[Newsbot]

Title: Obama sends Marines to Iraq to help rescue those trapped on Sinjar mountain
Category: Uncle Sam
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2014-08-13 07:13:49

[N_Fiddledog]

Looks like the British are coming too.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... injar.html

[DrCaleb]

Send the Marines, the Ghurkas and JTF2 like in Afghanistan. That'll learn them.

[andyt]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Send the Marines, the Ghurkas and JTF2 like in Afghanistan. That'll learn them.

Sure, they can practice for when they need to be recalled to Astan, as a similar situation unfolds there.

Actually the latest I read is that they won't send rescuers to that mountain, because so many people have already been rescued by the Kurds.

$1:

But after a U.S. Army Special Forces team was flown atop Sinjar Mountain to assess the situation Wednesday, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters that far fewer Yazidi refugees were stranded and it was far less likely the U.S. would undertake a rescue mission.

And Caleb, you're reading the Daily Mail now too? You don't think FD is providing sufficient fodder from that rag?

[DrCaleb]

andyt andyt:

And Caleb, you're reading the Daily Mail now too? You don't think FD is providing sufficient fodder from that rag?

$1:

Published: 03:07 GMT, 13 August 2014 | Updated: 22:24 GMT, 13 August 2014

The article is about 3X longer than when I read it. Just because they sensationalize almost everything doesn't mean they are wrong.

And it was the first article I saw on the issue. Early bird gets the worm and all!

[andyt]

The CBC article I quoted was updated 11pm ET, so is what, a little later than yours, and seems to say the exact opposite, that they're not going in to do a rescue, never mind getting involved in fighting.

[Zipperfish]

andyt andyt:

And Caleb, you're reading the Daily Mail now too? You don't think FD is providing sufficient fodder from that rag?

They have lots of pictures though. And a great footie section.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

andyt andyt:

And Caleb, you're reading the Daily Mail now too? You don't think FD is providing sufficient fodder from that rag?

They have lots of pictures though. And a great footie section.

You and your weird fetishes