tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post8560566405432521286..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Do The People in Flint Michigan and Gaza Deserve Clean Water?Deuce βhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12795006634857408152016-02-04T23:12:12.810-05:002016-02-04T23:12:12.810-05:00.
As for Rafah, Egypt announced plans a year ago ....<br /><br />As for Rafah, Egypt announced plans a year ago to raise Rafah to the ground and relocate their people to a new location. They started demolition all along the border there a year ago with the idea of constructing a no-man's land. Didn't you just put up a post talking about them putting up a moat?<br /><br />As for the Rafah crossing, Egypt handles it the same way Israel handles theirs. You never know when it will be open. Sisi closed it completely after he took over from the MB and more recently after the Islamist attacks in the Sinai. There are some rumors that it might be opened again but no official word from the government.<br /><br />And even when it was open, at least in the past, visas were required and the only ones allowed to leave were for medical emergencies or for people with foreign passports (the same as Israel). And even after you got out you never knew when you could get back in as the crossing was often closed for a month or more with no explanation given.<br /><br />Like I say if you want to say that Egypt has as much responsibility as Israel for the fact that Gaza is a prison, I won't argue.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57892628633460893352016-02-04T22:51:11.415-05:002016-02-04T22:51:11.415-05:00
In that case the local forces did it without Coal...<br />In that case the local forces did it without Coalition air support ...<br /><br />Fancy that.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33464516958083479212016-02-04T22:50:21.163-05:002016-02-04T22:50:21.163-05:00In June 2015, local militias and citizens ousted t...<i><b><br />In June 2015, local militias and citizens ousted the group from the city of Derna</b></i><br /><br />So, Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson, even in Libya the Islamic State is in retreatJack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-31384283749164037392016-02-04T22:48:27.554-05:002016-02-04T22:48:27.554-05:00Wiki says that ...
The Egyptian Army has an estim...Wiki says that ...<br /><br />The Egyptian Army has an estimated strength of 310,000 soldiers, of which, approx. 90-120,000 are professionals with the rest being conscripts.<br /><br />They have 1,400 M1 Abrams main battle tanks.<br /><br />They could certainly clear the small coastal city of Sirte, Libya<br /><br />Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70877805488851973122016-02-04T22:45:29.231-05:002016-02-04T22:45:29.231-05:00http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/isis-presence-...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/isis-presence-in-libya_us_56b369e2e4b08069c7a6352fJack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36536155097497587482016-02-04T22:44:28.129-05:002016-02-04T22:44:28.129-05:00Referencing Libya ...
Now, a new assessment from ...Referencing Libya ...<br /><br /><i>Now, a new assessment from the Pentagon states the number of ISIS fighters in Libya has doubled since the fall to over 5,000, </i><br /><br />... 5,000 ...<br /><br /><i>It's important to note that while ISIS does control some territory in Libya, it equals only a tiny fraction of its holdings in Syria and Iraq. <b><br /><br />The group currently holds parts of the small coastal city of Sirte, birthplace of Gaddafi, and not much else.</b> <br /><br />In June 2015, local militias and citizens ousted the group from the city of Derna, which it had occupied since December 2014. <br /><br />ISIS's chances of taking over major urban centers in Libya -- as it did in Mosul in Iraq or Raqqa in Syria -- are also very low, analysts say. </i>Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89490039922710837192016-02-04T22:33:13.373-05:002016-02-04T22:33:13.373-05:00Moe despair from Robert "Draft Dodger" P...Moe despair from Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson...<br /><br />You really are a loser, aren't you Boobie.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13752861139441169832016-02-04T22:31:11.342-05:002016-02-04T22:31:11.342-05:00
The leadership of al-Qeada in Iraq then moved to ...<br />The leadership of al-Qeada in Iraq then moved to Iraq, where, with the support of the Saudi, Israeli and Turks, they morphed into the Islamic State.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-9157470210222460092016-02-04T22:29:54.701-05:002016-02-04T22:29:54.701-05:00Then, if the Sunni militias are brought into the f...Then, if the Sunni militias are brought into the fold ...<br /><i>So we built the first and seventh Iraqi army divisions, and we increased the police from about 5,000 to almost 28,000 in that year. And that was the Sons of Anbar.</i><br /><br />...<br /><br /><i>By the end of the year, al-Qaeda leaders admitted that their forces throughout Iraq had been decimated by over 70 percent, from 12,000 to 3,500.</i>Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14098793343127633652016-02-04T22:25:41.592-05:002016-02-04T22:25:41.592-05:00More than 150,000 trained and equipped fighters in...<i>More than 150,000 trained and equipped fighters in pro-government militias have become an indispensable brace for a Syrian army beleaguered by well over four years of intractable conflict.<br /><br />"There are more than 25 main militias of different sizes that fight alongside the Syrian army" and number between 150,000 and 200,000 men, a security source told AFP.</i><br /><br />The Syrian Army has approximately 150,000 men in the ranks<br /><br />18,000 troops have been trained in Iraq for their reconstituted force<br />The Shiite and Kurdish militias could field at least another 30,000.<br /><br />While, in the mean time your premise that the Islamic State strength is unchanged is wrong, as well<br /><br /><i>A new intelligence assessment shows the size of the Islamic State force is shrinking in Iraq and Syria β but growing in Libya, a defense official said.<br /><br />The new estimate for the number of fighters for the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, is between 19,000 and 25,000 in Iraq and Syria, down from prior figures ranging from 20,000 to possibly more than 30,000</i><br />http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/02/04/new-intel-shows-isis-force-declining-iraq-syria/79819744/<br /><br />That's 25 to 30 percent, Robert.<br />Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46000312671059642142016-02-04T22:11:21.152-05:002016-02-04T22:11:21.152-05:00Where did your 300,000 number come from, Robert &q...Where did your 300,000 number come from, Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson?<br /><br />Pull it out of your ass, or did the American Stinker program it into your brain?Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-35285345712564691272016-02-04T22:10:29.255-05:002016-02-04T22:10:29.255-05:00.
Sorry quirk a simple point. IF israel was in co....<br /><br /><i>Sorry quirk a simple point. IF israel was in control of gaza? There would be no billion dollars spent of terror tunnels, hundreds of thousands of hamas members under arms, and a 100,000 ROCKETs being made, stored and USED in Gaza.</i><br /><br />Again, I disagree. It's much easier and cheaper for Israel to block all entrance and exit to and from Gaza and to go in occasionally and mow the grass than it would be to accept the cost for administration and security of the territory. Sharon wasn't trying to do the Palestinians any favors when he pulled his people out of Gaza, he was trying to save a buck and the lives of Israelis.<br /><br />As for the tunnels, it is not unusual for tunnels to be dug in prisons and Gaza is the biggest prison around.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-79169820922476896342016-02-04T22:10:00.999-05:002016-02-04T22:10:00.999-05:00Private secure golf course the rest of my days.......Private secure golf course the rest of my days....No EntranceIdaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-25422569198909013972016-02-04T22:09:07.044-05:002016-02-04T22:09:07.044-05:00The second point, Robert "Draft Dodger" ...The second point, Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson ...<br /><br />There is no Coalition air support being provided local forces in Libya, so even if you were correct, it is the exception that proves the rule.<br /><br />There is no Coalition support being provided because the US Congress will not authorize the use of force against the Islamic State.<br /><br />Even Mr Obama is loath to say those Libyans are part of the organization that attacked US on 11SEP2001. Those Libyans are just local terrorists with an ever changing flag.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85154426769661300622016-02-04T22:08:20.814-05:002016-02-04T22:08:20.814-05:00Face it.
We're fucked.
The Legacy of O'b...Face it.<br /><br />We're fucked.<br /><br />The Legacy of O'bozo.<br /><br />If I were O'bozo I'd want my term to end ASAP and then I'd go into hiding.Idaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71103618077855266102016-02-04T22:05:46.617-05:002016-02-04T22:05:46.617-05:00Right, Saudi cannot even deal with Yemen, so they ...Right, Saudi cannot even deal with Yemen, so they will add nothing to the fight against ISIS.<br /><br />They will not even field real fighting forces.<br /><br />300,000, or more, troops are needed to deal with ISIS in Iraq, Syria, Libya....<br /><br />Good luck with that.<br /><br />Good luck with the bombing of bed down positions, an occasional drone strike...<br /><br />Good luck, cause that's all the anti-ISIS folk have, is luck, and the odds are long, and only a fool would place a bet on the outcome being against ISIS, because there aren't going to be 300,000 troops.<br /><br />"Our troops will continue to advance without losing a yard of territory"<br /><br />Nosostros tropas sigue avathando sin perder una palma de torreno.Idaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52668671537373917242016-02-04T22:05:03.329-05:002016-02-04T22:05:03.329-05:00Propaganda you mindlessly repeat.Propaganda you mindlessly repeat.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-34575144885949564332016-02-04T22:03:06.818-05:002016-02-04T22:03:06.818-05:00Wrong, again, Robert "Draft Dodger" Pete...Wrong, again, Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson.<br /><br />There has been no troop movement by the Islamic State to Libya. No invasion.<br />The civil war which Colonel Q was engaged in is merely continuing.<br /><br />The al-Qeada banners came down, the Islamic State banners went up.<br /><br />No change in status on the ground, just in the propaganda of the neo-consJack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-56454078952960371192016-02-04T22:00:15.607-05:002016-02-04T22:00:15.607-05:00But, realistically, the Israeli are allied with th...But, realistically, the Israeli are allied with the Islamic State, as is Turkey and Saudi Arabia.<br /><br />Doubt any of the three would stand up and fight for US, or beside US, for that matter.<br /><br />The Saudi did not fight in Desert Storm, did not help take down Saddam, nor did the Israeli participate.<br />The Turks denied landing rights to the 4h Infantry ...<br /><br />None are allies of the US, just looters of our aid.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-14051202647402576062016-02-04T21:57:27.899-05:002016-02-04T21:57:27.899-05:00.
