George Bush gave Iraq to Iran.
Then he gave $100-billion in military equipment to the Iraqi Army.
Who gave $30-billion of it to ISIS.
Who transported dozens of ex-President Bush's tanks to Syria. Where the ISIS creeps have been killing other "al-Qaeda affiliated" rebels apace. Most recently south of Damascus.
So now President Obama has sent the first batch of slow flying, utterly lethal A-10 Warthogs to brew up the ISIS inventory of ex-President Bush's tanks. In Iraq and one assumes in Syria, though why we'd stop ISIS from tank-blasting other al-Qaeda Lovers is beyond me.
Admit it. The whole thing sounds crazy.
Anybody predict this back, say, summer of 2001 ??? Any part of it?
How many of us who ignored the Gulf War knew where Iraq was on a map?
The A-10 Hogs are "Dilgermobiles" because the 30mm tank-killer gun was redesigned over and over and the ammo was economized down from $500 a round to $12. That project manager was Col. Robert Dilger. He also got the wing load down and slowed the stall speed way down.
Slow is good for Close Air Support because you can see your targets.
The 30mm gun on the Warthog fires a massive uranium bullet at ~5,000 fps. When it hits a tank, it goes through the tank and leaves a big fire inside. Nasty thing, even applied to the ISIS psychopaths.