Way to go Obama, Ramadi falls to ISIS!

[percysunshine]

Oh, the far right, who created the horrible aftermath of the Iraqi War, want a second chance to get it wrong again.

Won't happen.

Won't happen?

I might agree with you Jake. Obama has possibly fucked this up beyond all repair. It probably does not matter who the next president is.

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[Kosh]

Oh, the far right, who created the horrible aftermath of the Iraqi War, want a second chance to get it wrong again.

Won't happen.

Won't happen?

I might agree with you Jake. Obama has possibly fucked this up beyond all repair. It probably does not matter who the next president is.

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So now Obama is far right!

 

[percysunshine]

Oh, the far right, who created the horrible aftermath of the Iraqi War, want a second chance to get it wrong again.

Won't happen.

Won't happen?

I might agree with you Jake. Obama has possibly fucked this up beyond all repair. It probably does not matter who the next president is.

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So now Obama is far right!

Kind of a paradox...eh?

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[Kosh]

Oh, the far right, who created the horrible aftermath of the Iraqi War, want a second chance to get it wrong again.

Won't happen.

Won't happen?

I might agree with you Jake. Obama has possibly fucked this up beyond all repair. It probably does not matter who the next president is.

.

So now Obama is far right!

Kind of a paradox...eh?

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Well in far left la la land, not really..

But yes the Obama cut and run tactic to please the smallest percentage of the voting base was a bad idea..

 

[JakeStarkey]

And the far right blames Obama for not being able to fix the Iraqi War fuckup when Bush could not even in the end get an acceptable SOFA.

Let them kill each other over there, bring our troops home, build up the Navy and AF shields, and continue with energy independence.

 

[Kosh]

And the far right blames Obama for not being able to fix the Iraqi War fuckup when Bush could not even in the end get an acceptable SOFA.

Let them kill each other over there, bring our troops home, build up the Navy and AF shields, and continue with energy independence.

And the far left would much rather see the world burn than admit they were wrong!

 

[percysunshine]

And the far right blames Obama for not being able to fix the Iraqi War fuckup when Bush could not even in the end get an acceptable SOFA.

Let them kill each other over there, bring our troops home, build up the Navy and AF shields, and continue with energy independence.

Actually, people versed in history know Obama owns this mess.

He would have made a great king of Portugal...

Ferdinand II of Portugal - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Manuel II of Portugal - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

 

[deltex1]

RAMADI has just fallen to ISIS with the take over of the central government Headquarters. RAMADI is the provincial capital of Al Anbar province. It is the fourth to be taken by ISIS since 2014, although ISIS lost control of Baquba and Tikrit in 2015. So now ISIS controls two provincial capitals in Iraq, Mosul and RAMADI. Ramadi is 60 miles from Baghdad. Hundreds of US troops are stationed at Al Assad Airbase within 20 miles of Ramadi.

IS group seizes government compound in Iraq's Ramadi
BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State militants on Friday captured the main government compound in Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's western Anbar province, after fierce clashes with security forces.

Ramadi's Mayor Dalaf al-Kubaisi says the militants raised the black flag of the IS group over the area after troops were forced to withdraw from the compound, which houses most of the city's government offices.

He said the IS militants, who also seized other parts of the city, are now attacking the Anbar Operation Command, the military headquarters for the province.

Dalaf said at least 10 policemen were killed in the fighting and dozens of other security forces were wounded. He said IS militants killed several captured policemen and army officers in the city, where most civilians have fled.

U.S. troops saw some of the heaviest fighting of the eight-year Iraq intervention in Anbar, and Ramadi was a major insurgent stronghold. The IS group captured the nearby city of Fallujah and parts of Ramadi in January 2014, months before its main sweep across northern and western Iraq.

The IS assault on the Ramadi government compound began with three nearly simultaneous suicide car bombings. Two Humvees previously seized from the Iraqi army were used in Friday's attack, al-Kubaisi said.

Dozens of families were forced to flee their homes in the area, said Athal al-Fahdawi, an Anbar councilman.

The head of Anbar's provincial council, Sabah Karhout, appealed to the central government in Baghdad to send reinforcements and urged the U.S.-led coalition to increase airstrikes against the militants in Ramadi.

"The city is undergoing vicious attack by Daesh and we are in dire need of any kind of assistance," Karhout said, using the Arabic acronym for the IS group.

Obama's light military footprint has helped this to happen. There needs to be a far more aggressive Air Campaign and larger number of US and coalition troops on the ground. Intervention weakly done produces mixed results at best.

You can't beat the combination of strategic patience and a coalition of the willing. Works every time!