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Originally posted by chakos View PostMaybe there's not much the west can do anyways. Anything we do only ever delays the inevitable so maybe its time for the locals to put on their big boy pants and deal with their own issues.
All western politicians can do now is to leave Assad alone to do the dirty job for them.Winter is coming.
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Originally posted by NUS View PostSo, you want Saddam back? Too late.
What I'm saying is enough blood and treasure has been wasted in Iraq. It's up to the natives now to fight their own wars. The side that wants it more will be the side that wins it and the west should have as little to do with it as possible.The best part of repentance is the sin
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Refusing to deal with an issue is not dealing with an issue. Isn't Al Queda a known and declared enemy of the entire western world? Are they not growing stronger by the week essentially creating an autonomous region ranging from Abu Ghurab all the way to the heart of Syria? I'm all for letting the locals fight them, I'm also all for limiting the influence of AQ (and their like Sunni Extremist networks) as much as humanly possible. Does that mean another operation Phantom Fury..no. It does mean giving the ISF access to some of our resources like SIGINT, HUMINT, UAV, and any other resources we could share with them to facilitate a move towards stabilization. It also means allowing SOF forces to strike targets of high value to undermine the strength of the insurgents following. Those tribes in Western Iraq are tough as nails and they aren't going to lay down. But a protracted conflict could bring the entire region into a much larger regional conflict. We need to take care of this, and we need to do it NOW!
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Originally posted by 1980s View Post
I got on duffel blog yesterday and they had an article about two former Marines who are trying to go back to Iraq in order to take back the city. It was completely satirical and also totally hilarious...but I found myself saying, "I wouldn't mind doing that myself!"
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Originally posted by Brinktk View PostI got on duffel blog yesterday and they had an article about two former Marines who are trying to go back to Iraq in order to take back the city. It was completely satirical and also totally hilarious...but I found myself saying, "I wouldn't mind doing that myself!"No such thing as a good tax - Churchill
To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.
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