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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUPDATED: BREAKING: US begins bombing ISIL sites in Syria
Best link for now:
http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/islamic-state-threat-in-iraq-syria/
Updates to come.
Added link to the Pentagon Press Secretary Tweet of the above:
https://twitter.com/PentagonPresSec/status/514225298447949825
@PentagonPresSec
US military & partner nation forces have begun striking ISIL targets in Syria using mix of fighters, bombers and Tomahawk missiles.
Reuters Link:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-23/us-begin-air-strikes-in-syria-pentagon-says/5762848
UPDATE: Confirmed, five Arab nations in the coalition. Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and UAE
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Hopefully this will destroy enough of the ISIL military capabilities that the immediate threat to the region is contained.
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MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Didn't think so.
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)Love MIRT~
nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)fadedrose
(10,044 posts)grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)hardcover
(255 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)This is good for Assad, so he won't want to muddy the waters by saying anything.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Caretha
(2,737 posts)Just google it. Putin has had plenty to say. I don't mean to be disrespectful, but it is very naive of you to think that Putin is silent on the subject of Syria.
Calista241
(5,586 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Through the water! Cold water! Splash! Roar!
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Erose999
(5,624 posts)Arming these guys was a fucking brillian idea. Thanks Mayor McCheese.
leftstreet
(36,109 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)leftstreet
(36,109 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)leftstreet
(36,109 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)As with all breaking stories, the facts will be fuzzy for quite some time.
leftstreet
(36,109 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)And I have not heard any Arab nations named specifically.
France and the US are supposedly the ones conducting the bombing.
Apparently, the Pentagon is "tweeting" this information.
Our country is so screwed.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)they're flying sorties against ISIS and it looks like Turkey is about to become involved against ISIS also.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)Thanks for the welcome.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)That's a HUGE coalition.
Why oh why hasn't McCain found a camera yet? Is he sick?
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)The Maverick is back. He is putting his money where his mouth is....Johnnys gone to fight.
Oh wait never mind! He may have found a camera afterall.
Thanks Moh....is the coalition a fact yet?
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Turkey could be added soon.
sheshe2
(83,791 posts)Thank you Obama!
Thanks to you as well Moh!
hardcover
(255 posts)leftstreet
(36,109 posts)Sounds like they've got it covered
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)I don't know.
Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Leave it to Obama!
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Everything else right now are Arab nations.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)But I'm shocked McCain hasn't found a camera yet.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Arab Nations was doing this bombing!
cwydro
(51,308 posts)There is no coalition of Arab nations doing any bombing.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)has been reporting it!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)I don't have cable, but I do have Google. But I'm not going to help this time.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)I don't have to do HIS homework.....if he wants to believe something untrue....that's on him not me!
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)it's on every news station on TV.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Now you can find something else to whine about.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/276427051.html
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Response to MohRokTah (Original post)
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bigwillq
(72,790 posts)sheshe2
(83,791 posts)I agree....that was disgusting! Please MIRT take a look at that statement!
delrem
(9,688 posts)Especially at the involvement the freedom loving democracies of HRC's "Friends of Syria".
It doesn't get any better than this, does it?
nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)with no public option
leftstreet
(36,109 posts)Maven
(10,533 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)How are we supposed to enjoy the fireworks with people reminding us that perpetual war is a scam?
delrem
(9,688 posts)Esp. the Fox coverage I saw up here in Canada, where Fox overlaid a transparency of Old Glory rippling in the wind on the hijacked Al Jazeera feed (the US was bombing Al Jazeera - part of the enemy - at the time), and erased the Al Jazeera sound commentary and interjected their own more profound and truthful commentary in place. It was... just.... wonderful!!! As said over and over at the time: "Just like the 4th of July!"
It's hard to see how any Dem admin can beat that for popular appeal, but they sure try!
morningfog
(18,115 posts)grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Griefers are here!
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)but they don't "hate" the guy!
rug
(82,333 posts)GGJohn
(9,951 posts)ISIS is a cancer to the Middle East and needs to be eradicated, so in a way, the president and coalition nations are curing cancer.
Yes, I know, it's a stretch, but it's my stretch.
rug
(82,333 posts)sheshe2
(83,791 posts)And I like your input! ISIS is a cancer, it comes in all forms.
Thanks GGJohn.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)sheshe2
(83,791 posts)grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Let me know if he manages to accomplish the former.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Good boy.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)'cause you were the one directly comparing bombing cities to curing cancer.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Caretha
(2,737 posts)You just don't know how to compare apples to oranges!
Think of it this way - when curing cancer, you have to kill off a lot healthy cells (think women - children - grandma - grandpa - people who had the misfortune of being in the wrong place at the wrong time) in order to get to the cancer cells (think terrorist - and more scary folks - and zombies...that's it and zombies!)
Then Wallah! The bad mean ol' cancer is gone & all the rest of the body can celebrate, well except for those folks...ur - I mean cells that lost a kid or two...ur I mean who needs all those innocent cells anyway.
Hope that helped
Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)that you laid an absurdly bad hyperbole egg. Perhaps we're not the ones mishandling English.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)have joined with ISIS returning to the US with possible strikes is of concern. CNN has gone full time on reporting. I would assume many countries have joined in this effort.
Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)being skeptical of freedom bombs? Fucking commie pinkos. Don't they know this is a site for Democrats, REAL Democrats who know that freedom isn't free and WHY DO THEY HATE CHILDREN??
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)never crossed YOUR mind I suppose?
Took you all of what 45 minutes to come up with your criticism.....you don't even know all the facts yet...
Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)CAPS!
leftstreet
(36,109 posts)Watching Democrats cheer war is stomach-turning
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)The current action is not dumb.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)knee jerk pretend democrats make me
morningfog
(18,115 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Caretha
(2,737 posts)Your turn...and don't forget WWI &II Grenada
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Your turn
Caretha
(2,737 posts)when I read your reply, but to be honest I don't grok it.
I'll play again when you splain it to me.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Read your history books. See also Dems vs Republicon on the economy ...
Caretha
(2,737 posts)what I know & don't know. I'm not your abused kid, mate etc. When people get all nasty & snotty I make it a point to avoid them in the future.
Game over...
you lose.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)or our MEN/WOMEN . . . .
Thank you for the links, Moh.
Anybody feel down in the dumps about more bombing? I am very uncomfortable watching the news.
I hope ISIS gets scared and waves white flags right now before more are killed. Yeah, like that'll happen.
I hope the President is sure that he's doing the right thing, and not just placating the brave people in the military and those out of office.
I have been at war all my life, but so have most, not all, of the planet. No wonder so many want to go to Mars.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)fadedrose
(10,044 posts)So many creative ways . . .
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)No wonder we're trying it again.
The mood really has changed since Chimpy left. Now we're pro war I guess.
LordGlenconner
(1,348 posts)Just mostly anti Obama.
JEB
(4,748 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/world/middleeast/us-and-allies-hit-isis-targets-in-syria.html
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)I myself am surprised Saudi Arabia is acting. I guess they could only put up a show for so long.
Hell Hath No Fury
(16,327 posts)how do you kill an ideology with a gun?
Same as it ever was...
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)Erose999
(5,624 posts)US Rear Admiral John Kirby initially confirmed the air strikes, tweeting that: "US military & partner nation forces have begun striking ISIL targets in Syria using mix of fighters, bombers and Tomahawk missiles"
Seems like starting a fucking god damn war would at least warrant a press conference?