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I feel like Winnie the Pooh


               
2014 Aug 9, 5:36am   14,283 views  37 comments

by JH   follow (0)  

Why oh why do my leaders insist on playing with fire?!?!?

Though the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Iraq may have left the Obama administration little choice but to act, the concern is the limited US aerial campaign has now stirred the hornet's nest without doing anything to decisively degrade ISIS.
And there could be one other unintended consequence. A rally-round-the-flag effect may now strengthen the ISIS position in the global jihadist movement, leading to even higher levels of fundraising and recruitment.
In recent months the group has faced fierce criticism from al Qaeda and others for its declaration of an Islamic caliphate and its brutal methods. But with the budding Islamic State now being bombarded by the "Crusaders," such criticisms may fade, at least for a time.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/08/world/meast/syria-iraq-terror-havens/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Have we learned nothing from every damn conflict? If the justification is oil, I will pay $20/gal to get my money and my fellow Americans out of that godforsakenland.

#politics

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1   Tenpoundbass   @   2014 Aug 9, 5:56am  

I wonder if he would have called those strikes on the day that he did, had the Russian American Embassy not had that Birthday Message projected on it.

Calling in an airstrike is a cheap way to flex your muscles.

2   JH   @   2014 Aug 9, 7:28am  

Call it Crazy says

How many eyes do we have left since 1945?

3   Bellingham Bill   @   2014 Aug 9, 9:28am  

I have zero problem with waxing these extremist shitheads.

They want a war with us, we'll give it to them, tamped down and overflowing, as WSC once said.

We shouldn't have invaded in 2003, but Isolationism doesn't work, either.

The Israelis recently demonstrated to the world the proper application of retaliatory force.

Don't. Fuck. With. Us. Capiche?

4   JH   @   2014 Aug 9, 9:45am  

Bellingham Bill says

Isolationism doesn't work, either

and we know that because...?

5   komputodo   @   2014 Aug 9, 12:43pm  

You have to admire these people that want to send others to fight and die.

6   lostand confused   @   2014 Aug 9, 12:55pm  

I wouldn't be surprised if it comes out later that this ,"Islamic state" was actually created/funded back then by the CIA to overthrow Sadaam. That was what we did with the Taliban and Al-Qeada.

7   JH   @   2014 Aug 9, 1:29pm  

Call it Crazy says

“Small groups from a number of al-Qaeda affiliates have defected to ISIS,”

Oh my this is actually scary. I had heard al qaeda was not interested in isis because it was even more extreme. But I guess it isn't surprising some extreme extremists would defect. Sympathy from US bombing will only add to the numbers.

8   Strategist   @   2014 Aug 9, 1:52pm  

LOL. You guys crack me up. If you have a hornets nest in your back yard you call the exterminator and destroy it. You don't say "oh the poor hornets, look how mean we are to them. If we just let them be, they will leave us alone."
I'm sure glad Obama has more brains then you lot.

9   Strategist   @   2014 Aug 9, 2:03pm  

Call it Crazy says

Strategist says

If you have a hornets nest in your back yard you call the exterminator and destroy it.

Yep, right away..

We are the exterminators.

Call it Crazy says

Strategist says

I'm sure glad Obama has more brains then you lot.

Then why did he wait and let ISIS grow and expand over the last year instead of getting them early?

He is an idiot. That does not change the fact that he has more brains then you lot.

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