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Obama Thank You to Troops: We Lost Iraq Too
Townhall.com ^ | June 14, 2014 | John Ransom

Posted on 06/13/2014 5:01:53 PM PDT by Kaslin

Oh, and they lost Iraq too.

You can add Iraq to the list of countries that Obama and Hillary screwed up.

And if you think it’s bad now, just wait.

The Bush administration will look like masters of clarity as Iraq descends into chaos.

At the very least they look competent in comparison.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), an Al Qaida inspired army, has captured key cities in Iraq and have said they intend on marching all the way to Baghdad.

“Fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured Baiji and Tikrit in their southward offensive,” says our contributor NightWatch, “The news reports suggest they met little resistance. They executed six government policemen they captured. One analyst reported at least 160 killed and over 100 wounded in fighting on 11 June. More ominously, television footage on Wednesday evening showed ISIL fighters patrolling the streets of Duluiyah, a small town just 60 miles north of Baghdad.”

The rate at which the insurgents are taking ground shouldn’t surprise anyone. But Hillary Clinton isn’t just anyone.

She wants to be president.

“Hillary Clinton says what's happening in Iraq is ‘a dreadful, deteriorating situation’ and she's surprised by the effectiveness of the al-Qaida-inspired group that has captured major cities there,” reports the Associated Press. “The former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential contender weighed in Thursday on the group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, that led this week's seizure of key Sunni-dominated cities in Iraq. The group has vowed to march to Baghdad.”

And they will fight for Baghdad because no one will stop them.

“Violent internal instability is centripetal,” says NightWatch “meaning that it seeks a center of power. Thus ISIL will attempt to capture the key government buildings in Baghdad. Once its fighters leave the predominantly Sunni areas [north of Baghdad], however, the fighting will get tougher. The Shiites of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad reportedly are arming again. Another fight for Baghdad seems unavoidable.”

Whether she’s surprised or just stupid, Clinton has to shoulder the blame, along with Obama, for their failure to secure a long-lasting peace in Iraq.

This scenario of a long civil war in Iraq was avoidable.

Obama and Clinton were given an Iraq that was stable.

That was the point of invading Iraq to begin with.

Now, liberal sophisticate doofuses, as Al Qaida inspired troops march on Baghdad, imposing Sharia law in a way that Osama bin Laden would approve of, tell me how 9/11 and Iraq aren’t related.

Say what you will, but when Bush was in charge Al Qaida was winning nowhere.

Now they seem to be winning everywhere.

While the US had a large military presence in Iraq there was an incentive by all sides to be cooperative. Since we have left, the loose tribal, regional and religious affiliations have slouched towards civil war—the same scenario that’s going on in the rest of the Arab states--none of which we invaded.

Similar civil wars are being waged across North Africa, with the exception of Egypt, where the army decided to thumb their nose at the Obama administration and do what’s best for the country and avoid a civil war by killing it at the outset.

And why where they able to do that?

Because we trained the Egyptian army to be competent, loyal and effective.

And patriotic.

There is a legitimate argument to be made that the regional wars in the Middle East are none of our business. It’s an immature argument that ignores the realities of national security in the age of terror bent to perverted technology.

And immature is exactly how I would describe both Obama and Hillary.

Both seek to be honored for accomplishments that the world outside of DC laughs at. They are powerful, not because of anything they have actually done, but because they are famous.

In history they’ll be infamous for how ignorant they are.

Forget Jimmy Carter; they make Neville Chamberlain look like a warlord.

Both Obama and Hillary have lost a lot that was hard fought by America and not just in the Middle East.

But, yeah, they lost Iraq too.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; foreignpolicy; hillaryclinton; iran; iraq; lebanon; syria; waronterror

1 posted on 06/13/2014 5:01:53 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

the only ‘victory’ the queer-in-chief wants is the destruction of the American Republic.

when it comes to domestic as well as foreign enemies, remember the Reagan Doctrine - “We Win - they lose”


2 posted on 06/13/2014 5:05:43 PM PDT by kingattax (a real American would rather die on his feet than live on his knees.)
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To: Kaslin

Bush’s fault.

