Hope they never scrap this plane...
A-10 evades D.C. foes, back to fight in Iraq
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And so it begins (or not). SF troops to Syria
2 hours agoOctober 30, 2015 Andy Kravetz
Today, the big news is that the White House has authorized not more than 50 Special Operations soldiers (likely Green Berets or SEALs. Maybe Delta) to deploy to Syria to help the forces their in their battle against ISIS aka ISIL aka Islamic State. From the DefenseOne.com story:
“The President has authorized a small complement—fewer than 50—of U.S.Special Operations Forces (SOF) to deploy to northern Syria, where they will help coordinate local ground forces and Coalition efforts to counter ISIL,” the official told Defense One in a statement.
More close air-support A-10 “Warthog” planes are on the way, as are an increase in F-15 fighter jets to Incirlik Airbase in Turkey. A small contingent of A-10s already arrived to Incirlik less than two weeks ago, the Pentagon said on Oct. 20.
Okay. Let’s think about this. We have already got a few thousand “advisers” in Iraq where they are not supposed to be engaged in combat though… one Delta operator was just killed in a firefight which, by any definition, is combat. So So this an escalation or a continuation of the White House’s plan to fight ISIS. Obama never ruled out sending people over there; he just said there would be no combat operations. So what is combat to the White House? From the Washington Post:
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And so it begins (or not). SF troops to Syria
A-10 evades D.C. foes, back to fight in Iraq
...
And so it begins (or not). SF troops to Syria
2 hours agoOctober 30, 2015 Andy Kravetz
Today, the big news is that the White House has authorized not more than 50 Special Operations soldiers (likely Green Berets or SEALs. Maybe Delta) to deploy to Syria to help the forces their in their battle against ISIS aka ISIL aka Islamic State. From the DefenseOne.com story:
“The President has authorized a small complement—fewer than 50—of U.S.Special Operations Forces (SOF) to deploy to northern Syria, where they will help coordinate local ground forces and Coalition efforts to counter ISIL,” the official told Defense One in a statement.
More close air-support A-10 “Warthog” planes are on the way, as are an increase in F-15 fighter jets to Incirlik Airbase in Turkey. A small contingent of A-10s already arrived to Incirlik less than two weeks ago, the Pentagon said on Oct. 20.
Okay. Let’s think about this. We have already got a few thousand “advisers” in Iraq where they are not supposed to be engaged in combat though… one Delta operator was just killed in a firefight which, by any definition, is combat. So So this an escalation or a continuation of the White House’s plan to fight ISIS. Obama never ruled out sending people over there; he just said there would be no combat operations. So what is combat to the White House? From the Washington Post:
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And so it begins (or not). SF troops to Syria