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Obama Authorizes Limited Airstrikes in Iraq
New York Times ^ | 07 August 2014 | Helen Cooper, Mark Landler, Alissa J. Rubinaug

Posted on 08/07/2014 7:13:13 PM PDT by Lorianne

President Obama said Thursday that United States military aircraft had dropped food and water to thousands of Iraqis besieged by Islamic militants on a mountaintop in northern Iraq.

Speaking from the State Dining Room at the White House, the president said he had directed the United States military forces to conduct targeted airstrikes on the militants if they moved to take Erbil, threatening the American citizens and military personnel there.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: airstrikeonisis; arabspring; bloodforoil; codepink; election2008; election2012; haliburton; humanitarianairdrop; iraq; iraqichristians; isisiraq; leadingfrombehind; quagmire
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To: Lorianne

That’s because we have a “limited” president.


41 posted on 08/08/2014 2:26:46 AM PDT by McGruff (Under construction)
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To: Lorianne

Quoth Obonbon:

“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”


42 posted on 08/08/2014 2:28:31 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: familyop
It will motivate the ISIS mob to join Iran’s Shiites.

Not going to happen. Even shiites are not that nuts.

43 posted on 08/08/2014 3:04:54 AM PDT by palmer (This comment is not approved or cleared by FDA)
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To: eak3

That is a fact hidden by the fog of war by the MSM to protect its king.


44 posted on 08/08/2014 3:10:42 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: NonValueAdded

Add in a few ark light missions too.


45 posted on 08/08/2014 3:13:36 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: angry elephant

Congress? “Present” also.


46 posted on 08/08/2014 3:27:45 AM PDT by Bobby_Taxpayer
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To: Lorianne

And so, another Democrat gets us into a war on the installment plan. Will he be personally selecting targets from the White House (sorry, from the golf course) the way that LBJ did?

}:-)4


47 posted on 08/08/2014 3:49:59 AM PDT by Moose4 (Sufficiently feisty.)
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To: 353FMG

he’s feeding the beseiged so they can be well fed before they’re beheaded.


48 posted on 08/08/2014 3:54:48 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: GeronL

That Obama, as decisive as ever.


49 posted on 08/08/2014 4:07:52 AM PDT by corlorde (forWARD of the state.)
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To: eak3

Yes these are the people we shuttled arms to thru Benghazi where 30 cia operatves were at work when Steven and 3 other brave men were killed.

We helped to created this monster with our taxpayers dollars.

Of the many weapons we gave them there were also stinger missiles and I would bet that one of those were use when 30 special forces were killed when Extortion 17 was shot down. Maybe this is why the Government has made that investigattion so clouded.

Your Goverment at work, Obamas Transformative Foreign Policy.

And you cant ever be allowed to tell the truth because thr Regime and the New Ameican Pravda will not tolerate any misalignment to their political ideology, facts be damned.


50 posted on 08/08/2014 4:48:58 AM PDT by R0CK3T
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To: Lorianne

Not to worry. Kerry says they’ll be incredibly small. They’ll probably send in a squadron of 1/72 scale Revells.


51 posted on 08/08/2014 5:05:25 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: Mr. K

The Nobel Peace Prize winner strikes again!


52 posted on 08/08/2014 5:16:37 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: angry elephant

oh and a vote from the UN !

Obama’s Illegal War !!!!!!!!!!

I am sure the left will be marching in the streets to protest this illegal war!!!
/s


53 posted on 08/08/2014 5:17:58 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: Lorianne

The President is enforcing or perhaps even establishing the new borders of the nations emerging from the former Iraq.

Once the understanding is reached for the Kurdish border, the pressure will switch to the south and a de facto border between the Sunni and Shia areas north of Baghdad.

Then, Allepo will be taken and perhaps part of Lebanon.


54 posted on 08/08/2014 5:22:49 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12 ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: Lorianne
Obama Authorizes Limited Miniscule, Token, Inconsequential Airstrikes in Iraq

There, NY Slimes. Fixed.

55 posted on 08/08/2014 5:32:06 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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To: Lorianne

Our _resident has drawn his rainbow line in the mud.

Look out now ISIS, next you will get an all CAPS letter.


56 posted on 08/08/2014 5:39:46 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: Lorianne

Once again, “present”
Surprise is, he didn’t order airstrikes in SUPPORT of ISIS.


57 posted on 08/08/2014 6:05:00 AM PDT by Darksheare (I don't have a copy. one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: jacknhoo
Well, that out to get them through a day, or two.

I know. I read there were 40,00 Yazidis, etc on this mountain. Sending them 8,000 MRE's is better than nothing, but it's not enough to keep them going.
58 posted on 08/08/2014 6:07:57 AM PDT by Girlene (Hey NSA!)
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To: mass55th

Bernard Shaw is hiding under his desk already..


59 posted on 08/08/2014 6:31:11 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Lorianne

Those low poll ratings got under his skin.


60 posted on 08/08/2014 6:36:32 AM PDT by austinaero
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