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2014-01-04 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2014-01-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11124 views ] Top

#1 "The situation was really horrible anyway, and the operation against Ramadi made it worse."

Seems to be the playbook for a lot of national leaders.

Posted by Pappy 2014-01-04 08:50|| 2014-01-04 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 They'll be in Baghdad in less than 90 days. This will soon get very, very ugly.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-01-04 08:52|| 2014-01-04 08:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Which 'they', Besoeker? AQ Iraq or Iranian RG, or both?

Posted by Glenmore 2014-01-04 09:40|| 2014-01-04 09:40|| Front Page Top

#4 May not be any difference at this point Glen.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-01-04 09:43|| 2014-01-04 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Maliki will have to give the Sunni tribesmen a degree of self sufficiency just like the Kurds. They will then clean out the Soddie backed al-Qaeda like they did during the "surge"

Posted by tipper 2014-01-04 10:53|| 2014-01-04 10:53|| Front Page Top

#6 isis is no big enough to sustain a major op in the shiite heartland

they could do damage w multiple terror attacks however

Posted by lord garth 2014-01-04 13:46|| 2014-01-04 13:46|| Front Page Top

#7 OK. While Al Qaeda is on a roll in the Middle East, the Zero regime is giving away all the MRAPS (anti-IED vehicles) to US police departments. He really needs to go back to Kenya.

Posted by Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-01-04 16:27|| 2014-01-04 16:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Wait just a dadgum minute here, what's the al-Qaeda???

IIRC that's the name of a defunct organization that was all GWB's fault and was all but totally gone years ago...at least that's what the light-bringer said and the MSM reported.

Are you telling me that they were wrong or is this some brandy new group with an old name??????

Posted by AlanC 2014-01-04 18:52|| 2014-01-04 18:52|| Front Page Top

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