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| Tango01 | 23 Sep 2014 12:40 p.m. PST |
…In Syria. "The United States and several Arab nations carried out airstrikes against ISIS in Syria early Tuesday, intensifying the campaign against the Islamic militant group. Tomahawk missiles launched from the sea began the strikes against the Sunni Muslim extremists, followed by bombers and fighters. Here are answers to key questions about the new phase in the conflict with ISIS…"
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| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 23 Sep 2014 12:55 p.m. PST |
Here's the most pertinent one: "This is not a definitive blow," said Mudd, who previously worked for the CIA. "When this gets interesting to me as a former practitioner is six months down the road, when a second-tier ISIS commander starts to create some sort of cell to recruit foreigners from Europe or the United States or Canada into Syria, do we still have the will and capability, and the intelligence, to locate that person, or that group of people, and put lead on the target?" |
 Legion 4  | 23 Sep 2014 2:06 p.m. PST |
F-22s were used for the first time in combat too … |
| Mako11 | 23 Sep 2014 3:57 p.m. PST |
A shame this didn't happen a month ago, before we warned them of impending action, and before they had the time to redeploy a lot of their equipment and personnel. |
Chortle  | 24 Sep 2014 3:55 a.m. PST |
"This is not a definitive blow," said Mudd, who previously worked for the CIA. "When this gets interesting to me as a former practitioner is six months down the road, when a second-tier ISIS commander starts to create some sort of cell to recruit foreigners from Europe or the United States or Canada into Syria, do we still have the will and capability, and the intelligence, to locate that person, or that group of people, and put lead on the target?" It is hard to believe this when you consider what was possible in the Vietnam era. The CIA had photographs of everyone in villages and files on hundreds of thousands of potential VC/VCI members. They had a national computerised network to help them direct operations. If they wanted to interdict foreigners joining ISIS, or take ISIS down, they could do it. The fact they want to fight Assad, and arm groups opposed to him, tells me that they don't want to destroy ISIS at this stage. |
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