Oh Mighty Isis...

[wesw]

will the turks watch the from their tanks or join the fray?

will they wait for all those pesky PKK guys and gals to get overrun first?

[wesw]

guess they re gonna watch...

...poor whirling dervishes,,,

[wesw]

as the Turkish tanks are arrayed, overlooking the battlefield, Erdogan remarks, "i say, I say old chaps, someone really should help those poor kurds before the fellows are overrun".

[oldr_n_wsr]

How come our planes are not helping?
Seems to me the Kurds are the only ground force stepping up and the only capable of givinig isis a run for thier money.

[Sue U]

How come our planes are not helping?
Seems to me the Kurds are the only ground force stepping up and the only capable of givinig isis a run for thier money.

Uh, .... http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29526783

Also, not every battle is going to be won by the anti-Daesh side. And some may not even be battles to fight.

ETA:

And I can certainly understand why the Turkish government would be slow to help the Kurds, seeing as how Kurdish paramilitaries have been waging a guerrilla war within Turkey for the last 30 years or so.

[oldr_n_wsr]

How come our planes are not helping?
Seems to me the Kurds are the only ground force stepping up and the only capable of givinig isis a run for thier money.

Uh, .... http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29526783

Also, not every battle is going to be won by the anti-Daesh side. And some may not even be battles to fight.

ETA:

And I can certainly understand why the Turkish government would be slow to help the Kurds, seeing as how Kurdish paramilitaries have been waging a guerrilla war within Turkey for the last 30 years or so.

We should be relentlessly bombing ISIS there. Also lets get some A-10 warthogs to help the kurds. We don't use them any more even if it was the best ground force attack plane ever built.

[Econoline]

Also lets get some A-10 warthogs to help the kurds. We don't use them any more even if it was the best ground force attack plane ever built.

Here ya go, oldr...

A-10 Warthog Gets One Last Mission
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-01/a-10-warthogs-final-fight-off-to-war-against-islamic-state

[oldr_n_wsr]

Yeee Haaaaaa!!!!!
The WartHog continues flying.
Now go spank those terrorists. Go in low with your rockets firing and the 30mm blazing. It won't get hurt. It's a tank that flies. Takes a lick and keeps on flying.


Thanks for that Econoline

[MajGenl.Meade]

Just send Morse and Lewis... they know the Isis inside out

[Gob]

that's worth a punt!

[wesw]

I m really afraid that these suckers have or will acquire a crude nuke and will use it on any ground forces sent against them

[MajGenl.Meade]

At last we can make sense of Bill Clinton: "It depends upon what the meaning of the word Isis"

[rubato]

I m really afraid that these suckers have or will acquire a crude nuke and will use it on any ground forces sent against them

Eliminating themselves and the problem.


yrs,
rubato

[wesw]

unless we assemble a 50 000 man force around bagdad airport, and they just head back to Syria and blow us up along with Bagdad . the prevailing winds will blow it all to iran. the area around chernoble is beautiful now and chock full of healthy wildlife. in fact I would happily move there as part of a medical experiment.

[wesw]

anyone with a strong stomach should google- isis kills children

[BoSoxGal]