Trouble in Mosul

[LongBlade]

^HAHA are you kidding me

Never underestimate the stupidity of people.

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.

[JasonPratt]

One of the most recent topics in this thread was about wondering what ISIL (or ISIS, whichever) would do to the remains of Ninevah now that they've taken Mosul.

Blow it up.

Of course.

[bayonetbrant]

What the hell is a "Crime against human culture"?  And can we get Justin Bieber charged, too?

[JasonPratt]

(Getting back to the main thread from how the Jordanians got into the anti-ISIS war...)

ISIS today (or possibly yesterday) sent a private message to the family of one of their surviving captives, 26-year-old aid worker Kayla Jean Mueller, that they don't have to worry about anyone paying her ransom (or whatever) anymore because she's dead now.

Executed? No, they're saying she died in a Jordanian air strike.  ::)

Oh those Jordanians, it's all their fault, see, blame them for it. (If that's even what happened. State Dept confirms she's dead but no word released yet on how exactly.)

"No matter how long it takes, the United States will find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible for Kayla's captivity and death," the president said.

(I'd post links to the AP, but I'm getting this through AOL/Compuserve which doesn't provide links except to their own site.)

[Centurion40]

I think that I'd rather be killed in an air strike, than being decapitated on Youtube.

I also think that I'd like my government to start funnelling arms and ammo to the Pershmerga.



And not just leave it up to the Germans, Italians and French.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshmerga

[JasonPratt]

I don't want to mock, but is there any good reason why that guy around the middle of the front line has his kneepads on backwards? And not even entirely backwards?  :o

[Centurion40]

I don't want to mock, but is there any good reason why that guy around the middle of the front line has his kneepads on backwards? And not even entirely backwards?  :o

Well look at him!!  They didn't even give him a rifle!

Perhaps he's the "special" nephew of Masoud Barzani....

[Airborne Rifles]

I would guess (from personal experience) that because the straps on those kneepads are very uncomfortable, that he made the decision to alter his uniform for comfort.

[bayonetbrant]

[jomni]

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/08/europe/french-tv-network-cyberattack/index.html

[jomni]

Anti ISIS vigilantes.
http://rt.com/usa/262961-anti-isis-volunteers-florida/

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Iraq losing equipment to Islamic State at staggering rate

"the conclusion is simple: The United States is effectively supplying Islamic State with tools of war the militant group cannot otherwise hope to acquire from its patrons."

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/06/02/dude-wheres-my-humvee-iraqi-equipment-losses-to-islamic-state-are-out-of-control/

[sarcasm] Weapons suppliers: "Hot damn, we can't ship product fast enough. Iraq is gold! We arm all sides!" [/sarcasm]

[JasonPratt]

New strategy:

1.) Continue arming Iraq at an even faster rate;

2.) Attach small explosives with a receiver to all weapons and larger ones to vehicles.

3.) Iraq loses some more battles by throwing down their weapons and running away.

4.) Profit.

[Staggerwing]

Or treat all the weapons with an inert designer virus that causes extreme and painful elephantiasis after being activated by aerial spraying of a trigger agent. We can then spray where and when we want, just like crop dusting.

It's hard to cause much mischief when you have to carry your ball sack around in a wheelbarrow, trying to avoid every bump.

[Uberhaus]

The article had me at "Dude, where's my Humvee?" but the quote:

It's a surreal state of affairs in which American weaponry is being sent into Iraq to destroy American weaponry previously sent into Iraq. If a new sequel to Catch-22 were to be written, this would be the plot line.

made me squeal.