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Overheard At The Pentagon: "Right Now, We Are Putin's Prison Bitch"
Those who frequent these pages are well aware of what’s happened to Washington’s strategy in Syria over the past several weeks. Russia’s dramatic move to enter the fray has left the US trapped, as the West attempts to hang on to a narrative that’s no longer convincing even to a largely ignorant public.
Now, the only thing left to do is either stand down and let Moscow do as it pleases in support of the Assad regime, or else get on board and acquiesce to the inevitable.
Or, summed up in simpler terms...
Overheard at the Pentagon: "Right now, we are Putin's prison bitch."
— Nancy Youssef, ????? (@nancyayoussef) September 30, 2015
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You are off by 13 years since their was Bush Senior and then Clinton; both the Bush and Clinton families are one in the same. At election time, if we make it that far which I'm not convinced we will, we will have a Bush or Clinton selection. If by some chance their is another candidate selected; there will be an intimate connection with those two families.
Either that or a nailgun accident or even worse.
Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama is all See Eye Aye.
Supposedly Bush-Clinton is Rockefeller controlled and Obola is Rothschild. cameron is Red Shield and his family have been for 200+ years.
true that - and if you really want to be accurate, may as well date it back to JFK murder - 1963 November - 52 years ago, minus the James Carter 4 years that gives us 48 years of Bushy Gooberment - just wait as you see Trumpster and Hitlery glam it up only for the Jebster to arrive as the long awaited President!
it was written long ago, even as W was Prez ....2016 for the Jebbers !!!
Obama should have stayed out of Syria like he was told by Congress, the Army, and the US population when he tried to bomb Assad over a year ago.
How can you when you answer to Mossad and not to the US?
What? The intel agencies see eye aye with the NeoCons and NeoLiberals like McCain/Schumer were running this plus Soros and the State Dep and their zoligarch bosses.
The Pentagram just goes along. They are a corrupt joke.
The Pentagon has always been my bitch, BuckO. Putin can have the NSA/CIA.
So do something about it.
Nothing needs to be done, that's part of the "fundamental transformation" for the USA,, as promised. Bowing to our enemies and taking it up the ass.
CFR integration strategy.
De-ball America.
Caitlin still has h(is)ers. Pussy...
More like, Nothing needs to be done because the USG shouldn't fucking be there in the first place.
Good. Obama deserved it by being the left's version of George W. Bush. Not half as suave or clever as his cheerleaders make him out to be. Smug banker frontman, fuck him and his backers.
He isn't quite the same level of warmonger but when you match up Obama and Bush it eeirly how similiar they are excepts on tax rates. More in common than sets them apart.
Obola would have done the same as Dubbbs had he been in place on 911
Can't wait till the Chinese Aircraft Carrier joins in and really starts to open up the action.What I would really like to see is one million members from the Chinese Army come across Iran and Iraq and overwelm these terrorist-western funded basturds.
On horseback.
maybe the NWO can get China's military a jumpstart by engaging Afghanistan in a new war, say starting sometime around 2017 .... just in time to give China Pentagram battle plans and officer and rank trendy patches and target practice against the evil Opium growers ....whilst enriching their elites with goody bags of heroin .... no, couldn't be !
Its a bitch when the tables are turned. How does it feel assholes>?
"As a result of airstrikes ammunition and fuel depots, heavy military hardware, as well as an ISIL command posts in the mountainous areas have been destroyed," Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20150930/1027808602.html
Putin is too short to have prison bishes.
Says the little faggot playing with his 9mm peepee.
That must be your obsession with the inside information; keep it to yourself.
teh inside information ! Teh finn!
I'm sure on your grave will copulate homeless.
I loath war and this endless crap in the land of sand.
Obozo is a featherweight/pussy/fag and everyone,everyone knows it.
His back-up John Lurch Frenchy Kerry is just plain sad and pathetic. The thing to do here is withdraw. It is beyound fucked up now.
seriously - what happened to Lurch's face ?
Emotions are raw on http://www.zerohedge.com
What shall we do? This seems like a real Caper even Scooby can't solve.
Sorry Gang.
Eat your shit bitch
Scoobs don't eat no Shite !~
Maybe so, but Putin's hometown ain't nothing compared to Barry's hood:
Murders keep adding up for deadliest September in Chicago since 2002http://wgntv.com/2015/09/30/murders-keep-adding-up-for-the-deadliest-sep...
