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89Hen wrote:
Ibanez wrote:If Al Qeada thinks ISIL was too brutal, you have to wonder what sort of mad men are we dealing with. The people that brought down the twin towers don't want to associate with these fuckers. That's quite telling.
They are the Oakland Raiders of terrorism (the old Oakland Raiders).
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Sure he is. So is Bush. So is Ronald Reagan, the leaders of the USSR from 1979-1989, Clinton, etc... And those are just the heads of state. :coffee:

However, what is assigning blame going to do for the future? Nothing. Deal with the problem. You're the POTUS. It's your problem to deal with. So, nut up and stop assigning blame to others. Handle it. :twocents:

If Al Qeada thinks ISIL was too brutal, you have to wonder what sort of mad men are we dealing with. The people that brought down the twin towers don't want to associate with these fuckers. That's quite telling.
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Please tell me you've read the history of ISIL. :coffee:
1) Would you have preferred that we stayed in Iraq then?

2) How would you like him to deal with the problem?

3) Is this the first time we've left an occupied country?
1) If we're discussing preference, then I would have preferred to have not invaded Iraq. However, it's damned if you do/damned if you don't. We were there and we had an obligation to rebuild what we tore down.

2) I don't know. You are fighting an ideology and not just an aggressive group or nation. Anything we do is going to work against us. If we fight,we strengthen their resolve and they continue to grow and recruit. If we don't, we're weak and they will most likely attack us and/or an ally. If it came down to a pitched battle, I say we take off the gloves and obliterate them. But that isn't going to happen. If we want to eradicate them, we have to remove the gloves and attack with extreme prejudice. We know where they are. We have them on surveillance. The thing is that not only do we destroy them, but we have to rebuild what they destroyed to gain trust and confidence. We have to empower the region to rise up against people and groups like that. It's not easy. I don't envy anyone that has make a decision on this problem.

3) We've left Vietnam. Korea (kinda of). But, Communism is nothing like this. National movements are nothing like Religious movements. Religious movements are far more dangerous. :coffee:
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Re: Obama Getting USA into ANOTHER war

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kalm wrote:
1) Would you have preferred that we stayed in Iraq then?

2) How would you like him to deal with the problem?

3) Is this the first time we've left an occupied country?
1) If we're discussing preference, then I would have preferred to have not invaded Iraq. However, it's damned if you do/damned if you don't. We were there and we had an obligation to rebuild what we tore down.

2) I don't know. You are fighting an ideology and not just an aggressive group or nation. Anything we do is going to work against us. If we fight,we strengthen their resolve and they continue to grow and recruit. If we don't, we're weak and they will most likely attack us and/or an ally. If it came down to a pitched battle, I say we take off the gloves and obliterate them. But that isn't going to happen. If we want to eradicate them, we have to remove the gloves and attack with extreme prejudice. We know where they are. We have them on surveillance. The thing is that not only do we destroy them, but we have to rebuild what they destroyed to gain trust and confidence. We have to empower the region to rise up against people and groups like that. It's not easy. I don't envy anyone that has make a decision on this problem.

3) We've left Vietnam. Korea (kinda of). But, Communism is nothing like this. National movements are nothing like Religious movements. Religious movements are far more dangerous. :coffee:
We also left Lebannon, Somalia, and quit supporting Aghanistan.

Is Obama responsible for North Korea?
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1) If we're discussing preference, then I would have preferred to have not invaded Iraq. However, it's damned if you do/damned if you don't. We were there and we had an obligation to rebuild what we tore down.

2) I don't know. You are fighting an ideology and not just an aggressive group or nation. Anything we do is going to work against us. If we fight,we strengthen their resolve and they continue to grow and recruit. If we don't, we're weak and they will most likely attack us and/or an ally. If it came down to a pitched battle, I say we take off the gloves and obliterate them. But that isn't going to happen. If we want to eradicate them, we have to remove the gloves and attack with extreme prejudice. We know where they are. We have them on surveillance. The thing is that not only do we destroy them, but we have to rebuild what they destroyed to gain trust and confidence. We have to empower the region to rise up against people and groups like that. It's not easy. I don't envy anyone that has make a decision on this problem.

3) We've left Vietnam. Korea (kinda of). But, Communism is nothing like this. National movements are nothing like Religious movements. Religious movements are far more dangerous. :coffee:
We also left Lebannon, Somalia, and quit supporting Aghanistan.

