HAPPENING IN THE LEVANT

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · October 27, 2015, 03:35:16 PM

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cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · October 27, 2015, 03:37:14 PM

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ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · October 27, 2015, 03:38:59 PM

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gats · October 27, 2015, 04:17:34 PM

im okay with this

Cindy · October 27, 2015, 04:18:31 PM

If we have a draft, I'm going to Canada

CIS · October 27, 2015, 04:25:39 PM

Quote from: Cindo on October 27, 2015, 04:18:31 PM

If we have a draft, I'm going to Canada

It's highly unlikely. My guess is the only time we'd ever have another draft would be if there was a national crisis like some foreign power attacking the US which probably won't happen anytime soon.

DAS B00T x2 · October 27, 2015, 04:29:43 PM

Quote from: Cindo on October 27, 2015, 04:18:31 PM

If we have a draft, I'm going to Canada

Because there was a draft for the troop surge in OEF
Besides, you're medically exempt yet.

CIS · October 27, 2015, 04:34:51 PM

Quote from: DAS r00d d00d B00T on October 27, 2015, 04:29:43 PM

Quote from: Cindo on October 27, 2015, 04:18:31 PM
If we have a draft, I'm going to Canada
Because there was a draft for the troop surge in OEF
Besides, you're medically except yet.

Basically this. There's no real reason for the US to have a draft right now. ISIS isn't a devastating and technologically advanced war machine they're just a militant group of psychopaths who rely on left behind US military equipment and black market arms. We shouldn't have too much of a problem dealing with them or at least I'd assume so. I could be wrong.

cxfhvxgkcf-56:7 · October 27, 2015, 04:42:10 PM

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gats · October 27, 2015, 06:23:05 PM

at most isis has 60k troops
and they're losing ground to fucking kurds and iraqi troops so US troops really won't have a problem

plus like slash said who wouldn't want to paint the ground red with sandnigger blood

challengerX · October 27, 2015, 07:00:58 PM

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maverick · October 27, 2015, 07:07:17 PM

This is news? My cousin's been in Iraq for at least a month now.

Mr. Psychologist · October 27, 2015, 07:07:19 PM

It'll be nice to watch ISIS fight a real army instead of poorly equipped militias and breaking point conscripts.

challengerX · October 27, 2015, 07:20:40 PM

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Mr. Psychologist · October 27, 2015, 07:24:48 PM

Quote from: challengerX on October 27, 2015, 07:20:40 PM

Quote from: Mr Psychologist on October 27, 2015, 07:07:19 PM
It'll be nice to watch ISIS fight a real army instead of poorly equipped militias and breaking point conscripts.
Hold on now. Hezbollah isn't a joke like everyone else.

Hmm good point, I forgot they were creeping into the fight >_>

gats · October 27, 2015, 07:59:03 PM

Quote from: challengerX on October 27, 2015, 07:20:40 PM

Hold on now. Hezbollah isn't a joke like everyone else.

*Lebanon's hezbollah (they're the guys in syria which have saved assad)

Iraq's hezbollah branch hasn't been effective so far against anyone but civilians.

CIS · October 27, 2015, 09:12:49 PM

Quote from: gatsby on October 27, 2015, 06:23:05 PM

at most isis has 60k troops
and they're losing ground to fucking kurds and iraqi troops so US troops really won't have a problem

plus like slash said who wouldn't want to paint the ground red with sandnigger blood

If they're not a significant threat couldn't we just defeat them via proxy by channeling funds and equipment to Kurdish and Iraqi forces and not deploy any of our own troops?

DAS B00T x2 · October 27, 2015, 09:14:03 PM

Quote from: Notch's little brother on October 27, 2015, 09:12:49 PM

Quote from: gatsby on October 27, 2015, 06:23:05 PM
at most isis has 60k troops
and they're losing ground to fucking kurds and iraqi troops so US troops really won't have a problem

plus like slash said who wouldn't want to paint the ground red with sandnigger blood

If they're not a significant threat couldn't we just defeat them via proxy by channeling funds and equipment to Kurdish and Iraqi forces and not deploy any of our own troops?

