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Call Of Allah Duty: What Happens When Al-Qaeda Captures A Tank
So is it Call of Allah Duty, not so modern warfare? Or, to paraphrase John McClane from Die Hard, "now I have a tank. Ho-ho-ho."
The caption says "Army of the Mujahideen, Kirkuk sector: using tanks in fighting the army of al-Maliki." At least they haven't read the instruction manual on those confiscated US Black Hawks yet....
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Oded Yinon Plan --> PNAC --> Office of Special Plans -- ?
http://richardedmondson.net/2014/02/01/the-blood-drippings-of-oy/
We (the US) fucks stuff up so bad so often it cannot be on accident.
Maybe if the CIA moved the opium being grown in Afghanistan to THE Iraq we could settle things down?
pods
Confiscated Black Hawks? You can't confiscate a gift.
The US.gov trying to run the world = General Motors trying to run the world.
With Unions involved, the outcome will be the same. Incompetence and bankruptcy
Was it left unattended by the Ukraine military just like this one?:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-17/what-happens-when-you-leave-tank-parked-city-street-ukraine
Methinks the insurgents should stick to Hiluxes and Ak-47s. Too much too soon, too much to go wrong...
Lol anyone notice the difference between the Russians and these clowns?
Someon now has a 'tankless' job..??
I just had a heretic thought, what if Saudi Arabia is going to have an oil cliff and wants and helped US to be busy on all fronts, Ukraine, Rusia, ISIS, China...
Yeah. The Russians would whup your ass faster than a Viet Cong.
Maybe but that 10-1 kill ratio would suck.
Wasn't it 2 to 1 in favor of the Cong? (including South Vietnam casualties) (statistics can be so deceptive)
Premature Jihadulation
Lol anyone notice the difference between the Russians and these clowns?
http://www.secretsofthefed.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/usa_vs_russia.jpg
hmm.. Islam is a union of like-minded _____________ . . (fill in the blank)
Undisciplined fanatics
OK.. again not that I GAF about a junker on this site...
for the rest of you, who could find fault with such an open ended proposition that begs feedback about the nature of the predicament?
I tend towards “Godless Sub-Humans”.
But then again, that applies to .gov, too.
godless? something about these people, sub-you though they may seem to you, appears godless?
they have an extreme overdose of god, a 40 foot waimea bay storm wave of god, a thirty-years war, heads stacked double overhead at the city gates degree of god (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years'_War)
say what you want about the muslim world but they clearly got god.
lol... and that ape said "Islam", not Muslims. So Islam (a religion) is filled with God-less adherents. Now this guy could be "W" in disguise; but if not they surely need to meet and exchange classic tidbits.
Considering all of the manpower and money thrown at the jihadi problem over the last couple of decades one would have to assume that they are very disciplined to not only have survived but thrived. After all, not one of them has gone on The View to relate any inside info for the rest of us - they haven't given up their sponsors.
"Undisciplined fanatics "
More like undisciplined fanatical facists.
Are you referring to Washington?
zombies
Some of you forget that for nearly 700 years, Baghdad was the center of the scientific world. Some of you forget that it has been the Barbarians who have repeatedly destroyed Baghdad unto this very day. Even before Operation Win Hearts'n Minds (or whatever it was called) Baghdad was still the place in the Arab world with the most universities, libraries, and then most educated population.
Some of you forget that in the 10th century Islam Spain was (for 300) years the most advanced (culture, science, math, medicine, agriculture, libraries) city in Europe while many countries/regions in Europe were still at the cave-man level. Some of you forget that southern France was also part of this empire as well. And that the Islam Empire eclipsed all other empires before it - in size and scope and civilization.
Some of you forget that you still study Algebra. And "algorithms". You still use 1,2,3... up to 10, then rinse, repeat (although most don't never knew why they were called Arabic numerals!). And 99% of you don't know what the numbers have those shapes do you? Why is three, 3? Why is one "1"? And you never knew that Islam defined the concept of 0 (zero) and the symbol, and the word "cipher" is the Arabic word "sifr" (although again, what this all means will have to be saved for another day).
European scientific elite purported that the Earth was the centre of the Universe and the Sun and Moon revolved around it. The Muslims corrected that. Who laid the groundwork that led to the Higgs Boson - The so-called "God Particle" breakthrough? A Muslim? Kind of like a blind squirell finding an acorn eh?
