DieHardBrownsFan Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 So in what appears to be another failure, Iraq seems poised to be taken over by extremely radical islamic forces. The forces we armed and trained are ripping off their uniforms and throwing away their (our) weapons. Just like in Vietnam. After we left they were taken over within 3 years time. Deja Vu? Iraq Wants America Back By Eli Lake11 hours agoThe Daily Beast . View photo Iraq Wants America Back It seems like only yesterday that Iraq’s prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, was celebrating as the last American soldiers left Iraq. Now, with an al Qaeda offshoot threatening to take Baghdad, Maliki’s government is quietly asking at least some troops—specifically airmen and drone pilots—to return. Related Stories U.S. focus is on boosting Iraqi forces, not air strikes Reuters U.S. Watches As Iraq Speeds Toward DisasterThe Fiscal Times Iraq's prime minister secretly asked U.S. to consider airstrikes against insurgents The Week (RSS) Iraq on the Brink as Islamists Have Own SurgeABC News US condemns siege in Iraq's 2nd largest city Associated Press While Iraq’s government is not requesting a surge in U.S. ground forces like the one President Bush ordered in 2007, Maliki’s government has been asking for the U.S. to conduct targeted air strikes and the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance work to find those targets. READ MORE Europe Says ‘Non’ To Uber And there are plenty of new targets. On Tuesday, the al Qaeda offshoot known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) overran Iraqi military positions in Mosul, the country’s second largest city. On Wednesday, reports from Iraq said the terrorist group was pushing toward Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. If President Obama agrees to launch drone strikes in Iraq, it would not be unprecedented for the region. The United States is playing a similar role in Iraq’s neighbor, Yemen, with intense counterterrorism training and drone strikes. But Obama also has boasted that he ended the U.S. war in Iraq and thus far has been hesitant to reenter the conflict. READ MORE Cabbies Jam London to Protest Uber “What we really need right now are drone strikes and air strikes,” said a senior Iraqi official Wednesday. But the official stressed that so far the Obama administration has been reluctant. A senior U.S. military official told The Daily Beast on Wednesday that the request for U.S. air strikes inside Iraq has been discussed in recent months. “There are no plans right now to participate in anything like this,” the official said. In earlier conversations, the official said the U.S. side “did not give them a hard no—it was ‘Thanks for your interest and we will talk about it more.’” READ MORE 90% Chance of El Niño Foreign Policy’s Gordon Lubold first reported last month that Iraq sought armed drones from the United States in quiet talks about more military assistance and that those drones likely would have to operated by U.S. forces. A spokeswoman for the National Security Council, Bernadette Meehan, told Lubold that the White House had not received a “formal request to operate armed drones over Iraq…Nor is there debate in the administration about diverting armed drones over Iraq or planning to do so.” When asked for comment Wednesday, Meehan said: “We are not going to get into details of our diplomatic discussions, but the government of Iraq has made clear that they welcome our support in their effort to confront [iSIS]. We have expedited shipments of military equipment since the beginning of the year, ramped up training of Iraqi security forces, and worked intensively to help Iraq implement a holistic approach to counter this terrorist threat. Our assistance has been comprehensive, is continuing, and will increase.” READ MORE 800 Terrorists Rout 30K Iraqi Soldiers But two senior Iraqi officials told The Daily Beast that Iraq indeed has asked for the United States to conduct air strikes inside the country since November, when Maliki visited Washington. In an interview Wednesday, Iraqi Ambassador Lukman Faily declined to discuss any specifics of the Iraqi military requests to the United States. But he did say, “We are asking for almost everything short of boots on the ground.” Faily described the requests as falling into the category of “counterterrorism cooperation.” READ MORE White House Plans More Gitmo Transfers “The United States has capabilities in the region. They have the ability to help us,” he said. “We have made requests. They are aware of this. There is an urgency now. We hope they understand the sense of the urgency we are dealing with now.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Well no matter how much you dislike her if you fire the maid sooner or later you get tired of cleaning the house yourself WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 This is directly a result of Obamao telegraphing the withdrawal date. They knew they could make huge gains by waiting. Obamao - dumbass, or just wanted to have a disaster he could use to blame others for ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Well we sort of destabilized the entire region. Then we decide we can just pull out of there and fuck em. And what did we get out of it? If anything the entire region is 1000x less safe than before. Maybe the goal is they can't really attack us because they're busy chopping each others heads off in their civil wars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 This is directly a result of Obamao telegraphing the withdrawal date. They knew they could make huge gains by waiting. Obamao - dumbass, or just wanted to have a disaster he could use to blame others for ? If you think any president could have kept that place stable after we left, you are fooling yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 If you think any president could have kept that place stable after we left, you are fooling yourself. This is directly the result of going in there in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted June 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 We killed a lot of Islamic Terrorist scum, so I'm happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 these terrorists must be killed off because they will never quit. Air strikes would be a great idea, kill more of them. This president is deciding "present" on the international stage, just like we figured he would. He's for going leftist against our own country, but he's a serious screwball mistake in our foreign relations history. Is there ANYBODY who is proud they voted him in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted June 12, 2014 Report Share Posted June 12, 2014 Every president I have voted for has been a huge disappointment. That includes the younger Bush's first term as well as Obama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Osiris I always intuit who will win and vote against that guy regardless of party affiliation. I've voted republican and democrat in my time. My only stipulation is that the guy I vote for must lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Back to the point the middle east is a lawless chaotic mess. If you want to see what unchecked religion and weaponry leads to...ta-da! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Back to the point the middle east is a lawless chaotic mess. If you want to see what unchecked religion and weaponry leads to...ta-da! Unchecked is what you get when you get into the business of regime change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Unchecked is what you get when you get into the business of regime change. Unless the wars in question are ones that we've decided are cool. Just saying. .... WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Unless the wars in question are ones that we've decided are cool. Just saying. .... WSS War is never cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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