Posted on 08/29/2022 1:48:30 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods
In a video eerily reminiscent of both the disastrous, chaotic pullouts in Kabul and Saigon, unconfirmed footage suggests major evacuations are taking place in Iraq’s capitol city after the Green Zone was allegedly breached by gunmen.
ZeroHedge was early to the story, reporting:
“Days of pro-Muqtada Sadr protests and unrest have reportedly resulted in Baghdad’s high secure Green Zone being breached Monday, placing international diplomatic missions and foreign embassies under threat.
AFP is reporting that an exchange of gunfire has been observed as dozens or possibly hundreds of supporters riot, with police using riot control measures like water cannons to repel an attack on the Green Zone. There are unconfirmed reports that the sprawling and iconic Iraqi Republican Palace has been forcibly breached with protesters inside.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thebluestateconservative.com ...
Christians were better off under Saddam. His #2 was a Christian, and they were treated the same as the Sunnis and Shiites. The Bush Organization had to do the bidding of their Saudi masters, however.
Great job neocons.
Great job Clinton.
Great job W
Great job Obama
Great job Biden
Great job Congress
Nice work, PedoJoe…
Don’t forget Jimmy Karter’s foul up of our people in Iran, where over 400 people were left to rot in captivity before Reagan took over. The Moo-la’s knew Reagan would send troops on the ground, and not another screwup like the one where the helicopters blades hit each other and crashed two as I remember it, and there were deaths that Jimmuh left blood on his hands.
No. And no. Saddam Hussein was a mass-murdering, genocidal tyrant who waged war on his neighbors, his own people, Israel and the United States. He was a state sponsor of terrorism who harbored, funded and trained Islamist terrorists. Iraq, the U.S. and the world are better off without him in power.
A million more refugees on the way.
Joseph Stolen administration secretly stirring up a hornets nest in Iraq hoping the price of a barrel of oil goes up making the price of gas even more expensive in hopes of destroying the USA even more so so it can become more of a socialist country of hand outs from money that grows on trees,(sarcasm alert).
“Were they better off with Saddam? Were WE better off with him there?”
Iraq under Saddam was a secular Muslim state between two theocratic Muslim countries - Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran. He served as a buffer between these theocratically and ethnically opposed nations. Removal of Saddam strengthened Iran which today essentially controls Iraq.
Since WWII U.S. Presidents have ignored the Constitution’s requirement for a formal declaration of war by Congress before the United States goes to war. During the over 75 years since the declared WWII, which we clearly won, here are the results of these non declared wars:
China in the 1940’s. We did not commit troops but did commit money and material. Our side, the Republic of China, lost control of the mainland to the communists and today retains control of only Taiwan which is today under threat of invasion by Communist China.
Korea from 1950-1953. A draw at best. The border between North and South Korea remains approximately at the 38th parallel. No unification of Korea was accomplished by either side. The North remains communist and now has nuclear weapons and delivery systems which threaten the US. Arguably our homeland is more vulnerable than it was when we went to war in 1950. Certainly we have expended billions of dollars since in military and economic aid to South Korea plus our troops are still stationed in South Korea. What do we have to show for this ongoing investment?
Vietnam in the 1960’s and 1970’. The US went to war supporting corrupt South Vietnam against the communist North Vietnam under the proposition that failing to do so would result in the other countries of south Asia falling to communism. After 50,000 dead American soldiers, over 150,000 wounded, and billions of dollars of borrowed money to prosecute the war, we abandoned South Vietnam and it fell to communist North Vietnam in 1975. The “Domino Theory” used to justify the war to the American public did not play out. After victory, North Vietnam focused on uniting the north and south and reeducating the people of the south. No other Asian nations fell to communism. Today united Vietnam is still communist but now a significant exporter of goods to the US. The war was a complete waste of blood and resources.
Middle Eastern Wars of the 1990’s and 2000’s. President George H.W. Bush hired out the US military as a mercenary army to drive Iraq out of Kuwait after it invaded Kuwait. The mission, funded by the Arab states, was successful in doing so with minimal loss of American lives. However the ruler of Iraq, Saddam Hussein was not removed and he continued to irritate the United States through the 1990’s.
After the 2001 terrorist attacks on US soil the United States invaded Afganistan to hunt down Osama Bin Lauden, the terrorist leader who allegedly planned the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Bin Lauden wasn’t found in Afghanistan. The United States pursed a war to remove the Taliban from power. For 18 years the United States maintained troops in Afghanistan, spent trillions of dollars on the military occupation and building infrastructure, and then left the country, handing over to the new Taliban government $80 billion in war material. A tremendous waste of blood and money.
The US also, without a declaration of war, invaded Iraq in 2003 and deposed Saddam Hussein as leader of the country. The rationale for the war was that Saddam Hussein had developed “weapons of mass destruction” which threatened the United States. After conquering the country, and the death of Saddam, US troops did not find weapons of mass destruction. The US attempted to rebuild Iraq, and “make it safe for democracy”. After years of fighting terrorists and insurgents in Iraq, the US pulled out in 2009. Today Iran effectively controls the country.
Now we are fighting a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine. We are sending billions of dollars in US military equipment, plus advisors to teach the Ukrainians to use the equipment. The US is engaging in economic warfare with Russia in the form of economic sanctions which the US has pressured other nations to impose. Why this war is in the strategic interest of the United States has not been explained to the American people. We are investing dollars that have to be borrowed and printed to thwart the Russian invasion of Ukraine at a time when 3 million people have illegally crossed the southern border of the United States in the past year and settled in our homeland. Meanwhile our action
The question American citizens should be asking is why we have been spending trillions of dollars and tens of thousands of American lives on undeclared foreign wars which have done nothing to improve the safety of the homeland. American citizens should also ask why the government is permitting and facilitating an invasion across our southern border which is fundamentally changing the nation.
Yes/Yes.
In 1990 we should have let him go to Riyadh.
Ah, but they say no evacuation, trust them, all is well and normal. /s
and how many Americans will be left behind this time?
As your photo depicts they’ve been actively protesting and rebelling over there for quite awhile. Apparently Bidens solution now is to evacuate the embassy........and we can name that tune in one note. BTW....I think too many women in Washington are leading and making these decisions. No backbone women who will only view things from a women’s perspective of nurturing and protecting never fighting back.
the people of that region only understand force. They do not appreciate or want a democracy of any type.
The night that they broadcast the invasion into Kuwait, led by ‘Stormin’ Norman’ my then-husband and I just hugged one another and shed tears.
We KNEW life for us in Military Mode was going to suck for the next DECADE, and we also KNEW that fighting with these generational, warring goat-fockers was fruitless. We KNEW it was going to cost untold BILLIONS in American Treasure and Blood.
Unfortunately, we were RIGHT!
And here we go again! @#$%^&*!
Sounds like the same old Baghdad to me. 😏
There’s a landing zone within the Embassy compound. Helicopters go in and out of there several times throughout the day. Every day.
Qatar is nowhere near Baghdad.
Yep.
Yep.
Don’t worry, Biden will get right on it after his ice cream and nap.
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