Interesting that it was done at the University of Ottawa. I'll have to read through it again when I have more time.
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Interesting that it was done at the University of Ottawa. I'll have to read through it again when I have more time.
That's pretty cool. It would be interesting to do something like this with the members of this site.
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Case study alert, Sir?
We have a few years, so why not?
I volunteer to be the matrix Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Queen Rania as she spends endless hours alone and lonely and yearning for affection whilst Abdullah II traipses around various military bases in his BA-22 harness minus the C-9 and D-rings, as she fondles her precious cucumber and banana collection.
What kind of SOF troop levels did we have in central and south and America back in the 80's when we were supporting the counter insurgency down there. Is that model something our leaders should be looking at in this fight against Isis. Did Reagan have to get congressional approval to send SOF to CA and SA?
El Sal was "55" though I've heard the numbers fluctuated some.
Paramilitary support for the Contras was a CIA-run show and the term "troop-level" doesn't really apply. It wasn't many and FF's "55" is probably as good a number as any. Reagan authorized it secretly, although his administration openly asked Congress for financial aid...which it provided for a number of years. My ANG squadron was one of 20 others flying "humanitarian aid" in support of that effort. As far as SA, I'm not certain of numbers, but there were various clandestine detachments operating with Columbian police/army units against traffickers. Congressional knowledge of these operations was probably limited.
I'm not sure if either scenario would provide a template for operations against ISIS.
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55 Permanent, cough cough.:-"
From a little while back, here's video from the King pulling JM duties
Florida173
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They have tv channels in Jordan that just loop that stuff over and over.
Brill
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Why is your president riding a girl's style bicycle?
Brill
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Press claims an IS probe that didn't fare well. No worries, IS is on the defensive per Obama.
Kraut783
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"A handful of militants attacked the strategic Ayn al-Assad Air Base, but were all killed before coming anywhere near the U.S. forces, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement."
"Well, it looks like they at least got to the outer base limits," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby told CNN. "We're still looking at this and it's hard to say whether they breached the perimeter or not. But they certainly got to the perimeter level at the very least."
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/13/middleeast/isis-iraq/
"Well, it looks like they at least got to the outer base limits," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby told CNN. "We're still looking at this and it's hard to say whether they breached the perimeter or not. But they certainly got to the perimeter level at the very least."
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/13/middleeast/isis-iraq/
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/?utm_source=SFFB
A rather long but good read.
A rather long but good read.
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