That will be Obama’s epitaph. Obama did nothing as President but play golf, because everything else that happened while he was President was Bush’s fault.


3 posted on 06/13/2014 5:10:31 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Kaslin

...and after they’ve consolidated and gripped full and unopposed control, how do you suppose it will be before we are called upon to deal with them here again, on our soil, in our cities, killing our people?

I’d be surprised if we got past this Autumn before it all busts loose — and it will be amazing in its scope.


4 posted on 06/13/2014 5:14:57 PM PDT by William of Barsoom (In Omnia, Paratus)
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To: Kaslin

People will not understand that the chaos is exactly what Obama wants. Its as simple as that.


5 posted on 06/13/2014 5:15:45 PM PDT by subterfuge (Hey NSA snoop, get a real job you idiot!)
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To: Kaslin
And if you think it’s bad now, just wait.

We have a new crisis everyday. The new one pushes yesterday's bad news off the front page.

I hate to tell you this but the above means things get worse for Obama (and America) every day. It is scary.

6 posted on 06/13/2014 5:17:00 PM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama stands for the corruption of America in all aspects.)
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To: Kaslin
And if you think it’s bad now, just wait.

We have a new crisis everyday. The new one pushes yesterday's bad news off the front page.

I hate to tell you this but the above means things get worse for Obama (and America) every day. It is scary.

7 posted on 06/13/2014 5:17:49 PM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama stands for the corruption of America in all aspects.)
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To: Kaslin

LBJ and the DimWhit party cost us Vietnam. Obama cost us the entire middle east. The DimWhit congress allowed 58,000 to die for nothing in Nam. Now the DimWhit in the White House has allowed all those thousands who died in the middle east to be wasted. Thanks America for voting this puke in. You got what you wanted. Free stuff for the lives of all those troops. I hope you rot for what you have done to the nation. You deserve it.


8 posted on 06/13/2014 5:17:50 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (MARANATHA, MARANATHA, Come quickly LORD Jesus!!! Father send thy Son!! Its Time!)
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To: Kaslin

can’t wait to see Mullah Obama standing on the flight deck of a carrier, proclaiming victo...

What? He lost the war?

Never mind.


9 posted on 06/13/2014 5:27:14 PM PDT by llevrok (Straight. Since 1950.)
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To: RetiredArmy

I wish I could escape it. From your screen name, I surmise that you consider yourself not having many years left. Whereas I’m just starting out.


10 posted on 06/14/2014 2:39:26 AM PDT by Luircin
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To: Rapscallion

Why do the media continue to shill for this asshole? Are they THAT deluded? They in their cushy jobs are right in the crosshairs, or at least adjacent to the crosshairs of where most terror attacks are being aimed at.

Is taxpayer-funded birth control and a mulatto in the White House worth risking your LIVES for?!


11 posted on 06/14/2014 2:41:50 AM PDT by Luircin
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To: Luircin

I am crawling up in years. But thanks to military service I have had six surgeries in the past six years. I face a 7th soon because of my blown up right knee. All these are military service related. I have fought VA for over 20 years because of these. They continue to drag their feet. I do get disability but my Advocates who are representing me before VA say that VA has short changed me and I deserve better, and more. I am thankful for what God has given me. I look at today and do feel sorry for young people who have to live 40-50 more years under this mess. It will become like Soviet Russia one of these days. I hope I am in Heaven by then. I can only hope for all Believers that God comes in the Rapture of the Church and we all go Home together soon. Then those who love Satan and his ways can duke it out and fight over every crumb. They will miss those Christians who made life miserable for them. They will remember what we stood for and that was God’s good things.


12 posted on 06/15/2014 6:39:01 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (MARANATHA, MARANATHA, Come quickly LORD Jesus!!! Father send thy Son!! Its Time!)
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To: subterfuge
People will not understand that the chaos is exactly what Obama wants. Its as simple as that.

Normalcy Bias is a helluva drug. (h/t to Rick James)

13 posted on 06/15/2014 6:43:46 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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