A Sensible Post About Iraq

[Mojo2]

The left loves that quote of Ike. It's been tortured and abused by them to death.

So now Republicans aren't Republican enough for Republicans. You people are ******* insane.

Did he use the term "military industrial complex" or not? Yes he did.

A Republican talking monkey just said that people who use that term are biased. A Republican made the term popular. By your neo-Republican talking monkey "logic", Republicans are biased. But that's okay because Eisenhower was a RINO, right? He wasn't a real Republican like stupid racist FOX-watching neo-Confederate Teabaggers.

*Yawn*

Your post uses so many tired lying cliches I think you must have cleaned out the cupboard!

 

[zeke]

Yeah, you didn't want to make a 'sensible' post about Iraq, you wanted to be a troll.

Awesome, you know how to be a troll. Progress, right?

My post was unbias and sensible kiddo.... Sorry you had bias about it.

It simply stated that everyone is able to think for themselves. It held some history and some political knowledge.

You don't seem to know what the word "TROLL" actually is. Because your post #2 is 100% TROLL. No information, no argument, no debate, just TROLL.

Educate yourself little guy.

Uh, no.

When you use terms such as 'military industrial complex' your post is far from unbiased. Your attack on the right wing for being 'emotional' also speaks against the objectivity of your post.

I don't take trolls seriously, and I don't appreciate liars much either. Your post is pockmarked with political rhetoric. "If you are pro-life, read this word for word."

Pretty shameless to sit there and say your post is 'unbiased.'

Please, educate yourself.

You stupid **** temple of shit. Do you even know where the "military industrial complex" warning came from the very first time? You ever hear of a President named Eisenhower?

I thought you said you read a great deal of American history. LMAO.

 

[zeke]

The left loves that quote of Ike. It's been tortured and abused by them to death.

So now Republicans aren't Republican enough for Republicans. You people are ******* insane.

Did he use the term "military industrial complex" or not? Yes he did.

A Republican talking monkey just said that people who use that term are biased. A Republican made the term popular. By your neo-Republican talking monkey "logic", Republicans are biased. But that's okay because Eisenhower was a RINO, right? He wasn't a real Republican like stupid racist FOX-watching neo-Confederate Teabaggers.

*Yawn*

Your post uses so many tired lying cliches I think you must have cleaned out the cupboard!

And your weak ass excuse for a rebuke of the truth was a ******* joke. Just like you and the temple of shit. A joke.

 

[Mac1958]

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1. It's not our planet to use like a kid's sandbox whenever we feel like it
2. We've caused enough damage by removing the strategic firewall Saddam and emboldening Iran and terrorist organizations
3. Many already hate us for sticking our nose and guns and bombs into the business of others on their land
4. We have a clear history of supporting people one day and worrying about them the next
5. 4,000+ lives, many many thousands more lost limbs and minds
6. $1+ trillion gone, gee, we could use some of that
7. Precisely who the **** are we supposed to like, trust and support over there?

Madness.

.

 

[Ibentoken]

The left loves that quote of Ike. It's been tortured and abused by them to death.

So now Republicans aren't Republican enough for Republicans. You people are ******* insane.

Did he use the term "military industrial complex" or not? Yes he did.

A Republican talking monkey just said that people who use that term are biased. A Republican made the term popular. By your neo-Republican talking monkey "logic", Republicans are biased. But that's okay because Eisenhower was a RINO, right? He wasn't a real Republican like stupid racist FOX-watching neo-Confederate Teabaggers.

Where in the wide wide world of sports did you get the idea that I am a republican? Make your argument and leave the dramatic hysteria to Hillary.

 

[zeke]

The left loves that quote of Ike. It's been tortured and abused by them to death.

So now Republicans aren't Republican enough for Republicans. You people are ******* insane.

Did he use the term "military industrial complex" or not? Yes he did.

A Republican talking monkey just said that people who use that term are biased. A Republican made the term popular. By your neo-Republican talking monkey "logic", Republicans are biased. But that's okay because Eisenhower was a RINO, right? He wasn't a real Republican like stupid racist FOX-watching neo-Confederate Teabaggers.

Where in the wide wide world of sports did you get the idea that I am a republican? Make your argument and leave the dramatic hysteria to Hillary.

Seeing as how you aren't a Republican. What is the problem with pointing out that a true Republican President warned all of America about the growing "military industrial complex?"

Of course we ignored that warning and have paid for that ignorance. But it was a Repub who said it and had much more experience with that group than you or I ever will.

So what is the problem with the warning?

 

[Ibentoken]

So now Republicans aren't Republican enough for Republicans. You people are ******* insane.

Did he use the term "military industrial complex" or not? Yes he did.

