Are we going to see something similar to the fall of Saigon? As they say, that would be some REALLY bad... "optics".
If that happens, and the republicans had a functioning brain stem(I know...), they would make 0bama OWN this collapse.
Baghdad isn’t Saigon.
It’s a good 350miles inland.
Even with a battalion off the coast, you’re only talking about 15 minutes of ground power before they run out of ammo.
Provided an adversary lacks the ability to perform a coordinated attack or they are less than about 2000 in number, it isn’t a pretty situation.
The only evacuation possible with the numbers given in the press, is a peaceful evacuation.
If that happens, and the republicans had a functioning brain stem(I know...), they would make 0bama OWN this collapse.
The news "blackout" that seems to be in effect will ensure that there are no optics.
No matter what happens, we'll likely never know.
The media is already pushing hard that all of this is Bush's fault for invading Iraq in the first place.
I keep commenting back to these media meme's that the sectarian violence has been going on in the middle east for centuries and isn't about to stop anytime soon.
Oddly, I happen to agree to let them kill each other in a mass Islamic blood bath. Let them set-up their precious Caliphate (prophesied) and then we can at least have a clearly defined enemy in several years and 0bama will be out of office by then.
Election 2016...here we come and I pray it will be with the wisdom and grace of God.