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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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61 posted on 08/08/2014 6:39:08 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: gogeo

That was my favorite of the war... “Baby Milk Plant” spray-painted on a broken piece of plywood, propped up against a bombed-out mosque/weapons storage building.

And it was in English.


62 posted on 08/08/2014 7:07:59 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
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To: Girlene
I gather you didn't read the article.

A senior administration official said that the humanitarian effort would continue as needed, and that he expected further airdrops. “We expect that need to continue,” he said.

The BBC announced today that the UK will also be airdropping food and water.

63 posted on 08/08/2014 7:08:43 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Lorianne
This is what Iraq should be looking like today.


64 posted on 08/08/2014 7:26:55 AM PDT by McGruff (Hey America, Hows that Hopey Changey Thingy workin out for ya?)
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To: Lorianne
WTF?

Obama to Iraq: Your Problem Now June 13, 2014 (about one month ago)
65 posted on 08/08/2014 8:17:25 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: kabar

I did read the article. I was merely noting that 8,000 MRE’s per day for 40,000 people isn’t sufficient. If they ramp it up every day or if the UK is airdropping more (as you pointed out), then they’ll be fine.

Thanks for the added info.


66 posted on 08/08/2014 8:28:45 AM PDT by Girlene (Hey NSA!)
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To: Girlene

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- Napalm

- Fuel-Air bombs

- Nukes

- Balack Hussein Ebola Junior is planning on buying expensive mid east oil for the USA and building up the Caliphate and strengthing Islam to invade/attack America to take our oil, coal, natural gas

- Vlad Putin knows this and has his own huge problems with the crazy Muslims (Boston Marathon anyone? - More than a few radical terrorist Muslims in the Ukraine.) as do the ChiComs - Putin recently mentioned “pragmatic solutions” which Hussein Tu ignored.

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67 posted on 08/08/2014 9:13:53 AM PDT by devolve (- - Balack Hussein Ebola the Turd --)
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To: corlorde

but Obama might bomb the Yazidi and drop food to ISIS

we’ll have to wait and see


68 posted on 08/08/2014 9:33:47 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Lorianne

Obama is an idiot. This entire mess is a result of his incompetence. Actually, it’s worse than that. It’s a direct result of his “electioneering” which is tantamount to treason.


69 posted on 08/08/2014 11:00:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Jim Robinson
This entire mess is a result of his incompetence

You're being kind and gentlemanly putting it into those terms.

I'd conclude the "incompetence" is really cover for the intentional infliction of DESTRUCTION on the America way.

Obumbler's "CHANGE" is to fix what was never broken.

70 posted on 08/08/2014 11:21:03 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Lorianne

Hopefully our good Generals can stretch that ‘order’ to the limit.


71 posted on 08/08/2014 3:15:50 PM PDT by Monorprise
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To: jughandle
"Bernard Shaw is hiding under his desk already.."

LOL! I remember watching CNN that night. He was on the phone live from his hotel room while the bombs were falling. He said he was calling from under the bed. I'm sure Peter Arnett was right there next to him.

72 posted on 08/08/2014 4:30:20 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Lorianne
Christians are being murdered all over the world while Obama sides with the Muslims.

The amount of blood on his hands ensures him a special place in hell.

Why are Christians in Iraq more valuable than Christians in Nigeria?

73 posted on 08/09/2014 7:32:06 AM PDT by Gabrial (The nightmare will continue as long as the nightmare is in the Whitehouse.)
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To: CMailBag

I think the air strikes are there specifically to keep slaughtered Christians and Iraq out of the headlines until after November. think : Afghanistan surge. he used that to keep Afghanistan out of the headlines for a couple of election cycles - having absolutely no interest in actually winning there.


74 posted on 08/09/2014 3:46:28 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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