Pentagon Adopts Israeli Tactic In Bombing ISIS

[Purveyor]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)The U.S. has adopted a unique Israeli battlefield tactic in its fight against ISIS: exploding a missile above a building to warn civilians inside that it's about to be bombed.

Israeli forces have widely used the so-called knock-on-the-roof operations in Gaza attacks in recent years to try to get civilians out before they are hit.

The first public revelation of the U.S. using a "knock operation" came Tuesday at a press briefing by Air Force Maj. Gen. Peter E. Gersten, deputy commander for operations and intelligence for the anti-ISIS Operation Inherent Resolve.

Gersten described a strike against an ISIS financial storage center on April 5 in southern Mosul, Iraq. The U.S. had been closely watching the house of an ISIS finance operative, or "finance emir" in the words of Gersten.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/26/politics/u-s-uses-israeli-tactic-isis-bombing/

[Paper Roses]

1. Bomb, bomb, bomb. I'm sick of it.

What the heck is our government doing except filling the coffers of the armament manufacturers. Israel can stand by itself, in my opinion. Meanwhile our citizens are suffering.

This old timer has had it. OK, I have no voice, but I'm ready to scream.

To Washington: Take care of those at home who are in need. No more bombs, guns, troops and other instruments of war.

To anyone running for office, take note. We, the electorate, are sick of almost everything that comes out of Washington.
Go to work, you idiots, slackers, sponges...

The people have spoken but it seems that you are not listening.

[FBaggins]

3. Israel can stand by itself?

The attack was in Iraq. There is no connection to Israel except in the use of a tactic that reduces civilian casualties.

[Chan790]

4. Some people don't get that a good tactic worth borrowing...

is a good tactic worth borrowing, regardless where it came from.

Where did Patton learn the tank-based rapid attack-and-advance maneuvers he used in the advance on Berlin in WWII? They're the same ones the Nazis had used to sweep across Belgium and France earlier in the war.

[maxsolomon]

5. Old Timers should read the OP

The DoD is by several times the largest component of the Federal Budget. You may be, but "The People" are by no means sick of it. They are either A. pissing themselves with fear over ISIL, or B. employed by the DoD directly or indirectly.

[Roy Rolling]

2. No doubt

No doubt this will tip the scale for the good guys and end the thousand years of war forever.

[6chars]

6. So the US imitates Israel's efforts to minimize civilian casualties

Puts the lie to a lot of the criticism of Israel's conduct of the 2014 Gaza conflict. Apparently the military under Obama views this as the best way to minimize civilian casualties when fighting terrorists.