Posted on 06/15/2014 3:51:52 PM PDT by Star Traveler
A three word text was released from inside the Embassy about six hours ago: “Too late Alamo.” That message is open to interpretation.
Just minutes ago news came from within the United States Embassy in Baghdad that the Iraqis have shut down internet service for those barricaded inside. Limited text messages via private cell phones are still coming through.
It is unknown how many of the more than 5,000 U.S. civilians in Baghdad are actually taking refuge inside the embassy compound. NBC war correspondent, Richard Engel reported last night that civilians in and around Baghdad have boarded up residences and businesses.
The embassy lockup is a reminder of when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August of 1990 and U.S. civilians were held hostage for months, including those from the State Department and Department of Transportation.
This week ISIS terrorists operating in Iraq have toppled Fallujah, Ramadi, Tikrit, and Mosul, robbing the Bank of Mosul for more than $450 million dollars. ISIS leaders now claim they are the richest terror group in the world, topping al Qaeda and Hamas. This militant group has vowed to overrun Baghdad, the nation's capital, and eliminate the Shiite ruling party.
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The illogical point of view would be believing that he’s a puppet with no citation, no hard copy of proof, just supposition based upon his actions.
I guess we will have to agree to disagree. Have a nice day.
Fair enough.
Would you explain what you mean by “tin foil on aisle four?”
Obama is the only president in history that could get away with making the exact same tragic mistake not once twice.
So the folks in the U.S. Embassy better find their own way out of town before its too late.
“Proliferation of nuclear weapons by any small extremist group engaged in asymmetrical warfare is everybody’s problem”
So accept Iran’s attempts to reach out to the West, help them get rid of that damned stupid reactor they’ve spent over a decade trying to build, restore friendly ties with them and get the Iranians, who are a more rational, tolerant, pro-western, educated people than the ignorant camel-humpers of Saudi Arabia ever will be, on our side.
But no, the House of Saud bankrolls half the members of Congress so the US will always do the Saudis’ bidding like the good little lap dogs they are and keep on telling us it’s Iran we need to fear when the only people who are attacking US interests in the region at the moment, and for the past decade, are our oh-so-good “friends” the Saudis.
Where you at bro?
I posted that pic years ago predicting that’s what would eventually happen to our embassy in Baghdad.
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