You know they have Stinger missiles don't you?
It is inexcusable that we are not bombing the terrorists in Iraq
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You know they have Stinger missiles don't you?
Vandalshandle
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Ah, yes...bombing them is the answer every time. That's how we won the war in Vietnam!
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Ah yes, we tucked tail and ran there too.
We didn't leave anything in the hands of "terrorists". We sold equipment to the Iraqi Army (you remember, the one we spent billions of dollars training), and then they ran away and left it for ISIS.
Why is that our problem, exactly?
Crystalclear
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Come, let's waste more tax money and just bomb the whole country!
You're nuts.
You're nuts.
Billo_Really
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In Iraq, we're the terrorists.
Synthaholic
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Whichever side hates Obama more.
OohPooPahDoo
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The Constitution doesn't allow it. Congress has not authorized action.
Furthermore - it is likely that there are American citizens in ISIS! This means we can't fire on them without a trial, because American citizens can't just be killed by the President without a trial. If you say otherwise, you favor totalitarianism and hate America.
This is all what the Constitution says, the Tea Party told me so.
Quantum Windbag
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Common sense tells me that the government in Iraq is the reason that Sunnis are joining ISIS. Bombing the **** out of people that are tired of being treated like crap is the wrong way to solve this problem.
That has asked for us to help. So that argument doesn't fly.
Yes.
In this, at least, I agree with you.
We are not in agreement re: a possible re-engagement in Iraq; even if it's only and merely air-strikes.
But we ARE in agreement, in our bemused and curious anticipation of Liberal reaction, should Obumble actually pull the trigger and authorize airstrikes for anything other than the support of evacuation efforts.
When you contemplate the mix of rational, sincere Liberals, and the handful of fanatic, myopic Orgasmic ObamaBots still left over from 2008/2012, it should prove to be a fascinating and enjoyable observation sortie.
Quantum Windbag
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According to the personal financial adviser to the Democratic Party, aka Ezra Klein, war is good for the economy.
I agree.
We've spent enough blood and treasure in Iraq. Hell we practically rebuilt the damned place from the electric grid to everything else. We should have just kicked Saddams ass and left the place like we found it. No more rebuilding a country.
I knew once our soldiers were gone that Iraq would be taken over by someone. I knew those assholes couldn't hold onto their own country. Hell. They hate Americans. Wonder how much they are gonna hate the killers they've let invade em?
Nope. I agree. Walk away. Let em fend for themselves and I doubt we left much of anything behind for someone else to use and I find I could give shit one about Iraq or any other Muslim country.
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We and other countries gave the Iraqi army equipment that was not old tanks and humvees. They are operational equipment. Dont talk about shit you know nothing about. ISIS are capturing any abandoned equipment left behind. It is not all useless trash you seem to think it is.
List of current equipment of the Iraqi Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NYcarbineer
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This is not about terrorists vs. non-terrorists.
If we take the Shia side, we align ourselves with Iran and Assad's Syria. Is that your plan?
If we take the Shia side, we align ourselves with Iran and Assad's Syria. Is that your plan?
I just heard a very interesting discussion on NPR. They said this happened because of the way Al Malaki was treating the Sunni's. Who put that guy in power? Oh yea, Bush.
It is possible that Obama wants Al Malaki out. Maybe we want a 3 state solution too.
Also this might bring us closer to Iran. They can't solve Iraq by themselves and neither can we but together we might be able to. I want to be friends with Iran. I know a lot of Iranians and they say half the stuff we think about them is exaggerated because the GOP wants to go to war with Iran and steal their oil. Sure Makmood Amadinajad the last puppet president said some crazy stuff but so did Bush and so has Putin. They're just appealing to their radical right wing supporters just like Bush did. Most Iranians just want a comfortable prosperous life just like Americans. Maybe this should tell us something about religious extremists or all kinds and the importance of separation of church and state.
It is possible that Obama wants Al Malaki out. Maybe we want a 3 state solution too.
Also this might bring us closer to Iran. They can't solve Iraq by themselves and neither can we but together we might be able to. I want to be friends with Iran. I know a lot of Iranians and they say half the stuff we think about them is exaggerated because the GOP wants to go to war with Iran and steal their oil. Sure Makmood Amadinajad the last puppet president said some crazy stuff but so did Bush and so has Putin. They're just appealing to their radical right wing supporters just like Bush did. Most Iranians just want a comfortable prosperous life just like Americans. Maybe this should tell us something about religious extremists or all kinds and the importance of separation of church and state.
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Yeah, blame Obama for all the wars he's gotten us into.
Oh wait ...
You just described President Bush and his dick veep.
Well here's
• Containerized housing units, air conditioners and gym equipment.
• Generators, water and fuel tanks, cars and stoves.
• Tables, washers and dryers, portable chemical toilets; and large, portable concrete walls and barriers.
“They take a crane and move around on flatbeds as they need it,” Gen. Buchanan said. “It’s certainly not worth the cost to us to to get all these pieces of concrete anywhere back to the U.S.”
With the sprawling Camp Victory complex that surrounds the country’s international airport, the Iraqis also are receiving prison cells, including the ones that held Saddam Hussein.
Iraq also gets a waste-treatment facility near Tikrit that takes care of contaminated earth and fuel oil.
The U.S. military is keeping its frontline weapons systems. Tanks, armored fighting vehicles, spy and strike drones, jet fighters and artillery pieces are going to the United States or to U.S. bases in Europe or Afghanistan.
“Starting with the question of what we need: Obviously, if this is a current piece of military gear — something like vehicles, tanks, artillery pieces, weapons, etc. — that all goes back with our forces,” Gen. Buchanan said.
Iraq is buying some of these sophisticated weapons through the Foreign Military Sales program that arms other allies, such as Israel and Egypt.
Iraq is buying 140 of the front-line M1 Abrams tanks. It also is acquiring as many as three dozen F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighters.
The United States has given Iraq rifles, pistols and Humvee multipurpose vehicles.
Read more: Gear galore left in Iraq as last troops pull out - Washington Times
Follow us: [MENTION=39892]Was[/MENTION]htimes on Twittersome of what we left.
• Containerized housing units, air conditioners and gym equipment.
• Generators, water and fuel tanks, cars and stoves.
• Tables, washers and dryers, portable chemical toilets; and large, portable concrete walls and barriers.
“They take a crane and move around on flatbeds as they need it,” Gen. Buchanan said. “It’s certainly not worth the cost to us to to get all these pieces of concrete anywhere back to the U.S.”
With the sprawling Camp Victory complex that surrounds the country’s international airport, the Iraqis also are receiving prison cells, including the ones that held Saddam Hussein.
Iraq also gets a waste-treatment facility near Tikrit that takes care of contaminated earth and fuel oil.
The U.S. military is keeping its frontline weapons systems. Tanks, armored fighting vehicles, spy and strike drones, jet fighters and artillery pieces are going to the United States or to U.S. bases in Europe or Afghanistan.
“Starting with the question of what we need: Obviously, if this is a current piece of military gear — something like vehicles, tanks, artillery pieces, weapons, etc. — that all goes back with our forces,” Gen. Buchanan said.
Iraq is buying some of these sophisticated weapons through the Foreign Military Sales program that arms other allies, such as Israel and Egypt.
Iraq is buying 140 of the front-line M1 Abrams tanks. It also is acquiring as many as three dozen F-16 Fighting Falcon jet fighters.
The United States has given Iraq rifles, pistols and Humvee multipurpose vehicles.
Read more: Gear galore left in Iraq as last troops pull out - Washington Times
Follow us: [MENTION=39892]Was[/MENTION]htimes on Twittersome of what we left.
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