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2014-06-13 Iraq

Three planeloads of American diplomats and contractors evacuated from northern Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2014-06-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State of Iraq & the Levant

#1 Evidently the diplomats will not be "supporing Iraq" from behind. I hope they had to spend a night or two at Balad enjoying the 'burn pit' and incoming mortar rounds from the surrounding Sunni neighborhoods.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-13 06:39|| 2014-06-13 06:39|| Front Page Top

#2 No comment from Mullah Bin Biden or Ayatollah Obama.

Posted by Airandee 2014-06-13 06:46|| 2014-06-13 06:46|| Front Page Top

#3 But, we CAN'T let ay of our politicians fall into enemy hands. Then they'd have Weapons of Mass Destruction, and all that.
(I mean, they've destroyed everything ELSE they've touched...)

Posted by ed in texas 2014-06-13 07:46|| 2014-06-13 07:46|| Front Page Top

#4 In other news and pending tributes:

Largest and most expensive embassy complex in the entire world falls to Jihadists.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-13 08:18|| 2014-06-13 08:18|| Front Page Top

#5 In news articles this morning, both the President and the GOP leaders proclaim that they "are not ruling out any options."

Yes they are: they're ruling out MOVING QUICKLY to help the Iraqi government. They're "mulling", "considering", and "weighing options." That's Washington-speak for "we don't know what to do and we're hoping that the problem goes away before we have to make a decision."

If the current government in Iraq is worth saving, it's worth saving TODAY, because next week it may not be there.

Instead, we're running. Figures.

Posted by Steve White 2014-06-13 08:47|| 2014-06-13 08:47|| Front Page Top

#6 "Well, let's just let the coffee cool a bit."
/Coke Stevenson
"We can be more flexible after the election"
/Cokehead Obama
In nothin doin till after the election. Such are the problems of a campaign instead of a government.

Posted by Shipman 2014-06-13 09:03|| 2014-06-13 09:03|| Front Page Top

#7 "call Vlad"

Posted by Frank G 2014-06-13 09:17|| 2014-06-13 09:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Helicopters dammit, I was promised helicopters off the roof! Damn you George Lucus. Damn you and your Jar Jar Brinksmanship.

Posted by swksvolFF 2014-06-13 09:17|| 2014-06-13 09:17|| Front Page Top

#9 Evacuating our own, eh? A real vote of confidence.

Posted by gorb 2014-06-13 10:12|| 2014-06-13 10:12|| Front Page Top

#10 Funny, I thought we'd need that helipad in Kabul before Baghdad.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-06-13 15:23|| 2014-06-13 15:23|| Front Page Top

#11 The U.S. contractors were at Balad to help the Pentagon prepare the facilities for the delivery of the F-16 aircraft the Obama administration has agreed to provide the Iraqi government.

WND learned from sources that the jihadists closed down escape routes, and the U.S. Air Force was in a stand-down position. U.S. forces were not assisting even with air cover so a private extradition flight could land for a rescue, the sources said.

This is just criminal negligence from this administration.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-06-13 16:12|| 2014-06-13 16:12|| Front Page Top

#12 This is just criminal negligence from this administration.

What do expect? Why do you believe it is negligence? I think it is deliberate, expect to see a lot more of this over the next two years. He's in the home stretch. If he doesn't have an accident.

Just sayin'.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2014-06-13 16:17|| 2014-06-13 16:17|| Front Page Top

#13 Well deliberately ignoring something that proves fatal is still considered criminal negligence in court and that is what I am referring to.

Yes I believe it is deliberate.
Yes I believe he is purposely selling out not only them but the people of Iraq.
Yes I believe he won't leave peacefully in 2016.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-06-13 16:41|| 2014-06-13 16:41|| Front Page Top

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