So, when I hear Iraq is being taken over by I.S.I.S. ...
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ISIS butchers leave 'roads lined with decapitated police and soldiers'
Battle for Baghdad looms as thousands answer Iraqi government's call to arms as jihadists bear down on capital
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Almost Ba'raq, almost.
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I guess we never should have went there in the first place. Who's idea was that again? I can't seem to remember.
si shen
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Originally posted by THGRRI:
I guess we never should have went there in the first place. Who's idea was that again? I can't seem to remember.
si shen
Everyone who voted in favor of using force ?
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"I am very optimistic about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government." ... Joe Biden
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
"I am very optimistic about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government." ... Joe Biden
" If you like your plan, you can keep it.
Period. "
It never ends w/ these folks.
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
"I am very optimistic about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government." ... Joe Biden
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Auraptor
Everyone who voted in favor of using force ?
The congress did not vote to go into Iraq they voted to give Bush the authority to go. First he needed to exhaust all other venues. He used that vote like a get out of jail free card and headed right in.
Cowards one and all who voted to let the president make the final decision. Even if he had the vote, it was his administration that sold to the country a bunch of garbage to justify going. Then made the judgment to go. It’s all documented.
Joe Biden was speaking to what was going on at the time. What was he supposed to say, he saw this coming if he didn't? It was time to come home and beyond that we were told to leave. Iraq is a sovereign nation and if they say go we have to go.
si shen
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We've been funding and supporting al Qaida for years, directly when they were blended in with the anti- Soviet "freedom fighters" in Afghanistan, and indirectly through Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
We helped the Saudis and Qataris ship weapons into Libya to topple Qaddafi, then ship the weapons out again to Syria thru Benghazi. The Saudis and Qataris were in something of a race to see who could supply more weapons to al Qaida in Syria (thru Turkey). We provided political cover - painting the jihadists as "rebels" who only wanted "democracy", and provided military training in Jordan. I posted about this many months ago.
Now that al Qaida is being forced out Syria, thanks to Assad, they're finding a new home in Iraq.
You can't arm and supply a bunch of wild-eyed fanatics, point them in the direction you want them to go, and then think you're going to stuff them back in the bottle once you're done with them. Our "realpolitik" has come back to bite us in the ass... again. We should be more careful who we choose as our friends and allies. I think we're fortunate that the blowback hasn't been worse.
BTW-
What does shi shen mean?
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
We've been funding and supporting al Qaida for years, directly when they were blended in with the anti- Soviet "freedom fighters" in Afghanistan, and indirectly through Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
We helped the Saudis and Qataris ship weapons into Libya to topple Qaddafi, then ship the weapons out again to Syria thru Benghazi. The Saudis and Qataris were in something of a race to see who could supply more weapons to al Qaida in Syria (thru Turkey). We provided political cover - painting the jihadists as "rebels" who only wanted "democracy", and provided military training in Jordan. I posted about this many months ago.
Now that al Qaida is being forced out Syria, thanks to Assad, they're finding a new home in Iraq.
You can't arm and supply a bunch of wild-eyed fanatics, point them in the direction you want them to go, and then think you're going to stuff them back in the bottle once you're done with them. Our "realpolitik" has come back to bite us in the ass... again. We should be more careful who we choose as our friends and allies. I think we're fortunate that the blowback hasn't been worse.
BTW-
What does shi shen mean?
First when you are referring to giving arms to those in Afghanistan who were fighting the Soviets. They were not quite Al Qaida yet. Not even close.
Yes we helped topple Qaddafi. That was a good thing despite what you believe. The rest of what you say is no more than unsubstantiated ramblings.
Shi shen means reaper in Chinese as far as I can tell.
si shen
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Best interest for Barry to keep his planned tee time then, huh ?
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There are thousands of Americans in Baghdad, and thousands of Iraqis that work with those Americans. They're all in fear for their lives and they all want to get out now. Al Qaeda is an hour away and armed with captured American weapons that used to belong to the Iraqi Army.
President Obumfuck didn't lift a finger to save Fallujah or Mosul or Tikrit from the jihadist slaughter. Now he's flown to California to play golf, as Baghdad is about to be encircled. His advisers are briefing him and Susan Rice on how they're gonna blame a Tawney Kitaen-Whitesnake video for the Baghdad genocide. And then Hillary will say "What difference does it make now?"
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