—Iraq is irreparably broken. I don’t know what the solution is but trying to glue it together with more American blood isn’t it.
Agreed. Let the Sunni’s and Shits fight it out and partition themselves; and the Kurds continue to build something on the side. Iran and ISIS are the real ballgame.
I’m fine with the idea of helping the Kurds and Christians secure their own territory and I’m OK with supporting their fight against ISIS but that’s a whole different ballgame than invading.
How is ISIS different from the Nazis when it comes to global ambitions? We fought the Nazis and conquered them, we SHOULD fight ISIS and conquer THEM. After all is said and done, ISIS will have left just as many bodies behind. They are a threat to the world and the United States doesn’t just sit back and WATCH them consume city after city, destroying historic sites and Christians too, along the way. Boots on the ground is a must, like it or not.
You cannot seriously or accurately say that we can ignore what's going on in Iraq because Iran and ISIS are the real ballgame. Fact is, Iran and ISIS are behind what's going on in Iraq.
ISIS needs to be destroyed, period. Only by destroying ISIS and wiping their existence off the map can we then have Iran take us seriously in regards to their funding terrorism around the world and their attempts to build nuclear weapons with which to threaten their neighbors in the middle east and Europe.
Iran, ISIS and Iraq are not separate issues. They are intricately linked together. If we ignore what's going on in Iraq and what ISIS is doing there (and elsewhere...) we do so at our own peril and it'll be only a matter of time before we have another 9-11.