American military takes out American made armoured military column manned by terrorists..in Iraq....

[Fred Sanders]

The irony is not lost on me.

They have them.


Photographs from the ambush of an Iraqi Army armored column in Khalidiyah

An Iraqi Army M1A1 Abrams main battle tank is hit by what appears to be an IED:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/07/islamic_state_routs.php#ixzz39wog1vQb

[elleng]

1. The irony is not lost on anyone.

[onecaliberal]

12. ^^^^ That

[elleng]

14. and I should also have said,

"Beware the military industrial complex."

[JaneyVee]

2. Nothing exemplifies the Iraq war fail so ironically.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Maybe the irony not lost on anyone will be enough to prevent another useless American adventure.

[The Magistrate]

4. It Does Have A Milo Minderbinder Air About It, Sir

"Everybody gets a share!"

[Fred Sanders]

6. And they are shooting back with American weapons, the greatest fear is they have OUR weapons!

It gets more mind bender as each peel comes off the onion.

[The Magistrate]

11. The English Used To Be More Careful, Sir

In Egypt, for instance, the English gave them an air force in the thirties, not too different from their own equipment in the region, but they kept the guts of the machine-guns on English bases. Only one squadron was trusted enough to have working guns on its planes....

I sincerely hope we did not issue any real anti-aircraft capability to the Iraqi army.

[Fred Sanders]

15. It appears Iraq requested anti-aircraft missiles but were denied by Obama administration.

Air defense
Name Type Number Notes

AN/TWQ-1 Avenger Anti-aircraft 40 Requested with 681 Block I 92H Stinger missiles[23]
MIM-23 Hawk XXI Anti-aircraft 3 batteries Requested, 6 fire units per battery, with 216 MIM-23P HAWK missiles[23]


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_equipment_of_the_Iraqi_Army#Air_defense


http://www.deagel.com/news/FMS-Iraq-Seeks-Integrated-Air-Defense-System_n000011791.aspx

August, 2013
FMS: Iraq Seeks Integrated Air Defense System

[roamer65]

5. The war profiteers love it.

Eliminating the supply means more demand.

[Fred Sanders]

7. Good point. The missile has to be replaced and the armoured vehicle....two birds, one stone..$$$$$$

P.s. How do you attach the sarcasm graphic?

[roamer65]

13. When you...

Open up the window to reply, you click on the "smilies" button, scroll down and you will see a "..." Button and there it is.

[ljm2002]

16. When you post a reply...

...you will see a link entitled "Smilies". Just click on it and an assortment of smilies comes up, just press on the one you want.

The Sarcasm does not come up with the first set of smilies. So when those come up, look at the bottom of the bunch of smilies and you'll see another button, with 3 dots. That's the rest of the smilies, and the Sarcasm one is the first one in that set.

If that seems tedious, just type colon sarcasm colon (no spaces, real colons rather than the word spelled out)

[Fred Sanders]

17. The three dots.......now I feel silly. Thanks.

[ljm2002]

18. Honestly, I think putting them into 2 sets was silly...

...but that's just me.

[Fred Sanders]

20. I see a vomit one....using it would be rude....against the rules and jury...but there it is.

is Jurybait?

[IronGate]

25. No, not jury bait, the Admins put it in there for a reason. nt.

[KeepItReal]

8. ISIS forces are carrying American-made M-16 and M-4 Carbines

in addition to their AK's

Sickening.

[Fred Sanders]

10. I do not know what those are, the AK I know, all very deadly and desert capable, I am sure anyway.

[tabasco]

9. Link to ISIS weapons claim?

Not being a dick, just interested.

[KeepItReal]

23. Here you go

https://news.vice.com/video/the-islamic-state-part-2

Vice news has some good reporting

[Historic NY]

19. We give them the weapons they need.....

were f--king assholes our money is buying the new war.

[Takket]

21. -

[RobertEarl]

22. That answers the question

The question being how did they advance so far, so fast.

They have the best weapons made and a free supply thereof.

"The Powers That Be told the people to go ____ themselves, and so we did."

[RobertEarl]

24. So the next question is

Why haven't we heard of this fanatical group taking over the oil fields of Iraq?

And once they are claimed to have done so, how much will the price of oil spike?