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Old 16th Dec 2015, 17:47
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Lonewolf_50
 
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Originally Posted by Hangarshuffle
The RAF haven't done any bombing for 10 days, according to one report I saw today.
  1. If true, why?
  2. Lack of targets?
  3. Lack of ammunition?
  4. Fear of collateral damage?
  5. Lack of right aircraft?
  6. Other factor?
  7. Fear of Russian action?
  8. Slow realisation we've backed the wrong horse?
I did a small edit on your post to make this easier to respond.
1. Is the why important, given that your government has not yet declared "we are done bombing" at this point?
2. On a given day, if you don't have a target that you are allowed to hit and able to hit, you don't drop anything. I got to learn that IRL.
3. Doubt that
4. That's ever present and directly related to the answer to point 2.
5. Not likely, since the ones sent seem to still be deployed. See answer to point 1.
6. Such as?
7. Not likely
8. Who have "we" backed and how are they wrong as compared to the Daesh/ISIL/newcaliphate horses'behinds?
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