Trench Warfare With Wings: Can ISIL Airstrikes Go Beyond Attrition?

[C130]

Trench Warfare With Wings: Can ISIL Airstrikes Go Beyond Attrition? « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary


pretty good read.

i've been wondering to myself why the airstrikes haven't targeted the civilian infrastructure in Raqqa to make them turn on ISIL??

like knockout electricity,water, and cell phone towers. you gotta disable the lines of communication and make life hell under ISIL.

we should be bombing the roads that lead to and from raqqa making it harder to travel.

 

[Tshering22]

Trench Warfare With Wings: Can ISIL Airstrikes Go Beyond Attrition? « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary


pretty good read.

i've been wondering to myself why the airstrikes haven't targeted the civilian infrastructure in Raqqa to make them turn on ISIL??

like knockout electricity,water, and cell phone towers. you gotta disable the lines of communication and make life hell under ISIL.

we should be bombing the roads that lead to and from raqqa making it harder to travel.

You'll only make it harder for the civilians trapped there to escape the ISIS if at all they had a chance with the infrastructure.

As you can see, ISIS has no shortage of manpower when it comes; all they have to do is say the word "Islamic State" and they have a virtual pool of more than a billion people with millions either covertly or privately or even openly willing to support these lunatics.

However, one thing they are able to get their hands on is money. That money comes from your coffers as well as coffers of some of your key allies.

Cut the sources of funding they will die out.

ISIS today is in the same position as AQ was yesterday and Taliban before that.

Stop creating more boogeymen, dude.

Believe me, all these monsters will come to haunt you one day.

 

[DrawingDead]

Trench Warfare With Wings: Can ISIL Airstrikes Go Beyond Attrition? « Breaking Defense - Defense industry news, analysis and commentary


pretty good read.

i've been wondering to myself why the airstrikes haven't targeted the civilian infrastructure in Raqqa to make them turn on ISIL??

like knockout electricity,water, and cell phone towers. you gotta disable the lines of communication and make life hell under ISIL.

we should be bombing the roads that lead to and from raqqa making it harder to travel.

I agree. It doesn't seem like there is any conviction in what we're doing (or anyone else, for that matter). The only premise I disagree with is the one about the civilians turning against ISIL. If they hate them, they're too scared to do anything. If they like them, they're probably blaming us already for standing in the way of their dream of a caliphate. So bombing their infrastructure isn't going to make a difference there. Knocking out all connection between Raqqa and the rest of area is something that might be effective. Maybe lay siege to the town like the good ol' days?