A Republican talking monkey just said that people who use that term are biased. A Republican made the term popular. By your neo-Republican talking monkey "logic", Republicans are biased. But that's okay because Eisenhower was a RINO, right? He wasn't a real Republican like stupid racist FOX-watching neo-Confederate Teabaggers.

Where in the wide wide world of sports did you get the idea that I am a republican? Make your argument and leave the dramatic hysteria to Hillary.

Seeing as how you aren't a Republican. What is the problem with pointing out that a true Republican President warned all of America about the growing "military industrial complex?"

Of course we ignored that warning and have paid for that ignorance. But it was a Repub who said it and had much more experience with that group than you or I ever will.

So what is the problem with the warning?

I don't think it's relevant to current events in iraq. Obama said the war in Iraq was over. He lied again. Do you support Obama.

 

[LoneLaugher]

So um, just a question...

People want to have compassion on the poor and less fortunate, who beg for our help here in the states. They want to clothe and feed them, make life an easier path to travel. But when a country abroad begs for our help in quelling a major threat to stability in the region, to stop a band of ruthless barbarians and murderers, why do some wish to abandon them in their time of need? Does that not contradict the very idea of you being compassionate?

Gee! What a great point you made! Just great! It doesn't matter that the two things that you link together have absolutely no relationship to one another. Not at all.

Would you like to commit ground troops to defend Baghdad?

 

[LoneLaugher]

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1. It's not our planet to use like a kid's sandbox whenever we feel like it
2. We've caused enough damage by removing the strategic firewall Saddam and emboldening Iran and terrorist organizations
3. Many already hate us for sticking our nose and guns and bombs into the business of others on their land
4. We have a clear history of supporting people one day and worrying about them the next
5. 4,000+ lives, many many thousands more lost limbs and minds
6. $1+ trillion gone, gee, we could use some of that
7. Precisely who the **** are we supposed to like, trust and support over there?

Madness.

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We agree on all counts.

Earmuffs!

 

[Avatar4321]

I saw the link and i was thinking "he's claiming a sensible post, odds are it's not." I think the OP lost the claim to be sensible when he opened with, "here is going to be the only sensible post".

I am not at all advocating for war. But how do you expect to use diplomacy with terror organization like ISIS?

The current government is begging we come in and assist. If we had a Commander in Chief that was trustworthy with the lives of our men, I think we could consider it. But the President isn't. He will not fight to win. And if we don't fight to win, there is no point sending the troops there. If all we are going to do is go in, risk our lives, fight back until the threat doesn't seem imminent again and pull out just to start the process over again, there is no point to doing it.

Iraq has alot of trained troops that are simply running away from these guys. If they won't fight for their nation, how are we supposed to effectively fight for it.

If you want a sensible post, be humble.

 

[tinydancer]

So um, just a question...

People want to have compassion on the poor and less fortunate, who beg for our help here in the states. They want to clothe and feed them, make life an easier path to travel. But when a country abroad begs for our help in quelling a major threat to stability in the region, to stop a band of ruthless barbarians and murderers, why do some wish to abandon them in their time of need? Does that not contradict the very idea of you being compassionate?

Gee! What a great point you made! Just great! It doesn't matter that the two things that you link together have absolutely no relationship to one another. Not at all.

Would you like to commit ground troops to defend Baghdad?

You had no issue protecting civilians in Libya with air support along with 15 other countries.

Why on earth won't you help protect the citizens of Iraq?

 

[tinydancer]

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1. It's not our planet to use like a kid's sandbox whenever we feel like it
2. We've caused enough damage by removing the strategic firewall Saddam and emboldening Iran and terrorist organizations
3. Many already hate us for sticking our nose and guns and bombs into the business of others on their land
4. We have a clear history of supporting people one day and worrying about them the next
5. 4,000+ lives, many many thousands more lost limbs and minds
6. $1+ trillion gone, gee, we could use some of that
7. Precisely who the **** are we supposed to like, trust and support over there?

Madness.

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Mac with all due respect the Iraqis have been begging for help. Only air support. This terrorist army is so over the top they make AQ look like cookie selling Girl Scouts.

To allow ISIS to seize Baghdad would open up such a can of whoop ass in the ME that you can just start dreaming of mushroom clouds now.

While Iraq’s government is not requesting a surge in U.S. ground forces like the one President Bush ordered in 2007, Maliki’s government has been asking for the U.S. to conduct targeted air strikes and the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance work to find those targets.

And there are plenty of new targets. On Tuesday, the al Qaeda offshoot known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) overran Iraqi military positions in Mosul, the country’s second-largest city. On Wednesday, reports from Iraq said the terrorist group was pushing toward Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.

