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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
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    Translation: The strategy is to avoid sending ground troops for the remainder of his term. So stop asking.
    Correct, only Republican cowards want to sit and hide and send other peoples' children to their deaths fighting someone else's war.
    No. The coward is Obama himself. His so-called 'legacy' (now there's a good one) is in tatters. Obamacare is proven to be the disaster as predicted. The shovel-ready jobs are all 'under water'.

    Last count his Scandal List was two dozen and counting.

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    Read on The Lions of Rojava page on Facebook today that the first American volunteer helping to fight ISIS died today or yesterday.

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    In regards to # 19 ... I've heard in the past from solid sources that Vice Admiral Sestak was a real sunsabitch to work for. This upcoming run for Senator should be his last.

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    This guy? Keith Thomas Broomfield

    Funeral of American YPG fighter Keith Thomas Broomfield


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    ^ That page posts some gruesome photos. Surprised they get away with it.

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    Can't believe I missed this:

    Islamic State Pays Tribute To WWII Veterans

    “While they are of the kuffar, we can’t help but admire their methods,” ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani told Duffel Blog. “That whole ‘exterminate the Jews’ and appropriating land thing? I know they would never admit it, but I could tell someone had been studying their Al-Anfal and Prophet Muhammad’s letters.”



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    Quote Originally Posted by Storekeeper View Post
    Can't believe I missed this:

    Islamic State Pays Tribute To WWII Veterans

    “While they are of the kuffar, we can’t help but admire their methods,” ISIS spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani told Duffel Blog. “That whole ‘exterminate the Jews’ and appropriating land thing? I know they would never admit it, but I could tell someone had been studying their Al-Anfal and Prophet Muhammad’s letters.”
    You know it's satire, don't you?

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    ^obviously not

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    You won't believe you missed this either
    Pentagon Releases Preliminary Military Spouse Rank Chart
    That will teach ISIS

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    How to deal with ISIS. Freeze the assets, eliminate the leaders, ignore euro politicians.

    This way.

    Now euro politicians are holding us back like in former Yugoslav wars (when US and UK/NATO finally ended killing) peace, peace, negotiate, understand their culture and religion and traditions, and never mind rape, torture and mass murder going on.... european welfare state supported fighters of ISIS can go there freely and claim social benefits from europe, transfer the money and buy more bullets. Actually many european countries are directly funding terrorism.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy View Post

    Now euro politicians are holding us back like in former Yugoslav wars (when US and UK/NATO finally ended killing) peace, peace, negotiate, understand their culture and religion and traditions, and never mind rape, torture and mass murder going on.... european welfare state supported fighters of ISIS can go there freely and claim social benefits from europe, transfer the money and buy more bullets.
    Go for it kid. Something needs to be done about this high unemployment.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy View Post
    How to deal with ISIS. Freeze the assets, eliminate the leaders, ignore euro politicians.

    Now euro politicians are holding us back like in former Yugoslav wars (when US and UK/NATO finally ended killing)
    Who is the us you refer to?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
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    How to deal with ISIS. Freeze the assets, eliminate the leaders, ignore euro politicians.

    Now euro politicians are holding us back like in former Yugoslav wars (when US and UK/NATO finally ended killing)
    Who is the us you refer to?
    US/UK/NATO.

    Now we see the same problem with ISIS. Do we want the killing to continue for 10 more years?

    I ask you, which is more humane thing to do, stop it now, or wait it grow bigger to handle and have people's eyes blinded and hands cut off, tortured and killed. Same lot in Africa (Boko Haram in Nigeria) raids villages in there using same methods and captures young girls to be used as sex slaves until violent death.

    Regarding situation in Europe, ex-Yugoslavia. Who ended to proven mass rape and killing? Take a look at some wikipedia about that period.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_War
    By the start of April, the conflict appeared little closer to a resolution and NATO countries began to seriously consider conducting ground operations in Kosovo. British Prime Minister Tony Blair was a strong advocate of ground forces and pressured the United States to agree; his strong stance caused some alarm in Washington as American forces would be making the largest contribution to any offensive.[138] U.S. President Bill Clinton was extremely reluctant to commit American forces for a ground offensive. Instead, Clinton authorised a CIA operation to look into methods to destabilise the Yugoslav government without training KLA troops.[139] At the same time, Finnish and Russian diplomatic negotiators continued to try to persuade Milošević to back down. Tony Blair would order 50,000 British soldiers to be made ready for a ground offensive
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    The Norwegian special forces Hćrens Jegerkommando and Forsvarets Spesialkommando cooperated with the KLA in gathering intelligence information. Preparing for an invasion on 12 June, Norwegian special forces worked with the KLA on the Ramno mountain on the border between Macedonia and Kosovo and acted as scouts to monitor events in Kosovo. Together with British special forces, Norwegian special forces were the first to cross over the border into Kosovo.