Well, it is clear that the US government (or at least a part of it) created and supported ISIS, with Israel and the Saud.
They seemingly did this so that through lies to the people they could create support for creating more chaos in the middle east and the overthrough of the legitimate Syrian government ... as they did in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt and the Ukraine.
Maybe the Pentagon should be in prison and be getting its ass rammed for being criminal murderers, frauds and thieves. They deserve no respect and no assistance for what they have done. They have no honor.
It does seem certain that the US et al. have directly and materially supported groups and individuals in Libya, Syria, Iraq, and presumably elsewhere who could only be described as "terrorists" -whether "Al Qaeda" or "ISIS" or not.
Sometimes what the media is determined not to cover is more telling than what it does.
Putin aside, Assad aside, pipelines aside - who or what in the government has supported foreign terrorists who have murdered thousands - and why isn't {perhaps a naive question?} the FBI, etc. rounding them up?
The conversation ought to change to ask this very basic question - either the United States government supports terrorism all over the world, or it is only rogue elements who will be arrested and tried.
If this doesn't happen, then it seems that those resisting US foreign policy, whatever their own flaws, are resisting evil.
Yes, currently the entire US government is being painted with the same brush as a fomenter of terror and a hirer of terrorist mercenary armies.
It is possible that it is not the entire government, but if not, then the rest of the government is either ignorant of it (likely not) or they are afraid of the terrorist arm of the government (more likely).
I feel sorry for the people who signed on to be government employees with the idea that they would be able to do good things for our country and our world. They are now considered willing supporters of the evil.
I doubt they are powerless, but I do not doubt that they are fearful.
Archer created ISIS - give credit where credit is due !
Watch the head-chopper on his motorcycle riding up to his lair just in time for the fireworks.
1. He is one lucky head-chopper, but he still will have to empty his pants and take a shower.
2. His hearing will never quite be the same.
That's assuming a 2 kilo chunk of concrete didn't visit his skull and sent him to his virgins.
That 1 airstrike did more to damage Daesh than anything the USSA has done.
"Russia’s dramatic move to enter the fray has left the US trapped, as the West attempts to hang on to a narrative that’s no longer convincing even to a largely ignorant public."
Actually, the vast majority of the "largely ignorant public" don't give a shit nor should those who do since they can't do anything about it anyway considering that they're vastly outnumbered by those who don't. Go it?
Check out the hottest topics on Google Trends to confirm:
http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends
The top two searches so far today:
Emily Blunt - 50,000+ searches
Katy Perry - 20,000+ searches
When surrounded by abject stupidity, just take care of yourself and your own.
Amazing. :o{
I guess it is time for me to break out the assless chaps and hockey mask. If I want to get anything done on this land of simpletons, I am going to have to go full on Lord Humongus.
Just walk away, and there will be an end to the horror.
Yesterday, Dunkin Donuts was #5 on that trending list.
We're doomed.
Yes, but I do like Dunkin Donuts more than Krispy Cream.
I get where you're coming from Winston, but perhaps it's preferable to:
top search - "WWIII - 5 billion searches." ?
There isn't anything the minority of aware and informed individuals could do to stop it anyway if it's going to happen. If there's no way you can possibly do anything about some issue, don't get angry about it as that is both pointless and unhealthy. I come here and to other news sites to become more informed and to laugh at some of the comments, the ones that are meant to be funny anyway.
And there's been some zingers today! I covered my keyboard this morning after reading the headline...
SofaPopa just echoed your sentiments on the CHS thread and there are days I feel that way too (sometimes intra-day!). Yet come we do. Why? Because we never know who's lurking out there...
"the force goes into the flow" - RUSH
"in a world where I feel so small I can't stop thinking big"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHNaKGNwDqc
Here's the data of the use of the Google search keyword "Syria" by region. Not a single western country shows up because their count is too small compared to the countries where there are a lot of searches:
https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F06vbd&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT...
those searches are by those within the Matrix - it is understandable - the Matrix does not mention ZeroHedge and does all possible to ignore and distract their MatrixMinions from hearing about ZeroHedge and all members of Fight Club
"Now, the only thing left to do is either stand down and let Moscow do as it pleases in support of the Assad regime, or else get on board and acquiesce to the inevitable."
