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2014-09-11 Iraq

The IS behemoth, yet another Western project gone wrong

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Posted by Fred 2014-09-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 It is not the first time, and is unlikely to be the last, that the monsters created by the Western powers returned to haunt them.

"Western powers" as well as feckless western voters. Excellent, hard hitting synopsis.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-11 00:57|| 2014-09-11 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 This whole thing has to be giving Assad a case of the giggles. And as it evolves into a multi-national event, we're left to the mercy of whoever decides to make a deal first (France or Germany). Because once we provide the leverage for their commercial finagle, we'll be left standing alone and being all war-like.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-09-11 07:54|| 2014-09-11 07:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Last night Obama said:

Across the border, in Syria, we have ramped up our military assistance to the Syrian opposition. Tonight, I again call on Congress to give us additional authorities and resources to train and equip these fighters. In the fight against ISIL, we cannot rely on an Assad regime that terrorizes its people; a regime that will never regain the legitimacy it has lost.

Obama acts like ISIL wears uniforms that can be distinguished from the other riff-raff. We don't have any Humint on the ground in Syria or Israel to give us this info. We seem to have really stupid and naive people in State. I'm thinking this campaign against ISIS is not going to go so well.

Moreover, Obama also said:

I deployed several hundred American service members to Iraq to assess how we can best support Iraqi Security Forces. Now that those teams have completed their work -- and Iraq has formed a government.

That Iraq has formed a government is questionable. Fuad Masum (current Iraq President), is a Kurd, and is going to have his hands full dealing with Sunni and Shia. Again, we gave up Humint when Obama pulled out all the troops.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-11 09:42|| 2014-09-11 09:42|| Front Page Top

#4 ~~Syria or Israel~~ Should read as "Syria or Iraq"

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-11 10:05|| 2014-09-11 10:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Obama acts like ISIL wears uniforms that can be distinguished from the other riff-raff.

Obama acts as if the theories he was taught in school & university are pertinent to the real world.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-09-11 10:46|| 2014-09-11 10:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Obama, his supporters, and his worshippers act as if his agenda is relevant to the real world. It isn't.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-09-11 15:14|| 2014-09-11 15:14|| Front Page Top

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