Day: January 19, 2015

ISIS Coalition SITREP #66

Good day……while you were distracted by a whole lot of BS the war in the Middle East marches on……I will try to keep you informed….after all your children may be fighting this conflict for a long while.

Item 1–One could ask…..how well are the airstrikes doing at slowing ISIS?

ISIS continues to gain substantial ground in Syria, despite nearly 800 airstrikes in the American-led campaign to break its grip there.

At least one-third of the country’s territory is now under ISIS influence, with recent gains in rural areas that can serve as a conduit to major cities that the so-called Islamic State hopes to eventually claim as part of its caliphate. Meanwhile, the Islamic extremist group does not appear to have suffered any major ground losses since the strikes began. The result is a net ground gain for ISIS, according to information compiled by two groups with on-the-ground sources.

In Syria, ISIS “has not any lost any key terrain,” Jennifer Cafarella, a fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based Institute for the Study of War who studies the Syrian conflict, explained to The Daily Beast.

Does that answer the question?

Item 2–Is that a troop build up?

The US has been sending ever-growing numbers of ground troops to Iraq, and positioning them deeper and deeper into ISIS territory, for months, and officials said today that the plan is for ground operations to begin sometime in the spring.
Officials say the program is going to involve around 1,000 troops, split between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar. 400 troops are said to be heading for Qatar to begin the training.
The steady build-up of US Troops continues…..(watch this space)………
Item 3–ISIS is planning a further venture into the propaganda field…..
The Islamic State, also known as ISIS, is about to launch an online TV channel, according to the Vocativ website.A “teaser” for the new channel was published this week on a popular ISIS online forum with a link to the page that will host the 24/7 propaganda channel.The new channel is expected to feature a new video series by British captive John Cantlie, who has already made several videos for ISIS, and a daily news program.Also scheduled is a program called “Time to Recruit,” which is expected to deal with the recruitment of young Muslims to the ranks of the jihadist organization. The program will be broadcast on Wednesdays at 5 P.M. Islamic State Time (GMT+3.)

Item 4–Not everyone is thrilled with the US training of ‘moderate’ rebels……
(Reuters) – The Syrian state news agency on Friday attacked U.S. military plans to train and equip Syrian rebels, saying they amounted to support for terrorists.

The insurgency is today dominated by hardline Islamist groups including Islamic State and the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front. The non-jihadist opposition has little presence.

The United States has not yet said exactly which elements of the opposition it plans to train, though it says the support will go to moderates.

This is NO surprise….Assad has never been on board with the training of rebels that he would have to fight…

This concludes today’s briefing….updates will be made as news becomes available…….

Thanx for your time and attention………

Turn The Page!

Are All Terrorists Muslims?~~The Daily Beast

The aftermath of the Paris attacks the news that is making the rounds is ….what should we call the terrorists that carried out the attack.  There is a bit of a debate going on.  A waste of time at best…..a colossal waste that only accomplishes one thing….expose the morons and the ignorant of the country!

Are they “Radical Islamic terrorists”?  Or maybe it should be “radical extremism”?  Does it really matter?  Only if you are functioning on half a brain or less!

In today’s world there seems to be a collective mindset that ALL terrorists are Muslim…..well are they?

 

Are All Terrorists Muslims? It’s Not Even Close – The Daily Beast.

Mitt: What Does He Know About Poverty?

The “HE” I am referring to is 2 time presidential loser, Mitt Romney.  It seems that Mitt wants to make it a 3 time loser….for most of us that means jail.

After his screw up in 2012 he has taken a new tack….it seems that he will try to focus on poverty and its elimination………that is his theme (for me…a bit humorous)….at least for now.

Mitt Romney spoke to the Republican National Committee last night and sounded very much like a candidate trying to erase an image of being rich and out of touch, reports AP. Consider these quotes:

  • “Under President Obama, the rich have gotten richer, income inequality has gotten worse and there are more people in poverty than ever before.”
  • “It’s a tragedy—a human tragedy—that the middle class in this country by and large doesn’t believe the future won’t be better than the past or their kids will have a brighter future of their own. People want to see rising wages and they deserve them.”
  • “First, we have to make the world safer. Second, we have to make sure and provide opportunity for all Americans regardless of the neighborhood they live in. And finally, we have to lift people out of poverty.”

The Washington Post sees the emphasis on poverty and the middle class as “a dramatic departure from the themes he sounded in losing the 2012 campaign to President Obama.” Time writes that he “sought to cast himself as a champion of the nation’s poor.” So is he, in fact, running? Romney would say only that he’s giving it “serious consideration.” The New York Times, meanwhile, reports that wife Ann, who was once adamantly opposed to another run, seems to have come around to the “maybe” camp. “She knows where my heart is,” Romney told the crowd last night.

What could this man know about poverty?  Does he have to choose between the power bill or food?  No his big decision is which car will come out of the elevator today.

I am sick of politicians that get this condescending attitude and pretend to know what is it  about to struggle daily….or to lessen his self to basically beg for assistance from an uncaring government.  Or to watch his kids go to bed hunger or try and do homework in the dark.

It is sickening to hear that he has a plan to eliminate poverty……coming from a man that has NEVER known poverty.  How can one formulate a solution without knowledge of the problem?

Anyone that believes this guy has a doable plan….IS AN IDIOT!

The U.S.-Israel Politics Gap | The American Conservative

The ICC has agreed to look into Israel’s attack on Gaza……of course, as predicted, the US came running to Israel’s rescue and the media is planning to boost popular support for Israel by airing “Schindler’s List”….that should generate enough sympathy for Israel to regain any lost support…….

Anyone who knows me will know that I am NOT a conservative by any stretch of the imagination……I read this piece (twice)…I could not believe that a Conservative publication would publish such an article…..although it is true….still a surprise to me…..

Read it and let me know what you think…..

 

The U.S.-Israel Politics Gap | The American Conservative.