UK2K
09-16-2016, 11:11 AM
Video shows Free Syrian Army fighters threatening to 'slaughter' US special forces after they moved into al-Rai with Turkish troops
These cave people are so ****ed up. They'll be slaughtering each other for decades until one side runs out of bodies. That's the only way this will end.
I've watched several videos of different assaults and defenses of key areas in Syria and norther Iraq, and it's a 'rinse and repeat' of tactics over and over designed to minimize casualties.
The tactic is called... retreat as fast as you can. Fall back to a secondary position, wait a few days, and then come back unopposed. There are no battle lines; it's like when you drop food on the sidewalk and then an hour later there are ants all over it, swarming in every direction this way and that way... That's basically what this has turned into.
About 25 US soldiers were reportedly working with Turkish forces as they advanced on al-Rai, Aleppo, in preparation for an offensive against nearby al-Bab, which is controlled by the Islamic State group.
The FSA is allied with Turkish forces and ostensibly supported by the US as a "moderate" rebel group fighting against the government of Bashar al-Assad.
However, Friday's confrontation highlights the complex nature of the war in Syria.
In the video, fighters from the FSA chant that US forces are "pigs", "crusaders" and "infidels".
"Dogs, agents of America," one man can be heard to say in Arabic, while others chant "They are crusaders and infidels", "Down with America", "'Get out you pigs" and "They are coming to Syria to occupy it".
A voice on a megaphone can be heard to say there will be a "slaughter". The US forces were reportedly forced to leave the town after the protests.
The video was posted on Twitter hours after pictures showing men in US military uniform in al-Rai. A video also showed US soldiers in a column of armoured vehicles and Turkish tanks speeding through al-Bab, which is known in Turkish as Cobanbey.
Our 'allies' threatened to slaughter our special forces. I wish they would have tried.
Like I said, this war will only end when one side runs out of young men to throw into the meat grinder. Or, until a superpower steps in on one side or the other.
Another 10 years, easily. Maybe longer.
These cave people are so ****ed up. They'll be slaughtering each other for decades until one side runs out of bodies. That's the only way this will end.
I've watched several videos of different assaults and defenses of key areas in Syria and norther Iraq, and it's a 'rinse and repeat' of tactics over and over designed to minimize casualties.
The tactic is called... retreat as fast as you can. Fall back to a secondary position, wait a few days, and then come back unopposed. There are no battle lines; it's like when you drop food on the sidewalk and then an hour later there are ants all over it, swarming in every direction this way and that way... That's basically what this has turned into.
About 25 US soldiers were reportedly working with Turkish forces as they advanced on al-Rai, Aleppo, in preparation for an offensive against nearby al-Bab, which is controlled by the Islamic State group.
The FSA is allied with Turkish forces and ostensibly supported by the US as a "moderate" rebel group fighting against the government of Bashar al-Assad.
However, Friday's confrontation highlights the complex nature of the war in Syria.
In the video, fighters from the FSA chant that US forces are "pigs", "crusaders" and "infidels".
"Dogs, agents of America," one man can be heard to say in Arabic, while others chant "They are crusaders and infidels", "Down with America", "'Get out you pigs" and "They are coming to Syria to occupy it".
A voice on a megaphone can be heard to say there will be a "slaughter". The US forces were reportedly forced to leave the town after the protests.
The video was posted on Twitter hours after pictures showing men in US military uniform in al-Rai. A video also showed US soldiers in a column of armoured vehicles and Turkish tanks speeding through al-Bab, which is known in Turkish as Cobanbey.
Our 'allies' threatened to slaughter our special forces. I wish they would have tried.
Like I said, this war will only end when one side runs out of young men to throw into the meat grinder. Or, until a superpower steps in on one side or the other.
Another 10 years, easily. Maybe longer.