Looks like it's back to business as usual in Iraq for U.S. troops!

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Powell = liar:



Jonathan Schwarz: Lie After Lie After Lie: What Colin Powell Knew Ten Years Ago Today and What He Said
 

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ISIS wants a sectarian war. The Shia have have been good enough to provide the fodder needed in how they treat the Sunni minority.
That was exactly what Al-Qaeda wanted when they were in Iraq.
The leader of ISIS is the only one not to swear allegiance to the new Al-Qaeda leadership after Osama became fish food.
 

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Could be part of a set up much like the support given to Saddam - afterwards the USA stabbed him in the back while pretending that he was about to launch an invasion that never took place or was intended in the first place. But we shall see ...
 

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It would sure be odd to see the US provide air support for Iranian Republican Guard. Strange bedfellows.

I think it's as funny as sh*t..

As a posted on page 3

So does that mean that Obama will leave Syria alone to since Syria supports Iran and Iran supports Syria, after all the people of Syria have made their choice with 84% of the people supporting Assad and a very high voter turnout..??

Saudi Arabia might not like to see America and Iran getting into bed with each other.

...and what should have been done ages ago.. may very well be done now..

Iraq's implosion could redraw Middle East boundaries
 

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Perhaps this will answer your question, Sal


The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg put the question to Barham Salih, the former prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan's regional government and a former deputy prime minister of Iraq's federal government.
"Iraq, today, 10 years on from the war, from the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, is not what the Iraqi people hoped for and expected. We hoped for an inclusive democracy, an Iraq that is at peace with itself and at peace with its neighbors," Salih said. "To be blunt, we are far from that."
"But," he added, "it's important to understand where we started from. ... Literally hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were sent to mass graves. Ten years on from the demise of Saddam Hussein, we're still discovering mass graves across Iraq. And Iraqis are better off without Saddam Hussein -- the overwhelming majority of Iraqis are better off without Saddam Hussein."
Salih acknowledged that the contemporary reality is grim: "This is a new experiment in the Middle East. I don't want to whitewash the many missteps and the terrible things that happened in the country to date. ... I'm not telling you that it is a utopia and all is fine and wonderful." And yet:

... for those of us who lived under the tyranny of Saddam Hussein and understand what tyranny means, ... the difficulties of today, the pains of today, and the disappointments of today -- and they are very profound, because Iraqis deserve better -- these pale in comparison to what we had to endure. ... Then, people had the certainty of the knock on the door late at night, and could possibly end up in a mass grave. Two weeks ago, in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, a new mass grave in which there were some five-six people who were shot. Their families never heard from them since 1988. They were found and they could only be identified by the pajamas they were wearing as they were taken from home. These are the type of stories that my people, my community, had to endure.
 

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Politics of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


They went from a dictatorship to some semblance of a democracy. I don't think we can blame the shenanigans of the insurgents on Bush.



And if Saddam had not been deposed do you suppose those "insurgents" would be in control of such a large portion of Iraq?

JLM,


These are the type of stories that my people, my community, had to endure.



Suharto killed more people in Indonesia but nobody invaded his country to stop his tyranny. Still, Iraq was not invaded to stop Saddam's crimes against his people but to stop imaginary WMD.
 

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Don't bother, coalition forces and the Iraqi military both have blood on their hands when Bush invaded Iraq, and to think that all those photo's of dead children were coalition forces and not staged by the Iraq military to convince weak minds such of yourself that the bad guys are the invaders. please


Of course, staged. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

Well, there is one year that may have surpassed Saddam's annual rampage over 30 years. If anyone doubts the extent of Saddam's cruelty they may want to check with the relatives of the Kurds he gassed.


P.S. Human rights in Saddam Hussein's Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If and where things are worse most of it is due to insurgents! You really think Iraq was better off when Saddam and his two sons were alive? Maybe you should check with the Kurds about that!

How about you just check history. How about you check and see how he kept the sunni and shia from eating each other. How about you check and see how many women and girls in Iraq pre-invasion were allowed to be educated compared to post-invasion.

As much as idiots like yourself would like to pretend otherwise, invading Iraq was one of THE most destabilizing things that could have been done in the middle east.

Hind sight is a great thing. Back in 2003 pretty well everyone was in favour of taking out Saddam. I have vivid memories of the day they pulled his statue over...........everyone including is own people were cheering.

Try again, the majority of the world were not stupid enough be taken in by the american bullshyte propaganda.

Politics of Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


They went from a dictatorship to some semblance of a democracy. I don't think we can blame the shenanigans of the insurgents on Bush.

What democracy? The killing has not stopped since Saddam was toppled. The killing has not stopped since the americans invaded.
 

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And if Saddam had not been deposed do you suppose those "insurgents" would be in control of such a large portion of Iraq?

Oh for fukk sakes.. what are you retarded?? Saddam gasses Kurds.. killed women and children.. he was not a saint, but you're wishing he was still in power.. what kind of animal are you..

Suharto killed more people in Indonesia but nobody invaded his country to stop his tyranny. Still, Iraq was not invaded to stop Saddam's crimes against his people but to stop imaginary WMD.

Munitions Found in Iraq Meet WMD Criteria, Official Says

Typical Liberal B.S. keep saying it over, and over and over and hope people believe.. in this case you've only conned yourself. LOL
 

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Oh for fukk sakes.. what are you retarded?? Saddam gasses Kurds.. killed women and children.. he was not a saint, but you're wishing he was still in power.. what kind of animal are you..

Saddam was a thug; yes, he gassed Kurds. So did the British. But, the anarchy now is a consequence of Blair and Bush's war.
 

Kreskin

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Oh for fukk sakes.. what are you retarded?? Saddam gasses Kurds.. killed women and children.. he was not a saint, but you're wishing he was still in power.. what kind of animal are you..



Munitions Found in Iraq Meet WMD Criteria, Official Says

Typical Liberal B.S. keep saying it over, and over and over and hope people believe.. in this case you've only conned yourself. LOL
This guy has followed this extensively and here is what he has to say about it.

Opinion: Bush's toxic legacy in Iraq - CNN.com
 

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180 degrees wrong, Gerry.

First of all, what exactly do you think the Islamists will do with the wealth, the weapons, and the territory they just captured??

They will find ways to turn it all against the west.

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They have no transport to the West unless they have captured an aircraft carrier, Oh you mean the west in the middle east, western invaders and looters.