The first World maps? Accurate and in color? - Muslims back in 1100. Columbus knew who to add to his crew...
If Islam world is so uncivilized, why do you put on Islamic orgin garb (the graduation cap and gown) when you finally accomplish your first meaningful task in life (besides getting laid)? Opps... And if it were not for Muslims many more Europeans (than were already) would be burned or hanged for having evil spirits (epilepsy) rather than recognizing the medical condition. (Here, Muslims should have kept their mouth shut. But then who knows what would have happened to Sir Isaac Newton, Dickens, Agatha Christie, Nobel, DaVinci, Michelangelo... Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Nixon...)
Ah what the heck; probably beating a dead horse here... (hmmm, wonder did they coin that phrase too? Naw, sounds cowboyish. Anyway; what do they know about horses...).
Peace.
logged in to upvote your post.
not that it makes any difference, but it's good to know a few thinkers are still posting here,
before the world storybooks get the ole bonfire treatment once again, and "knowledge" confiscated while "me-duh" reigns o'er all
The Looting of Baghdad Museum
So, Islam (Sunni or Shia?) has descended from the flowery heights of Middle Ages scholarly and scientific achievement, to an inchoate rabble who have achieved nothing in the last 500 years. What went wrong?
Yeah peace - kumbayah
the old tales of islamic civilsation are out the door.
anyone with any get up and go has got up and gone.
the best estimate of the average IQ in iraq is 87 - so i'm keeping my expectations low.
Don't forget about the massive inbreeding.
+1 Cathartes Aura
OK, so somewhere in the Good Olde Days they had a highly advanced culture.
Well, they sure as shit don't today.
Yesterdays don't count except for folks who seem labor under the persistent illusion of past, present and future.
At some point it was decided that science was an offense to their god because it puts limits to his acts and that was the end of it. Someone studied in Islam may tell you exactly when was that.
Can someone tell me what was the religion background of those who blew up those old giant Buddhas in Afghanistan that survived for centuries through many wars? That's right... and for what exactly?
As for "European scientific elite purported that the Earth was the centre of the Universe and the Sun and Moon revolved around it", have Miles Ahead learned of relativity? In an infinite universe you can put the center where you wish... an nothing changes.
it was the "taliban" that blew up the Bamiyan buddhas, on orders from Mullah Mohammed Omar, so the story goes. . .
he appears to have "disappeared" so I guess his work was done.
I read what you posted.
I had to re-read what you posted.
YOU obviously do NOT know your history.
Islam is like the BORG collective. Everything that you attribute to them was STOLEN by them and added to what they thought would add to the Dar-as-Sallam. That which was not useful was destroyed (kinda like the Taliban destroying the Buddhist statues in Bamyian province - I saw what they did and my take away was that muslims are SAVAGES!!).
You also forgot about Dhimmitude!
You also forgot about Zakhat and how non-muslims pay more then then a regular muslim.
You didn't mention ANYTHING about islam allowing SLAVERY? A little oversight? Maybe the continuing trafficking in humans?
Where is Constantinople? Right, those peoples just decided to become muslim?
Where did the Jannisaries come from?
When Catherine the Great decided to invade the Crimean Khanate, it was because the MUSLIMS were selling CHRISTIANs into slavery - hence the term - SLAV.
Islam teaches otherwise normal people into becoming SAVAGES!!!
EVERYTHING that islam has, was STOLEN!
There maybe something to admire about the islamic culture, I haven't seen it.
If I had three wishes this would be it:
1. First wish - Build a wall three miles high around Afghanistan.
2. Second wish - take EVERY muslim in the world and put them in Afghanistan.
3. Third wish - Fill Afghanistan up with the water.
Don't do that to Afghanistan. It was a thru way for many peoples in ancient times and still has great archeological sites.
some of the chicks look hot with veils - there's one good thing
A few points:
- Tartars practiced slavery before they became Muslims, their practice of slavery had nothing to do with Islamic influence. Christians also practiced slavery, in case you forgot US history, do you want to suggest Christianity was responsible for slavery as well?
- When Turks conquered Constantinople they allowed the people to live in peace and continue to practice their own religion, the conversion of the population to Islam was gradual, it was done through time and BY CHOICE, NOT BY FORCE. Hell, the Turkish sultans were so accomadative of the populace they even renamed the city to what the local residents always called it - "Istanbul", that's right, Istanbul was the local name for their city NOT an imposed Turkish name.