The Iraqi army has to want to fight for that to work.

CIS · October 27, 2015, 09:17:47 PM

Quote from: DAS r00d d00d B00T on October 27, 2015, 09:14:03 PM

Quote from: Notch's little brother on October 27, 2015, 09:12:49 PM
Quote from: gatsby on October 27, 2015, 06:23:05 PM
at most isis has 60k troops
and they're losing ground to fucking kurds and iraqi troops so US troops really won't have a problem

plus like slash said who wouldn't want to paint the ground red with sandnigger blood

If they're not a significant threat couldn't we just defeat them via proxy by channeling funds and equipment to Kurdish and Iraqi forces and not deploy any of our own troops?
The Iraqi army has to want to fight for that to work.

I'm not too up to date on the chaos going on in Iraq and Syria. Is the current Iraqi army incompetent or something?

ban me · October 27, 2015, 10:04:14 PM

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Korra · October 27, 2015, 10:08:20 PM

Oh shit, America coming in to save the motherfuckin day again!

Septy · October 27, 2015, 10:46:37 PM

Oh boy another money drain

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · October 28, 2015, 12:05:49 AM

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Azumarill · October 28, 2015, 01:23:03 AM

Quote from: Notch's little brother on October 27, 2015, 09:17:47 PM

Quote from: DAS r00d d00d B00T on October 27, 2015, 09:14:03 PM
Quote from: Notch's little brother on October 27, 2015, 09:12:49 PM
Quote from: gatsby on October 27, 2015, 06:23:05 PM
at most isis has 60k troops
and they're losing ground to fucking kurds and iraqi troops so US troops really won't have a problem

plus like slash said who wouldn't want to paint the ground red with sandnigger blood

If they're not a significant threat couldn't we just defeat them via proxy by channeling funds and equipment to Kurdish and Iraqi forces and not deploy any of our own troops?
The Iraqi army has to want to fight for that to work.

I'm not too up to date on the chaos going on in Iraq and Syria. Is the current Iraqi army incompetent or something?

extremely. iirc they ended up just running away and leaving a bunch of equipment for IS to take when they first started putting pressure on the region.

gats · October 28, 2015, 04:26:18 AM

Quote from: Notch's little brother on October 27, 2015, 09:17:47 PM

I'm not too up to date on the chaos going on in Iraq and Syria. Is the current Iraqi army incompetent or something?

Generally ineffective as a standard army but they have won territory back from isis.

The Lord Slide Rule · October 30, 2015, 11:20:19 AM

No surprise here. Whether we like it or not we're in that region for the long haul. Probably until the region is modernized and the current generations of backwards shit heads are all dead.

To think we could just up and leave like that after destabilizing the region was fucking dumb tbqh fam.

Ridiculous Tales · October 30, 2015, 12:25:32 PM

Oh cool. American soldiers get to risk their lives not defending other Americans, but for a few sandfucks in Iraq. Awesome.

DAS B00T x2 · October 30, 2015, 01:03:02 PM

Quote from: Jagdtiger on October 30, 2015, 12:25:32 PM

Oh cool. American soldiers get to risk their lives not defending other Americans, but for a few sandfucks in Iraq. Awesome.

They're protecting American investments and interests. That's more or less the purpose of the army of a modern world power.
Also, the crippling of terror cells in the middle east proactively protects US citizens.

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · October 30, 2015, 01:15:28 PM

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Ridiculous Tales · October 30, 2015, 06:47:04 PM

Quote from: BAS D00T x2 on October 30, 2015, 01:03:02 PM

Quote from: Jagdtiger on October 30, 2015, 12:25:32 PM
Oh cool. American soldiers get to risk their lives not defending other Americans, but for a few sandfucks in Iraq. Awesome.
They're protecting American investments and interests. That's more or less the purpose of the army of a modern world power.
Also, the crippling of terror cells in the middle east proactively protects US citizens.

>still thinking ISIS is a threat to us

Anyway, what are these interests America has in Syria and Iraq?