-OR- create an unfortunate incident involving Russian forces. Washington has form at doing that.
i think after the futility of the Total CEO's accidental death in Moscow airport and the numerous other "oops" deaths that Putin is signaling that they will not be scared into retreating - as a matter of fact, to an amateur observer like me, it looks like the Russian's retaliatory strike capability is such that Obola's Fear Factor is over like a 1970s' horror movie on a Friday night....it's over folks .... even Wes Craven bit the dust the other day....
say gooodnight.....
Obomber modelling his new ''Empty Suit';
Scooby Doo
Hey gang, why all the negative? Zowie.
If it is any consolation, I think you're wonderful! :D
Thanks Hugh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUdG0RYd6jk
Putin's quote : " talking politics with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon,... he'll land on the board, knock over some pieces, shit all over the place, and then strut arround pretending that he has won the game..."
Obomber overheard whispering to Vlad
"Man, can you help me? The kikes are talking about giving me the JFK treatment''.
Can I bunk with Ed Snowden?? He is kinda cute.
Damn, you really are obsessed with porneuo in relation to men; maybe boys. One unnatural "human".
Says the dipshit who believes that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a woman made from a rib was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.
Do you ever get anything right?
I just did
Says the [one] who believes that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a woman made from a rib was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
Said that way, especially in such a bold way, I suppose you would face no danger in being stoned as the first Christian martyr Steven was. I’ll confess however, you, much like your own father show a remarkable knowledge of “Holy Scrip” and a clever if not downright admirable use of language and terminology to obscure, deflect and otherwise misdirect others who actually believe truth may be concealed in the miraculous.
Many Christians still have trouble with the fact that Jesus is the God of the Old Testament. And I for one do believe no mystic or believer in mysticism can come close to the literal, material and factual belief needed to be a faithful follower of Christ.
That’s probably the reason why so many “Christians” are found to be wanting in their faith and so willing and ready to deny it when faced with hardship, temptation and / or as you’ve presented so convincingly, ridicule.
The overall fact remains, something cannot come from no – thing and the most “reasonable” explanation is that we, with our inherent proclivity to assign “right” from “wrong”, (as even your own discourse shows), defies no law of reason to ascribe our being to a self-existent being as its source.
I might add that instead of "who was his own father" might be better understood as "is his own Father". (Time is something that is only relevent to creatures like us, not the Creator.)
Jmo.
so I won't live after I die?
Hey, Bath House Barry opened himself to all these jokes.
"Right now, we are Putin's prison bitch."
And you in uniform have only yourselves to blame for irreparably damaging your own "professional" image to the rest of the World the way you have that made this comment and point in time a reality!
Our advice?
Sit back and watch the rest of your hired help get slaughtered just like you bitches have been getting it in East Ukraine!!!
+1
So glad I shed my tree suit almost 17 years ago. The Pentagon purged all of the truth tellers a long time ago, now they have a bunch of sycophants who act like Pavlov's Dogs.
FD
Trust me when I say this. You are missed!
What I wouldn't give to compare what we are currently witnessing to what we saw happen in the mid-seventies with the close of the Vietnam war... only there is no comparison to what we are facing today!
At least in 1975 we still had made in the U.S.A. and an economy and budget defictis that were < $20 billion!
Thanks, Son Of.
I knew we were fucked when the Pavlov's Dogs within the officer ranks of the USMC were hell-bent on making any and all efforts to justify America's military presence on Okinawa. Just like with Obama, who can argue with an affirmative action hire, in this case shit bag officers? You'll be tagged as a racist, if you're a white male who doesn't toe the company line.
The fringe of the armed forces is where the real Americans are, and truth be told, some are legit immigrants. It's just too bad that a large % of the officer and senior enlisted ranks are fucked up. The U.S. armed forces used to be a special place for people who believed in the institution. War has a tendency to weed out a lot of shit bags, but the peace time force has been too large since Reagan, we can't have a huge peace time force when there are no large contingencies underway.
I believe in the citizen soldier model of a Western military.
+10, as did our Floundering Fathers.
Don't need to fight unless we are attacked.
With Chuck Norris that is unlikely to happen.
JFK - Psychedelics - read Dr. Timothy Leary's Flashbacks -
then read Sasha Shulgin's books, starting with PIHKAL and TIHKAL ... then listen to Terence McKenna's podcasts on MatrixMasters.com ....
then come back to us .....
as a wiser humanBean :)
what is this "peace time" you are talking about?
No shit. Compared to when I was in, Russia would beat us in like two days, and they'll be having a party on day 2.
