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euwe max August 26, 2014 at 1:12 pm

It’s a compromise with Republicans who say he’s not “doing enough” and think that diplomacy is a pointless exercise.

At least bombs don’t kill anyone.

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Sandi Morals August 26, 2014 at 1:37 pm

I disgree.Muslim Obama supports the goals of ISIS…and for that matter , Hamas…and for that matter the New Black Panthers in Ferguson.

The violence by his friends just got out of control-he will reign it in until after the midterms.

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euwe max August 26, 2014 at 1:38 pm

I disgree.Muslim Obama supports the goals of ISIS…and for that matter , Hamas…and for that matter the New Black Panthers in Ferguson.

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Why didn’t *I* think of that (slaps forehead) of COURSE! How could I have missed something so OBVIOUS!!!

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Sandi Morals August 26, 2014 at 1:40 pm

Think outside the box once in awhile. :-)

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euwe max August 26, 2014 at 1:43 pm

I used to think I did.

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Sailor August 26, 2014 at 2:11 pm

You obviously do most of your thinking in your “box”.

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Nölff August 26, 2014 at 2:41 pm

I’m surprised you didn’t throw in “Nazi” or “communist”.

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Sandi Morals August 26, 2014 at 3:22 pm

Obama’s grandpa was a Nazi sympathizer and his dad was a communist.
Obama is a ‘closet’ Muslim with a Marxist world view.
Thanks .

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EJB August 26, 2014 at 4:41 pm

That’ll teach him to smart mouth you! *thumps hand on desk*

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Soft Sigh from Hell August 26, 2014 at 7:38 pm

Wasn’t Bush’s grandpa Preston a Nazi sympathizer of sorts?

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I's Is Here August 26, 2014 at 2:13 pm

Oh, is the king back from his trip to the ice cream shoppe?

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EJB August 26, 2014 at 4:39 pm

forgot to capitalize The and King, please don’t forget again.

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SC Political Digest August 26, 2014 at 2:21 pm

Ron Paul-FITS bass-ackwards foreign policy on display. Fail early and fail later even worse. Head burying does.not work.

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--------------------- August 26, 2014 at 2:23 pm

Our nation would be more secure if you did not exist.

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SC Political Digest August 26, 2014 at 4:22 pm

Actually, you give me way too much credit for influence. If I made that much of a difference, we would not be in the total mess we’re in now.

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Jackie Chiles August 26, 2014 at 2:35 pm

How many MOAR beheadings until ISIS is an intergalactic power?

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EJB August 26, 2014 at 4:38 pm

They laughed about Bin Laden until they cried about 9/11.

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Bible Thumper August 26, 2014 at 3:20 pm

Maybe if we give ISIS Mande and Liz they will leave us alone.

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Sandi Morals August 26, 2014 at 3:29 pm

Lol! Better not.They both seem like nice people however the religion of Islam and followers ISIS might not think much of their apparently liberal views on abortion and gay marriage. :-)

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Bible Thumper August 26, 2014 at 3:41 pm

It makes no difference to ISIS. ISIS doesn’t believe a women’s views require any consideration.

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Jan August 26, 2014 at 5:39 pm

Something they have in common with the GOP.

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Kafir August 26, 2014 at 5:44 pm

Whatcha doing back, Sandi? I thought you were in the ward due to your paranoia a few days back. Your “lawyer” say it’s safe the come back to FITS? LOL!

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Sandi Morals August 26, 2014 at 6:18 pm

Had a bad day-we identified who “hacked” my professional and personal email accounts.
It will all work out. :-))))))

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Bible Thumper August 26, 2014 at 3:31 pm

Misunderstanding. When I said “leave us alone.” By “us” I meant the people who visit fitsnews.com and they refers to Mande and Liz. ;-)

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shifty henry August 26, 2014 at 7:06 pm

‘Those pesky indefinite pronouns again.’

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aikencounty August 26, 2014 at 3:26 pm

I finally realized the equation.
Obama bomb——–BAD
Bush bomb———–Good
YOU BETCHA!

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BobTheBomber August 26, 2014 at 3:48 pm

Oh, you don’t think Bush has been vilified for dropping bombs? That’s cute.

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aikencounty August 26, 2014 at 3:54 pm

No you jumped the gun.
The ultra right all ways calls for more bombing, but seems to “vilify” Obama when he threatens to pull the trigger.
Go back and read the article, then maybe you can grasp the intent of the comment.YOU BETCHA!

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Abe August 26, 2014 at 3:43 pm

Drop Bobby Harrell over Syria — justice served to both SC and the Assad regime.

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Bible Thumper August 26, 2014 at 3:46 pm

Let Glenn McConnell put on his Confederate uniform and drop him to.

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The Colonel August 26, 2014 at 4:20 pm

Will, really dude can’t you lose the freaking pastel, baby puke and juicy fruit colored hyperlinks?

I do love that plane – the B1B aka “The Bone”, repurposed during its lifetime from a high altitude supersonic penetration bomber (insert penis joke here) to a low altitude NOE bomber to it’s current role as a general purpose delivery truck for conventional munitions. It was designed before “stealth” was the “end all be all of airplane styling” but it still has a radar cross section smaller than a ‘Nam era F4 Phantom II and can fly well over Mach 1 clean.

What’s so great about it? The Bone can deliver almost every form of aerial munitions we have, from dumb to ultra smart. It can deliver the weapons reliably (these days anyway) in a hurry and on target. Why’s that important – because it says to every enemy we have “piss us off and we can hurt you – badly”.

The rub in all that? We have to have the will to do it. Making bug splats out of terrorists accomplishes nothing unless you kill every last one of them. Damn the collateral damage, full speed ahead and kill them all or kill the head of the snake. If you only kill the head, you’ll be back at it in a while but you’ll have some peace and quiet for a while.

Plinking trucks is a half measure.

Half measures bring disastrous results.

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Bible Thumper August 26, 2014 at 5:06 pm

“Will, really dude can’t you lose the freaking pastel, baby puke and juicy fruit colored hyperlinks?”
The Colonel, Will uses those colors to satisfy the large LGBT community that frequent this site.

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Soft Sigh from Hell August 26, 2014 at 7:47 pm

All those “pop bang” toys we had and the Vietnamese infantry with a few tanks won.
Well, and some Soviet SAMs.

And how does a B1 stop a 757 whose final flight plan is plotted in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan or any other “ally?”

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The Colonel August 26, 2014 at 10:16 pm

Think Dresden, not Hanoi, Hiroshima, not Baghdad. Kill’em all and let God sort it out or stay out of it.

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sparklecity August 27, 2014 at 11:40 am

You and I both know the whole story about the “Bone”
“Show of force fly-by, yada,yada,yada”
The “Bone” was relegated to the Georgia Air Guard about 10-15 years or so back and even they didn’t want the expense to keep it flying and the active USAF took it back.
B-1 developement was terminated during the Carter years in favor of cruise missles and the F-117 (which was top secret at the time) but resurrected during “my balls are bigger than yours and lets throw in the USS New Jersey while we’re at it” Reagan.
Yeah, its a nice looking plane and has a good payload & fast as hell but a bitch to maintain and is not even nuclear capable.
You can make the rocks bounce a little higher if that is what gets you off but for this mission A-10’s will do the job better.
For what it’s worth a few squadrons of A-26’s, A-1’s and B-25’s (complete with eight forward firing .50 cals and a 75mm cannon) would be a better application for plinking trucks and smoking Haji in the referenced AOR (IF you could wave a magic wand and they magically appeared on the ramp at Balad that is……)
I’ve said that all along when i was in the “Stan”. Only fly in the ointment might be high altitude performance in the mountains in the “Stan” (but I don’t think that is a factor in the plains of western Iraq or eastern Syria).
Then again, there is the mighty AC-130 Hercules!!!!!
C-130 = best damn plane made since the DC-3/C-47!!!!!!!
Longest airplane in constant production- They’re making them down in Marietta,Ga today!!!!!!!

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The Colonel August 27, 2014 at 6:25 pm

A-10s and AC-130s are an infantryman’s best friend. The AirFarce hates them both because they’re not sexy.

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EREY August 26, 2014 at 6:30 pm

Can we just drop the whole Joe Wilson family on them?

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