I get the feeling shock and awe 2 is about to be on tv. Going by the announcement about bombing Syria.
Quite how they plan to pull it off without starring world war 3 remains to.be seen.
Is is are being funded by a much bigger hidden state. I had thought Saudi Arabia.
But With Russia bleating on about it being a breach of international law then who knows maybe they are handing over is us the cash.
But Isis are too well organised and too well funded and appear to be invading multiple places by degrees.
One concern is Israel. It has to be on their hit list.
Look at where they turned uo.
Egypt, Syria the Golan heights .
Either way your going to need something a lot smarter tgan an A10 at least early on. Sadly though as is inevitable this will escalate and your probably right . They be pulled out of mothballs . Maybe upgraded here and there and will be buzzing around juat about every middle eastern state for a long time.
Interesting to see how much more Iran is willing to put in to help.
What do they have in terms of technology?
Last I read it was mig 21 ' s and french built mirages.
Perhaps they can be more helpful by giving the new coalition force airbases and support maintenence and staging posts plus ground troops .