The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Megathread

[Siege]

Maybe humans are extremely optimistic when facing certain death, and choose any options that at least delays the inevitable, in hopes of a miracle.

This is our experience from the holocaust.
People just refuse to believe reality until it is too late.
The Enemy says "we gonna kill you all", but we say, "nah, the reports are exaggerated", or "that's just the vocal minority talking shit".

[jimmy olsen]

Can't imagine him being that accurate.

[Grey Fox]

Well, it is said that they dont aim. He has no need.

[derspiess]

That's a nice fat slow moving target.

[Tonitrus]

Must be grown-up fat Iraqi kid....

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kvGouoASf28

[DGuller]

That's a nice fat slow moving target.

Meh, you can be as fat and slow as target as you want, it doesn't matter if no one bothers to shoot at you.

[Jaron]

That's like something out of Fallout.

[celedhring]

That fat fundie guy has obviously seen way too many 80s American action movies, he should be purified.

[Ed Anger]

Obama stinks.

[Darth Wagtaros]

This is all Bill Clinton's fault.

[derspiess]

That's a nice fat slow moving target.

Meh, you can be as fat and slow as target as you want, it doesn't matter if no one bothers to shoot at you.

True, but there's got to be one sniper somewhere in the Iraqi army who can hit the broad side of a barn & won't run away.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Couldn't they leave a bit earlier and go by road, south to Kuwait; helicopter evacuations often look rather skedaddly.

Would probably be Ospreys, not choppers.

<insert Osprey teething jokes here>

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Apparently Kurds and ISIS have reached a sort-of non-aggression agreement. Which makes a lot of sense for them both.

Rudaw's English Twitter feed is still reporting small skirmishes between Kurdish and ISIS forces at various places near Kirkuk, so either someone has not get the message or its a pretty weak NAP.

[derspiess]

I think small skirmishes in the Islamic world means you're still sort of friends.

[Ed Anger]

I think small skirmishes in the Islamic world means you're still sort of friends.

It is all over the sex ed camel.