"Which cammies should I wear, Top?"
"Oh, gosh, I can't decide eitther. These colors don't match."
I am hoping the Russians might liberate us. The US military has done jack shit to uphold their Constitutional oath since 1861.
Bankster stooges especially killing members of The Bonus Army. What a joke.
Top would turn his back, pull out his iPhone and see what Caitlyn recommends for the day, depending of course if Mars is in Retrograde or not and if the Moon is Waxing or Waning ....
shouldn't take too long. ....
Did anyone reach our fearless leader on hole 18 for comment??
Obomber = proof postive that ''image'' only gets you so far before you are exposed as a ZioNazi tool.
That makes no sense--'image' got him to the Presidency and, soon, millions upon millions of dollars. His being a ZioNazi tool didn't derail that ride.
Netanyahu will meet his match during Moscow talks with Putin. No AIPAC in Russia to undermine Putin. No Jackson Vanik amendment to restrict trade. No leaving Crimea by Russia and slow economic collapse of Western Ukraine economy despite Neocon support. Meanwhile Syrian and Afgan refuge problem overwhelming EU with cold winter setting in and deep resentment of US policies. Also Iran is a done deal so what else is there to talk about ? Perhaps Netanyahu will at least enjoy the vodka, lox and borcht .
Bibi was in Moscow 2 weeks ago. He was walking kind of funny, I think they took one testicle and told him. keep fucking around killing kids and the other one goes.
Obomber to Vlad in private '''Man, I woke up this morning with a horse's head in my bed, then realized it was Michelle.'' I am getting nervous. My master Bibi has invited me to his home in private to show off his new chain saw.
When Barry met dirty Beary...
Anyone else notice how things seem to be, uh, accelerating, as of late? The downward spiral of the U.S. economy. Escalation in Syria. Etc.
Cue the hyper-emotionalism when the first body bags of American CIA spooks and spec-ops folks start coming back from Syria.
Look for a sharp uptick in the number of stars on the CIA Memorial Wall... only 2 new stars in 2015, but then again the year is not over yet.
Caption the photo
''Can I give you a hand job?,Vlad??'
Vlad, ''No thanks but you can shine my shoes, boy;;
Everyone has had their say but the only thing I can add is that this is so fucking embarrassing. I should be used to this shit by now but it's still hard to take.
Wanda Sykes nailed it in 2008 - Get your ass inside, white folks is lookin at you!
Putin hesitates to shake Bammy's hand
He asks, "Did you just snicker-snag on your hand before offering to shake?"
-or-
Putin's telling Bammy he doesn't usually shake hands with poosies....
The concept of the right-handed handshake was to show that you have no weapon handy.
Perhaps Putin's hiding a shiv?
Interesting posture, interesting ramifications.
Obama definitely is pleased with that position!
Our first president with calloused knees and a relaxed gag reflex. So proud.... s/
Hoooney....huush...you were always someone's bitch.
This picture cries for caption contest!
The US has been the 800lbs gorilla in the middle east ever since it decided to get involved there after the Brits completely botched the Suez Crisis back in 1956. The USSR supplied arms to Egypt, Syria and Iraq, but knew better to ever send any type of military units into America's sand box. Even the hapless Jimmy Carter was respected enough by Brezhnev to stay out. Then, along comes the community organizer. The complete laughing stock of the planet. The middle east has never been more destabilized, even during the 6 Days and Yom Kippur wars. Is this the result of incompetence on a grand scale, or by design? Why would Obama bring down the Mubarak regime, one of the best puppet governments money could buy? A stable, allied Egypt was the anchor to the left flank. Iraq is now moving toward Iran {who didn't see that one coming}. The Saudis are talking openly about deposing King Salman. You could have put American ME policy in the hands of a six year old child and got a better result. That is why I am having a difficult time believing this colossal failure was just the result of poor leadership. Don't get me wrong, I am not giving the Obama administration a pass, I despise them, and all they stand for, but the more this thing unfolds, the more I believe this was all decided years ago {Bush was in on it too}. They are putting the whole world into a position where WW3 is inevitable. You can't have all that hardware over there, and things stay static for very long. I fear a false flag is only weeks or days away. It is all coming to a head very quickly.
All roads lead to Tel Aviv and you can take that to the bank ''the Rothschilds bank'''.
when I started listening to Alex Jones in 2009 2010, he constantly talked about the NWO plan to merge Russia with the West ...and the process and indeed this article is proof of 5 years later ... Global Governance ....
however, I don't hear Alex talking about this any more ....
he's off into the "28 pages" Saudi distraction BS ... he's smart enough to avoid mentioning Israel directly ...
let's see what October brings.... Glencore & More ! !
It's by design. Look up the Oded Yinon plan for the ME.
"They are putting the whole world into a position where WW3 is inevitable."
Agreed. Based upon the current trajectory of Washington/Westminster & Co foreign policy I see no alternative to WWIII.
Major Western .govs are ultimately controlled by criminal banksters who want a uni-polar world order to complete their global control. Russia/China/BRICS and others want a multi-polar world order. The two are not compatible.
The only unknowns are timing and what/when/where will be the trigger.
No, I think this is the US sending out an SOS due to state capture, colluding covertly which included logistics gathered over the last year. The US govt is grasping the hand of Russia and China but as is the strategy of Yours Truly ("he did it"), being coy is the name of the game, just to keep the element of surprise alive beyond the initial realization that the situation on the ground is not as it seems.
Ranting incoherence and have you been paying attention at all what is happening in Egypt the past 2 years? Meet the new boss same as the old boss. Egyptian military is back in charge, kept flush, and running things. The only difference is their token BS efforts to 'defend Islam' by going after token social issues stuff.
Obsolete, Your fears are my fears especially now with western media carrying suposed threats by ISIS to go nuclear and the degree of insanity stalking the halls of power in the west..
When did someone last win the Military Empire Sweepstakes?
That is not a playable game.
https://thinkpatriot.wordpress.com/2015/02/06/high-dimensioned-games/
And when has a brilliant analysis, the standard tool of bureaucracies and intelligence services and militaries, done any good at all?
https://thinkpatriot.wordpress.com/2015/09/28/important-things-are-not-f...
The US has a foreign policy, therefore it is losing, of course. Russia wants to have a foreign policy? OK, they can lose if they want.
Putin looks brilliant today. Give it a few months, things change, and Putin's brilliant analyses will turn out to be as stupid as all of the brilliant analyses the US's Israeli-Neocons have written. Twaddle by people not capable of running sandboxes for toddlers, but very capable as soothsayers to powerful people, they read those powerful people really good.
Multilateral International diplomacy with war is not a process that you can win by playing, it is a negative-sum game.
https://thinkpatriot.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/people-can-lose-zero-or-ne...
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20150930/1027813447/US-Syrian-Airstrik...
Barry has ALWAYS been Putin's bitch. Putin is and has been SO much better at this chess game of international politics. It's very interesting that it took until now for Barry and the Pentagon to finally realize it. Obviously, they are not very quick on the uptake.
Ever notice how Obomber struts around in his diddly bopping walk acting like 'I am the leader of the free world, more or less patronizing everyone , and then the REAL leader of the free world shows up and cuts him down to size.
You bet I noticed. Have been noticing that for years actually. And now the whole world can see it... thanks to Putin himself who has an amazing talent for making it glaringly obvious which of the two is a real leader.
Wonder how Putin will get along with "The Donald"?
That will be interesting, if not harrowing...
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Every American is a mental midget compared to Putin.
Every American sitting president is a mental midget compared to Putin.
fixed it for ya..
It ain't Putin I'm worried about...
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It didn't say I would vote for him...
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Vlad needs to get back to Russia ASAP - The 'removal' of the good Dr Assad is not going that well for the Zionist/US - I call for the removal of 'Obama the Gay' - Cameron - Merkel - Netanyapoo - Hollande - Turnbull (Australia) and last but not least 'Ronald FUCKING McDonald' - Please sign my petition !!
Jack... throw in the new Colonel Sanders and I will get my whole family to sign it.
Everyone knew that Bush Jr. was a buffoon and Putin humoured him easily.
Along comes ANOTHER buffoon trying to act ''smarrt''. ad Putin knows this clown is a real monkey.
I don't think it is up here yet-
-Prisoner of Love- (prison bitch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJDyKA8CIb8
2013 Youseff wrote about Benghazi
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/mcclatchy-reporter-changes-tune-on-benghazi/
also wrote this sympathetic bio of three muslim brotherhood members in Egypt
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/middle-east/article24...
