That is stupid of them to do period. They can expect no more mass surrenders of Iraqi soldiers and policemen in the future. They have now made it clear that it is better to die fighting against them to the bitter end then it is to simply grant them an easy win on the battle field by surrendering. This is militarily a huge mistake on their part.
When your foe is carrying out open air executions, it does tend to put a damper on your morale.
The ISIS guys are some bad dudes.
Note the gun and optic...
That is stupid of them to do period.
Did you know France has the best military record in the world?
French is like the language of war
battalion, dragoon, infantry, cavalry, army, artillery, corvette, musketeer, carabineer, pistol, fusilier, squad, squadron, platoon, brigade, corps, sortie, reconnaissance/reconnoitre, surveillance, rendezvous, espionage, volley, siege, terrain, troop, camouflage, logistics, accoutrements, bivouac, aide-de-camp, legionnaire, morale, esprit de corps. sergeant, lieutenant, captain, colonel, general, admiral.
Best military record in what respect? Winning of individual battles? Winning of overall conflicts? Accomplishing strategic aims?
Also, record compared to whom? Current contemporary countries? All historical entities (because it would be hard to be better than Alexander the Great's Empire with it's 100 percent win ratio...)?
The military history of France encompasses an immense panorama of conflicts and struggles extending for more than 2,000 years across areas including modern France, greater Europe, and French territorial possessions overseas. According to the British historian Niall Ferguson, France has participated in 168 major European wars since 387 BC, out of which they have won 109, drawn 10 and lost 49: this makes France the most successful military power in European history - in terms of number of fought and won.[4]
The Gallo-Roman conflict predominated from 60 BC to 50 BC, with the Romans emerging victorious in the conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar. After the decline of the Roman Empire, a Germanic tribe known as the Franks took control of Gaul by defeating competing tribes. The "land of Francia," from which France gets its name, had high points of expansion under kings Clovis I and Charlemagne. In the Middle Ages, rivalries with England and the Holy Roman Empire prompted major conflicts such as the Norman Conquest and the Hundred Years' War. With an increasingly centralized monarchy, the first standing army since Roman times, and the use of artillery, France expelled the English from its territory and came out of the Middle Ages as the most powerful nation in Europe, only to lose that status to Spain following defeat in the Italian Wars. The Wars of Religion crippled France in the late 16th century, but a major victory over Spain in the Thirty Years' War made France the most powerful nation on the continent once more. In parallel, France developed its first colonial empire in Asia, Africa, and in the Americas. Under Louis XIV, France achieved military supremacy over its rivals, but escalating conflicts against increasingly powerful enemy coalitions checked French ambitions and left the kingdom bankrupt at the opening of the 18th century.[4]
Not really. They are trying to cement the Shia/Sunni divide and get a full on sectarian war going.
They are after a new state in eastern Syria/western Iraq and the best way to do that is to make a permanent armed conflict twixt the Shia and Sunni Muslims.
We are in a weird position where the Wests allies seem to be Iran and the Assad regime in Syria.
the US spent 10+ yrs and $BILLIONS$ on training Iraq police and military.
they have no problems fighting when US soldiers were also in the fire fight.
but w/o the US, they retreat often.
and now the entire freaking police and military of the 2nd largest city in Iraq runs?!
WTF? cowards? or...?
Yeah I saw these images at huff post last night. Nice M16 in that last pic. Wonder if that was one we gave the jihadis in Syria or they raided from stores we gave Iraq? Also look at the glock and outfit from man about to execute fat man in the suit. Look like a US troop.
Entire battalions of ISIS troops are dressed in US/Iraqi Army gear.
At this point, much of ISIS' men are equipped as well as US Soldiers. They have night vision, etc. It's seriously not funny.
Starts at about 5:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKELtjoNrPU#t=351
ISIS guys are a brazen, take no prisoners bunch. I can't blame anyone for being afraid of them.
thats the face of Islam.
why are you canucks so quick to defend the cancer called Islam?
Captain Khan and Ayman Taha are just two of the many Muslim Americans who have died fighting for the country that they love. In fact, the history of Muslim Americans' service in the United States armed forces goes back to the founding of the country in the American Revolution.
Under George Washington, several Muslim Americans served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Bampett Muhammad, for example, fought for the "Virginia Line" between 1775 and 1783. History also denotes a man named Yusuf Ben Ali, referred to by his slave name Joseph Benhaley. Ben Ali was descended from North African Arabs and served as an aide to General Thomas Sumter in South Carolina.
why are you canucks so quick to defend the cancer called Islam?
Canadians are just adorable and that thermal terrorist-wear makes them look even more snuggle-able.
It's no more a cancer than any other religion.
your brainwashing is scary.
Thanks for being appropriately dickish and living up to 3 or 4 stereotypes at once. It certainly made my day brighter.
your brainwashing is scary.
I only count possibly two, maybe two and a half stereotypes. Unless you are thinking in that damn metric system, then it's closer to four.
your brainwashing is scary.
We come off as having more real American values then lot's of posters here eh]