Me too, but they aren't available where I live so rarely eat them anymore. Doubt that the WON does except something like Grits Gratin with Arugula, White Beans, and Garlic.
Posted on 06/26/2014 4:15:58 PM PDT by kristinn
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has told the BBC that he hopes jets from Russia and Belarus will turn the tide against rebels in the coming days.
"God willing within one week this force will be effective and will destroy the terrorists' dens," he said.
He said that the process of buying US jets had been "long-winded" and that the militants' advance could have been avoided if air cover had been in place.
Isis and its Sunni Muslim allies seized large parts of Iraq this month.
Mr Maliki was speaking to the BBC's Arabic service in his first interview for an international broadcaster since Isis - the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - began its major offensive.
"I'll be frank and say that we were deluded when we signed the contract [with the US]," Mr Maliki said.
"We should have sought to buy other jet fighters like British, French and Russian to secure the air cover for our forces; if we had air cover we would have averted what had happened," he went on.
He said Iraq was acquiring second-hand jet fighters from Russia and Belarus "that should arrive in Iraq in two or three days".
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From superpower to stupidpower in one administration.
So Vlady is Vlady of Arabia LOL!
Dude, get it right. The second line is scum sucking pinhead with a lousy physique. He’s a one man, no good losing streak. Nothing but a pencil necked geek.
Because chechens are flooding there to support ISIS. Putin probably figures he may as well kill them in Iraq.
Though Putin has always supported Assad and shiites anyway.
Because chechens are flooding there to support ISIS. Putin probably figures he may as well kill them in Iraq.
Though Putin has always supported Assad and shiites anyway.
Sorry for the error in the lyrics. I was winging it from distant memory!
Apparently, the BBC still sees some redeeming value in Nouri Maliki or they didn’t get the memo.
The Associated Press has taken to calling him Nouri Al-Maliki...a little shade of islamophobia to detract/distract from criticism of Obama.
Well, at least we’ll see what kind of damage a Russian jet will do to our equipment.
We are so stupid. All that blood and treasure for nothing
As no doubt Russians are manning Syria’s anti-aircraft missile sites, so Russian pilots will pilot Iraq’s airforce.
Now we’re in a proxy war with Russia in both Syria and Iraq.
Obama makes Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy look like genius.
Nice. A two pack
I disagree with you there.
Deal with them at the borders of Israel and the U.S.. On second thought, let them have the northeast states.
Don’t hold back, tell us how you really feel! (good one)
Obama is nothing but an ideologue. He cares not about what is good for America. That does not matter to him. He holds to the playbook of wrecking the US. He is doing a good job of it. People have yet to realize the horror in the near future they are going to live through.
That worked out well for the Russians in Afghanistan, they might as well do it again.
I’m sure Obama had some important gay pandering to tend to.
Wow, if this is true, Putin has given Bath House a swift kick in the a$$ yet again. Putin rushes in to fill the vacuum courtesy of Bath House.
I hope this comes to pass, highlighting yet another epic fail of O.
I just found out today that Valerie Jarrett was born in Iran. You can look it up on Wikipedia if you think I’m making this up.
I think that tells you everything you need to know about Obama’s foreign policy.
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