GostHacked Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25588615 So when do we go help Iraq... again? Sunni militants linked to al-Qaeda are reportedly still in control of parts of two cities in western Iraq. Fierce fighting continues as government troops try to force militants aligned to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) from Ramadi and Fallujah. A leader of a tribal militia fighting alongside government forces says that more than 60 jihadists have been killed in or near Ramadi. Clashes erupted on Monday after troops dismantled a protest camp in the city. Local Sunni Arabs had been demonstrating for months against what they perceive as discrimination by the Shia-led government and unfair targeting of their minority community by anti-terrorism measures implemented to stem the surge in sectarian violence. But Prime Minister Nouri Maliki ordered that the sit-in be cleared, alleging it had "turned into a headquarters for the leadership of al-Qaeda". I think they could use some more freedom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 3, 2014 Report Share Posted January 3, 2014 Well...folks wanted those troops home...NOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Well...folks wanted those troops home...NOW. some folks can't admit that it was the troops that brought al quaeda and sectarian violence into iraq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topaz Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 I was listening to a program last night, and the topic was Africa, and how the violence there is about,..guess what... OIL. The US, Al Queda, the leaders of the African countries that have the oil, the word is, it's getting nasty fight to get the oil, so Africa will be the lead country for wars in 2014. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted January 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 I was listening to a program last night, and the topic was Africa, and how the violence there is about,..guess what... OIL. The US, Al Queda, the leaders of the African countries that have the oil, the word is, it's getting nasty fight to get the oil, so Africa will be the lead country for wars in 2014. That has been already been going on for decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 That has been already been going on for decades. ...and involves a few more players other than the evil United States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 some folks can't admit that it was the troops that brought al quaeda and sectarian violence into iraq. Saddam brought the violence to Iraq. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted January 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Saddam brought the violence to Iraq. If it were only as simple as that. You like history right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 4, 2014 Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 If it were only as simple as that. You like history right? Do fill us in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted January 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2014 Do fill us in. Mufti. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Mufti. How ironic. The Mufti formulated a revolt for the Nazis in Iraq during WW2. It failed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haj_Amin_al-Husseini#Al-Husseini_in_Iraq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dre Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 If it were only as simple as that. You like history right? Post 911 western politics, and a group of incompetent gerbil faced optimists brought the war to Iraq. Never let a good crisis go to waste as they say! And we will be out of there within a few months and it will cost a few million dollars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Post 911 western politics, and a group of incompetent gerbil faced optimists brought the war to Iraq. Never let a good crisis go to waste as they say! And we will be out of there within a few months and it will cost a few million dollars! Either way, Saddam had to go. But, like Vietnamization...handing the war over to the Iraqi army will simply not work. Fallujah fell to al-Qaeda this weekend, for example. They had better start droning some rear-ends or it will be helicopters from the roofs of the Green Zone before long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Post 911 western politics, and a group of incompetent gerbil faced optimists brought the war to Iraq. Never let a good crisis go to waste as they say! And we will be out of there within a few months and it will cost a few million dollars! One main reason was to get Al-Queda out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Let's just call that a fail. They never left. And now they are causing a lot of trouble. In fact I'd say the US helped Al-Queda by taking out hardliners like Saddam. But, some would interpret that as me supporting terrorism. But Kerry says: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/05/kerry-vows-support-for-iraq-government-in-fallujah-but-wont-send-us-troops/ In his first remarks since Islamic militants with Al Qaeda ties overran the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Ramadi, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry promised support for Iraq's government, but emphatically rejected any possibility that the U.S. would send troops back into the country, saying of the Baghdad government "this is their fight." Men like Saddam would have taken care of this issue. Why not just use drones like the US is doing elsewhere. This was expected to happen. Take out Saddam, disband the military, try a new government, it has issues, cannot maintain security (see disbanding of army and police) and now has another Al-Queda problem. Al-Queda are the ones our governments say are the bad guys right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GostHacked Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 We've seen weekly bombings in Iraq and last year apparently was the highest death toll since 'Mission Accomplished' Iraq is another hot bed for these terrorist types. Kerry is showing how much of a (fill in the blank) he really is. I think he needs another swiftboat kick in the ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 One main reason was to get Al-Queda out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Let's just call that a fail. They never left. And now they are causing a lot of trouble. In fact I'd say the US helped Al-Queda by taking out hardliners like Saddam. But, some would interpret that as me supporting terrorism. But Kerry says: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/05/kerry-vows-support-for-iraq-government-in-fallujah-but-wont-send-us-troops/ Men like Saddam would have taken care of this issue. Why not just use drones like the US is doing elsewhere. This was expected to happen. Take out Saddam, disband the military, try a new government, it has issues, cannot maintain security (see disbanding of army and police) and now has another Al-Queda problem. Al-Queda are the ones our governments say are the bad guys right? Helicopters from the Green Zone...lol. Not so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 5, 2014 Report Share Posted January 5, 2014 Heh...took Ramadi last night, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeferMadness Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Well...folks wanted those troops home...NOW. Oh, here we have it. Please do enlighten us on how the kind Yankee overlords tried to save the poor ignorant Iraqis from themselves - but 8 years just wasn't long enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Oh, here we have it. Please do enlighten us on how the kind Yankee overlords tried to save the poor ignorant Iraqis from themselves - but 8 years just wasn't long enough. Merely stating a fact. Well...didn't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleeding heart Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 No. The quaint coalition of mouth-breathing morons of course didn't give a rat's ass about the Iraqis...and it shows. What's interesting is that a great part of the objection to the war, from the start, was of the probabilities of terrible, unintended consequences...like, oh, for example, sectarian bloodshed....which occurred; the rise of terrorist violence.....well, lookee there; and the eventual threat of extremist Islamists taking advantage of the chaos to insert themselves into (at least) regional powers... ....and of course, as we all remember well, the little geniuses who supported and defended the war derided all these warnings as wildly implausible...... Well, I take no pleasure form the incompetence of the war's architects, nor from the monumental servility of the their defenders. It's been one sad tragedy after another. Good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 You're free to find the post where I said 'yay...they're invading Iraq'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleeding heart Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 No, as I recall, you've expressed some reticence about the wisdom of that performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Meanwhile...the deed is done and the Iraqi Army (lol) has to face it all on their own... See: ARVN Let's repeat Viet-Nam, shall we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hey guys, did the US stay in Germany after WW2 ? There. Point made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hey guys, did the US stay in Germany after WW2 ? There. Point made. Did the Soviets take over France? Point made...lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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