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November 23, 2015
Barack Obama Dropped Leaflets- Gave ISIS 45 Minutes Before Bombing Them
Barack Obama Dropped Leaflets- Gave ISIS 45 Minutes Before Bombing Them
The worst part is that this is Obama’s version of an “escalation”. He could have taken out ISIS tanker trucks a long time ago, but then the drivers would have died. (Via J.E. Dyer)
“In Al-Bukamal, we destroyed 116 tanker trucks, which we believe will reduce ISIL’s ability to transport its stolen oil products,” Warren said. “This is our first strike against tanker trucks, and to minimize risks to civilians, we conducted a leaflet drop prior to the strike. We did a show of force, by — we had aircraft essentially buzz the trucks at low altitude.”
The leaflets, which fluttered to the ground about 45 minutes before the strikes, simply said: “Get out of your trucks now, and run away from them. Warning: airstrikes are coming. Oil trucks will be destroyed. Get away from your oil trucks immediately. Do not risk your life.”
“We combine these leaflet drops with very low altitude passes of some of our attack aviation, which sends a very powerful message,” the colonel added.
He said the decision to drop warnings came after they “assessed that these trucks, while although they are being used for operations that support ISIL, the truck drivers, themselves, probably not members of ISIL; they’re probably just civilians.”
“So we had to figure out a way around that. We’re not in this business to kill civilians, we’re in this business to stop ISIL — to defeat ISIL.”
Thus, they tried to come up with a strategy “to kind of shoo people away without harming them.”
Wild Thing's comment.............
How wonderful to warn those connected to ISIS and ISIS themselves. sheesh
I understand about dropping leaflets for innocent people like our troops have done before in wars but this is different.
Posted by Wild Thing at November 23, 2015 12:55 AM
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If he were president during WWII, we would all be speaking German or Japanese.
Posted by: BobF at November 23, 2015 10:24 AM
