re: #313 Killgore Trout

They can also use rocket launchers, missiles and whatever is laying around. I figure most of the aircraft can be flown out before the takeover anyways but there’s a ton of gear there. If nothing else they prevent the Iraqi army from using it.

They’ll have to take the base first, and I doubt they will be able to do that. Given ISIS’s habit of executing soldiers after they have surrendered, I don’t think the defenders are just going to give up. Further, those bases are designed to be defended and attacking them will require ISIS to cross ground stripped of all cover. Balad’s gunships will also take a heavy toll on any attacking force as it moves up.

I don’t see ISIS winning this fight.