One last jab at the total nonsense from the war propagandists……fear is a potent motivator…….and a well used tactic by those wanting war……and we Americans fall for the bullsh*t every time.
I have suggested that the appropriate name of our operation to ‘degrade and destroy’ ISIS should be….”Operation We Make This Sh*t Up As We Go”……….
When it comes to American foreign policy Sen. john McCain has been wrong for 30 years….ergo he has his head firmly lodged in his butt.
The only part of the American political scene that is worthy of my attention is the slap fight that McCain is having with Rand Paul……and the slap fight he is having with Obama. And all the slaps are over American foreign policy.
After a couple of weeks of Paul/McCain back and forth about foreign policy…..he, McCain, has once again turned his attention to Obama……I knew it would not take long , now that the war has begun…..McCain needs to poke at the prez as often as he can…..I believe he gets bonus funds for doing so from the M-IC special interests…..
In a 60 Minutes interview last night, President Obama asserted that the US had “underestimated” the looming threat posed by ISIS, but John McCain strongly disagrees. “We predicted what would happen if we didn’t leave residual force [in Iraq],” McCain tells CNN. “His intelligence comments—the intelligence people are pushing back hard. We predicted this and watched it. It was like watching a train wreck and warning every step of the way that this was happening.” The latest crisis, he adds, is “a direct result of [Obama’s] failure to leave a residual force behind,” Politico reports. Are we currently at war? “Of course we are,” he notes.
It is just pathetic that this “real American hero” cannot keep his mouth shut. He refuses to believe that the Iraqi prez, Maliki, did not want American forces left in the country….NONE what so ever. Now in hindsight he may have screwed himself with that policy…..but was just that…HIS policy NOT Obama’s……..
This is really not that hard to grasp for someone with a small brain……..but apparently McCain has lost the capability to tell or recognize the truth……a common malady of and aging Republican. Just like most of the mental midgets in the GOP……they have lots of criticism but kinda thin on solutions ……but to be truthful…….they have NO solutions to any problem this country is facing.
At least McCain is consistent…….he has proven that he has NO grasp of international relations…..all he has is a mouth that will not stop and a brain that will not start.
Good Morning…..
I continue to issue SITREPS on the continuing saga of the ISIS coalition and the events surrounding it…….situations that are not as important to the media as I think they should……for too long the American people have been plagued with a lack of information and bags of misinformation and most time out right LIES….hope these attempts will make those interested a more powerful voice in their governments need for war…..
Let us begin…..
Item 1–I start with the cost of the war…………..I recently reported that the air war on ISIS is costing $7-10 million a day…….now there is an update……
The air war in Syria and Iraq has already cost nearly $1 billion and ultimately could cost as much as $22 billion per year if a large ground force is deployed to the region, according to an analysis by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
The study, due to be released Monday, shows a range of costs based on sustained but low-intensity combat up to a force of 25,000 U.S. troops on the ground.
Keep in mind that all say this will be a prolonged situation….now aswk if that cash could be better spent. And then ask Congress if they cannot find money to fund school lunches where is this money coming from?
Item 2–We already have about 1600 Amewricans on the ground and now the military is quietly moving more troops into range……..
1,600 US ground troops are already in Iraq, despite the Obama Administration’s claims that there won’t be any ground war in the nation. More or coming to the region very soon.
The Marine Corps has announced a plan to send 2,100 troops to Kuwait as part of the “Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force” for Central Command, to perform assorted “theater sustainment missions.” The exact timing of the deployment is unclear, but will come at some point in FY2015, according to officials.
Keep in mind that Kuwait is a hop from Baghdad……
Item 3–Turkey has been a hold out from joining the coalition…..but since the return of their kidnapped people they seem more open to the exercise…….
Weeks of fighting has put ISIS forces less than 5 km from the outskirts of the key Kurdish border town of Ayn al-Arab, and has them trading fire with Kurdish militias desperately trying to slow their progress.
I understand that they want to protect their border as ISIS inches closer daily……but this smells of something different……..need to keep a close eye on this development……
Item 4–The news is not good for the Iraqi Army….regardless of the hype they are not holding their own on the battlefield……because they seem to be inept they are recruiting now……..
QUSH TAPA, Iraq — The Iraqi military command has begun a campaign to re-enlist soldiers and officers who abandoned their units, a crucial step in its effort to rebuild an army that has been routed in battle after battle by Islamic State jihadists.
Even as the government has continued to equip volunteers, the de facto amnesty for deserters is an acknowledgment that the army desperately needs experienced soldiers……even those that deserted the field recently.
I know they are sucking but is giving cowards a chance to be cowards over again the right tactic?
Item 5–Back in the 90’s I trusted CNN with information from the Middle East……now not so much….so this interview I question it somewhat……….
