Is it time to go all in yet? No boots on the ground? ISIS apparently doesn't think so.

2014-12-18T13:27:24-05:00

In this article, ISIS and US Forces clash for the first time. How is this possible when Combat Troops aren't deployed? First punch thrown in a bigger fight or a flash in the pan?

http://www.aina.org/news/ [login to see] 5958.htm

ISIS Attacks American Base In Iraq In First Ever Clash With U.S. Troops

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Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 18 at 2014 1:29 PM

2014-12-18T13:29:34-05:00

Another version

http://www.redflagnews.com/headlines/islamic-state-gets-pummeled-in-first-ever-clash-with-american-troops-after-attacking-us-base

Response by 1SG Steven Stankovich made Dec 18 at 2014 2:14 PM

2014-12-18T14:14:39-05:00

Sir, I just read this article on the DailyUK or something like that. So ISIS picked Ein al-Asad where there were US forces collocated with Iraqi forces. It did not end well for ISIS.

I never liked the phrase "no boots on the ground." I have said it before and I know there are many out there who agree with me, if you are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan (just to name a few places), you are on a combat mission. While the "powers that be" may not believe that it is time to go all in, I absolutely believe that it is time to start calling a spade a spade. US Forces in Iraq are on a combat mission. Just ask the folks at Ein al-Asad...

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 18 at 2014 3:28 PM

2014-12-18T15:28:43-05:00

The way I see it, we're trying to do to ISIS what we did to the Taliban in Northern Afghanistan...