RE: Ramadi
May 24, 2015 at 11:15 pm
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2015 at 11:16 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(May 24, 2015 at 11:05 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(May 24, 2015 at 11:00 pm)bennyboy Wrote: If you can't win with American arms, then you just don't care enough.
Is that ISIS' motto?
I don't see evidence of ISIS making any significant use of American arms they have captured. Where they might have attempted to use more sophisticated arms, they seem to prefer soviet vintage arms they have captured from the Syrians.
Given how relatively well the Russian armed Syrian forces have done compared to how poorly american armed Iraqi forces, I won't blame the ISIS if they think American arms are somehow tainted.
Also, such professional military advice Isis has been able to receive have largely come from dispossessed and disenfranchised former soldiers and officers of saddam' army, and they are definitely more familiar and comfortable with Russian arms.
