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Pentagon ditches onerous rules of engagement, gives Mosul troops quicker firepower access
Washington Times ^ | Feb 23, 2017 | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 02/25/2017 1:27:20 AM PST by GonzoII

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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Don’t msg me ever again


41 posted on 02/25/2017 4:20:52 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: PLMerite

That quote has originally been attributed to Genghis Khan.

Maybe he actually said it !


42 posted on 02/25/2017 4:27:58 PM PST by Reily
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To: PLMerite

That quote has originally been attributed to Genghis Khan.

Maybe he actually said it !


43 posted on 02/25/2017 4:28:02 PM PST by Reily
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To: xp38

“ISIS is back on the menu boys!”

and no bag limits and no plugs required in the shotguns.


44 posted on 02/25/2017 4:39:20 PM PST by DOC44 (Have gun will travel.)
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To: GreyFriar; All

Sometimes events are kept secret because they would be embarrassing if known. Someone in Gulf War 1 told me about some stupid fatal actions by our troops that never made it into the news.


45 posted on 02/25/2017 11:45:13 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: xzins
Tell me (actually don't tell me - shssh!)

I can't figure it out...

46 posted on 02/26/2017 12:20:39 AM PST by BlueDragon (my kinfolk had to fight off wagon burnin' scalp taking Comanches, reckon we could take on a few more)
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To: gleeaikin; All

Per security regulations, it is illegal to classify an ‘embarrassing action.’ I’m not saying that it hasn’t happened, but doing so is illegal and the person doing the classification can be punished.


47 posted on 02/26/2017 6:15:42 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GonzoII

Good.

The objective should be to WIN ASAP - not to manufacture a cash cow (ISIS) (Russia/Ukraine) and then milk it for the benefit of the swill feeders in the farm house.


48 posted on 02/27/2017 7:02:28 AM PST by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: Candor7

“Obama made sure the former ROE were designed to assure the deaths of our soldiers.”

Or lock them away in Leavenworth if they chose to live by defending themselves.


49 posted on 02/27/2017 10:15:13 AM PST by Portcall24
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
I doubt Trump was directly involved in this. He picked Mattis. Mattis doesn’t F around.

Pull all of our guys out and NUKE 'EM from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. With a reverent nod to the late GREAT William Paxton. He didn't say that line, but he was there for the Glory of that movie tribute to the Marines versus the killer aliens...

50 posted on 02/27/2017 1:33:55 PM PST by ExSoldier ("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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To: GreyFriar; xzins

One ROE I found hard to believe during the Iraqi war pre-Obama was that Mosques are off limits. Has that been changed?


51 posted on 02/27/2017 2:17:37 PM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: Replace all textbooks K-12!)
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To: The Westerner; xzins

I doubt if that has changed. Long US tradition of not intentionally shelling houses of worship. However taking direct fire from forces occupying a house of worship normally (pre-bh0) meant one could return fire.


52 posted on 02/27/2017 2:55:02 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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