- Jannisaries came from Slavic boys who were raised Muslim in a semi-monastic life, they were not slaves, and Jannisaries could rise to very high status in Turkish society, the Jannisary Corp as an institution also held vast sways of political power in the Turkish political structure until their abolishment. No foreign-born(Turk or Nth African) Muslim could ever even dream of attaining a similar position in an European Christian society in the same time period.
You are the one who don't know shit about history but likes to scream and pretend you do. Want to quote history? make sure you fucking study it first.
WAMO556
"1. First wish - Build a wall three miles high around Afghanistan.
2. Second wish - take EVERY muslim in the world and put them in Afghanistan.
3. Third wish - Fill Afghanistan up with the water."
+1000
Those "Arabic Numerals" you mention come from India.
ME was the confluence of knowldege from both the West (Greeks/Romans) and the East (Persia/India/China). Yet today, outside Israel there's not one university in the ME worth it's salt. It's become a place where knowledge goes to die. One could blame oil politics/resource curse etc. yet why didn't US which has abundant natural resource suffer from the same curse. So instead of trying to blame West for meddling, denizens of ME should do some soul search as to why ME became so weak that West could meddle. It's not like Arabs were pacifist and therefore were subjugated by blood thirstly West. They were equally blood thirsty. Just look at how they vanquished Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia and India.
They could also blame the Mongols for the sack of Bagdad and the burning of their libraries(on top of the millions slaughtered), the Mongol destruction in the ME sent the entire region into the dark ages.
But history is history, there's nothing anyone can do about it.
While AT FIRST BLUSH...this post seems to presents Facts about Islam or Muslims, I must point out, that...drum roll P-LEZE:
before 610 A.D. there were:
a) The "Western" Religions: Jewish & Many other sects of Christians (who fought amongst themselves), including the early Catholic Churches/sects.
b) The "Eastern" Religions Bhudism, Hinduism, etc.
c) The Roman and other Pagen religions and sects.
ISLAM STARTED in 610 A.D. Its one of the Youngest "religions" on Earth. Im pretty sure almost everything that was pointed out was in fact known to the educated PRIOR to 610 A.D.
See...Muslims/Islam was a break-away religion of...the Jews. Period. The. End. MOST of them, and anyone who thinks Islam invented Algebra, dont get that, and they unknowingly assume the Islam was around a lot longer than it really has been...E-Z to change history I guess.
But to assume everything around us is owed to Islam, is, well...not only incorrect, its arrogant and blatently false. What...those old Roman Arches, Jerusalem Domes, and Egyptian Pyramids were built WITHOUT algbraic knowledge...uh huh.
thought so. not.
So, you are saying Islam is stuck at around 1100 AD or so? Is that your point? The world has moved on quite a bit since then and left the Islamic world way behind in technology, culture, art, and civilized behavior. Perhaps you would like ot defend:
- Killing people for having a different religion
- Killing women who are raped for infidelity
- Killing homosexuals for being homosexual
- Denying women the most basic of rights and dignity
- Sanctioned slavery of non-muslims
- Killing people for derogatory remarks about their god, prophet or religion
- Genital mutilation because it is sinful for women to enjoy sex
- Killing of female children because they have "inappropriate" conversations or relationships
- Rape of condemned women and girls because it is sinful to kill virgins
- The belief that if you die trying to kill non-muslims, you go to heaven and get 72 virgins to despoil, that is, they turn heaven into a whore house
I could go on and on and on. It matters not a whit what a people or civilization was 1,000 years ago, or even 50 or 10 years ago. What matters is what they are today, in the here and now. And what they are today is a gaggle of barbarians stuck somewhere between the 11th and 13th century. They are cruel and nasty, and will kill you or enslave you if given the chance. That is the actual fact of the current state of affairs.
"Some of you forget that for nearly 700 years,"
And they want to go back to the future, the 10th century.
JMO, I am happy they stay there and leave the rest of us alone. Especially those who migrate to Western countries and want to impose their sharia laws on non-muslims.
I'll take RETARDS, for 7 pts. Alex.
Honestly, if the average person in Middle East or Russia or China has the knowledge to properly use firearms and operate heavy military machinery....then the average citizens in the West are doomed....we wouldnt stand a chance if a real war broke out.
Guess knowing how to operate a TV remote control means jack at that time.
