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Re: Mosul falls to ISIS
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:05 pm
by Beiruty
AndyC wrote:baldeagle wrote:If I was a contractor over there, they would only be cutting off my head after I was dead. There is no way I'd allow myself to be captured alive. Anybody who does is an idiot.
That's what the last round in our pistols were for
A buddy of mine is there - if he goes down, he's going down singing his death song in a pile of brass
The news wire reports that there are 200 security contractors in Al-balad base. All are now trapped or under siege. Very bad situation. I could not believe how the Iraqi armed forces collapse so fast. Now ISIS have looted $500,000,000 and some 400,000 firearms plus hundreds of light and heavy armored units.
Re: Mosul falls to ISIS
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:28 pm
by baldeagle
Andy, maybe your buddy is OK? The Iraqi Air Force is evacing the contractors from Balad. 300 have already been evaced. There's 100 left. They should have them all out of there by midnight.
http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/200-u-s-cont ... s-in-iraq/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The US should be ashamed of itself. They hired the contractors. It was their responsibility to get them out. Absolutely shameful. If I was a contractor, I would never work for the US again.
Re: Mosul falls to ISIS
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 11:47 pm
by Dave2
AndyC wrote:baldeagle wrote:The US should be ashamed of itself. They hired the contractors. It was their responsibility to get them out.
The US gov't will do whatever saves the careers of those in US gov't, not the lives of the boys and girls on the ground; that's the reality. We knew that perfectly well going in so we had our own evac plans - and if those didn't work out, we aimed to take as many with us to Valhalla as we could.
All the same...
baldeagle wrote:If I was a contractor, I would never work for the US again.
Re: Mosul falls to ISIS
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 11:43 am
by philip964
http://www.marianneforcongress.com/the_ ... essary_war" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
She is running for congress. It is Bush's fault.
It seems my anti gun friends are also pro Obama and anti Bush. They love this stuff and believe it all to their core. He can do no wrong.
Re: Mosul falls to ISIS
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:01 pm
by philip964
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... -york.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Current ISIS leader to New York reservists on his release from prison in Iraq "See you in New York"
Re: Mosul falls to ISIS
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:06 pm
by Captain Matt
www.thedailybeast.com
Enquiring minds want to know!
Re: Mosul falls to ISIS
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:23 pm
by ddstuder
Glad your friend is out Andy!
Making you homesick?
Re: Mosul falls to ISIS
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 9:28 pm
by puma guy
AndyC wrote:In other news - my Brit team-mate is home after what he called a "hairy week". I just found out that an American I know is still there, trying to make it out.
Glad to hear that. Hope you American friend makes it out too. Forum rules don't allow me to make the remarks and comments I'd like to about our fiddler in chief.
Re: Mosul falls to ISIS
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:10 am
by VMI77
Cedar Park Dad wrote:Are these mercenaries? If so I could care less.
If not, ok. Not sure what to do about it though.
I'd bet air strikes (drone strikes if you prefer) will start hitting within 24 hours.
Not mercenaries, employees of the DOD there to prepare a transfer of fighter jets to the Iraqi government.
Re: Mosul falls to ISIS
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:28 am
by Cedar Park Dad
VMI77 wrote:Cedar Park Dad wrote:Are these mercenaries? If so I could care less.
If not, ok. Not sure what to do about it though.
I'd bet air strikes (drone strikes if you prefer) will start hitting within 24 hours.
Not mercenaries, employees of the DOD there to prepare a transfer of fighter jets to the Iraqi government.
Why are we giving them fighter jets?