ISIS commands 31,000 loyal fighters according to the United States - up from 16,000 last Autumn - while Kurdish forces put that number at closer to 200,000. And around eight million are thought to live under its barbaric rule. This inspired more than 60 nations to commit to the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS which was formed to 'eliminate' ISIS, even though some of these - including Austria, Sweden and Ireland - are simply providing humanitarian support to the millions made homeless by the insurgents. As part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the US-led coalition whose purpose is to eliminate ISIS, 13 different countries have executed airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. The United States and five of its Arab allies - Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - launched the intense campaign of airstrikes and cruise-missile attacks against ISIS in September 2014. Since then, America has been responsible for around 60 per cent of the 16,000 bombings on Iraq and Syria carried out since. The UK's Tornado fighters and remote-controlled drones have conducted 194 strikes over Iraq as of 23 March - killing 242 militants - according to figures released to the Daily Mail. Guess Denny has forgotten how many countries collaborate in the war against ISIS and how many branches in different countries ISIS cooperates with...this war is a global one.....but you paint this picture of us as an occupational army...not a coalition effort
That would have been epic if you had actually gone to Wikipedia and edited that entry to say Full Surrender. The fact that you edited my post to try and prove yourself right is just sad.
Your post suggests it was all part of a step by step withdrawal. It was sudden and abrupt, on a timetable, not based upon a good outcome. By every measure, it was a surrender. It is one thing to draw troops down to a level that can assure the fragile young state could hold together, and another to throw them in the deep end and expect them to swim. They sank, predictably. When the president lost the will to fight the enemy, or keep it at bay, and left as quickly as possible, leaving military equipment on the battlefield, and the result is our enemy controlling the land we had controlled, it is by definition, surrender. That is not hindsight, it was assured. We have dozens of military bases throughout the region, and the few that would have prevented ISIS from arising AT ALL. If you don't want me to win, stop throwing me softballs. They look the size of watermelons.
It was a step by step withdrawal. Is this what it's about for you? A need to be declared a winner? Fine, you're the winner of DennyAnneopoly but that doesn't mean you're right about what you're saying.
Agreed. You should insult barfo like this: He defiles his own tongue in base pleasures In brothels licking up the disgusting dew, Dirtying his beard, disturbing the hot coals. barfo
I was overjoyed when my cousin came home from Iraq. Obama brought him home. He was home for Christmas that year. I'm glad he's alive and safe. Thanks Obama.
Yes, this looks like and example of said news; "Staffers in the Department of Homeland Security said the proposal had been discussed..." https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/na...-immigrants/3gm95mDZrZhnks6aGPYKNJ/story.html Hardly an example of a piece of work worthy of special protection in the US Constitution.
