Posted on 11/24/2015 6:14:59 AM PST by blueyon
American forces made one of their most effective hits against the Islamic State on Nov. 15, when U.S. planes destroyed 116 tanker trucks used by the terrorist organization to transport the stolen oil that is its financial lifeblood.
American A-10 and C-130 warplanes targeted a group of about 300 trucks near Abu Kamal, in Syria. Given that the Islamic State is thought to have just over 1,000 trucks in its entire fleet, the group of 300 represented a huge target for U.S. planes.
At a Pentagon news conference last Wednesday, reporters wanted to know why American forces did not take out more than 116 trucks. Why not all 300, or something close to that? A U.S. official said the American attackers simply ran out of ammunition.
"There were 300, I think, to begin with, and then you hit 116. Why didn't you go back?
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Twenty years ago....some General would have been fired. Today? They will award a medal to some guy for finding a way to limit military operations.
Not incompetence.Obama wants ISIS to sell that oil.He is being forced to make it look like he is doing something.
Trump should enquire into the best and most cost efficient way to make more ammo. Or open up the warehouses that has been secretly hoarding it.
While I appreciate this guy's compassion and concern for civilian casualties, he needs to be relieved of duty and we need to find someone with the moral clarity to do what needs to be done. Of course, he might have plenty of clarity, but is having his hands tied. It all starts at the top.
Surely, the first thought by our military was to rearm. So, what stopped them?
Ran out of ammo? AFP is FUBAR. RESIGN POSOTUS.
We are being governed by fools.
They may have run out of ammunition but rest assured they have their diversity training as well as the ‘sodomy is good’ instruction.
The rest had been shipped to the EPA, IRS, etc.
The Bottom Line: A homo-and-transgendered-friendly General who can’t count bullets. Got the promotion for toeing the political line and not for competence.
Anybody want to buy a bridge?
We are not talking about .45acp and 30-06 here that they ran out of. We are talking about things like hellfire missles, 30 mm for GAU-8 Avenger, .50 Cal for Apache and munitions for Spooky.
No, not incompetence.
LIES
I no longer trust anything reported by the MSM. Nor do I trust anything any Federal says.
I do not really KNOW that the US attacked anything ISIS.
Maybe by this time next week, we will know, not just believe.
Hey, it was the first time they were allowed to shoot in 7 years.
Pray America wakes
ping
Of COURSE this is all a political lie!
PC Principal called off our pilots, “too much blood letting”.
Amazing any freeper would believe our lying brass.
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