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Iraq’s Terrorists Are Becoming a Full-Blown Army
Daily Beast ^ | 06/11/2014 | Eli Lake

Posted on 06/11/2014 12:15:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

Gosh! Who saw that coming?

I guess that’s what happens when you go into a fight half committed and fail to finish it decisively.


21 posted on 06/11/2014 12:50:26 PM PDT by Chuckster (The longer I live the less I care about what you think.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Isn’t that what hussein is planning for this country with his civilian army?


22 posted on 06/11/2014 1:03:09 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Anything is possible, if you don't know what you're talking about.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Logistically, its much easier to seize the weapons you need by invading Iraq instead of shipping them from Libya .

Since they failed in their bid to oust Assad take control of syria , we are beginning to see the strategy emerging of slicing off big slices of Syria and western Iraq to create al-Qaedastan as a new terrorist state to luanch the conquest of Syria and Iraq

Pretty clever


23 posted on 06/11/2014 1:05:05 PM PDT by rdcbn
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To: Blood of Tyrants

These very same guys are being trained by the US to fight in Syria as we speak.

Kewl, huh?


24 posted on 06/11/2014 1:06:46 PM PDT by dforest
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To: rdcbn

Yep, they are already shipping arms and vehicles over to Syria.


25 posted on 06/11/2014 1:08:17 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Chuckster
I guess that’s what happens when you go into a fight half committed and fail to finish it decisively.

Right you are. And your statement is true for Afghanistan as well as for Iraq. Both wars will ultimately end as Vietnam did, with helicopters evacuating people from the roof of the US embassy.

As far as fault goes, the great majority of it lies with Bush II. To excuse Bush because Obama is in power is like excusing LBJ because Ford was president when Saigon fell.

The only historical difference here is that Ford truly hated to see how things turned out.

26 posted on 06/11/2014 1:09:22 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: dforest
Any of these characters there?


27 posted on 06/11/2014 1:13:51 PM PDT by McGruff (I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it.)
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To: dforest

Sure, the US is sharpening the alligator’s teeth not believing that they will ever get bitten.


28 posted on 06/11/2014 1:15:37 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: CdMGuy

George W. Bush is not a “jr.” and you are rewriting the history of Iraq and the UN and the United States, and terrorist training camps and Saddam’s seeking to become the leader of Islam.


29 posted on 06/11/2014 1:19:30 PM PDT by ansel12 ((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
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To: Blood of Tyrants; McGruff

I imagine those characters are moving parts. Trained and ready by the dummies in DC.


30 posted on 06/11/2014 1:21:37 PM PDT by dforest
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To: SeekAndFind

Framing the enemy army as “terrorists” was a stupid PR-driven idea in the beginning, and it hasn’t improved with age.


31 posted on 06/11/2014 1:22:32 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

They were not ready for democracy—you can’t force it upon them. Then, we elected Obama—maybe we are not ready for it—a few spots on TV—some cool slogans and we elected Obama two times! Just go on the View or Leno and your in—Need a good deal of positive press and who needs democracy? Obama and his crew have looted and ruined the nation—now he is sentencing to death by beheading all who did suport us in Iraq.


32 posted on 06/11/2014 2:20:08 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: CdMGuy
You can blame Bush Jr. for this disaster. No, he could not keep his hands off of Saddam Hussein.

Bush again? Why not spread the blame around where it belongs bro? Lets start with the overwhelming vote in favor of going to war by both the Senate and the House of Representatives, shall we?

Then lets follow up with the equal approval of the citizens of this country who were all gung-ho to kick ass in Iraq..with the exception of the libtards who never fail to ignore any threats to this country both home and abroad..(sounds like that might include you).

....And of course there was also the UN approval (with the exception of France and Germany who we all know now why they were opposed to the war......HeHeHe) You are aware of the Food for Oil Scandal aren't you?.

And last but not least, the all VOLUNTEER military who proudly went to Iraq to serve this country.........

As for the years long media attack against Bush, which you seem to have glomned on to, here's some facts which never made the front pages of the media you obviously read.

1. "No WMD's were ever found in Iraq"

Syria's Chemical Weapons Came From Saddam's Iraq

2. No nuclear weapons material was ever found in Iraq according to the UN weapons inspectors......(The Germans and the French again.....HeHeHe)

500 tons of uranium shipped from Iraq, Pentagon says

And last but not least, these images from Iraq which include the deaths of private contractors at the hands of the terrorist extremists and the bodies of the citizens who were murderd/tortured at the hand of Saddam Hussein........

If you are willing to accept and ignore the systematic genocide that was taking place under the Hussein regime then you have neither a conscience nor a claim to being a Christian..............


33 posted on 06/11/2014 2:28:06 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (By now, everyone should know that you shoot a zombie in the head. Don't try to reason with them...)
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To: SeekAndFind
This was all planned by Obama and is one way to get U.S. weapons into the hands of the Syrian Alqaida rebels. Obvious to anyone and why Hassad has offered to help Iraq take back the city. Why is everyone asleep at the switch and letting Obama destroy the nation and the world? It is demonic. Time to arm the Kurds to the teeth and let them take out Iran, Iraq, and Syrian jehad's.
34 posted on 06/11/2014 2:28:26 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: Blood of Tyrants
It's like Lenin's slogan of "the worse, the better" (the worse conditions got for the people, the better the prospects for the revolution to succeed).

For Obama, the worse things get in Iraq, the better for the Democratic argument that Bush made a terrible mistake removing Saddam from power. So he is probably gloating over the latest turn of events in Iraq.

35 posted on 06/11/2014 3:13:07 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

In a way, he is right. If the Iraqis won’t fight to keep their freedom, then it sure as hell isn’t worth American lives.


36 posted on 06/11/2014 3:59:00 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

...and to top it off, didn’t the US taxpayer fund the building of the largest and most expensive US embassy ever in Baghdad? That will probably soon be “evacuated”. It would likely make a nice terrorist headquarters, I guess. Recycling...reuse. Clown Prince nobama is pleased.


37 posted on 06/11/2014 3:59:19 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen

Well now the new caliphate will be enjoying our $2 billion embassy extravaganza.


38 posted on 06/11/2014 4:11:05 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Chuckster

This is what happens when you go into a region and totally upset the balance of power. Now we will get to see the results.

I wonder if McCain is still wanting to arm these guys up as they appear to be the same ones he loves so much in Syria.


39 posted on 06/11/2014 4:13:38 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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