The Islamic State

[Kyle Reese]

US Ground Forces Engage With ISIS For The First Time Today

The U.S. ground forces allegedly came to the aid of tribal fighters and Iraqi Army troops who were engaging with ISIS 10km from the Ain Al-Assad base.

http://www.funker530.com/us-ground-f...st-time-today/

[Kyle Reese]

U.S., Iraq Prepare Offensive to Retake Mosul From Islamic State

http://www.wsj.com/articles/us-and-i...sul-1421949677

[LittleLebowski]

U.S., Iraq Prepare Offensive to Retake Mosul From Islamic State

http://www.wsj.com/articles/us-and-i...sul-1421949677

This will bring peace, stability, and true democracy to the area. So glad Obama got us "out" of Iraq.

[witchking777]

I see the young kids and twenty-somethings in that video, and they talk about bringing the hate to here, and I feel a little sad and wish they'd go ask an 80-year old resident of Honshu how that works. You really don't want to poke the bear, kid, because we tend to overreact and break stuff. Scare us bad enough, and we'll make your cities glow until your grandkids are born with three heads. We talk a good game of peace and democracy, but push come to shove, we have visited wholesale indiscriminate horror and slaughter on lands that would have made Sennacherib shake in his sandals, and we did it within living memory. Sure, we'll help stack the bricks up again when we're done, but that's small consolation to the bodies buried under 'em.

Well said sir!

[Totem Polar]

^^^I agree that it was well said. Tam's historical mind is often sharper than any two average "sirs" around here though, so her posts are typically well stated.

[Drang]

Well said sir!

"Sir"?

[TR675]

To be fair, "Tamara" is traditionally a guy's name.

[Wondering Beard]

To be fair, "Tamara" is traditionally a guy's name.

It is?

[Tamara]

Two things that are unfortunate:

1. This never caught on.
2. That it was needed in the first place.

[Wondering Beard]

Two things that are unfortunate:

1. This never caught on.
2. That it was needed in the first place.

It is!