In northern Syria, is the US running out of rebel allies?

[Ban Hammer 12,835]

looks like obama has as much luck picking rebels to support as he does picking alternate energy companies to bail out.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Cuban presence c700, unclear how many of those were combatants.

I had the after brief on that one during a SAME meeting at the Officer's Club over looking the Potomac at Fort Belvoir, a stone's throw from the Pentagon. The Cubans were almost all special forces and combat engineers. The engineers parked all their equipment on the tarmac to keep the US planes from landing on the air field. Some of the first troops on the ground were US combat engineers , many making their first jumps out of an airplane, to move the equipment off the tarmac so follow on forces could land.

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[Boiler 43,426]

Perhaps they should have called AAA?

[JohnR! 5,495]

Ah yes, the Pentagon, that building on the left side of the freeway... :rofl:

I had the after brief on that one during a SAME meeting at the Officer's Club over looking the Potomac at Fort Belvoir, a stone's throw from the Pentagon. The Cubans were almost all special forces and combat engineers. The engineers parked all their equipment on the tarmac to keep the US planes from landing on the air field. Some of the first troops on the ground were US combat engineers , many making their first jumps out of an airplane, to move the equipment off the tarmac so follow on forces could land.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Perhaps they should have called AAA?

It was still a giant CF - they decided it should be a joint forces effort. At the last minute, they realized they didn't have a functional map of the island, so they rushed over to the Defense Mapping Agency to get one. The technician went to a file cabinet, pulled out a tourist map, and drew grid lines on it. He walked over to the copy machine, and asked them how many copies they needed?

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[JohnR! 5,495]

Perhaps he was too busy tracking down and neutralizing bin Laden and got distracted with Syria...

looks like obama has as much luck picking rebels to support as he does picking alternate energy companies to bail out.

[Boiler 43,426]

It was still a giant CF - they decided it should be a joint forces effort. At the last minute, they realized they didn't have a functional map of the island, so they rushed over to the Defense Mapping Agency to get one. The technician went to a file cabinet, pulled out a tourist map, and drew grid lines on it. He walked over to the copy machine, and asked them how many copies they needed?

I have watched Heartbreak Ridge. Seemed a pretty accurate storyline!

Perhaps they would have been better off with maps from AAA?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I have watched Heartbreak Ridge. Seemed a pretty accurate storyline!

Perhaps they would have been better off with maps from AAA?

The officer that gave the briefing had high praise for the Marines, although he made no particular mention of that particular recon platoon in the movie. Seems once all the various units accomplished their missions, there was no follow on orders of how to proceed from there, and no real coordination on even how the various units were to communicate with each other during and after they finished their tasks. So, being Marines, they did what they were supposed to do - complete the mission and link up with everybody. And they did, saving the day.

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[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

We kicked the Bejesus out of Cuban forces in Grenada!

Seriously, though. The US has won many a conflict, only to stay around too long one the party is over. And, Democrats have a peculiar way of snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory, this President is an extraordinary example of that.

What particular defeats has this President snatched from which particular victories? And don't come back with Iraq and Afghanistan if you want to have any expectation of being taken seriously.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The US has no allies in Syria - I would have thought that somewhat clear by now.

When you don't know what these groups stand for, supporting them with weapons is an effing stupid thing to do.

It's what America does best, though. Saddam, Bin-Laden, you get the idea...

[Boiler 43,426]

To be fair to Obama he seems no different to his predecessors.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

To be fair to Obama he seems no different to his predecessors.

Well, he hasn't lied us into a thousands of US casualties, multi-trillion dollar war just yet so there's a bit of a distinction from his immediate predecessor. Otherwise, it's true. And it's not surprising. It's the same MIC still running the show.

[Boiler 43,426]

Hey! You need to look after your donors! This is America!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

What particular defeats has this President snatched from which particular victories? And don't come back with Iraq and Afghanistan if you want to have any expectation of being taken seriously.

[JohnR! 5,495]

What particular defeats has this President snatched from which particular victories? And don't come back with Iraq and Afghanistan if you want to have any expectation of being taken seriously.