Posted on 06/26/2015 7:39:21 AM PDT by Randall_S
Lately, I've noticed a new trend coming out of the Russian media and press releases from the Kremlin. The new narrative seems to be saying that the United States should stop lecturing other countries on foreign policy and foreign engagements because all you have to do is look at Iraq and Libya to see the American result — chaos. And you know what? They're right.
As an American, it sickens me to see the complete waste of blood and treasure in Iraq. Libya is just a side-show, an add-on, but just a pathetic.
Iraq was a stable democracy when handed to Barack Obama in 2008. Now a beheading, jihadist caliphate is expanding across the region, threatening all in its path and knocking on the door of Baghdad. Iran is dictating behavior to the pro-Shia government in the capital. None of this is positive for freedom or stability in the region, or needless to say, the Iraqis who trusted and cooperated with us and now are being hunted like dogs by ISIS. The Kremlin is right to be frightened by the prospect of ISIS militants linking up with Islamic sympathizers in the Caucasus.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Oh, NOW they want to bring up the Birth Certificate?
This is, BTW, the inevitable result of a democracy. No continuity in policy. By definition, policy is supposed to change after an election that throws the bums out.
After all, that’s what people voted for. Sadly, anybody who trusts American commitments for more than a year or two is almost certain to be disappointed.
“Iraq was a stable democracy when handed to Barack Obama in 2008.”
This is perhaps the single most stupid thing I have ever read in the Washington Times. And that’s saying something.
No more boots on the ground. Lying pos.
obama hath great wrath, for he knows his time is about to be cut short...
LOL, this numbskull actually wants to play this card?
Russia has given Iran the technology to create nuclear weapons.
Yeah, it has certainly taken the high road hasn't it. The Kremlin can put a sock in it!
This this idiot writer can follow do the same.
His father was NOT an immigrant to the United States. That doesn’t make Russia right about invading and threatening other countries
Pretty spot on assessment of the current state of America.
This is perhaps the single most stupid thing I have ever read in the Washington Times.
You beat me to it. I agree with your comment completely. If a nation - or a building, or whatever - is "stable", then it should be able to resist pressure. Iraq was an unstable, corrupt mess in 2008. It didn't need much of a push to descend into chaos.
I blame Obama for many, many things. But Iraq is on Bush and his neocon advisers.
Moron journalists want to develop a spine and some honor? Feh.
I heard yesterday that we, that is to say obama and kerry (and Iranian born ValJar), are negotiating to give Iran advanced nuclear reactors.
The moron journalist you say?
L. Todd Wood, a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, flew special operations helicopters supporting SEAL Team 6, Delta Force and others. After leaving the military, he pursed his other passion, finance, spending 18 years on Wall Street trading emerging market debt, and later, writing. The first of his many thrillers is “Currency.” Todd is a contributor to Fox Business, Moscow Times, the New York Post, the National Review, Zero Hedge and others, and he is a foreign correspondent for Newsmax
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/l-todd-wood/#ixzz3eBKdFiZw
That’s only because he’s term limited, nothing to do with his illegitimacy. Right? Or do you think something else?
I’m hoping he doesn’t get another full 18 months of rampage, that his time is cut short.
Iraq was not a stable democracy because they had a parliamentary system, without minority protections. That’s our fault for letting the State Department handle it.
And just to clarify, the context of this thread is him being removed from office by ineligibility and in shame with his policies repudiated, not by martyrdom with every foul anti-American policy he ever articulated rammed through in worshipful and loving memory by the left.
Ok, so maybe something will come out of the eligibility question.... I sure as hell hope so. It would be better than just his 2nd term ending because it would nullify any legislation he inked and any EO’s he signed.
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