Iraq seems to be going well....

This is getting very bad, very quickly. 200 vs who knows how many.

Black Hawk Down #2?

More like Benghazi Part 2. Jesus, this is terrible.

[CJ]

This is our worst nightmare. You have got to watch the atmospheric signals and pay attention to what the fuck is going on around you. Boeing or LM, whoever it is that these folks work for needs to be beating down the Pentagon's doors about getting their people out or providing cover for them to E&E. I doubt they even had a non contract security rep on site knowing most of the big companies in these environments.

I sent out emails to some folks to see if any of my cohorts are in Iraq still. Haven't heard back yet.

Makes me happy to be shutting down this project in Afghanistan. I have already seen the .mil catch the bird out leaving our folks (my guy in particular) behind to catch the next one.

Yeah, it's pretty damn sad how little a shit this administration/president gives about it's own citizens, and how much it cares about illegals.

[KBScobravert]

This is our worst nightmare. You have got to watch the atmospheric signals and pay attention to what the fuck is going on around you. Boeing or LM, whoever it is that these folks work for needs to be beating down the Pentagon's doors about getting their people out or providing cover for them to E&E. I doubt they even had a non contract security rep on site knowing most of the big companies in these environments.

I sent out emails to some folks to see if any of my cohorts are in Iraq still. Haven't heard back yet.

Makes me happy to be shutting down this project in Afghanistan. I have already seen the .mil catch the bird out leaving our folks (my guy in particular) behind to catch the next one.

[samuel642000]

He illegally traded 5 maniacal terrorists for 1 deserter. Yet, he will probably let the 200 contractors die instead of sending in support to rescue them.

My exact thoughts, fucking pos

[IHaveAMustang]

This is getting very bad, very quickly. 200 vs who knows how many.

Black Hawk Down #2?

[line-em-up]

He illegally traded 5 maniacal terrorists for 1 deserter. Yet, he will probably let the 200 contractors die instead of sending in support to rescue them.

[CJ]

Well that's a big fucking problem.

[Forever_frost]

http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/200-u-s-contractors-surrounded-by-jihadists-in-iraq/

EW YORK – About 200 Americans under contract with the Department of Defense at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq are trapped by the al-Qaida-inspired jihadists who have seized control of two cities and are now threatening Baghdad, according to WND sources.

The sources, private contractors who have recently returned to the U.S. from Iraq, said Friday their former colleagues effectively have been abandoned by the U.S. military and are fighting for their lives against an army of jihadists surrounding the base who belong to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.

The U.S. contractors are at Balad to help the Pentagon prepare the facilities for the delivery of the F-16 aircraft the Obama administration has agreed to provide the Iraqi government.

The surrounded Americans said they currently are under ISIS fire from small arms, AK47s, and rocket propelled grenades, or RPGs.

The contractors so far have been able to hold the base, but those on the scene reported it was only a matter of time before the ISIS terrorists succeeded in breaking through the perimeter. The sources confirmed the contractors were still under siege, despite an Associated Press report Thursday, citing U.S. officials, that three planeloads of Americans were being evacuated from Balad.

WND has learned from sources that the jihadists have closed down escape routes, and the U.S. Air Force is in a stand-down position. U.S. forces are not assisting even with air cover so a private extradition flight could land for a rescue, the sources said.

Privately scheduled exit flights have fallen through, sources said, as several private pilots originally scheduled to make the flights have quit.

The sources contend the U.S. military could provide the necessary air cover to protect C-130s or other air transport craft sufficient to make the evacuation, but so far officials have refused to get involved.

Balad Air Force Base has been under attack since Wednesday, when ISIS rebels seized the nearby town of Tikrit, the birthplace of Saddam Hussein.

The attacking ISIS forces approached Balad Air Force Base in trucks Wednesday and called through loudspeakers for all private security forces and Iraqi special military to leave immediately or die.

The U.S. private contractors in touch with WND reported that after hearing the broadcast, the private security forces and the Iraqi military defending the base dropped their weapons and ran.

The American contractors collected the weapons left behind and were able to hold off further immediate advances.

[BP]

I'm sure it's probably completely unrelated but Israel's parliament just elected a new president on Tuesday.

[KBScobravert]

Lead from behind. Obama policy.

And watch Fox to see what happened.

[KBScobravert]

If we do ANYTHING it needs to be done from the AIR and fuck all be dammed about civilian casualties and collateral damage. That is not me saying bomb cities for no reason but hit mass gatherings of scumbbags from 30,000' and if the bombs we use are too big, too bad.

and Eric, don't get all feeling special on us. Everyone knew this was gonna happen. Only the bird with his head in the sand thought that us pulling out of Iraq would bring everlasting peace.

I wonder if O is reconsidering his troop numbers for Afghanistan in 2015 and beyond now. I sure hope so, I could use this job in 2015.

[CJ]

So we are taking the wait and see leadership approach, while the Russians and Iranians are screaming to the UN that this is all our fault. Well at least Israel isn't being attacked yet.

Lead from behind. Obama policy.

I can't be the only person chortling with laughter at the threat of Obama putting his best people on something, can I? I wouldn't trust that dumbasses best people to manage a hot dog stand. I knew this shit was going to happen.

[bcoop]

His best people are John Kerry and Chuck Hagel. One was a swift boat commander and the other a squad leader. We literally have a squad sgt running the most powerful military in the world.

hence the pew pew pew!

[sc281]

His best people are John Kerry and Chuck Hagel. One was a swift boat commander and the other a squad leader. We literally have a squad sgt running the most powerful military in the world.

If ever there was a test for the doctrine of "salute the rank, not the man" him and Obama would be it.