Alan's Snackbar!!!
Oh, can I order a pretzel hot dog with carmelized onions and tomatoes and mustard?
Alan's Snackbar!!!
solemente en espanol
Are you joking? W/ the amount of FPS and Call of Duty kids (of this generation) have played, they already know how to reload, without ever having held a gun.
Yeah, might not actually be the best infantry training in hindsight. But there sure are a lot of potential drone operators!
The problem for the jihadis is they have no way to fight drones. They cannot reach the drone operators or communications links. If this turmoil goes global then all options will be available since the fighting would be everywhere.
I always go for the big red buttons.
The military in the Middle East doesn't really know how to do much with military equipment, and what they do have, they break. Trust me, I've seen it first hand: those people could break an iron anvil with a rubber mallet. Seems impossible, but they'd find a way.
It is like me and surf fishing.
Moving parts, grease, and sand really don't work well together for very long.
pods
Dude - America is a joke now. Idiots watching TV and Hollywood's shit while America is being invaded and a usurper took away your health care. As American politicians sell out Americans and the sheep do nothing.
I'd encourage you to listen to Catherine Austin Fitts' recent lectures on the black budget on youtube. There is a push to remove the dollar as reserve currency. A re-trenchment to North America is underway, however to continue spending on the elite's fave projects, any social contract for medicare or SS will have to be abrogated. Jobs will come back to the US, but the illegal immigration will be allowed to continue in order to put downward pressure on wages. Nothing like having an economy run by a bunch of control freak, deviant Nazis...
it will be a hoot when the confetti leaves the tubes it is going down and hits the fan.
Had to look up "abrogated". Thanks for the grammar lesson!
Not saying you're wrong about the average American being an idiot, I was just responding to the guy above- those people don't take care of jack shit. A case in point, we gave the Bahrainis an old perry class frigate, and it just sits at the pier. On the pier side, and what the citizens could see from the road and from the city, it was painted up all pretty and looked brand new, on the side that faxed out to the water, it was covered in rust and looked like you could poke holes in it with your finger, and I never saw it move one single time. They think doing any kind of physical activity or training is beneath them as Arabs, so they just don't do it. And why should they? They know American money and American lives are what will be spent if anything ever goes down anyway. Exact same situation with the Iraqis and Kuwaitis. None of them care, because we will come in and do it for them and they know it. Same reason they don't maintain their equipment. The trouble with giving things to people for free is they tend to treat it as valueless. Best to just pull our people out of there completely, shouldn't have been there in the first place
"so they just don't do it. And why should they? They know American money and American lives are what will be spent if anything ever goes down anyway."
You could insert EBT / SS / SNAP in the begining and it would still make sense, unfortunately.
Nice post. While our government does all that, it opens up our underbelly to whatever floats or crawls across the border. It must be purposeful self-destruction. Let the middle east do its own thing.
Give them a break...They're going to war with the army they have, not the army they might want or wish to have...
It's true. Arabic does not lend itself well as a language to technical matters. Almost all technical words are borrowed. The hands-on intelligence does not keep up with the head knowledge. I used to fly with some folks of middle eastern background. One guy we nicknamed "Kamakazi Kazazi" because of his actual scary incompetence at the controls. But he got high scores on all his written exams (head knowledge). What these guys lack in eye/hand skills and common sense they make up for in single-minded fanaticism. I knew another Iraqi who lost an engine in a Piper Aztec over Mount Soledad on the climb out of Montgomery Field (San Diego). He was enroute to Catalina Island. Did he turn around and fly the four or five miles back to base? Fuck no! He flew all the way to Catalina on one engine and called for maintenence from there. Stupidity or balls? In the end, it really doesn't matter does it?
Correct - look how those idiots are using that tank. They are firing the main gun over their rear deck, which means their weakest armor is facing the enemy. The gun's elevation is also very high. If they are not shooting at a upper story of a tall building, they are shooting at somethign at extreme range with very little probability of making a hit, or completely misusing the fire control system. They are using no cover or concealment, or movement. Anyway, it's a T-54/55 POS, which are both fun and easy to kill, even when driven by competent tankers.
Divided States,
People in the West are infact quite clever with technology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYXuXe_DK14 sorry about the lousy background music, I could not find a version without music with few searches. Most of the people in ME, Russia & China still live in spartan conditions.
Fixing old shit is a different story I give you that. My Dad was Col. in Mazar I Shariz Afghanistan for the Coalition forces. He told me their SUV broke down in the mountains, so they calld some locals to come fix it. The guys fixed it nicely, but they had a box full of parts taken away of the car at the end. I quess they had to remove all sorts of censors.
a couple rednecks with a six pack of beer and a few hose clamps can fix goddamned near anything.
You forgot some essentials:
Spit, Baling Wire, and, most important, Duck (Duct) Tape.
Removing "censors" is very un-western
With the way the NSA has everything bugged, they probably did have to remove a "censor" or two. They are easily removed with a 9mm slug to the head.
Honestly, if the average person in Middle East or Russia or China has the knowledge to properly use firearms and operate heavy military machinery....then the average citizens in the West are doomed....we wouldnt stand a chance if a real war broke out.
Guess knowing how to operate a TV remote control means jack at that time.
Nice troll job. America doesn't have millions of people (children included) who are born with a firearm in their hand and are called upon, at least yearly, to make a couple hundred yard, single shot on a human sized (or larger) animal (putting it in the kill zone of a 32oz bottle), remaining perfectly camoflauged and attempting to control breathing due to the target being able to see the heated air in the still, freezing morning as well as any remotely sudden movements of the shooter. Obviously things are different when bullets are incoming, but literally the entirety of rural america is founded upon the consistent and frequent use of firearms. There are plenty of mall ninjas out there, no doubt... however, there are still plenty of folks with a lot of know-how and the skill to implement it.
Uh HUh...get over here...to the U.S. en mass...Without encountering severe if not 100% casualties of your air or sea-based mass-human transport ships.
Not encounter the Navies new Long-Awaited Rail-Gun.
Avoid our over-the-Horizon Baack-Scatter Radar systems, which we also have in Guam and Hawaii and Alaska, Oregon, Upper Atlantic, and US-Lite (Canada) (also Mexico but we have different issues there)
And then discover that even thought there are a lot of beer-drinking couch-potato lards out there, that there are just as many Americans willing to draw arms with THOUSANDS of rounds of ammunition per household.
O and dont forget we have like Military bases with Active F-16, 18's, 22's and 35's in almost every state.
Invade America at ones own peril. We are a broken nation socially and politically, but once someone attempts a Trans-Oceanic invasion, they will be met with severe casualties.
It would require a coordinated world-wide effort, in which case, our nuclear subs would raise their contries to the ground.
M.A.D. my friends.
Just another expensive way to kill terrorists. Wait til they try to fly them.
Seriously big difference between firing off a round to actually operating the Tank in combat conditions. However, who is going to fight back ?
I might still be able to fly a blackhawk or pavehawk still, but I will not be able to operate the weapons system or know how to arm it or load it.
Makes a great Trojan horse though.
Yeah, they can't re-arm, or refuel. Any mechanical issues and they're screwed. These things take crews of people to keep operational. More propaganda for the machine. They took our toys! We have to go do something....something expensive.
Considering that a force of 30,000 broke and ran when attacked by a force of 1,000 do you really believe that none of the 30,000 were on the other side from the start? How many of those were trained by US forces to fly those helos and drive those tanks, and maintain said equipment? My bet is they have men with as good of skills as the Iraqi Army does, just not as many. But then again, who needs numbers when you have commitment and infiltrators (see above).
ISIS is not Al Qaida. This is a fairly disciplined, combat tested, hold the ground and take more ground kind of army. This isn't hole up in the mountains and set off road side bombs Al Qaida. These guys are the real deal.
BTW, anyone hear about how the western trained forces are doing in Syria? No? Huh, one would wonder if they are actually fighting in Syria...
Ok, I'll tell you how to fly the helo in 30 minutes and then you climb in and take off. Haha, not going to happen. Same with the hydraulics and avionics. When it breaks it'll be broke.
"We (the US) fucks stuff up so bad so often it cannot be on accident"
Don't equate "us" with government. It is a very deceptive tactic used by the State to equate the two. After all, how could the government do you any wrong when the government is you?
I was actually waiting for someone to reply to that. I used to think that way too (in principle I agree 100%).
I found a different take:
Say you get lost in the Middle East (Or Detroilet) somewhere and a band of thugs in a Toyota happens to find you. How are they going to perceive you?
pods
"Looks like meat's back on the menu boys!"
