Islamic State Taunts U.S. in Video Warning: ‘Fighting Has Just Begun’
Are we about to see another replay the “Mighty Foreign Dragon vs Local Snake” paradigm?
In one of the Islamic State’s first responses to President Barack Obama’s declaration that he would “degrade and ultimately destroy” it, the group released a video late Tuesday in which it appeared to say that its militants would kill U.S. ground forces should Obama deploy them.
The clip is only 52 seconds long and is billed as a preview for a longer video. With slow-motion replay, quick edits and high-quality video images, it looks like a Hollywood studio trailer.
It begins with U.S. tanks and troops under attack by fire and U.S. soldiers carrying a wounded comrade into an armored vehicle.
The images flick by, including a shot of the “Mission Accomplished” banner that served as a backdrop on the day president George W. Bush landed on an aircraft carrier six weeks after the United States invaded Iraq in 2003. That is followed by shots of Obama and the White House at night.
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