First, Obamacare SUCKS! I believe that it is the consensus about now. I know I am tired of hearing about it…..and from both sides…..does anyone have any other thoughts? Well I do!
I am going to stay with the Middle East.
Remember years ago the now famous surge in Iraq? You know the Patreus made famous…I mean we can argue on the situation and still have a big disagreement….to me it was not so much the general and his idea than it was the tribal leaders wanting to exact revenge for past actions….but that is my opinion and we all know what they say about opinions…..right?
Any way let’s fast forward to today….Iraq is a f*cked up mess and continues to go downhill quietly….we do not hear so much about the country now that we have been eliminated form the fighting….regardless it is not much better than in the glory days of the surge……bombings are up……killings are up…..all violence is up……and thanx to all that…I expect that worthless douche Maliki to come begging for help……and guess what?
Newser) – Nine car bombs exploded in Baghdad yesterday, which, along with a suicide attack and other incidents killed at least 66 people, the AP reports—and, unfortunately, that didn’t make it a particularly unusual day. The al-Qaeda affiliate group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has been pummeling the country with terrorist attacks that have in the Washington Post‘s words, “virtually erased the security gains made in the past five years.” At least 5,300 Iraqis have died this year, including more than 600 this month, and 880 in September.
It was a little more than five years ago that the US “surge” calmed Iraq by uniting moderate Sunnis against al-Qaeda. But after the US left, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki began marginalizing Sunni leaders, fanning sectarian tensions. Syria, meanwhile, has provided a perfect base for ISIS fighters; Anbar province, which borders Syria, has suffered seven major attacks in the past week alone, as fighters pass freely across the border. Maliki will ask for US help in the fight when he visits Washington in three days.
What will be the reaction of Washington warhawks? Should we help out? After all it was us that f*cked everything up in the country.
I really would like to hear everyone’s thoughts on this situation……..give me a holler!
“After all it was us that f*cked everything up in the country.”
The Bush/Cheney legacy and I for one intend to never let this be forgotten
“After all it was us that f*cked everything up in the country.”
The Bush/Cheney legacy and I for one never intend to let this fact be forgotten. Saddam was indeed a badman but al-qaida in Iraq is worse
Larry, AQ would not be so well entrenched in Iraq if Saddam was still alive….he did not trust them and would never have allowed them access……
Agreed. That was my point. 🙂 Saddam appears to have been the lesser of two evils but of course that depends if you’re a Sunni or Shiite
And Saddam was more secular than the new guy……yes they were “oppressed” but it was still more equitable than today and the violence was a minimum…..