Camels make good targets as long as they're not running.
"How are they going to perceive you?"
If I get lost in the Middle East, I'll be sure to have my Ron Paul t-shirt on full display.
I bet that no one would touch you.
And be sure to tell them you're a Toyota master mechanic. In Arabic, Japanese, or Swedish, of course.
Always carry a flag t-shirt ...
with the Canadian Maple Leaf proudly displayed.
And pepper your dialog with lots of "Eh, shuuuur, about right", with the proper accent, of course.
I thank you for that comment....that really put everything into perspective. They hate what we have done to them...directly or indirectly or what is just "Told" we have done. This is a bad seen anywhere in the world. The US, and American citizens is really isolating itself from the world. Before I read your comment, all I was thinking was "Look at these dumb fucks" Now you made me think about how they feel. Thanks.
In other news, sales of Canadian flags to US tourists have skyrocketed recently...
Just lathered some Just for Men into my tactical beard, working on my suntan and stopped waxing so once my backhair grows in I think I'll be good.
But why would looking like a Kardashian help you?
You know, you reminded of something. The original Kardashian pond scum was Robert. He was O J Simpson's lawyer and co-conspirator. Robert Kardashian begot us Robert Shapiro, begot us Johnnie Cochran, begot us a nullified jury, begot us OJ walking the streets! How time flies!
Definite +1 for "tactical beard."
pods
The word barbarian means: "bearded one". (see French, barbe beard)
As opposed to Roman Imperial troops, who had to remain clean-shaven.
@pods
The trick is to sew Canadian maple leaf on your backpack...
Don't shoot, I'm Canadian.
Fist thing to teach your children who are traveling over seas
This does not work in Mexcio....Just say'n
The opium grown in Afghanistan will help to settle things in the region.
'Americans' have a long tradition (nearly as old as themselves) of using drugs to weaken or destroy the social fabric in targeted populations.
It helps their 'american' submission performance.
Nobody should worry: 'americans' have ramped up the production in Afghanistan to distribute it all around.
The way it works in an 'american' world.
Perhaps China is at risk to all that opium production in Afghanistan...?
America, highest per capita user of OPIATES in the world.
And most of it is in prescription drugs.
is it a chinicism to forbid drug use? but don't tell the 24-hour party people in chengdou.
I'm convinced chaos is the objective. It's a divide and conquer strategy from the outside.
It seems that way, but it's also hard to comprehend systemic incompetence. Nearly EVERYTHING is poorly run these days, and this goes beyond just the federal government.
Some sagely observation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rh6qqsmxNs
Throw the corruption needed to keep the "status quo" going in a system requiring continued growth when the planet will not allow continued growth, and you arrive at what we have today. We live in interesting times my friend.
It seems that way, but it's also hard to comprehend systemic incompetence.
A BIG X IV on that...but I am slowly learning to comprehend but of course most people think I am the crazy one.
Everything run by the government always was "poorly run". Govermnment offices have no motive other than satisfying political overlords. Efficiency, sanity, honor, etc do not get you raises, promotions, or respect. Imagine the Soviet Union and the stories we used to hear about it. That is Washington DC, and your state capitol, with extra money. They extra money merely made it possible to cover up the stupidity. Now that the money has run out, the stupidity can no longer be covered up and is plain for all to see.
The soil in Afghanaistan is some of the best soil in the world for opium production. It was prepared well in advance of the beginning of opium production there by USAID.
Reminds me of WWll, the Allies fucked up so often the Germans thought it was all fiendish plot....
IF they are using tanks properly then they were trained to use them by the West. Isis was trained by the US in turkey with saudi money, as they all are and were.. Isis went rogue last april and had all they needed to cause trouble.
I said before that this was treachery ( the fall of mosul ) and Maliki is on record as saying it is an act of conspiracy and connivance.
If you want to know what REAL terrorists do when they steala tank see the following links. Those guys you reference are trained tank operators. No question.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNBI5qCDACY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mCDXZWqq_I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvh5_gs5ZiI
the reporting on this is seeming more like someone watching a crowd ( the western media ) and reporting what they say. Either way the syrian air force is set to start running sorties in iraq.
Wrong on the rogue part. If they went rogue they never would have been able to march unchecked into and through Iraq with no air support considering the US controls the airspace.... It is kinda hard to hide this sort of thing from aerial survelliance in a fucking desert.
