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Man it sure does suck that the middle east literally has no troops of its own from the various countries that could act as ground troops.

Just sucks nobody in those countries volunteered to serve their country.

Those countries have plenty of TROOPS in them.


They are called Terrorists.

Having read the story: It's a very small contingent (50 or so) of special forces operatives sent in to work alongside groups there.

Just think of the pleasure that Obama will have in the last days of his administration when he recalls them, brings them home, and then FIRES them.

Ahh good times for Obama!

Originally posted by Surtur
Man it sure does suck that the middle east literally has no troops of its own from the various countries that could act as ground troops.

Just sucks nobody in those countries volunteered to serve their country.
Right now the Arab nations have their hands full with Yemen. Intervening in Syria would probably end up causing a war between Iran and the Gulf Arab states.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Right now the Arab nations have their hands full with Yemen. Intervening in Syria would probably end up causing a war between Iran and the Gulf Arab states.

But doesn't the combined number of troops from the various countries number in at least the several millions range? Admittedly I heard that from Bill Maher so make of that what you will.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Right now the Arab nations have their hands full with Yemen. Intervening in Syria would probably end up causing a war between Iran and the Gulf Arab states.

...and that would be BAD because???

On the other hand if they are going to be bothering to actually send in ground troops then I say why don't they send enough troops to wipe ISIS off the map?

Obama is going to let His Russian Pal Pooty handle that mess....right after he squashes the Syrian Freedom/Rebel Fighters.

Originally posted by Surtur
But doesn't the combined number of troops from the various countries number in at least the several millions range? Admittedly I heard that from Bill Maher so make of that what you will.
Well here's the thing about the Gulf States. They're well equipped and when they pull their resources together they have lots of manpower, but most of them have militaries that are basically created for internal security first and territorial defense second. They aren't militaries for launching foreign campaigns.

The only two countries in the Middle East who could launch a full-scale ground intervention in Syria are Egypt and Turkey. But both of them are more distracted by internal problems right now, with Egypt fighting ISIS-alligned militants in the Sinai and Turkey quarreling with its Kurdish population and the PKK. Also, Egypt is basically on friendly terms with Al-Assad because they share a common distrust of Western meddling and Islamists and both want to keep their people oppressed.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/31/politics/donald-trump-syria-super-pacs/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Trump slams Obama

Weren't the Delta Force already in Syria?

That was Iraq.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/delta-force-commandos-kill-key-isis-leader-ground/story?id=31092834

Wait was the that one were the guy just died? I thought it was in Iraq, if not, my bad.

That may have been in Iraq, not sure.

I think they've had at least a couple operations in Syria though, including the one I posted.

Its so sad what has happened with Delta, they technically don't exist, now they are being called out in public.

Typical Trump. Criticize without proposing a solution.

Was it pretty stupid for Obama to announce to the world that he is sending in SF to Syria?

Shouldn't he be doing something called "Covert Operations."

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Was it pretty stupid for Obama to announce to the world that he is sending in SF to Syria?

Shouldn't he be doing something called "Covert Operations." I don't think it matters really.

Why though, why can't we not tell the world about every single thing we are doing?

I don't see how the world knowing SF are in Syria changes anything.

As long as specifics aren't mentioned, it doesn't matter.

Originally posted by Mindset
I don't see how the world knowing SF are in Syria changes anything.

As long as specifics aren't mentioned, it doesn't matter.

Its going to take months to get them in, and most of that is because we announced they are coming. I don't think you ever been in country like this, but its dangerous as hell to send anyone over there with minimal support like we are. These guys are pro's but they need secrecy, thats were the advantage is.

No one knows where or when they are being sent.

It is secret.

Originally posted by Mindset
No one knows where or when they are being sent.

It is secret.

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Okay, so, now that he sends ground troops in, the new Republican spin is that he shouldn't have talked about it....

Originally posted by Bardock42
Okay, so, now that he sends ground troops in, the new Republican spin is that he shouldn't have talked about it....

In that narrative Obama would benefit from his people to feel threatened and helpless.

Unless the republicans are the ones supposed to benefit from that?

Originally posted by Bentley
In that narrative Obama would benefit from his people to feel threatened and helpless.

Unless the republicans are the ones supposed to benefit from that?

I think the narrative on the Republican side is to find anything wrong. For months they've been pushing for ground troops in Syria, now that Obama sends ground troops to Syria the tune changes and he shouldn't talk about sending them (although Republicans have been loudly talking about their intentions to have that happen).

The Republican strategy is not so much to make themselves look good, but to make Obama look bad, and I think it is backfiring for them, making them seem incapable of standing up to the boogeyman caricature that they draw.

Originally posted by Bentley
In that narrative Obama would benefit from his people to feel threatened and helpless.

Unless the republicans are the ones supposed to benefit from that?

Where are you getting this vast republican strategy?

I made an observation about the present situation..

More infidel feet on Muslim land. Disgusting.