The United States may be touting its strikes on ISIS targets in Syria, but one of the terror group’s fighters says the hits are trivial at best.
In an exclusive interview with CNN, a Syrian ISIS fighter using the pseudonym Abu Talha said the militant group has been preparing for such attacks.
“We’ve been ready for this for some time,” Abu Talha said. “We know that our bases are known because they’re tracking us with radars and satellites, so we had backup locations.”
It is logical that ISIS was prepared for the attacks since we telegraphed them weeks before it happened……I am still not convinced that this was an accurate interview.
Item 6–Finally, the one subject that everyone in the Obama White House tries to avoid talking about….civilian causalities……
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, US airstrikes against ISIS-held Syria today hit grain silo and other civilian targets, killing at least two civilians and burning multiple silos full of harvested grain.
Locals scrambled to rescue civilian workers trapped by the rubble of the attacks, and it is believed that the US mistook the large silos for “jihadist bases.”
Keep in mind that civilian causalities are inevitable as munch as the admin would rather talk about something else….we will be killing civilians ……and now the count goes on.
That concludes today’s briefing. Hopefully you can gain insight to the war and its consequences.
Next briefing as needed.
Thanx for your time and attention.
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Thanx to past deals the US has engaged in….I was suspicious when a “new” terror group popped up in the news conferences…..
I have been searching the internet for a confirmation….so far I got diddly…and I mean diddly squat!
It is disturbing to realize that few people bother to read such presses that I post for their information…….these are the first people to bitch and moan when they learn something they do not agree with…all the while the info was there and they were just too ‘busy’ to bother reading the information….it might take them away from Candy Crush for a couple of minutes…..
The Fake Terror Threat Used To Justify Bombing Syria – The Intercept.
The Khorasan Group has seem to fall off the radar…..but the thought is out there…..they are dangerous people that we need to fear……
I will press a few articles that I have found that questions this strategy…….please read and enjoy.
Khorasan, explained: why the US is bombing an al-Qaeda group you’ve never heard of – Vox.
I have been bitching about the gutless, worthless Congress for years now…..these lazy do-nothings have work little in this past year…..they spend most of their time on their knees with donors (take that any way you choose…..both are equally valid)…….you would think these people would care what the people think….oh wait! That is a joke in itself……..why can’t these people just do some work like the past Congresses………
When you crunch the numbers, Congress looks pretty lazy. The Washington Post finds that both chambers have been in session only about 40% of the time since 1978—the first year for which online records are available—and they’ve both worked full weeks simultaneously a measly 14% of the time. Taken individually, the Senate has spent 42% of the past 37 years in session, while the House has been in session 39% of the time.
That period covers 1,917 weeks, 601 of which the Senate worked Monday through Friday. As for the House? Just 362 weeks. This year so far, both chambers have been in session all week together … four times. They tend to avoid working on Fridays, Philip Bump notes. Meanwhile, the longest period both chambers remained in session was 13 days, while the longest time neither chamber worked was “several months,” Bump writes. But he does point out that just because Congresspeople aren’t meeting on the floor doesn’t necessarily mean they’re not working. See the graphs and check individual dates here.
Crap! My bad! These twats have worked little in the last 37 years……..could explain why this country is sliding down the drain, well the Middle Class that is…..it is disappearing and we can in part thank the Congress…….and yet we will re-elect a good portion of these thieves.
This is one of th4e reason that I stopped being an analyst of American politics…….it is boring…..it is shameful……it is pathetic. There is not one person in Congress that is worth listening to for any reason…….most of them have voices that just irritate me……..they are just not worthy of me to spend much time analyzing their actions and words……gutless needs no explanation.
How bad does the country have to get before we wake up and retire these gutless individuals?
I was sent this ‘toon via Twitter….I kinda like it…..can explain how we choose the friend from foe…….
Good Morning
The US begins its seventh week performing airstrikes against ISIS targets………..An updated SITREP on the activities of the Coalition and the Islamic State……we enter into the second week of the coalition attacking ISIS positions and events related to the working of the coalition…….
Item 1–The Coalition has grown by three (3)……Denmark, France and UK have added their firepower to the collective…..
Item 2–So far the cost of the ISIS ops is about $7-10 million a day…..and that should increase as the size of the US force is expanded..
Item 3–Now the Right is having a field with comments made by Gen. Dempsey……..
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Martin Dempsey refused to back down from last week’s comments on the possibility of US ground troops being involved in the open-ended war on ISIS, insisting today that he will recommend “what it takes” to destroy ISIS, even if that means ground troops.
The media has latched onto this statement like a Pitt Bull with a baby’s leg……I want to remind people that the prez makes that decision….NOT the generals. May I suggest that FOX, et al pick something else to concern the viewer over.
