• United States sends troops to the Sinai to boost security to UN observer mission
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[quote]The first of 75 U.S. troops have arrived in northeastern Sinai to help boost security for U.S. forces as part of a U.N. observer mission there, the Pentagon said Thursday. The move comes after several U.S. troops were wounded in an explosion from an improvised explosive device there last week, an attack the U.S. believes was staged by ISIS militants in the area. But the Pentagon insists the move, intended to increase security and to address the growing ISIS threat, has been in the works for weeks, and the deployment was not a result of the attack. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter signed the deployment order "just hours before" that attack, a U.S. official said Wednesday. The troops are being sent from units already in the Middle East, but so far the Pentagon has declined to specify which units are being sent. They will provide additional security and force protection by bringing in armored personnel carriers, additional communications gear, and "enhanced" medical and surgical capabilities, the official said.[/quote] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/10/politics/us-troops-sinai-egypt-isis/index.html[/url]
This is how these police actions always start. The pentagon is just baiting them to commit some sort of terrorist attack so we can send in the rest.
[QUOTE=proboardslol;48654670]This is how these police actions always start. The pentagon is just baiting them to commit some sort of terrorist attack so we can send in the rest.[/QUOTE] That would be cool. Another complete failure of an anti-terrorist war for US. That won't happen though because US is not that stupid to fight 3 wars and handle all these "peacekeeping operations" and drone strikes all over the globe at the same time.
Everyone should keep in mind that there have been US troops in the Sinai for over 30 years [url]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_Force_and_Observers[/url]
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;48654742]Another complete failure of an anti-terrorist war for US.[/QUOTE] Not when compared to the Soviet Afghan / First Chechen War
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;48654742]That would be cool. Another complete failure of an anti-terrorist war for US. That won't happen though because US is not that stupid to fight 3 wars and handle all these "peacekeeping operations" and drone strikes all over the globe at the same time.[/QUOTE] You know Russia aint much better buddy.
[QUOTE=RichyZ;48655509]doesn't make the original statement less right[/QUOTE] I know, just pointing out nobody is innocent in this argument.
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;48654742]That would be cool. Another complete failure of an anti-terrorist war for US. That won't happen though because US is not that stupid to fight 3 wars and handle all these "peacekeeping operations" and drone strikes all over the globe at the same time.[/QUOTE] Yeah severely crippling the Taliban and Al Qaeda so that they're basically quadriplegic shadows of their former selves is a complete failure.
[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;48655663]Yeah severely crippling the Taliban and Al Qaeda so that they're basically quadriplegic shadows of their former selves is a complete failure.[/QUOTE] The U.S. basically created the Taliban anyway so...
[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;48655663]Yeah severely crippling the Taliban and Al Qaeda so that they're basically quadriplegic shadows of their former selves is a complete failure.[/QUOTE] Everyone forgot that, its still cool to act as if we did nothing to help.
[QUOTE=Broguts;48655777]The U.S. basically created the Taliban anyway so...[/QUOTE] Pretty sure the Taliban was created by Pakistan [QUOTE]The Taliban movement traces its origin to the Pakistani-trained mujahideen in northern Pakistan, during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. When Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq became President of Pakistan he feared that the Soviets were planning to invade Balochistan, Pakistan so he sent Akhtar Abdur Rahman to Saudi Arabia to garner support for the Afghan resistance against Soviet occupation forces.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;48655663]Yeah severely crippling the Taliban and Al Qaeda so that they're basically quadriplegic shadows of their former selves is a complete failure.[/QUOTE] They are still strong and ISIS was born, the region didn't get any more peaceful. Failure. [editline]11th September 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Deathtrooper2;48655451]You know Russia aint much better buddy.[/QUOTE] I dont know what you mean by "better", but Russia doesn't fight 2 wars or have a dozen peacekeeping missions.
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;48657612]They are still strong and ISIS was born, the region didn't get any more peaceful. Failure. [editline]11th September 2015[/editline] I dont know what you mean by "better", but Russia doesn't fight 2 wars or have a dozen peacekeeping missions.[/QUOTE] Lol you're daft if you think the Taliban still hold any real power, also in case you didn't realize it Iraq and Afghanistan aren't even in the same region. It's also pretty naive to pin the blame of ISIS entirely on the shoulders of the USA, you might be forgetting a very large vehicle for the rise of ISIS which was the Arab Spring. Russia might not fight 2 wars or have all of those peace keeping missions because they're too busy annexing sovereign states.
[QUOTE=MuffinZerg;48657612]I dont know what you mean by "better", but Russia doesn't fight 2 wars[/QUOTE] You're Right, They Didn't. Russia Fought Five of them. Technically Six if you include The Soviet Afghan War as well.
[QUOTE=Michael haxz;48655436]Not when compared to the Soviet Afghan / First Chechen War[/QUOTE] Vietnam, Afghan, Iraq kek. [editline]11th September 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Deathtrooper2;48655451]You know Russia aint much better buddy.[/QUOTE] Suddenly people now use whataboutism against Russian guys callingout US bullshit? Tables turn fast wow.
[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;48658884]Vietnam, Afghan, Iraq kek.[/QUOTE] Vietnam wasn't the greatest war sure, we can all agree on that. However The Taliban are nothing compared to what they were, you can't really compare Soviet Afghan / First Chechen to Current Afghan / Iraq War because Afghan is still on going and Iraq was considered a victory.
[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;48655663]Yeah severely crippling the Taliban and Al Qaeda so that they're basically quadriplegic shadows of their former selves is a complete failure.[/QUOTE] While spending trillions of dollars in the process, killing hundreds of thousands of people, wrecking two countries, destabilizing the region, radicalizing a whole new generation, creating plenty of offshoot terrorist groups and fucking up the balance of power (specifically Iraq) between Iran and it's neighbors that kept the ME in check. The US War on Terror was and remains a massive strategic catastrophe and is partly to blame for the rise of ISIS.
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