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Obama chooses to plan targeted airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq. Interesting
Aug 7, 2014 9:24pm
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thavoice

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...and has already bombed them today/last night.

Probably not a bad idea and if we woulda left a security force there this never would have happened.
Aug 8, 2014 11:39am
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Turn the place into a desert...oh wait never mind.
Aug 8, 2014 10:32pm
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really? Nothing? That's comedy gold right there.
Aug 9, 2014 4:21pm
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thavoice;1642462 wrote:...and has already bombed them today/last night. Probably not a bad idea and if we woulda left a security force there this never would have happened.
Kinda hard to do that when we had the SOFA Agreement that Bush agreed to have all forces out. Obama tried to extend it back in the day, and add that U.S. forces would not be subject to Iraqi courts, the Iraqi Parliament refused. So, it was not possible to leave a security force there. Love how that always gets left out of the BS talking points.
Aug 10, 2014 11:11am
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ccrunner609;1642723 wrote:he is only about 3 weeks late on this. He is a "lead from behind" guy.
So, you want us to go bombing any time anyone asks for us for help? The data and intelligence 3 weeks ago was very confusing, mixed, and not 100%.
Aug 10, 2014 11:12am
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not anytime but if it increases stability, safety or helps in a humanitarian way then yes barring other negative variables.
Aug 10, 2014 11:16am
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ptown_trojans_1;1642823 wrote:So, you want us to go bombing any time anyone asks for us for help? The data and intelligence 3 weeks ago was very confusing, mixed, and not 100%.
Intelligence will never be 100%. and this wasn't a small mob moving across Iraq hiding in the shadows. Thousands of men and hundreds of vehicles waiving flags as they move should be able to be seen.
Aug 11, 2014 2:08am
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ccrunner609;1642849 wrote:No it wasn't.....they had clear intel from satellites clearly showing Isis moving in caravans across the border. Could of stopped this whole thing in one day. Then they could of bombed these terrorists out in the desert where no civilians would be hurt.
That easy huh?
Aug 11, 2014 8:05am
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ccrunner609;1642849 wrote:No it wasn't.....they had clear intel from satellites clearly showing Isis moving in caravans across the border. Could of stopped this whole thing in one day. Then they could of bombed these terrorists out in the desert where no civilians would be hurt.
Negged for being a fucking moron.
Aug 11, 2014 11:26am
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ccrunner609;1642849 wrote:No it wasn't.....they had clear intel from satellites clearly showing Isis moving in caravans across the border. Could of stopped this whole thing in one day. Then they could of bombed these terrorists out in the desert where no civilians would be hurt.
I know you teach gym, but you had to pass an English class at some point right?
Aug 12, 2014 1:13pm
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ptown_trojans_1;1642822 wrote:Kinda hard to do that when we had the SOFA Agreement that Bush agreed to have all forces out. Obama tried to extend it back in the day, and add that U.S. forces would not be subject to Iraqi courts, the Iraqi Parliament refused. So, it was not possible to leave a security force there. Love how that always gets left out of the BS talking points.
So BO uses the constitution as toilet paper but holds this agreement as gospel?
Aug 12, 2014 1:44pm
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queencitybuckeye;1643492 wrote:So BO uses the constitution as toilet paper but holds this agreement as gospel?
It's all a matter of political convenience and not letting a good crisis go to waste.
Aug 12, 2014 5:31pm