Posted on 12/18/2014 9:49:45 PM PST by tcrlaf
American troops just had their first real battle with Islamic State militants, after the terror group attempted to overrun Ein al-Asad base in Iraq in the middle of the night Sunday, the Kurdish news outlet Shafaq News reports. The U.S. troops absolutely decimated the militants, forcing a quick retreat. The counterattack was conducted in a joint operation with local tribal forces.
The attack occurred at Ein al-Asad base, which currently hosts nearly 100 U.S. military “advisers.” The U.S. troops engaged the militants in tandem with F-18 fighter jets, who provided air support. The battle lasted approximately two hours after an undisclosed number of militants were killed.
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Barack Obama said U.S. Troops were only going back in advisory role, and:
“I will not commit you and the rest of our Armed Forces to fighting another ground war in Iraq.”
Now, they ARE fighting, ON THE GROUND.
An even better question is, why are we only learning about this NOW, though foreign sources, and why aren't the non-FOX US Media curious enough to ask about it?
It’s called Obonics. To translate Obonics to English you take whatever he says and turn it around 180 degrees.
Apparently giving some good advice!
Well, he didn’t mean it. Or, he misspoke. Or maybe he didn’t have all the facts. Whatever. Give the man a break! /s
I know people who would use everyone of those excuses.
Active Duty ping.
The US media did report it, but it went through the newspeak translation department. The same one that said the hundreds of tons of WMD components in Iraq did not exist.
Oh crap. Our guys kicked some muzzie @ss. That means character assassinations, some careers will be trashed and dishonorable discharges are coming down. We are only there for SHOW. The muzzie pres doesn’t want us to actually HURT the poor Lil head chopping insane jihadi b@st@rd$!
If they’re getting attacked, that doesn’t say much for the Iraqi force charged with protecting them.
What's the matter? News about U.S. forces kicking the crap out of Islamists upset you because your mother country Russia can't do the same to a poorly armed and trained Ukraine? Or is it that you just want Iraq to fall to a terrorist organization?
“That means character assassinations, some careers will be trashed and dishonorable discharges are coming down.”
I get the feeling that someone wasn’t going to sit around while others were being slaughtered by ISIS, and moved against orders.
The White House Muzzie Brohood foreign policy advisors must be apoplectic.
Dude, you really ARE some kind of a nutter.
Typical cowards, run up against a strong military force and the run like hell. Cowards.
I think it was originally written in cursive Austrian.
Obama lost the peace in Iraq by his irresponsible actions and now hundreds of thousands , if not millions of Iraqis are paying the price.
It would be really interesting to get the Iraqi peoples take on how the water boarding of a handful of al -Qaeda terrorists helped set the stage for America's withdrawal now that al -Qaeda has returned and instituted a reign of terror
If you have lost count of 0bama’ lies it’s because you don’t have a super computer.
He seen in the paper.
Prayers for our Troops.
You didn’t answer the question. Do you want ISIS to run Iraq or is the information too positive for the country? Your track record as a bootlicker of Putin’s Russia would suggest the answer might be “yes” to both questions.
As for Iraq, the whole idea of double crossing the Kurds who love us, of wasting all the blood that has been spent fighting there, of refusing to finish the job and letting a country fall to terrorists is repugnant to me. For the Kurds alone we should wipe out the terrorists, and maybe ensure the Kurds, at least, get their own nation, if the political will is not there to go through the long haul of reforming Iraqi society.
Isn’t Kerry worried that the militants won’t like us if we shoot back?
Pray America is waking
Oh, go blow it out of the orifice of your choice, troll. Early Shift at the Right Sector server room, eh?
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