War on ISIS

Yes, please don't bring 'I accept your concession' type language in the GDF- that's just pettiness of no value. I appreciate the whole exchange was a joke but it was probably time to stop being off-topic anyway.

Alright I'll stop

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
ISIS just beheaded a Syrian Kallid Al-Asad.

This story brought me to tears.

Khalid al-Asaad, but yeah, killed him for trying to preserve history. Awful.

That doesn't even RATE when compared to how Isis is treating women. Literally selling them in open markets as sex slaves. Saw a story of a 12 year old girl that was literally raped to death over a few months. Good thing these guys are just the varsity squad of terrorists.

Being appalled at one thing doesn't mean something else can't be apppalling as well. It's not a competition.

We should think about fun ways we can torture them when we rally their incredibly small army up.

Pour water up their noses. Worst torture ever.

And the most appalling thing is how the world turns a blind eye to it or how it all gets rationalized away.

Originally posted by FinalAnswer
Alright I'll stop

I just have to say it would be hilarious if a mod replied to this with a "concession accepted" remark. That is all.

LOL.

The deputy leader has been killed in a drone strike.

In somewhat related news, a terror attack on a train in France was stopped by a few US Marines.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34023361

God Bless those warriors.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3197565/They-rape-kill-Yazidi-singer-forms-female-fighting-unit-revenge-ISIS-forcing-sisters-sexual-slavery-beheading-brothers.html

'They rape us. We kill them': Yazidi singer forms all-female fighting unit to take revenge on ISIS for forcing their sisters into sexual slavery and beheading their brothers

Xate Shingali, 30, who performed traditional Yazidi folklore music all over northern Iraq, was granted special permission to form the unit by the Kurdish President.

She formed the brigade on July 2 and has since recruited 123 female fighters aged between 17 - the minimum age required to join - and 30.

Speaking from the Sharya refugee camp, just outside Dohuk, Xate said the male Kurdish fighters are training them to use AK47s.

She added: 'We have had only basic training and we need more... But we are ready to fight ISIS anytime.'

Xate's youngest recruit, Jane Fares, 17, escaped from Sinjar mountain with her brother and sister when ISIS laid siege to the entire region.

The softly spoken teenager, who has only just joined the unit, said her family is very proud of her, adding: 'My father was so happy when I had told him I had joined this union.

'All families accept us to join this union... We are happy to fight along side the peshmerga.'

In May, a Yazidi girl the same age as Jane described how she and her little sister were raped daily by a depraved jihadist before they were both sold at a 'slave auction'.

An even younger Yazidi girl known only as Bahar, 14, once told of how she was forced to undergo medical exams to 'prove' her virginity before she was sold to ISIS fighters in another twisted auction.

The terror group is widely known to keep Yazidi girls it kidnaps as sex slaves while male soldiers are executed on camera but none of this seems to worry young Jane.

They'll either never see the front-lines, or die to a woman within a month. Commendable spirit though.

I don't know, the Peshmerga and the YPG both have women serving in their ranks who've done quite well.

Of course, that might be because Kurds are ****ing badass.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34150905

There's reports that ISIS has attacked Russian territories.

If true, that pretty much confirms my belief that ISIS isn't as strategically savvy as they'd lead the West to believe. Pissing off Putin is a baaaad move- Russia has no problem with firebombing a city of civilians to burn out the bad guys.

It's not as if Russia doesn't already have a huge problem with Islamic militants in the Caucasus.

Originally posted by Tzeentch
There's reports that ISIS has attacked Russian territories.

If true, that pretty much confirms my belief that ISIS isn't as strategically savvy as they'd lead the West to believe. Pissing off Putin is a baaaad move- Russia has no problem with firebombing a city of civilians to burn out the bad guys.

In times like this, I miss the Soviet Union of the Cold War.

Originally posted by psmith81992
In times like this, I miss the Soviet Union of the Cold War.

In Soviet Russia.. the Cold War misses you.

Originally posted by psmith81992
In times like this, I miss the Soviet Union of the Cold War.

If ISIS was 10x as big and powerful it still wouldn't be anywhere near as scary as the Soviet Union, and the same really goes for Putin's Russia. Well, maybe not the 10x part, but you get my point.