Is Obama responsible for North Korea?
Responsible for what in North Korea? I get what you and dback are saying but eventually, you have to accept that Bush hasn't been in power since 2009. It's 2014. It time for Obama to look at his policies (or lack thereof) and take responsibility. His fault or not, it's his watch.
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Cluck U wrote:
dbackjon wrote:...who used the death of two great Americans...
Huh? If you are referring to Milk, he was a child molester. :nod:

But, you look the other way at that stuff for gay men, correct? :ohno:
Waiting for JSO...I mean, dback...to defend his, "great" child molester.

Every 34-year old should be able to fvck a 16-year old in the azz, right? :suspicious:
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Cluck U wrote:
Cluck U wrote:
Huh? If you are referring to Milk, he was a child molester. :nod:

But, you look the other way at that stuff for gay men, correct? :ohno:
Waiting for JSO...I mean, dback...to defend his, "great" child molester.

Every 34-year old should be able to fvck a 16-year old in the azz, right? :suspicious:
They were in love. Give Harv a break. Nothing says I love you better than plugging a kid in the ass.
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houndawg wrote:All wars are fought for money. :coffee:
I feel bad for you to live with so much hate.
I not surprised that Socrates isn't your kind of guy. :coffee:
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kalm wrote:
Ibanez wrote:
1) If we're discussing preference, then I would have preferred to have not invaded Iraq. However, it's damned if you do/damned if you don't. We were there and we had an obligation to rebuild what we tore down.

2) I don't know. You are fighting an ideology and not just an aggressive group or nation. Anything we do is going to work against us. If we fight,we strengthen their resolve and they continue to grow and recruit. If we don't, we're weak and they will most likely attack us and/or an ally. If it came down to a pitched battle, I say we take off the gloves and obliterate them. But that isn't going to happen. If we want to eradicate them, we have to remove the gloves and attack with extreme prejudice. We know where they are. We have them on surveillance. The thing is that not only do we destroy them, but we have to rebuild what they destroyed to gain trust and confidence. We have to empower the region to rise up against people and groups like that. It's not easy. I don't envy anyone that has make a decision on this problem.

3) We've left Vietnam. Korea (kinda of). But, Communism is nothing like this. National movements are nothing like Religious movements. Religious movements are far more dangerous. :coffee:
We also left Lebannon, Somalia, and quit supporting Aghanistan.

Is Obama responsible for North Korea?
We left Kosovo too, which like Somalia and Lebannon doesn't have much in the way of natural resources that we need. We may have quit supporting Afghanistan but I don't see us pulling out and leaving all those rare earth elements on the table for the Chinese to add to their near monopoly.
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You know I agree with much if this but are you saying it's Obama's fault that ISIS rose up because of action or inaction? :suspicious:
What inaction? :suspicious:

Obamam has been openly supplying Saudi Arabia and her Sunni allies with weapons, even after Saudi Arabia also openly said they would arm the Sunni rebels in Syria. Who do you think is financing ISIL? Why have those funds not been targeted? We're all over Russia, yet we let hundreds of millions flow to ISIL? :lol:

And critically, all of this action is after Saudi Arabia, with our approval, in 2011 sent in troops to crack down on the protests in Bahrain. You might remember that Bahrain is a large naval base for our fleet. Bahrain also happens to have a majority Shiite population...in a country with a minority Sunni leader.

Obama talked about democracy..and of removing leaders who oppressed their people's wills. Yet he allowed our closest Middle East ally to send in troops to crush people who wanted more say in their government (a government propped up by us).

Obama's actions emboldened Sunnis everywhere.

ISIL is a Sunni organization. If you don't believe Saudi Arabia & Co. don't want the Sunnis to tear apart Syria and Iraq, with Saudi support, you are blissfully naive.

It is telling the Kerry is putting together a, "core" coalition of 10 nations to go against ISIL...with no Saudi Arabia. Why not? :suspicious:

"Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday identified what he called a “core coalition” of 10 nations that could help go after Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria as the U.S. lobbying effort here continued.
Ministers from Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, Turkey, Italy, Poland and Denmark met with Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as they seek help from allies to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Officials have offered few details and announced no solid commitments, but Kerry sounded an optimistic note on the sidelines of the ongoing NATO summit."


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/j ... z3CSAtSK00" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


So yeah, you can point to articles that tie back to Bush...but Obama has been in charge long enough to have changed our policies dramatically. And yet nothing has changed. In fact, Obama has actively assisted in further the area's continued destabilization.

