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Old 01-14-2015, 02:09 PM
 
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.....and they can bite me. The nerve (even though we're in large part responsible for the mess) of those people.

What little we're doing is already too much.

Iraq says U.S.-led coalition not doing enough against Islamic State
By Ahmed Rasheed and Ned Parker BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has told President Barack Obama's envoy that the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State needs to do more to help Iraq defeat the jihadists controlling large areas of the north and west of the country.
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Old 01-14-2015, 02:14 PM
 
Location: North America
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Then again, we did create the situation in the first place .
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Old 01-14-2015, 02:14 PM
 
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Agreed.

Iraq also tried to empire build in the region, they just were out-gunned.
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Old 01-14-2015, 02:24 PM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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.....and they can bite me. The nerve (even though we're in large part responsible for the mess) of those people.

What little we're doing is already too much.

Iraq says U.S.-led coalition not doing enough against Islamic State
By Ahmed Rasheed and Ned Parker BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has told President Barack Obama's envoy that the U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State needs to do more to help Iraq defeat the jihadists controlling large areas of the north and west of the country.
agreed!
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Old 01-14-2015, 02:31 PM
 
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Then again, we did create the situation in the first place .
I acknowledge that.
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Old 01-14-2015, 02:34 PM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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I acknowledge that.
So if you create a mess, do you not consider it your responsibility to clean it up?
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Old 01-14-2015, 02:46 PM
 
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So if you create a mess, do you not consider it your responsibility to clean it up?
Agreed! And saying that....a LOT of that whole mess was the fault of Iraq disenfranchising a ton of people with foolish politics.

Not our problem that they did that, we even repeatedly advised them not to.
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Old 01-14-2015, 02:47 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Agreed! And saying that....a LOT of that whole mess was the fault of Iraq disenfranchising a ton of people with foolish politics.

Not our problem that they did that, we even repeatedly advised them not to.
You are very correct.
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Old 01-14-2015, 02:48 PM
 
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Problem is the weapons have been dropped multiple times and never used.
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Old 01-14-2015, 02:49 PM
 
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Obama cut and run on the Iraqis, and this debacle is the result.

Obama = epic fail
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