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2014-10-11 Iraq

ISIS within 8 mi of Baghdad and armed with MANPADS

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 The roads will be too jammed with fleeing Shiia, for it too move.

Posted by phil_b 2014-10-11 00:13|| 2014-10-11 00:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Pragmatically, "Neo-Persianist", future OWG Co-Superpower Rising Iran cannot allow the ISIS/ISIL or any other entity to threaten or de facto block its strategic access to the Eastern Med + Black Sea.

The alternative is to see the ISIS/ISIL, peacefully or forcibly, destabilize + takeover Islamist IRAN - KISS GOODBYE TO CENTRAL ASIA, + POSSIBLY PART OR ALL, OF NUKE-ARMED CHINA.

The Pro-Secular Marxists-Commies + aligned Lefties, Special Interests, etal. are deluding themselves iff they believe their new post-2015, OWG- + WOT-led Commie-Socialist order in Amerika means they're safe from the Global [Nuclear?]Jihad.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-10-11 01:21|| 2014-10-11 01:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Are we gonna let Iran (Hezbollah) defend Baghdad or will we intervene?
Winner gets to keep control and influence in Iraq proper.

Or will both US and Iran sit this one out and let ISIS have Baghdad?

Obama's ego and vanity will not permit him to send troops into Iraq. That's how dogmatic he is.

Thousands of people have to die because he's too goddam stubborn to rise above the fray and become a real POTUS, a real LEADER.

Posted by Mikey Hunt 2014-10-11 02:30|| 2014-10-11 02:30|| Front Page Top

#4 I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

It'd also send a nice message

Posted by Silentbrick 2014-10-11 07:00|| 2014-10-11 07:00|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm sure this disaster is all Bush's fault somehow. What spin are they going to use for that?

Posted by AlanC 2014-10-11 11:01|| 2014-10-11 11:01|| Front Page Top

In secret, clandestine operation, battle hardened Marines rescue ISIS sex slaves.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-11 11:40|| 2014-10-11 11:40|| Front Page Top

#7 You have been naughty Besoeker, go to your room. (Cough, guffaw, chuckle, chuckle.) ;-)

Posted by JohnQC 2014-10-11 16:10|| 2014-10-11 16:10|| Front Page Top

#8 :-D

Posted by Barbara 2014-10-11 18:12|| 2014-10-11 18:12|| Front Page Top

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