Item 4–We have been given a new player over which we should be concerned….according to the admin that is…….Khorasan……….billed by the admin as the Seal Team of AQ………..but there is more to this group…….
It’s puzzling for people in Syria, especially those affiliated with the rebellion, because none of them have ever heard of any such faction. Indeed, the evidence is increasingly that the US made it up.
“The name is clearly US-originated,” noted analyst Pieter van Ostaeyen, who says that the name had never been mentioned by any jihadist movements until the US started talking them up.
The question is……is this truly a separate group or just simply AQ? It worked well to terrify the public and maybe that was its use all along.
Item 5–As predicted before this major undertaking was began……..critics said it would serve as a recruitment tool and do very little stop the advance of ISIS………this report over the past weekend…………..
Syrian rebels say that the US airstrikes on ISIS inside Syria haven’t helped them. If you’re wondering who is benefiting, the answer could well be ISIS.
Since President Obama announced his intention to strike Syria on September 10, ISIS has gained more than 200 new fighters in Aleppo Province alone. That’s likely a drop in the bucket compared to what it did for recruitment in provinces where they have a larger presence.
Item 6–The airstrikes are helping ISIS make a change……not in desire….but rather in tactics…….
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State militants are changing tactics in the face of U.S. air strikes in northern Iraq, ditching conspicuous convoys in favor of motorcycles and planting their black flags on civilian homes, tribal sources and eyewitnesses say.
They reported fewer militant checkpoints to weed out “apostates” and less cell phone use since the air strikes intensified and more U.S. allies pledged to join the campaign that began in August, saying the militants had also split up to limit casualties.
A tribal sheikh from a village south of Kirkuk said Islamic State elements “abandoned one of their biggest headquarters in the village” when they heard the air strike campaign was likely to target their area.
Item 7–The US Congress has decided to waste more time and delay them having to vote on this war until after the lies have been delivered and the people have voted……..this is just ridiculous!
A handful of Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee have gone off to Turkey to create their own “historic” coalition of rebel factions which pledged to attack both ISIS and the Assad government.
Led by Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R – IL) and George Holding (R – NC), the coalition was said to include “more than 20 Syrian rebel commanders,” though it appeared to be little more than the nominal leadership of the Free Syrian Army and the miniscule Syriac Military Council. The groups called on the US to expand their airstrikes beyond ISIS and al-Qaeda and against Assad’s military as well.
I end this briefing on a humorous note……..the US Congress……….do I need to say more?
Thanx for your attention and time…..further SITREPs will be issued as needed………
Turn the page!
Brilliant! A more brilliant take down can not be found! I love this guy!
We are at WAR! And the mouthpiece of the American Moron Party is working double time to condemn war…..yes you heard me right…CONDEMN!
I have always thought Jon Stewart was good at his job….but recently he proved to me that the man is a flipping GENIUS!
One click shopping!
Watch the video and you tell me!
▶ Jon Stewart on Fox News’s ‘Latte Salute’ Coverage: ‘F*ck You and Your False Patriotism’ – YouTube.
OMG! FOX News should be jerking off in their lunch pail……Obama has said….”we underestimated the scope of ISIS”…..OMG! OMG!
Asked if the rise of the Islamic State caught the United States by surprise, President Obama gives a resounding affirmative: “That’s true,” he tells Steve Kroft in a 60 Minutes interview airing tonight. “That’s absolutely true.” After US marines crushed the militants in Iraq, he continues, “they went back underground, but over the past couple of years, during the chaos of the Syrian civil war, they were able to reconstitute themselves and take advantage of that chaos.” The terror group used “very savvy” social media skills, sold “foreign fighters (on) their jihadist nonsense,” and turned Syria into “ground zero for jihadists around the world.”
“That’s why it’s so important for us to recognize part of the solution here is gonna be military,” Obama continued, emphasizing the administration’s plan to “push them back, and shrink their space.” House Speaker John Boehner, speaking today on ABC’s This Week, seemed to take that line a bit farther, saying, “At the end of the day, I think it’s gonna take more than airstrikes to drive them outta there. At some point somebody’s boots have to be on the ground.” Asked if those boots should be American, he said: “We have no choice. These are barbarians. They intend to kill us. And if we don’t destroy them first, we’re gonna pay the price.”
I have a couple of thoughts on this revelation…….on the one hand, it is refreshing to hear some honesty coming out of the mouth of a politician…….I say refreshing because we would have NOT gotten such honesty from a previous administration……….and on the other hand….I have been criticizing the intel community for some years now as out of touch……..
My problem with this relavation is that there is one special media outlet will try to make that some sort of campaign issue trying to help struggling morons in the upcoming mid-terms……
May be we will see a new day in speaking about the war we are now fighting…..
thoughts?