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Warpy

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8. Obviously they've got a great ground game and a lot of local support

Reply to world wide wally (Original post)

Tue Oct 7, 2014, 06:39 PM

Oct 2014

which means that either they're not the mad dog butchers the media are claiming they are or local populations are supporting them only because they're the first really credible opposition to being overrun by the west that they've seen in nearly a century.

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Can someone answer this question please? [View all] world wide wally Oct 2014 OP

I wondered the same thing. femmocrat Oct 2014 #1

Good point. If they have enough heavy weaponry, artillery and vehicles CJCRANE Oct 2014 #2

If I were conspiracy-minded, I'd venture that the air strikes are deliberately ineffective. arcane1 Oct 2014 #3

A fighter plane flies thousands of feet in the air at a very high rate of speed Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #4

No radar of any kind? No drone survellience? world wide wally Oct 2014 #6

They mostly use civilian vehicles AngryAmish Oct 2014 #5

I have been asking these questions for weeks... SomethingFishy Oct 2014 #7

I like your scenario world wide wally Oct 2014 #9

Obviously they've got a great ground game and a lot of local support Warpy Oct 2014 #8

There is no army to stop them. kentuck Oct 2014 #10

they're using the same onethatcares Oct 2014 #11

Let's not forget this absurdity: arcane1 Oct 2014 #12

see, it's all perfectly logical onethatcares Oct 2014 #13