Obama owns the lose of the Iraq war, period!
PFL
Just like ‘Nam: “We were winning when I left.”
Our politicians are feckless and corrupt.
All added together they are not worth a bucket of warm spit.
Weird article.
Taliban are taking over Afghanistan also.
Bu make believe weddings are what is most important.
That was the goal and it was not for the American people's gain.
The Syrian rebels Washington wanted to arm slunk across the border and, their jihadist passions embroiled, sought to defecate on the American legacy by claiming our bloodiest prize.
Syria is the be shattered next, using Al-CIA-duh jihadists as the ground troops. Uncle Scam has been giving them weapons and money and now Fallujah has been given to them as a cross border base of operations.
I said back when we invaded Iraq, that we’d better be prepared to be there for at least 20 years, or else this would precisely happen.
This is Vietnam 1974. Democrats have a history of squandering the sacrifices of Americans. And they do so with pride and conviction.
We are broke. PERIOD
Part of the answer is to drop silly, obviously untrue concepts like “extremist Islam” (which this author uses). We must admit that Islam is Islam. George Bush set us back at least 25 years in facing up to the issue with his “religion of peace” BS.
Islam simply is not a religion of peace. It is a totalitarian political system that uses religion as a beard, and it is completely incompatible with Western ideas of individual liberty.
Only when we admit what we are truly up against can we begin to have a rational conversation about what we do next.
“So, what’s the answer? Do we start all over again in Iraq? Did we really think we were really finished when we left Iraq?”
The answer is that we never should have gone in there in the first place as this “war on terror” can never be won just like the “war on drugs” can never be won. Face it, all you guys that were all ra-ra for us invading are finding out what anyone with a brain knew from the beginning which was that we would do the same thing we did in Vietnam (kill a bunch of natives lose a few of our own and then go home).
The man in the article has finally figured out that it was all a waste and that nothing has changed or will change. It does not matter who is in office as Bush was doing the same thing as Obama (and really there is not much difference between the two as far a how they have acted in office). Try and learn from this the next time some pol stands up and shouts that Amerika is in danger and we need to kill people.
This is what happens when you declare victory without destroying your enemy.
Patience is the answer.
Lets see if the Iraqi government forces can take out the trash in Fallujah, like the US military did.
Anyone notice that little Shi’ite Muqtada al-Sadr, who lived for giving our effort fits, seems rather silent these days? I guess he’ll remain so unless al-Qaeda decides to take his sector of Baghdad.
“Born down in a dead mans town.
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
‘Til you spend half your life just a covering up
Like a dog that’s been beat too much.
Born in the USA!
I was born in the USA!
I was born in the USA!
Had a brother who was at Khe Sanh
Fighting the North and the Viet Cong.
They’re still there.
He’s all gone.
Born in the USA!
I was born in the USA!
I was born in the USA!
Went back to the refinery.
The man said, ‘Son, if it was up to me’.
Went down to see my VA man.
He said, ‘Son, don’t you understand?’
Born in the USA!
I was born in the USA!
I was born in the USA!
I’m a long-gone Daddy in the USA.”
With a heartfelt thank you to our great military for their tremendous sacrifices in life and limb, I just can't find it in me to support and perpetuate the political lie that we achieved a resounding win nor that every life lost there – directly protected the safety and freedom of the American homeland.
It's all about perspective. Obama and the left see the exact same results, but reverse the polarity.
Obama appears determined to clear the military of these "subversives" one way or another, whether through throwing away hard-won victories in front of the eyes of loyal, battle-hardened veterans, pitching their absentee ballots into the trash, or through converting the entire structure into a jobs program for unemployed transgender theater majors who can manage at least one pull-up per week.