Posted on 09/30/2014 12:53:00 AM PDT by No One Special
I actually thought it would be helicopters on Kabul rooftops first, then on Baghdad rooftops a few years later.
What a loser bombing and Iraqi Army will destroy ISIS ( correct spell, Mr. Obama)
Just wait until Obama reads about this in the newspaper!
I think you are quite correct. ISIS is fighting for god (small "g") and the Iraqi army is fighting for the last guy that happens to be in power or maybe their families but based on what I have seen neither is much of a motivation.
the key is the airfield—if they take it Baghdad is screwed. So starts the seige of Baghdad—my money is on ISIS in this fight. They have a “fith Column” inside the city, Poison Gas, and a “holy mission” to take the town. If they take it—they will face Iran to seize Basrah and Sumer. Watch as the Iraq Government fees the city—when they go-—its all over. Once ISIS takes over watch the bloodbath that will follow—we better have plans to get out people out or they will be the new hostages.
The way matters have unfolded in recent months, I believe I.S. is in Iraq to stay. More likely with a name-change down the track. The tension in Iraq for the past several yrs has been clearly between Iran and the sunnis (Saudis and some Gulf States). Popular recent propaganda by some, suggests Iranian regime created I.S. - they didn’t. The more active attempt to overthrow Assad in Syria is another proof that I.S. is not an Iranian faction or group, it’s Sunni, Arab, and backed by a few others too. Overall, and longer term the further Islamization of that region will not bode well for us. And, Israel will need to live with it.
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