The recapture of Raqqa

[shanv3]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

I don’t believe a single story coming out of the Middle East unless Al Jazeera is reporting it.

You could watch CNN Instead LOL.

[Ponderosa]

More evidence that Obama did the right thing by getting out and staying out of Iraq.

[skycaller23]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

Looks like Raqqa is weeks if not days of being liberated from ISIS. This is a remarkable achievement for the coalition. The big question is what comes next? What would be the fate of Syria now that ISIS has been defeated?

ISIS is not a country or an army unit that can be "defeated".

[skycaller23]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

More evidence that Obama did the right thing by getting out and staying out of Iraq.

We never left Iraq regardless of what Obama said.


The Pentagon is no longer disclosing how many troops are in Iraq/Syria - Business Insider

Though the US military has increasingly deployed conventional ground forces in its fight against ISIS in recent months, to include US Army Rangers and US Marine artillerymen, neither were announced by the Department of Defense.

[desertdetroiter]

Originally Posted by shanv3

You could watch CNN Instead LOL.

I only trust Middle Eastern news that comes from a Middle Eastern network.

CNN...LOL. Nothing against them and I watch CNN, but I don’t want to hear anything about that region from them.

[skycaller23]

Originally Posted by ottomobeale

We need to leave the strongmen in place. They only get replaced with something much much worse.

You dont always get to pick between good and bad. Sometimes your choices are bad and worse.

Every ME country we've meddled with is worse off today than before we meddled.

[TheDusty]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

Looks like Raqqa is weeks if not days of being liberated from ISIS. This is a remarkable achievement for the coalition. The big question is what comes next? What would be the fate of Syria now that ISIS has been defeated?

Whats next?

Hard to say. Regardless, we shouldn't be apart of it. If our publicly stated purpose for involving ourselves in foreign wars is in defense of democracy around the world, then we need to stick to it. Democarcy run or instituted by a foreign power is not a democracy.

Whatever happens in Syria, should be up to Syria.

[evilcart]

Originally Posted by mightleavenyc

I question why Obama did not take stronger action. Which side is he on?

cool BS , some poeple might even believe you.

But Obama brought us to the edge of Raqqa, and 9 months later TRump still has not managed to capture that one tiny weak city. I guess Trump just lacks the minerals.