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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #765 on: October 24, 2014, 11:29:23 pm »
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Could be they aim for caches and factories.
Where do you get that number?

From his butt.

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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #766 on: October 24, 2014, 11:47:21 pm »
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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #767 on: October 25, 2014, 12:40:44 am »
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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #769 on: October 27, 2014, 08:38:11 am »
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Figuratively

The source he linked to is an opinion piece with neither of those numbers.

Reputable news sources list the number of terrorists killed in Syria alone at over 500 since airstrikes began in September and we've been bombing IS in Iraq since early August as well.

I don't know where he found the 350 number but I'm guessing it was just made up. The coalition has done somewhere over 632 air strikes in Iraq and Syria at this point and closer to 7k sorties (which includes intel flights, refueling, etc). The cost of all the bombs and fuels doesn't matter, the countries involved can afford it.

Here's links to actual news sources for those numbers:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/more-than-1700-bombs-dropped-war-isil-2014102422611131883.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/23/kobani-death-us-air-strikes-550-isis-syria


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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #770 on: October 27, 2014, 12:20:52 pm »
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My source may be outdated, but the ratio is still terrible : 500 kills for 7,000 sorties...
Daech troops are between 100 and 150,000 (yes I know, more than officialy announced).
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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #771 on: October 27, 2014, 01:30:14 pm »
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Implying they have the logistics to sustain 100-150k fighting men
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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #772 on: October 27, 2014, 02:48:20 pm »
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Implying they have the logistics to sustain 100-150k fighting men

And that they can deal with attrition in desertic regions... Must be like 4-5k max supply in summer!

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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #773 on: October 27, 2014, 06:46:51 pm »
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The source he linked to is an opinion piece with neither of those numbers.

Reputable news sources list the number of terrorists killed in Syria alone at over 500 since airstrikes began in September and we've been bombing IS in Iraq since early August as well.

I don't know where he found the 350 number but I'm guessing it was just made up. The coalition has done somewhere over 632 air strikes in Iraq and Syria at this point and closer to 7k sorties (which includes intel flights, refueling, etc). The cost of all the bombs and fuels doesn't matter, the countries involved can afford it.

Here's links to actual news sources for those numbers:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/more-than-1700-bombs-dropped-war-isil-2014102422611131883.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/23/kobani-death-us-air-strikes-550-isis-syria



I realize it wasn't evident from my post but I wrote that to emphasize that you're right, in a funny way.


And that they can deal with attrition in desertic regions... Must be like 4-5k max supply in summer!

Attrition% per month must be 15-ish. And ISIS as a whole don't even war weariness.

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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #774 on: October 29, 2014, 06:23:42 am »
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The cost does matter, because the war is supposed to last 3 or 4 years (according to US statement).
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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #775 on: October 29, 2014, 06:33:02 am »
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I realize it wasn't evident from my post but I wrote that to emphasize that you're right, in a funny way.


Attrition% per month must be 15-ish. And ISIS as a whole don't even war weariness.

Reminds me of this http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/30/isis-iraqi-air-force_n_5908864.html

Don't need to worry about a thing when you're accidentally being resupplied by your enemies


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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #776 on: October 29, 2014, 07:13:36 pm »
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ayy lmao
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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #777 on: October 29, 2014, 07:31:30 pm »
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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #778 on: October 29, 2014, 08:10:47 pm »
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Re: Iraq falling appart
« Reply #779 on: October 29, 2014, 08:57:43 pm »
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ayy lmao
Wow, that was... bad. It's like the humor was masterminded by a six year old.
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