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U.S. Navy ship with 550 Marines on board entering Gulf: CNN
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Posted on 06/16/2014 5:00:10 AM PDT by sunmars
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Looks like a full scale evac is on the cards.....
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:00:10 AM PDT
by
sunmars
To: sunmars
Should have evacuated our guys a week ago.
To: Sacajaweau
Obama relied on his National Security team, therefore, there was no heads up on this crisis, he was on hole #8 when he heard it on the radio.
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:03:51 AM PDT
by
Netz
To: sunmars
No ground troops was the call, so extraction of Americans from Baghdad looks to be on the agenda today. Better make it fast.
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:05:28 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: sunmars
I can see the Marines pushing the helicopters overboard once again to make room for the Vietnamese, oops, I mean Iraqi friends of America. Imagine how Benjamin Netanyahui feels right now watching his key ally go down the tubes due to inaction...
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:05:34 AM PDT
by
Netz
To: sunmars
yep.
San Antonio Class amphibious transport dock.
Aircraft: Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. The ships hangar can store 1-2 aircraft.
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:05:35 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Netz
Why is
Susan Rice NSA?
Her jump shot in college?
She comes from a long line of Apparatchik?
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:06:24 AM PDT
by
Rome2000
To: sunmars
550 Marines?
Looks like a Saigon redux...
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:06:44 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
To: sunmars
Just throw a hashtag at ‘em bambi that’ll fix it, hashtags fix everything!
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:06:59 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(white pri)
To: sunmars
You can bet that it will be handled with all the ‘expertise’ and ‘finesse’ the “O” WH is capable of.
Oi veh!
Yet ANOTHER abysmal American failure and embarrassment for all the world to see and which will be howling down at US Presidents and diplomats for decades to come.
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:07:07 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
To: Genoa; All
Here's a question..we spent billions on the Embassy in Bagdad. Do we just abandon it, let ISIS use it as their seat of power, or blow it up?
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:07:17 AM PDT
by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
To: ken5050
Blow it up once we’re out, for god’s know what secrets they have in there.
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:08:26 AM PDT
by
sunmars
To: ken5050
Here's a question..we spent billions on the Embassy in Bagdad. Do we just abandon it, let ISIS use it as their seat of power, or blow it up?
I say we abandon it, but I don't think Iran will tolerate a permanent ISIS presence in Baghdad.
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:09:31 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: Genoa
Not when the Iranians will be occupying it instead.....after the years Iran and Iraq spent fighting and getting nowhere and the iranians are going to waltz in there with open arms.
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:10:47 AM PDT
by
sunmars
To: sunmars
"Looks like a full scale evac is on the cards"Are we going to see something similar to the fall of Saigon? As they say, that would be some REALLY bad... "optics".
If that happens, and the republicans had a functioning brain stem(I know...), they would make 0bama OWN this collapse.
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:11:18 AM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: sunmars
Yes, the Shiites in Iraq will welcome the Iranians as their deliverers. Baghdad is about half Shiite, or so I read. This is the opportunity of a lifetime for the mullahs in Tehran.
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:12:41 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: Netz
And any aircraft tossed over the side will not be replaced, have to budget for EBT, illegals, more welfare, etc.
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:14:00 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.q)
To: sunmars
Maybe the same could have been said of Benghazi? We would not have needed to fly anything over their airspace except for a Tomahawk or two.
This ship is attached to the Bataan Battle group and the Bataan will be the destination of any people rescued.
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:15:07 AM PDT
by
mazda77
To: Rome2000
Obama’s National Security Team are doing their job well. The entire team has their heads in the sand and their rear ends, way up in the air, waiting for a horny camel. Sorry folks, I couldn't resist but it's true.
People may have hated Bush, but they respected him. People hate Obama and do not respect him hence America's enemies are trampling the President, daily.
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posted on
06/16/2014 5:19:24 AM PDT
by
Netz
To: sunmars
Obama and Iran are going to make a deal.
Obama doesn't remember the hostage crisis. He wasn't old enough to read.
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