Maliki is right they threw him under the bus to stir up the Shia/Sunni grudgematch to suck Iran into this. It don't take much to inflame this divisions and get these people fighting each other. Iran unfortunately is probably going to fall right into the trap because of this. When you got one tracked mind idol worshippers it is easy to play them off each other and they will gladly play along also.
Went rogue in terms of regular "al quaeda" I mean. ISIS and JNA have been doing a nice job on each other in Syria.
The fact that ISIS ranks are withering, the idea that they could break off and voluntarily get a second front going is lunacy.
What happens when Al-Qaeda captures a tank? They become a target ? Just a guess. "Abdul, I'm not killed enough yet; quick paint a bullseye on my back".
Good god.
Way too many moving parts..
How much can we get for this at the scrapyard.
These guys could never run a covert op, just before they pull the triggers everyone yells "Allahu Akbar!"
You are all too literal. What they're actually saying is, "Bring it on!" ... paraphrasing the former leader, Rumzfield.
It is kind of the Arabic version of "Get some!"
pods
I know three guys that have it as phone ring tone. the christian equivalent would be that song "He's got the whole world in his hands"
"He's got the deadman switch in his hands"
Of course you do.
You're European.
Enjoy your halal goatburger.
Deus Vult!
Pretty sure that means nearly the exact same thing.
Actually, "masha'Allah" is closer to Deus Vult.
Rube Goldberg's estate should contact Apple lawyers...they know how to deal with this kind of infringement.
Way too many parts? For some yes but for a few it's great for the aganda...blame it on the complexity...how could we have known etc....as they steal everything.
Can't our programing wizards rig those things to self-destruct? Maybe not as fun as sending drones, but would get it done...
it would be easy to get them to self destruct. just have GM build them.
Its time to upgrade those tanks with Camaro ignition switches, Chevy Sonics transmission shafts and Buick Lacrosse wiring. They'll teach them!
Don't forget the Pinto gas tank.
That's a crowd pleaser.
OH!
That's an old Rusian tank in the video.
.... And I think they may be driving it backwards. Gotta be a tanker on the board who could say for sure.
that's the supposed US training, "advancing to the rear"
.... And I think they may be driving it backwards. Gotta be a tanker on the board who could say for sure.
You are correct. Note the gap in the road wheels, the sloping forward armor versus the block rear.
Good thing they didn't shoot the LPG tanker that lumbers by early in the clip...they'd have gotten a REAL "Alahu akbar, bitches!"
T-54/55. They are using it as mobile arty, so it doesn't matter which direction it's pointed. Notice that the wind is blowing left to right in the vid. Exhaust is to the rear, so they probably don't like sucking diesel fumes either.
The vehicle was probably abandoned in the 'classic' surrender configuration (turret pointed to the rear); these yahoos probably figured out how to fire the main gun but not how to make it move, and Allah ain't gettin' behind it to push.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-54/55
1950s right? t54/55? still, it could potentially ruin an infantryman or civilian's day. that's a big-ass gun!
See that LPG tanker?
ask the Russians, that's not a US tank
when was the last time the US went to war with a country that had a functioning air force?
Kosovo...for about 10 minutes. Prior to that, Iraq 1991.
that is not unlike Mike Tyson picking a fight with Gary Coleman.
The US military temporarily grounded its entire F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet fleet at the weekend after an apparent engine oil leak, the latest glitch...
I didn't realize Tyson could be sidelined by a mere oil leak, was he munching on olestra laden potato chips before a fight?
+1 - low blow!
+5 for Olestra leakage.
The F-35 is a piece of shit.
It is kind of like claiming Mike Tyson would not be able to fight since the gloves he is going to wear in 10 years are still in development.
Of course, in this case the gloves are designed to make you inviisible, punch harder, fly, while doing open heart surgery in the dark, and may be too ambitious.
Mike Tyson should pick on people his own size....and who are alive!
In a related story, Obama is +8 at hole #6 today. Hope & Change!
Poor guy.
1975: "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead"
2014: "President Barack Obama is still on the front nine"
Yeah, but he scored a "Hole in One" at Reggie's 19th hole.
Every day I wake up; take my morning medications, (none of your business !!), pray; and turn on the computer; hoping for news of the Assasination. Never Happens. Another Shitty day.
I call "bullshit" either you or Obama. No way that sob can only be 8 over after 6. Maybe miniature golf?