That is no accident.
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kalm wrote:
We also left Lebannon, Somalia, and quit supporting Aghanistan.
Is this still 2014? :suspicious:

Maybe I have been sleeping for a few years. When did we stop supporting Afghanistan?
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kalm wrote:
Ibanez wrote:
1) If we're discussing preference, then I would have preferred to have not invaded Iraq. However, it's damned if you do/damned if you don't. We were there and we had an obligation to rebuild what we tore down.

2) I don't know. You are fighting an ideology and not just an aggressive group or nation. Anything we do is going to work against us. If we fight,we strengthen their resolve and they continue to grow and recruit. If we don't, we're weak and they will most likely attack us and/or an ally. If it came down to a pitched battle, I say we take off the gloves and obliterate them. But that isn't going to happen. If we want to eradicate them, we have to remove the gloves and attack with extreme prejudice. We know where they are. We have them on surveillance. The thing is that not only do we destroy them, but we have to rebuild what they destroyed to gain trust and confidence. We have to empower the region to rise up against people and groups like that. It's not easy. I don't envy anyone that has make a decision on this problem.

3) We've left Vietnam. Korea (kinda of). But, Communism is nothing like this. National movements are nothing like Religious movements. Religious movements are far more dangerous. :coffee:
We also left Lebannon, Somalia, and quit supporting Aghanistan.

Is Obama responsible for North Korea?
Obama is responsible for everything regarding foreign policy - now. He is the President and he's the last say on everything the US does in terms of foreign policy - now. How the pieces were lined up on the table when he took over in 2009 is all well and good, and like others have said in this thread, every single President that came before him helped to move those pieces around, and every move has had a good and a bad side to it, but he has the responsibility, and has fully had it since taking the Oath in 2009, to form and shape US foreign policy. He, like his predecessor's, only get to do so for a short time, but he's about 6 years into an 8 year turn at the helm and the policies are whatever he wants them to be. He's only got two more years or so before the next guy (or gal) comes into office and they start blaming him for the condition of the world he left.
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The buck stopped back there.
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andy7171 wrote:The buck stopped back there.
I thought Obama hit the reset button. Or was that only with the Ruskies?

If he hit the reset button, then it's on him. 100%. :mrgreen:
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Ukraine is all about the reset. Such a disgrace.
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Putin is walking all over our dear leader. Fucking ammetuer.
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andy7171 wrote:Putin is walking all over our dear leader. Fucking ammetuer.
Wie können Sie es wagen unsere glorreiche Führer , Barack Obama zu verleumden. Er wird uns in den Jahrhunderten des Wohlstands führen . Amerika wird wieder stark sein. Amerika jetzt ! Amerika IMMER!
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I don't envy the spot he's in, but he sold the majority of Americans that he was the man for the job on two occasions. This is where the rubber meets the road, and if you can't make the tough calls then get out of the way. :twocents:
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It's time to drop the big one again and make the Middle East the newest occupant at the bottom of the ocean floor. SERIOUSLY. All the shit in the world starts and ends there. Damn these desert people. Israel, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Just drop one after another on them until NOTHING is left.
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwQqNdkyZZo[/youtube]

Poor Cleets and Kalm were duped. :lol:
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I'm still not 100% on the intel that says it was the Assad regime that used the chem weapons.
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FCS PATRIOTS wrote:It's time to drop the big one again and make the Middle East the newest occupant at the bottom of the ocean floor. SERIOUSLY. All the **** in the world starts and ends there. Damn these desert people. Israel, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Just drop one after another on them until NOTHING is left.
Fvcking brilliant. Irradiate our oil fields. Lots of money to be made that way... :roll: :jack:
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ASUG8 wrote:I don't envy the spot he's in, but he sold the majority of Americans that he was the man for the job on two occasions. This is where the rubber meets the road, and if you can't make the tough calls then get out of the way. :twocents:
So you're behind the Prez if he decides to take on Russia militarily in their back yard? :ohno:

Fvck the Ukraine and fvck Russia too. Let the Euros deal with their mess.
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89Hen wrote:[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwQqNdkyZZo[/youtube]

Poor Cleets and Kalm were duped. :lol:
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And that right there is the problem in a nutshell. We would be having a similar conversation if Romney had one regarding our "opportunities" in the Middle East . :nod:
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