If President Obama agrees to launch drone strikes in Iraq, it would not be unprecedented for the region. The United States is playing a similar role in Iraq’s neighbor, Yemen, with intense counterterrorism training and drone strikes. But Obama also has boasted that he ended the U.S. war in Iraq and thus far has been hesitant to reenter the conflict.

Iraq Wants America Back to Fight al Qaeda With Air Strikes - The Daily Beast

 

[tinydancer]

The left loves that quote of Ike. It's been tortured and abused by them to death.

So now Republicans aren't Republican enough for Republicans. You people are ******* insane.

Did he use the term "military industrial complex" or not? Yes he did.

A Republican talking monkey just said that people who use that term are biased. A Republican made the term popular. By your neo-Republican talking monkey "logic", Republicans are biased. But that's okay because Eisenhower was a RINO, right? He wasn't a real Republican like stupid racist FOX-watching neo-Confederate Teabaggers.

Having been a mega left winger in my youth I'm aware of the many books and articles written about what they call the "iron triangle".

Guerin with Fascism and Big Business is a classic. Eisenhower did not originate the idea of a military industrial complex.

His warning though must be taken seriously by all generations. And by both sides of the aisle.

 

[georgephillip]

Sensible...

The Plan -- according to U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.) - YouTube

For those who haven't listened to the clip, Clark claims within days of 911 the decision had already been made to invade Iraq. This was not contingency planning. This was a done deal and all that remained was "political."

Within weeks, Clark claims his same Pentagon source told him the plan had expanded to topple the governments of seven Muslim states in five years.

What if Americans gathered around their Turkey Day tables in 2001 had known what was already decided for Long War in the Middle East?

What percentage would have lined up in support, and how many would've started talking about impeachment?

 

[AntiParty]

Sensible...

The Plan -- according to U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.) - YouTube

For those who haven't listened to the clip, Clark claims within days of 911 the decision had already been made to invade Iraq. This was not contingency planning. This was a done deal and all that remained was "political."

Within weeks, Clark claims his same Pentagon source told him the plan had expanded to topple the governments of seven Muslim states in five years.

What if Americans gathered around their Turkey Day tables in 2001 had known what was already decided for Long War in the Middle East?

What percentage would have lined up in support, and how many would've started talking about impeachment?

TY and it started well before that. Bush was president when "Iran Freedom and Support Act" was instated. A bad name for what it actually was, just like the "patriot act".

Names of bills seems to get the only public attention needed. Because frankly, the people hate politics.

"Patriot Act" AWESOME! I'm a patriot! Sign me up (uses millions if not billions of $ to spy on everyone in the world)

"Anti-Outsourcing bill" Not good, we shouldn't stop that! Outsourcing helps international trade! (Never stated it would stop outsourcing, it was a bill that would reward Corporations to keep jobs in America)

And likewise....."Iran Freedom and Support Act" was given MILLIONS not to support Iran, but to set up a think tank on how to take out Iran....

Some theorize that it's a religion issue, they could be right. But I think it's a Petrol Dollar issue. The research is up to you. The only idiots are the ones reading titles and not bills.

But title reading is a big part of politics today. LOTS of weak minds out there.

 

[AntiParty]

The left loves that quote of Ike. It's been tortured and abused by them to death.

So now Republicans aren't Republican enough for Republicans. You people are ******* insane.

Did he use the term "military industrial complex" or not? Yes he did.

A Republican talking monkey just said that people who use that term are biased. A Republican made the term popular. By your neo-Republican talking monkey "logic", Republicans are biased. But that's okay because Eisenhower was a RINO, right? He wasn't a real Republican like stupid racist FOX-watching neo-Confederate Teabaggers.

Having been a mega left winger in my youth I'm aware of the many books and articles written about what they call the "iron triangle".

Guerin with Fascism and Big Business is a classic. Eisenhower did not originate the idea of a military industrial complex.

His warning though must be taken seriously by all generations. And by both sides of the aisle.

The "iron triangle" huh lol.

Most conspiracy theories relate to the triangle and the Federal Reserve. The people with actual brains notice that the Federal Reserve is ran by Corporations....not the Federal government.

 

[georgephillip]

"The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (alternatively translated as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria or Islamic State in Iraq and al-Shām) (Arabic: الدولة الاسلامية في العراق والشام* al-Dawlah al-Islāmīyah fī al-ʻIrāq wa-al-Shām or Arabic: داعش* Dāʻish), abbreviated ISIL or ISIS, is an unrecognized state and active jihadist militant group in Iraq and Syria influenced by Wahhabism.[31]

"In its unrecognized self-proclaimed status as an independent state, it claims the territory of Iraq and Syria, with implied future claims intended over more of the Levant, including Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus, and Southern Turkey."

What changes in the Levant and the rest of the Middle East if Israeli air and ground forces engage ISIS outside Israel's borders?

Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia