of respect for a good waitress so that might not be a good comparison...)


24 posted on 08/08/2014 1:38:53 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: livius

Well, all I can say is “Make it hurt!”
Even if it isn’t properly authorized dead ISIS is a good thing.


25 posted on 08/08/2014 1:40:37 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Kaslin

Obama’s War now.


26 posted on 08/08/2014 1:43:33 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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27 posted on 08/08/2014 2:11:36 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Kaslin
"Welcome to the Iraq War 3.0 -- what will it look like, and how long will it last?"

"There's never enough time or money to do it right, but there's always enough time and money to do it over." - Anomalous
28 posted on 08/08/2014 2:16:39 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Little Ray
where did Obama get authorization to launch the air strikes?

It's a moral obligation. The US funded, trained and armed what became ISIS to overthrow a stable gov in Syria that protected minorities.

We should've bombed them off the planet when they were in a column leaving Syria.

29 posted on 08/08/2014 2:17:45 PM PDT by grania
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To: grania

Yes, and hindsight is always 20/20. The problem here being this Admin never looks backward for perspective.


30 posted on 08/08/2014 2:22:33 PM PDT by Kackikat (ELECTED officials took an OATH...Time to honor it....be a Patriot.)
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To: rdcbn

Benghazi disaster allowed 400 surface to air missiles be stolen there by terrorists.....where are they now? We have yet to find out what Benghazi was really all about.

This Admin armed the Muslim Brotherhood, who are now ISIS/ISIL...all because Zero wanted to take Assad out in Syria.


31 posted on 08/08/2014 2:26:43 PM PDT by Kackikat (ELECTED officials took an OATH...Time to honor it....be a Patriot.)
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Thw thing is, regular posters on FR had it all figured out when the march first began. We know there are some DC lurkers here. Maybe the gov thought ISIS would burn itself out?


32 posted on 08/08/2014 3:07:37 PM PDT by grania
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King Abdullah is Sunni, ISIS is Sunni, and Zero bowed down to the King because he is over the Holy Places of Islam. So we have to believe that although Abdullah may not be vicious like ISIS/ISIL, there is some connection.
Our Admin armed the Muslim Brotherhood to take down ASSAD in Syria, well ISIS has lots of Muslim Brotherhood members.

Our 400 surface to air missiles stolen during Benghazi attack are in the hands of terrorists, the question is are they ISIS?
So with Maliki (Iraq being Shia and the Kurds having their own sect.....and now their leaders are talking, that’s a sign the civil war action within their peoples is better. The Kurds are less violent and more moderate, if there is such a thing.....and now this genocide of another small sect means that if ZERO does not act...suspicion would be enormous...imho.

I think we should target them individually with air strikes until they lose all their gains.


33 posted on 08/08/2014 5:31:41 PM PDT by Kackikat (ELECTED officials took an OATH...Time to honor it....be a Patriot.)
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