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2014-06-13 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2014-06-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Al-Qaeda's goal from the git go was for America to leave the middle east. Al-Qaeda had tried and failed to take out the Arab regimes. "Why?", they asked themselves. Because America was there to prop the Arab regimes up. If we can get America to leave then we can over throw the existing regimes and then we can be king, I mean Emir.

Notice the key words, get America to leave. Not defeat America. And where did they get this idea? Why Vietnam of course. The American liberals will always walk away from a fight.

Dear God, save us from ourselves.

Posted by Squinty 2014-06-13 00:19|| 2014-06-13 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Frankly, if the arabs won't stand up and fight for themselves, it always was a doomed enterprise.
The problem is Iraq isn't a nation and never was; it's a collection of tribes, but that fact is unacceptable to our social theorists.
The Kurdish Pershmugga don't seem to have any issues deciding what to do.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-06-13 07:24|| 2014-06-13 07:24|| Front Page Top

"We'll kill you if you mess with us, but otherwise go die."

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-13 07:36|| 2014-06-13 07:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Turns out the magic feather really was what kept Dumbo in the air. Crushed folks in a half dozen rows of seats when he went "splarp!" Th civil suits drove the circus out of business, of course.

Posted by Fred 2014-06-13 11:18|| 2014-06-13 11:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Sunni and Shia - the Packers / Bears thingie for whacks.

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-06-13 23:50|| 2014-06-13 23:50|| Front Page Top

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