In the greater scheme of things it was good they won. The country, there wouldnt actually be a country, would probably have remained divided with scores of kingdoms fighting each other.
And also no concept of western democracy, which is what holds it together today. When we gained independence...
Instead of bombing them and destroying the existing civilian infrastructure; why not starve them into submission. You have the manpower+money+time on your side
About frikkin time. They should try encircling the major population centers, starting with Fallujah. It could get costly if conventional Iraqi forces are drawn into urban warfare (and that is just what ISIS wants). Cut the supply routes, defend against counter attacks and wait it out, I think...
Defeated and hunted down ruthlessly by the Russians,many have run away and now form the elite corps of ISIS. Good fighters, but scumbags nonetheless.
Russian-speaking jihadists execute Syrians in Aleppo
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/03/isis_executes_civili.php
Soviet women in World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There were 800,000 women who served in the Soviet Armed Forces during the war. Nearly 200,000 were decorated and 89 eventually received the Soviet Union’s highest award, the Hero of the Soviet Union. Some served as pilots, snipers...
I found it a bit boring. Maybe coz I was expecting a prolonged sniper duel; something like enemy at the gates. Did he really get that insurgent sniper or is it fictitious :what: