By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
How has ISIS been able to withstand the nightly bombing raids that the allies have launched against them? It seems as if ISIS has been barely affected by the bombings, almost as if they have sustained no losses from the attacks.
I've discovered how. I've discovered how and why ISIS has hardly been degraded by the 14 allied air forces that have been pummeling them day in and out.
Several reasons have been given by Intel analysts, and they all seem plausible.
The first reason is that the planes only fire on a few of their missions.
Another is that ISIS is doing what the allies did during World War II. ISIS has paper and cardboard models of convoys that they put out at night, and the allies bomb them during the day. The models look like trucks and Hummers and even half tracks.
ISIS has also created new, narrow, windy roads through fields and hills. These roads are un-mapped and they travel at night with vehicles using lights that are painted blue. They travel at night and most of the allied sorties are flown during the day.
ISIS is still selling oil and their trucks are still moving and bringing the oil to their buyers. All the oil is paid for in advance. The oil trucks belong to the contractors, most of whom are Turkish and Kurdish.
Even when trucks are hit, it has no effect of ISIS, not on the money flow and not the oil flow. The contractors take all the risk.
Finally, ISIS has hired Iraqi officers who specialize in camouflage. They have dressed the vehicles to blend into their environments. They look like part of the background and it is hard to see them when scanning a satellite image on a computer screen.
ISIS has gotten very good at protecting themselves.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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