There are all kinds of ways to start a war, but spreading the word we are being given the bitch treatment from Russia doesnt work when Americans have been getting the birch treatment from our own gov for a long time now
Looks to me like Putin is the one not wasting time pointing bitch fingers
Putin on chess
Playing chess with Oboma is like playing chess with a pigeon, He struts around knocking over pieces and crapping on the board then thinks he won the game.
That was a classic line. Definitely one of Putin's better ones.
Why doesn't it surprise me that the assholes at the Pentagram can only think of the situation in those terms.
/peak dumb
"Sorry, but I'm not coo-coo for cocoa cocks."
I think we should ALL be clear on something, the Pentagon is just one big, giant house of embezzelment combined with a bathhouse for the general offiers.
Officially, $500 million has been spent to vet and train 5 --- I repeat FIVE, 5 Syrian rebels!
Now how many fucking trillions has the Pentagon supposedly "lost" or "misplaced" now?
When I was in the bag (old school term during combat time for the military), if we overslept for a dental appointment, or were late for a work detail, we'd get busted in rank, Article 15'd.
If a senior noncom missed an item on a checklist during military exercises, he'd be court-martialed.
Today, 10x soldiers can get killed for their flagrant incompetency, and nobody is held accountable!
These are Bitchez to the max, in thrall to their Wall Street Masters!
Big deal. There is tens of billions that is unaccounted for in Iraq and Afghanistan and while some of it is shoddy accounting in the field there was epidemic theft and embezzlement by US contractors and service personnel.
If they had similiar hearings like they had after WW2 and the Korean War, there are have been some interesting people headed to jail.
Can't wait for ISUS to 'turn' on their creators - when they signed up for ISUS they didn't expect to be fucking KILLED !!!
It's not the first time the military has it's face rubbed in the mud.
You would prefer another target, a military target?
Then name the system.
That look from Putin, says alot!...you've been talkin real tough lately and now you offer your hand as if we're friends!
brother, please
Well,
It's true, the U.S. military has had more sex change operations than the Russian military.
While removing Assad is the ultimate goal and the US will fail at that with Russia in the mix, there's now an even greater downside risk: Russia may attack ISIS unrestrained and much more effectively than the US.
I've beaten this horse before, but from my experience in the AF, a properly executed bombing campaign (simply using the capabilities we had 15 years ago) against ISIS would nearly fatally degrade their ability to operate. How can you ship oil without heavy machinery? How can they operate tanks out in the open? How can they effectively control territory if they're forced to hide and disperse due to constant interdiction. The oil piece is the biggest tell by far. We're not interested in stopping ISIS at all, not even in Iraq.
Russia changes this dynamic because they have a vested interest in actually destroying ISIS. They will use the full force of their military to do so. Their success will highlight our failure immensely. It's either that or we miraculously get more effective and suddenly Pentagon briefings start talking about how much progress we've actually made.
Correct. ISIS could not last 1 week under a focused attack. So the question: why is ISIS still around. Is it just that there is an idiot in charge, or something else?
We have a CIC who armed ISIS and got his own ambassador killed in Benghazi while doing so. It doesn't surprise me one bit that our effort against ISIS has been half-hearted and ineffective.
Are you people totally stupid? ISIS is the see eye aye and their cronies in Turkey, Jordan, UK, Qatar, Saudis, and Israel. There was never a plan to destroy ISIS.
ISIS is also Rita Katz phony green screen videos of guys in organge prison suits murdered in every phony Hollywood way except Spielberg's shark and dinosaurs. I bet most of it was shot in Burbank and the Toyota convot photos and videos were shot in the Calif desert.
Stop being so stupid.
Because ISIS just doesn't have neat and clean targets on them and in many cases they are indistinguishable from the civilian infrastructure. ISIS isn't a cohesive entity either as the sloppy Western media portrays it but a bunch of coexisting factions that have attacked each other at times and changed sides. Doesn't go over as well as the 'ISIS' bogeyman just like 'al-Qaida' was the buzzword bogeyman term for over a decade.
USAAF does really well at hitting big shiny targets but it has always had mixed (or even unwanted outright) to support close ground support operations.
I agree with your assessment as well but ISIS isn't Al Qaeda. They control defined territory, economic assets, and function like a state. Their army is clothed civilian but the activities remain the same. Tanks are big shiny targets and they shelled Kobani (shown on CNN no less) with impunity. Wells and oil tanker trucks are big shiny targets as well but the money spigot for "black market" oil hasn't even slowed.
