Quote from: Trojanlord on October 11, 2014, 03:14:26 AM

Quote from: RustingFloor on October 10, 2014, 11:01:52 PM

this nigga wearin woodland shit in the desert

The areas the Iraqi Kurds control are generally quite lush for the region.

No it isn't, it's just desert.

Paabu is that you?

An American man who joined the fight against ISIS said he couldn’t bear to watch from the sidelines as militants seized control of Syria and Iraq, echoing a sentiment shared by more U.S. citizens gearing up for attack.

Jordan Matson, 28, told USA Today he “couldn’t just sit and watch Christians being slaughtered anymore” when he joined Kurdish forces about three weeks ago to help take down the Islamic State terrorists.

“I got sick of giving online sympathy,” the Racine, Wisc., native continued. “Five minutes of lip service does nothing. These people are fighting for their homes, for everything they have.”

Matson spoke from a hospital in northeastern Syria, where he was being treated for a shrapnel wound in his foot. The injury resulted from a mortar attack by Islamic State fighters along the Iraqi border.

Matson is one of a growing number of Americans who feel a moral responsbility to tackle the terrorists behind the beheadings of two American journalists, a former American soldier and two British aid workers.

An Ohio man, who was not officially identified, said he is fighting alongside Kurds and “a few Americans” on a video obtained by NBC News.

“While most people in America are against the Islamic State, there are a few Americans that wanted to come here and help the YPG in any way we can,” the man says in the video, referring to the Kurdish militia that is fighting ISIS.

“Everything has been fine,” he says, adding that his hosts have been welcoming.

“They’re very nice, very accommodating, hospitable,” he says. “Very good people.”

Matson, a former private first class infantryman with the U.S. Army, was critical of his country for launching airstrikes too late — after ISIS had already established its reign of terror on Syrian locals and beheaded the first journalist, James Foley, in August.

“It wasn’t until an American was beheaded did we do anything,” he said. “We just let the monster grow and grow.”

Matson, wearing a military uniform with a traditional black and white Kurdish scarf across his shoulders, added that the government was more concerned with its image than a human toll.

“For the U.S. government, it’s not about human life,” he said. “It’s about how they look in the opinion polls.”

Matson described his move to Syria after contacting the YPG through Facebook.

“They asked me a few questions to make sure I wasn’t pro-ISIS and then they told me I could come,” he said. “I just flew by the seat of my pants.”

He flew from Chicago to Warsaw to Istanbul, and then drove to Turkey, where he was picked up by a Kurdish militia man who drove him into Iraq. He pretended to be a doctor to cross the border into Syria.

They don’t pay me, but they treat me like family,” he said of his hosts. “If I need anything, they look after me.”

But he admitted the dangers were glaring.

Most of the Kurdish forces are young, and operate with no heavy body armor or serious weapons.

“Sometimes it’s just kids,” he said. “That’s the way it is. I have a Kalashnikov (automatic rifle). That’s about it.

“In the dark, with no night vision goggles, we can’t see ISIS,” he continued. “The other night, 12 black figures walked towards our base and just started shooting at us.”

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki declined to discuss Matson for privacy reasons, but added she was unaware of any law banning U.S. citizens from engaging in combat against the terrorists.

Matson said he plans to continue fighting for three years, even after his foot injury.

“Once I can put a boot back on, I’m back there,” he said.

Quote from: Kinder Skellington on October 10, 2014, 03:32:17 PM

DHS can go screw themselves

I think just about everyone on this site could agree that the US Government has gone overboard to some degree with paranoia and over-protection/control.

Quote from: Kinder Skellington on October 10, 2014, 05:48:42 PM

He had a fracking gun. Did it run threw his head to not be like "oh hey, I have a gun and being told to give it to some guy. Let me instead fire a few rounds at him."

The assailant pulled his own gun on the victim, and then asked for the victim's gun. Or at least that's what I got from it; the guy didn't just hand it over to let the guy see it, he was being mugged and didn't use his gun to react. I assume because he didn't think he could do it without getting shot, you can argue that he had the gun in his freakin' hands at the time, but it sounds like he just was too shocked and/or too afraid that he'd die to use it.

Good.
ayy lmao you're all going to die at 20,000 feet

"but.....but guns are there to protect you"

I would personally never open carry for this reason.  It makes you a target.

That mask is for keeping ebola in, not keeping it out.

Kinder confirmed ebola patient.