    My comment;
    We could do this if euro politicians weren't so weak (Of course adapting to current situation), and stop daily torture.

    With other countries in the region - this is not "western crusade" as Oh repeats over and over again - take a look which local countries are fighting with ISIS.

    See Video: ISIS burns alive Jordanian pilot "al-Kasasbeh"
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    Quote Originally Posted by HermantheGerman View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy View Post

    Now euro politicians are holding us back like in former Yugoslav wars (when US and UK/NATO finally ended killing) peace, peace, negotiate, understand their culture and religion and traditions, and never mind rape, torture and mass murder going on.... european welfare state supported fighters of ISIS can go there freely and claim social benefits from europe, transfer the money and buy more bullets.
    Go for it kid. Something needs to be done about this high unemployment.
    I seem to notice Germany never helps in any difficult situations, only sells arms to every side. Private German citizens send help and join aid organizations but the government is lame duck every time there is some crisis. You take benefit of EUR but accept no responsibility.

    If you are German, you pay tax to help ISIS. 'German' ISIS fighters use that social security money to kill. Why you don't just stop paying social security to people joining ISIS? Would be very easy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy
    I seem to notice
    if you stopped "seeming to notice" and actually made an effort to find out you'd find that you're talking rubbish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy
    I seem to notice Germany never helps in any difficult situations
    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy
    the government is lame duck every time there is some crisis
    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy
    You take benefit of EUR but accept no responsibility.
    You really do talk shit . . .

    With a contingent of 5,350 soldiers and policemen, Germany is one of the main contributors of troops to coalition operations in Afghanistan.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German...in_Afghanistan
    All in all, over the years more than 100,000 German soldiers and civilians have contributed to the efforts aiming at the stabilization and reconstruction of Afghanistan.
    With currently up to 5,350 troops, Germany is the third largest troop contributor. The German Bundestag voted on January 28 to extend the troop’s mandate with a sound majority.

    With $1.6 billion spent and an additional $2.8 billion pledged through 2013, Germany is the third largest bilateral donor of foreign assistance. In addition, Germany contributes some 20 percent to the EU assistance to Afghanistan totalling over $2.5 billion.
    Germany has been NATO’s lead nation for the stabilization of Afghanistan’s northern region since 2006.
    Germany was the first country to leave Kabul to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).

    German Missions in the United States - Engagement in Afghanistan
    Every time you post you write incoherent and false crap . . . (exception being your last post on the Greek thread)

    It's so easy to disprove your nonsense . . . why not make it a bit tougher for everyone else and actually do some research

    As for your dodgy Yugoslav past - how many tens of thousands of your countrymen worked and lived in Germany for decades - still do . . .to support themselves and their families in the pigsty you call home?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrB0b
    if you stopped "seeming to notice" and actually made an effort to find out you'd find that you're talking rubbish.
    Please explain what I was said was incorrect, dont just throw one-liner "you're talking rubbish" - that would improve quality of conversation.

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    Germany helps in the easy part, policing the roads in safe areas etc. They are not involved in hardcore battle like US and UK forces. Which is the important thing. Where there are casualties. Body bags shipped back to home.

    About the cost... Whatever they say in Bundestag, it mostly covers their overpriced helmets and BMW SUV's etc. Germany should just hand over the same money to NATO for more efficient use.

    Whatever good Germans do in Afganishtan deserves applause. But the fact is that they are not facing the enemy on the front line, like US/UK/AUS etc do.

    I have noticed you have some fetish with passports and Yugoslavia. Stop shooting that stuff into your eyeballs. Just 30 min ago you posted incoherent off-topic post in another thread to me citing my same sentence several times without any comment. What was that about? Never mind, I don't care.


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    I seem to notice Germany never helps in any difficult situations
    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy
    the government is lame duck every time there is some crisis
    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy
    You take benefit of EUR but accept no responsibility.
    You really do talk shit . . .

    With a contingent of 5,350 soldiers and policemen, Germany is one of the main contributors of troops to coalition operations in Afghanistan.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German...in_Afghanistan
    All in all, over the years more than 100,000 German soldiers and civilians have contributed to the efforts aiming at the stabilization and reconstruction of Afghanistan.
    With currently up to 5,350 troops, Germany is the third largest troop contributor. The German Bundestag voted on January 28 to extend the troop’s mandate with a sound majority.

