Mattis Spent His First Day in Office Bombing ISIS. Guess How That Went?

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Mattis Spent His First Day in Office Bombing ISIS. Guess How That Went?

Here's some stunning news: "Democratic New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was the sole vote against the retired general during his Senate confirmation."
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YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!

So, what does a lifetime Marine and universally beloved Secretary of Defense do during his first official day in office?

He bombs dozens of ISIS positions of course. He bombs them thirty nine times during a total of twenty five airstrikes to be exact. According to publicly released information:

The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat it poses to Iraq, Syria, the region and the wider international community. The destruction of targets in Syria and Iraq further limits ISIL’s ability to project terror and conduct operations, officials said.​
 
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Mattis Celebrates First Day At Pentagon By Blowing Up ISIS 31 Times

Newly minted Secretary of Defense James Mattis celebrated his first full day at the Pentagon by presiding over 31 strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Mattis entered the Pentagon Saturday with a smile for his first full day of work, and for good reason, considering the significant bombardment ISIS forces received.​
 
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Department of Defense is a good source:
U.S., Coalition Continue Strikes Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq > U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Article

SOUTHWEST ASIA, Jan. 22, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.

Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are based on initial reports.

Strikes in Syria

Attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 25 strikes consisting of 39 engagements in Syria:

-- Near Bab, two strikes engaged an ISIL tactical unit, destroyed an artillery piece and damaged a tactical vehicle.

-- Near Raqqa, 22 strikes engaged 12 ISIL tactical units; destroyed nine fighting positions, two tunnels, two tanks an improvised-bomb factory and an ISIL headquarters; and suppressed three ISIL tactical units.

-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, a strike destroyed two oil well heads.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted six strikes consisting of 16 engagements in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of the Iraqi government:

-- Near Rutbah, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a tactical vehicle, two weapons caches and a mortar.

-- Near Beiji, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a vehicle.

-- Near Kisik, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a vehicle and an ISIL-held building.

-- Near Mosul, two strikes engaged two ISIL tactical units; destroyed a vehicle-borne-bomb factory, a vehicle-borne bomb, a tank, three fighting positions and a vehicle; and suppressed an ISIL tactical unit.

-- Near Tal Afar, a strike engaged an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed a semi-truck and a command-and-control node.

Task force officials define a strike as one or more kinetic events that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single, sometimes cumulative, effect. Therefore, officials explained, a single aircraft delivering a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against buildings, vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having the cumulative effect of making those targets harder or impossible for ISIL to use. Accordingly, officials said, they do not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of individual munition impact points against a target. Ground-based artillery fired in counterfire or in fire support to maneuver roles is not classified as a strike.
 
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Yesterday ISIS was on the ascendancy across the Middle East. Today, it's on it's way back to the Stone Age where it belongs. What a difference a day makes. I wonder what changed?

Oh that's right. We now have a Secretary of Defense who is more concerned with killing the people who want to kill us and less concerned about gender neutral bathrooms on military bases.

Go Team Mad Dog!
 
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Wait...

Wait wait...

Wait...

You mean to tell me, that these targets mysteriously presented themselves with the arrival of the New POTUS? Simply amazing!

That they were ignored, previously only lends weight to the fact that Barack Hussein Obama, through inaction, empowered this terrorist organization! POS!

Go Mad Dog, sic'em...
 
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carpediem said:
Maybe ISIS will have one of those miles long victory parades again. You know, the one Obama didn't know about where he could have killed thousands of those clowns as they rode around in the Toyotas HRC gave them.....
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or maybe when they have a convoy between towns in the wide open sand and no longer have to wait 3 hours for permission to engage
FUBO good bye
 
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Not good, now Muslims won't like the US and will try to form terrorist groups ...

So how long where these places on the map and left to flourish?
 
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How about that shit? We're actually using our Military for what it is for... TO PROTECT AMERICA! I say; Hell yea, Hit them again, and again.
Who knows maybe the rag heads that are here will get called back to the "Mother-ship" to protect it.
 
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I would like to make a plea to all you nice folks. I have heard the General Mattis HATES the nickname "Mad Dog"

so could be just call him by rank....sorry but he is one of the smartest military minds of the last 20 years or so. and if he hates the name, I think I could just call him "Boss" or General.
 
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