Posted on 08/13/2016 7:58:25 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
American military drones monitored Islamic State militants loading up hundreds of cars, buses and trucks with fighters and civilians and fleeing the city of Manbij, Syria, on Friday, as Syrian rebels advanced and the extremists lost yet another stronghold.
On Wednesday, the Libyan city of Surt, held by the Islamic State for more than a year, also fell to pro-government militiamen, and the militants lost the headquarters from which they had ruled more than 150 miles of Libyan coastline.
The two new victories against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, could have a significant effect on the groups efforts to penetrate the West.
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Because there were “precious, innocent” civilians mixed among the other bad guys - what do you expect from a military with a ROE stating that causalities must be taken before returning fire?
In the bone yard ...
Ditto
Where were the A-10 Warthogs? Two or three of these puppies would have made Swiss cheese of these satanic scoundrels.
Remember the highway of death from Kuwait to Iraq? Saaaaame thing.
Obama will soon come out to claim credit
You are, of course, absolutely correct, and once in a while I can't help myself in poking fun at the DemoRat feminized homo military.
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