Posted on 01/04/2014 6:05:49 PM PST by Kaslin
Republican senators on Saturday blamed the Obama administration for Al Qaeda affiliates over-running parts of Iraq, including the city of Fallujah, which the United States secured before President Obama removed all U.S. forces from that country in 2011.
Sen. John McCain, Arizona, and Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, called the recent turn of events “as tragic as they were predictable” and suggested Obama misled Americans into believing that Iraqi leaders wanted U.S. forces out of their country.
“While many Iraqis are responsible for this strategic disaster, the administration cannot escape its share of the blame,” the senators said in a joint statement. “When President Obama withdrew all U.S. forces … over the objections of our military leaders and commanders on the ground, many of us predicted that the vacuum would be filled by America's enemies and would emerge as a threat to U.S. national security interests. Sadly, that reality is now clearer than ever.”
The Al Qaeda-affiliated fighters took over Fallujah on Friday after a bloody three-day battle, raising their flag over government buildings as a sign of victory, according to The Washington Post.
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mclame...gramnesty...clown prince nobama. Birds of a feather. I’ve had it with losers.
All you have is the same tired old neocon argument about democracy in the mideast. If you haven’t figured out what’s wrong with it yet, trust me, you got issues.
America is flat ass broke and you want to waste more blood and money for a fantasy.
Bump
McCain and Grahamnesty bark!
Right...
No I will not trust a person who throws around ad hominems like a high school kid.
Shows underdevelopment emotionally.
And I made no argument about democracy in the Middle East so you’re dead wrong there too.
So what is your reason for wanting to waste more American blood and money in the mideast.
I’m sure the whole forum would love to hear it.
That's the difference. In Iraq we didn't we won't and we probably couldn't.
There you go with your odd views again...LOL I’m sure the “whole forum” is NOT very concerned about a debate on this one thread...the subject of which has been going on for years.
The Obama viewpoint is that if we leave the terrorists will be concerned only with each other and not harm us. Interesting how so many conservatives are lining up with Obama on this. Truth is the Al Queda factions live to destroy the West. Now why would you want those murderous forces to gain ascendency again when we had them pushed back? You are advocating for the Obama philosophy even though appeasement has failed time and time again.
Yeah I didn’t think you had what it took to answer.
LOL you may go.
Sorry but this is Bush’s fault for not obliterating the place when he had the chance.
My guess is we could...but not with weak leftists and defeatists in charge.
And just how our presence maintained a balance of power in the far east, so would it have done the same with Iran and Syria...but the girly men erroneously think diplomacy will achieve the same result...and now we are seeing the fruits of that weak policy.
G W Bush signed the document for the date we would leave Iraq.
Wrong again...I fully answered. I also pointed out where you are in league with Obama on certain scores. That alone exposes your weak judgment not even taking into account your adolescent way of expressing yourself.
Perhaps we could if we were willing to kill 90% of their population and accept casualties of our own in the tens of thousands and borrow several trillion more dollars to do it. Short of that, no, it could not be done it will not be done and only a mad man would do it.
I swear every time I see that spokes-gal on the news it looks like a SNL skit.
McCain & McConnel cannot decide which position they like better... on their knees or bent over... so they act like they are mad at Obama when they switch.
Yes im sure lots of people wanted to kill off 90% of the Japanese also.
They had killed more Americans than the modern day terrorists.
It’s probably good for the long term viability of the US that that idea (killing 90% of a country) did not prevail.
The point is that we didn’t have to kill that many Japanese to gain total surrender and we would have to kill that many Muslims. Not to mention that no one is going to loan us $10 trillion dollars to do it.
Afghanistan is the same never ending waste.
One of our local female guardsmen got home from Afghanistan this fall. She says we’re building some beautiful highways for them to blow up. As for those poor Afghan women, she says “Screw em” they’re as bad or worse than the men.
The Japanese killed many more Americans than the terrorists and they would have continued had not the US occupied. Same with Germany
Iraq is small potatoes and easy in comparison. But you have to have a presence to do the job.
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