    With $1.6 billion spent and an additional $2.8 billion pledged through 2013, Germany is the third largest bilateral donor of foreign assistance. In addition, Germany contributes some 20 percent to the EU assistance to Afghanistan totalling over $2.5 billion.
    Germany has been NATO’s lead nation for the stabilization of Afghanistan’s northern region since 2006.
    Germany was the first country to leave Kabul to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).

    German Missions in the United States - Engagement in Afghanistan
    Every time you post you write incoherent and false crap . . . (exception being your last post on the Greek thread)

    It's so easy to disprove your nonsense . . . why not make it a bit tougher for everyone else and actually do some research

    As for your dodgy Yugoslav past - how many tens of thousands of your countrymen worked and lived in Germany for decades - still do . . .to support themselves and their families in the pigsty you call home?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy View Post
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    How to deal with ISIS. Freeze the assets, eliminate the leaders, ignore euro politicians.

    Now euro politicians are holding us back like in former Yugoslav wars (when US and UK/NATO finally ended killing)
    Who is the us you refer to?
    US/UK/NATO.
    EH?

    NATO countries.

    Albania
    Belgium
    Bulgaria
    Canada
    Croatia
    Czech
    Denmark
    Estonia
    France
    Germany
    Greece
    Hungary
    Iceland
    Italy
    Latvia
    Lithuania
    Luxembourg
    Netherlands
    Norway
    Poland
    Portugal
    Romania
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    Spain
    Turkey
    United Kingdom
    United States
    http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/nato_countries.htm

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    What you want to tell with that list?

    In real world, NATO is about US and UK military power with smaller local strong supporters, that as a group are of course very important.

    But only US and UK have full spectrum capability to operate quickly in crisis areas around the world. For example, when France went to protect their uranium supplies in Mali, they had to beg for UK and US to help take their forces there. Without US/UK they would have had to fly cattle class to nearest airport first. Then take taxi


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    How to deal with ISIS. Freeze the assets, eliminate the leaders, ignore euro politicians.

    Now euro politicians are holding us back like in former Yugoslav wars (when US and UK/NATO finally ended killing)
    Who is the us you refer to?
    US/UK/NATO.
    EH?

    NATO countries.

    Albania
    Belgium
    Bulgaria
    Canada
    Croatia
    Czech
    Denmark
    Estonia
    France
    Germany
    Greece
    Hungary
    Iceland
    Italy
    Latvia
    Lithuania
    Luxembourg
    Netherlands
    Norway
    Poland
    Portugal
    Romania
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    Spain
    Turkey
    United Kingdom
    United States
    http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/nato_countries.htm

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    Is Europe stopping the USA or UK from bombing IS?
    Is Europe stopping the USA or UK from putting 'boots on the ground' in Iraq or Syria?

    Answer: No.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy View Post
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    if you stopped "seeming to notice" and actually made an effort to find out you'd find that you're talking rubbish.
    Please explain what I was said was incorrect, dont just throw one-liner "you're talking rubbish" - that would improve quality of conversation.
    We're not having a conversation. If you were to become better informed, something only you can do for yourself, then we might have one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neverna View Post
    Is Europe stopping the USA or UK from bombing IS?
    Is Europe stopping the USA or UK from putting 'boots on the ground' in Iraq or Syria?

    Answer: No.
    Answer: Yes

    For operation like this you need full support of the international community. Some euro countries are definitely blocking the due process.

    Euros are the problem - countries in affected region are ready for action, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt... They are already operating in full co-op with US and UK and many NATO countries.

    Arab nations united in fury against Isis but divided on strategy | World news | The Guardian

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    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy
    I seem to notice Germany never helps in any difficult situations, only sells arms to every side.
    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy
    Germany helps in the easy part
    But, but, but you just said they don't help at all . . . and that was the backbone of another one of your anti-German rants.

    You are shown to be wrong . . . again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Exit Strategy View Post
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    Is Europe stopping the USA or UK from bombing IS?
    Is Europe stopping the USA or UK from putting 'boots on the ground' in Iraq or Syria?

    Answer: No.
    Answer: Yes

    For operation like this you need full support of the international community. Some euro countries are definitely blocking the due process.

    Euros are the problem - countries in affected region are ready for action, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt... They are already operating in full co-op with US and UK and many NATO countries.

    Arab nations united in fury against Isis but divided on strategy | World news | The Guardian
    What?
    The USA and the UK ARE bombing Iraq and the USA IS bombing Syria. No one is stopping them.
    As for boots on the ground, domestic politics (in the USA and the UK) is the main impedance to that process at the moment. As far as I know, neither the USA nor the UK has suggested to anybody nor said that they want to put boots on the ground in Syria and they have not asked at the UN to do so.

    And what has that Guardian article from February got to do with your claim that European countries are "blocking the due process"? Zilch.

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