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Intelligence chief: Iraq and Syria may not survive as states
The Associated Press ^ | September 10, 2015 | Ken Dilanian

Posted on 09/10/2015 9:28:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iraq and Syria may have been permanently torn asunder by war and sectarian tensions, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency said Thursday in a frank assessment that is at odds with Obama administration policy.

"I'm having a tough time seeing it come back together," Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart told an industry conference, speaking of Iraq and Syria, both of which have seen large chunks territory seized by the Islamic State.

On Iraq, Stewart said he is "wrestling with the idea that the Kurds will come back to a central government of Iraq," suggesting he believed it was unlikely. On Syria, he added: "I can see a time in the future where Syria is fractured into two or three parts."(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: caliphate; dhimmitude; egypt; iran; iraq; isis; islam; israel; jordan; kerry; kurdistan; obama; rop; russia; stewart; syria; turkey; vincentstewart; waronterror; worldwar3
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1 posted on 09/10/2015 9:28:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yes the one Obama supported over civilian uprisings in Iran.

Obama is such an F-ing idiot. No remorse or maybe even a hint himself that he is responsible for so much death by removing the troops the way he did along with many other retarded moves.

This guy's real history needs to be made over and over in every way possible so people never forget what a failure this man is.
Democrats and press will whitewash his history, but tons need to be written about this turd so people learn from their mistakes.

2 posted on 09/10/2015 9:31:42 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t worry. Iran will take them.


3 posted on 09/10/2015 9:37:32 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Cecil the Lion says, Stop the Slaughter of the Baby Humans!!!)
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To: A CA Guy

What you said.

The part I keep thinking about is Obama/ the liberals don’t care. They watch horrible things happen and they aren’t up at night trying to correct it. There is an incredible nihilism at work in them.


4 posted on 09/10/2015 9:38:53 PM PDT by Williams
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Northern Iraq will be subsumed by Iran and Syria under Russian protection.

The Kurds will be squeezed between Iran in the South and East, Turkey in the North and West.

Iran and the "secular" Syria will position themselves as benefactors of the Kurds.

And Iran will have a land bridge to the Med, along with Russia via the Caspian Sea.

A MAJOR shift in power politics in Central Asia and the Middle East.

5 posted on 09/10/2015 9:39:21 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lord Foul, Plugs, Lurch and Valerieslimes are smiling!


6 posted on 09/10/2015 9:40:41 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We need to carve out sections of the middle east and create safe havens for refugees; train them to go back and liberate their countries. If we bring any refugees here, and that is surely going to happen, lets deport an equal number of Mexicans.


7 posted on 09/10/2015 9:44:08 PM PDT by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: A CA Guy

Please! You are so critical of poor Obama.

He has been very very very busy, People

Why just in recent weeks he has: visited Africa and insulted leaders there with his pro-Gay agenda.

He has preached and lauded his Climate Change agenda. Very Very Important.

He has renamed a mountain in Alaska, without even a by- your-leave to the Congress whose responsibility such things are.

And yet, you, not understanding that he has had little time to even play his sub-par, low-skill, girly-man golf game, wish to criticize him.


8 posted on 09/10/2015 9:44:21 PM PDT by Calpublican
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To: Reno89519

[”lets deport an equal number of Mexicans.”]

Mexicans are Catholics, by and large.

Let’s have Mexicans. No Muslims. Mexicans=much, much better people.

For example: we have a Muslim in the WH. Would you rather have a Mexican? I would, by far.


9 posted on 09/10/2015 9:48:16 PM PDT by Calpublican (Republican Party Now Stands for Nothing!!!!!(Except Conniving))
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To: A CA Guy

We need to know the truth about Obama’s background, too.


10 posted on 09/10/2015 9:53:25 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Let him who pays no taxes, also not vote!)
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To: Calpublican

Let’s have Mexicans. No Muslims. Mexicans=much, much better people.

For example: we have a Muslim in the WH. Would you rather have a Mexican? I would, by far.
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Well Hell’s Bells, let’s turn over the White House to La Raza...great idea.


11 posted on 09/10/2015 10:01:50 PM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: A CA Guy

“Obama is such an F-ing idiot.”

He is not an idiot . He is getting everything done he wanted to.
He is rebuilding the Ottoman Empire .


12 posted on 09/10/2015 10:04:20 PM PDT by Lera (Proverbs 29:2)
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To: Reno89519

“train them to go back and liberate their countries”

Now that is funny considering they have no clue of what liberty is .


13 posted on 09/10/2015 10:07:08 PM PDT by Lera (Proverbs 29:2)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh my god, I don’t know how I’ve never seen this before. It’s so obvious now that he pointed it out. NOTHING gets past these guys, I can barely keep up./


14 posted on 09/10/2015 10:07:44 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but comSUrfmunists just ran for office)
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To: Lera

I think that could be true. If we did not know who the players were and were reading this as a novel you would think of Obama as the King with the back stabbing plan against his people.


15 posted on 09/10/2015 10:08:32 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: House Atreides

Better Idea! Let’s send a couple hundred thousand Syrians and other assorted Muslims to Mexico (along with repatriating all of the illegals). Those “White Mexicans”(AKA Spaniards) that run Mexico would be running for the border themselves!


16 posted on 09/10/2015 10:09:30 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Starting with his Education papers and records.

Hawaii is such a hot mess with it’s record keeping and making up documents for birth in it’s history that we may never know.

I think Obama went to school as a Foreign exchange student and got loans as such IMO. I think that and his writings are why they are under lock and key.


17 posted on 09/10/2015 10:10:25 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: House Atreides

No need to be silly about it!

Try not to be a horse’s a$$ for a minute if you can.


18 posted on 09/10/2015 10:18:12 PM PDT by Calpublican (Republican Party Now Stands for Nothing!!!!!(Except Conniving))
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To: A CA Guy

[”I think Obama went to school as a Foreign exchange student and got loans as such”]

Ding Ding Ding!!!


19 posted on 09/10/2015 10:21:13 PM PDT by Calpublican (Republican Party Now Stands for Nothing!!!!!(Except Conniving))
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To: Calpublican

I should have said got grants as such.


20 posted on 09/10/2015 10:24:31 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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