Close air support is a very tricky operation indeed and requires ground coordination. However, even 15 years ago (while I was in), determining and tracking enemy forces (even infantry) wasn't incredibly hard given a long enough time line. We've had over a year. Given what I used to do, if I walked into my old squadron right now I would expect to find a full order of battle drawn up (admittedly with some blind spots), list of assets, tactics, lines of communication, C2 comms networks mapped, even names of commanders. This was possible then even with non-traditional enemy forces. I find it highly doubtful that the AF has degraded in ability or training. Some of the guys I came up with were extremely talented at their jobs and back then we were all E-1 to E-5. Those same guys are E-7 to E-9 now. Doesn't sound like much, but in the meritocracy that is linguist/intelligence culture that the AF had, an E-6 sitting in an Airborne Mission Supervisor seat on the RC-135 can essentially drive the aircraft and its collection focus.
Well said.
And to top it off, it will be much harder for the CIA to fund and supply IS with Russia present. That alone could scatter such a band of ranting Achmeds.
But that is assuming this whole war is not by agreement. If the US, Russia and China have agreed to a war, we will see IS holding out just enough to play boogi-man.
Forced to hide and disperse due to constant interdiction, it always comes back & bites! Is why russia isnt using troops on the ground except for defense.
Ah, that's where the 5 million Chinese Troops come in.
Putin seems pretty rational, that is, his actions seem to be in line with Russia's interest. So, he let France and Britain "take out" Quaddafi...but a screw-up there only tightened the energy screws on Germany & rest-of-Europe. He said "after you" to Sarko and then he didn't rush in to help fix things afterward. He has the luxury of pointing out that the plans for "what happens the next day" aren't put together very well. "Look at Libya," he says, quite often. So, your comment about oil production is interesting. Vlad has every reason to "take out" a few Iraqi wells. It sends a message and it raises the risk premium. Actually, it would be even more interesting if a Russian plane accidently followed a few Toyota pick-ups across the border into Saudi and took out a well or two there. The apologies would be very sincere, but the message would have been sent. After the b.s. for years in Chechnya and the "nice Olympics you have there" threats that Bandar made last year...it would be entirely justified. I don't think the American guys on the ground in KSA would respond... Interesting thought....the Texas delegation might even stand and applaud.
So why haven't we done it, bombed ISIS? Is it because its a CIA proxy army? Funded armed and trained? Maybe that's why Putin attacked them, because we can't object in public. Very smart, and ballsy as hell.
Al Qaeda was getting too puny to scare the US public, so we invented a new bogey man. They would have been useful in helping oust Assad too, except Barry was out manuevered by Putin (Checkers vs Chess).
Our desire to oust Assad had nothgin to do with Assad, and eveything to do with kicking Russia and Putin out of their only stronghold inthe middle east. This is all about Putin threatening to use Rubles or Yuan to trade oil. That's why we overthrew the pro russian government in Ukraine and why we want to overthrow the pro russian government in Syria.
Its ALL about the petro-dollar.
"Right now, we are Putin's prison bitch."
Said by somebody in a tantrum because the adults are in charge now and they won't let him use all his explosive toys.
No sympathy.
The Pentagram's only talent is to steal taxpayers money by the billions and be a botch for the State Dept and See Eye Aye run by the zoligarchs flooding America and the West with illegal aliens.
The Pentagram and US military never stand up and actually do their Constitional duty or uphold their oath.
The Crimean bitch tho.
hoisted on their own petard....and not a minute too soon
HOPEY CHANGEY! YES WE CAN !!!
Everyone who has not watched the documentary on Putin should watch it. I think it is called How Vladimir Putin came to power. The man burns for his counrty, or Mother Russia.
What the west (ie Rothchilds et el via their corporations) did to Russia during it's breakup is not forgotten by Putin. he has a score to settle for his country.
Actually they have been the khazar's bitch for a long long time.
I've said it before: you paint yourself into a corner with Mr Putin and he'll offer you very painful exits. The mark of a masterful chess player.
Caption: "Just put your dick in this hand."
If Putin is for real. Big if. It should only take a few days to run them out. Only bankers like a war of attrition.
I'll bet Israel downs an American plane and blames Russia. America returns the favor by not asking any questions and immediately strikes back at Russia. Then IT'S ON
Obama is not ever going to put himself in harm's way. A strike at Russia would do that. He knows it. It won't happen.