I'll take your last statement first.
Rubbi....<br /><br />I'll take your last statement first.<br /><br />Rubbish.<br /><br />Go back and read the Oslo accords. Check out areas A, B, and C, their size and who has administrative and military control in each. Israel has given up nothing. They never have. All the so called peace conferences, Camp David, the Oslo Accords, you name it, have ever come up with are agreements to negotiate or to set up guidelines for negotiations. There has never been anything else but talk. That's it nothing else. If the PA controlled anything, Israel wouldn't be tearing down Palestinian homes that have been in the territories since well before 1948.<br /><br />The only realistic offer presented to the Palestinians came from Olmert and and it wasn't in writing and three days after offering it he resigned due to corruption charges. When Bibi came in he disavowed anything having to do with the agreement.<br /><br /><i>"Israel has no plans to annex the majority of Judea and Samaria</i><br /><br />I won't argue with you on this point. If you actually believe it, fine. However, IMO, there is no way the Palestinians will be given their own state especially given the policies of the current right wing government, the move right of the Israeli population, and the deference given to right wing settler and religious groups. It's naive to think otherwise.<br /><br />The two state solution is dead as far as Israel is concerned.<br /><br />IMO.<br /><br />.<br /><br /><br /><br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28651207715216011652016-02-04T21:56:31.044-05:002016-02-04T21:56:31.044-05:00ISIS is not in retreat. Syria is only one front. T...ISIS is not in retreat. Syria is only one front. They are gaining in Libya.<br /><br />Not despair here. Just realism.<br /><br />Perhaps if the fight for the next fifty years that is best.<br /><br />If that is the will of Allah we can't be in despair.<br /><br />Allah knows best, we do not.<br /><br />Fighting is prescribed for you. You don't like it but Allah knows best. Fighting is good for you.<br /><br />Who are you, a man, to question Allah ?<br /><br />And you're not much of a man, but rather a Dead Beat Dad with a shit fail doctrine.Idaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61529399047367980362016-02-04T21:55:37.269-05:002016-02-04T21:55:37.269-05:00The ground in Libya was not gained by the Islamic ...The ground in Libya was not gained by the Islamic State, Robert "Draft Dodger" Peterson.<br />The al-Qeada factions that already controlled that territory, the factions that Colonel Q was in conflict with, merely lowered the al-Qeada standard and raised the Islamic State flag.<br /><br />Nothing really changed. Because al-Qeada is the foundation of the Islamic State.<br /><br />Do you not even read what you cut and paste?Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47207967385058709942016-02-04T21:51:52.800-05:002016-02-04T21:51:52.800-05:00Granted the Saudi cannot even deal with Yemen, and...Granted the Saudi cannot even deal with Yemen, and they field a mercenary army ...<br /><br />... are more likely to want to fight Assad, rather than the Islamic State, but ...<br /><br />... they say that low oil prices will not cause their foreign policy to waiver.<br /><br /><br />Then again, the Israeli are local and have an adequate military that the US has spent twenty plus years financing.Jack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-68221206832080615232016-02-04T21:50:25.100-05:002016-02-04T21:50:25.100-05:00What territory if any that ISIS has lost in Iraq a...What territory if any that ISIS has lost in Iraq and Syria is more than made up for by the territory they have gained in Libya.<br /><br />So, overall, ISIS has more territory and troops too than last year.<br /><br />The 'rat doctrine' the US Air Force Doctrine, the Shia Government Doctrine....all fails.<br /><br />300d,000 troops with the bombing ratcheted up by 10X might do some good if they stayed 20 years.<br /><br />This is 'The Obama Legacy'.<br /><br />Idaho Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-663909495471748542016-02-04T21:48:39.964-05:002016-02-04T21:48:39.964-05:00Saudi Arabia offers to send ground troops to Syria...<br /><i><b>Saudi Arabia offers to send ground troops to Syria to fight Isis </b></i><br /><br /><i>Saudi Arabia has offered for the first time to send ground troops to Syria to fight Islamic State, its defence ministry said on Thursday.<br /><br />βThe kingdom is ready to participate in any ground operations that the coalition (against Isis) may agree to carry out in Syria,β said military spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed al-Asiri during an interview with al-Arabiya TV news.<br /><br />Saudi sources told the Guardian that thousands of special forces could be deployed, probably in coordination with Turkey.</i><br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/04/saudi-arabia-ground-troops-syria-fight-isisJack Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342056653466462640noreply@blogger.com