[lugsoul]

Ah, the old "I recall reading..." meme.

Yeah, a "mini-taliban state" - from the goat pen over to the creek.

The Kurds could've crushed this group like a bug. They were in a tiny, isolated area snug up against the Iranian border. They were as likely to "control the area brutally" as the Blue Man Group.

[Defiant]

Ah, the old use of the word "meme" meme, to make your opinion sound oh so sophisticated, while reducing the other person's to a mere recitation of something "out there" on the web. Yeah, that supports your opinion, just as much as your characterization of ansar's camp as a "goat pen". Unless you are in the military or CIA and have some basis for being so smug and snarky, you are just a guy in his underwear who has turned anti-war for some reason, and is out there trying to make everyone else as miserable as you are.

I read in 3rd grade that George Washington was our first President, and, mirabile dictu! I still remember it. That's an amazing thing about human beings--they have memories that stretch decades, and sometimes when they provide opinions, those opinions are based upon facts, figures, and information that they read days, weeks, even YEARS before. Wow. Now that is amazing, isn't it?

Instead of denying that such articles existed, or that they were wrong when they were written, you state matter of factly that it was impossible for Ansar to have committed brutal acts within its spere of influence in Northern Iraq. Unless you have special intelligence source information, you must have "read" articles that allowed you to form this opinion. Care to share with us the source of your expertise, so we don't have to just accept your words as the given truth? That might lend credence to your position. But you're just here for a drive by, aren't you?