Iraq Reverts

[guido911]

Yeah, me too....


Isn't that what the Repubs are calling for with boots on the ground...only with our kids instead of theirs??

Who knows. Let's ask Kayla Mueller, James Foley, et.al who they think should be bringing the fight to ISIS. Oh wait....

[heironymouspasparagus]

Who knows. Let's ask Kayla Mueller, James Foley, et.al who they think should be bringing the fight to ISIS. Oh wait....

So putting thousands more at risk will certainly bring back the ones already lost....

What happened to all that "personal responsibility" talk we have heard in the past?  What happened to these and many others is tragic!  Also preventable.  They chose to put themselves at risk, and from all most of what I have heard, they understood those risks.  Personal choice.  Turned out horrendously for them.

I absolutely believe in helping others help themselves.  We should be loading up the king of Jordan with all the equipment/ammunition/arms that he can stand - choke him on it....  And the Kurds - same thing - but then there is the issue of pissing off Turkey, so that's why we have held back from them. Turkey is just hanging back waiting for the Kurds to weaken themselves before getting seriously involved - when the Kurds are decimated, they will get into it if still needed.

And both Assad and the Syrian rebels if they will fight ISIS.

We got no business putting people there.  Have you taken nothing from our relationship with Israel??  Let these others be our proxies!  But we can certainly load up everyone who is willing to fight them - and we should.  If you look at the air strikes, there have been thousands, but it's gonna take people confronting them on the ground.  And those people should be the ones with the true vested interest.

[guido911]

I thought Obama's "selfie-gate" is BS and the video funny, but there is this.

[Gaspar]

CNN is reporting that ISIS is growing at "warp speed" now.  This is all Gene Roddenberry's fault.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/16/africa/isis-libya-north-africa/index.html?sr=tw021715isis630aVODtopPhoto

[heironymouspasparagus]

Here is a quick synopsis, without a lot of the media BS...up through about the end of January-ish.

Over 16,000 air strikes from Aug to mid Jan.  Iran is involved.  Both sides in Syria now participating.  Egypt.  Jordan.  Sounds like a true coalition may be emerging in the mid-east for the first time since about 1967.  They argue over nonsense about as bad as we do.  Turkey is still holding back to let the Kurds get killed as much as possible, but they will eventually come into it - probably near the end, so they can claim bragging rights and maybe get the Kurds kicked out of Turkey.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_intervention_against_the_Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant

[Gaspar]

Not good.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31502863
Jihadist militants from Islamic State (IS) have burned to death 45 people in the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, the local police chief says.

Exactly who these people were and why they were killed is not clear, but Col Qasim al-Obeidi said he believed some were members of the security forces.

IS fighters captured much of the town, near Ain al-Asad air base, last week.

Col Obeidi said a compound that houses the families of security personnel and local officials was now under attack.

He pleaded for help from the government and the international community.

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Wait, the head Cheerleader says we can solve the ISIS problem by giving them jobs.

http://www.westernjournalism.com/watch-msnbcs-matthews-just-destroyed-state-dept-flak-says-terrorists-simply-need-jobs/#0Xbi6Mmq0u4hhPdA.97

"We're killing a lot of them and we're going to keep killing more of them. So are the Egyptians, so are the Jordanians. They're in this fight with us. But we cannot win this war by killing them. We cannot kill our way out of this war. We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it's lack of opportunity for jobs, whether — "

Matthews, breaking in: "We're not going to be able to stop that in our lifetime or fifty lifetimes. There's always going to be poor people. There's always going to be poor muslims, and as long as there are poor Muslims, the trumpet's blowing and they'll join. We can't stop that, can we?"

Harf's response: "We can work with countries around the world to help improve their governance. We can help them build their economies so they can have job opportunities for these people..."

http://thefederalist.com/2015/02/17/marie-harfs-ideas-for-destroying-isis-are-not-so-fetch/

[Breadburner]

Hooters and Bowling alleys would solve alot of it.....And some Casinos.....

[Conan71]

[Gaspar]

Our Marines have a few openings they can fill.

[Gaspar]

The muppet is actually correct. These poor ISIS folks have a hard time finding jobs that fit their particular skill-set.

[Gaspar]

Opener for resume at the upcoming White House ISIS job fair:
I am looking for something part time, I'm good with a knife, I like to get a head, excellent people skills..

[Breadburner]

[Gaspar]

. . .and now this may be the most hilarious thing to ever happen in the history of ever.  We have a new White House rush chair.

(AP) — White House officials say State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki will become President Barack Obama's new communications director.

[dbacksfan 2.0]

. . .and now this may be the most hilarious thing to ever happen in the history of ever.  We have a new White House rush chair.

(AP) — White House officials say State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki will become President Barack Obama's new communications director.

She's just mad because she doesn't have blonde hair, glasses that make he look smart, and she can't tell Chris Mathews and Wolf Blitzer that they don't understand the nuances and the subtleties of the administrations comments on how they are going to handle the radical version of Jim Jones and Guyana.