Jordan bombs but no outrage

[village_person]

Jordan continues their revenge on ISIS carrying out airstrikes against the terror group

JORDANIAN fighter jets have carried out new air strikes against Islamic State, the military said overnight, a day after the country’s king vowed to wage a “harsh” war against Islamic State militants who control parts of neighboring Syria and Iraq.

Earlier, the Jordanian air force carried out air strikes against targets in Mosul, killing 55 including a top IS commander known as the ‘Prince of Nineveh’, Iraqi media reported as well as the International Business Times.

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http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/jordan-continues-their-revenge-on-isis-carrying-out-airstri...

Who can blame the Jordanians for their collective pique. One Jordanian pilot is immolated and the Jordanian response is swift, brutal and perhaps disproportionate when measured against the soi-disant Professionally Outraged Group’s (POG) “disproportionate use of force meter”. A lot of Ebay community members will be familiar with the POG ‘meter’. When Israel unleashes a brutal assault on Palestinians the outrage meter reads in the very high band. However it is interesting to note that the concordant ululations and clamour that follow the disproportionate use of force exercised by Israel is absent when the death of one Jordanian is followed by the bombing of ISIS killing 55 members. Any ISIS women and children killed? Why no screams or howls from the sophomania set? Where are those rock-ribbed ‘progressives’ and their confected bathetic outrage? Why hasn’t Ban Ki-moon been wheeled out to ask Jordan to show restraint?

Ban Ki-moon, phone your office.

Just in case those Israel headlines exist at the luminal recesses of the mind here’s a reminder:

David Cameron warns Israel over Gaza after pressure from Ed Miliband

Israel used disproportionate force in Gaza, says UN humanitarian chief

Turkish President Gül warns Israel against Gaza ground operation

Israel’s war of disproportionate force in Gaza

Once again; Ban Ki-moon phone your office.

[vicr3000]

Fell over themselves. Made a few look like idiots including the Nobel committee.

Re why, because the west does not have the balls to fight them how they need to be fought,
Without restrictive ROEs.

[village_person]

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@the_hawk* wrote:

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@village_person wrote:

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My turn to be a professional idiot. America, GW Bush and Dick Cheney had nothing to do with what happened in Iraq.

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well der time for a history lesson,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_and_the_Iraq_War

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Sorry TH, I was attempting a little jesuitism. I've seen some people say that ISIS has nothing to do with Islam so I thought I'd say the USA, Bush, and Cheney had nothing to do with Iraq.

[iapetus_rocks]

Nobody has an appetite for another war.  Americans spent over decade & $ trillions fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, lost thousands of men, and look at that region now. 

It's just that I don't think they are being serious about their wars.

ISIL is just some rag-tag bunch of miscreants and could be easily taken out if a serious approach was made. that's my opinion, anyway.

[vicr3000]

Iap

The US. and UK militaries are serious about their wars, its the pollies who dont have the stomach or it,
Impose restrictive ROEs on soldiers and sign stupid treaties banning certain types of weapons.

When ISIS first went into Iraq, they could have made it another highway of death the way ISIS were lined up in convoys.
A mass attack at that time on those convoys wold have set them back. Now they are all dispersed, harder to do.

[***super_nova***]

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@dwilke33 wrote:

The only misguided president regarding Iraq was/is obama.  He's the one who removed all military support from the region.  No other intelligent or logical president who have made such a blunder.

That's what is amiss with Iraq today, and also Afghanistan.  Dumb leadership.  Period.

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The biggest blunder was going in without understanding how their society works.  Destroying their infrastructure, destroying the structure of their society and not putting anything in its place. 

The Iraqis wanted us out, after all if we could not bring the country to some order after decade, how much longer it do you think it would take? 

[lal-au0]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@dwilke33 wrote:

The only misguided president regarding Iraq was/is obama.  He's the one who removed all military support from the region.  No other intelligent or logical president who have made such a blunder.

That's what is amiss with Iraq today, and also Afghanistan.  Dumb leadership.  Period.

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The biggest blunder was going in without understanding how their society works.  Destroying their infrastructure, destroying the structure of their society and not putting anything in its place. 

The Iraqis wanted us out, after all if we could not bring the country to some order after decade, how much longer it do you think it would take? 

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it was no blunder. the US wants the region destabilised. they achieved that.