The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

[bigblue_dl]

Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

The Post is only saying what all of us are saying. War in the Middle East is stupid, it was stupid when Bush did it and it is stupid now that Obama is doing it. The fact that conservatives have a massive boner to put boots on the ground there boggles my mind. The fact that Obama fell for the same trap Dubya did proves he is just as prone to fall for the hyperbole and bloodlust as anyone else which is sad.

I consider myself a conservative, and I have no interest in doing a **** thing over there. But then, I'm a normal guy, typing on a computer in a hockey message board, not someone that actually has the power to make a decision.

[joecct]

Most of the Middle East is in Asia, and you know what they say about getting involved in land wars in Asia.

Sound silke our airstrikes are giving a little breathing room to the defenders of Kobane, at least for now.

Soon, however, they will be in Nirvana.

[Bob Gray]

Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

The Post is only saying what all of us are saying. War in the Middle East is stupid, it was stupid when Bush did it and it is stupid now that Obama is doing it. The fact that conservatives have a massive boner to put boots on the ground there boggles my mind. The fact that Obama fell for the same trap Dubya did proves he is just as prone to fall for the hyperbole and bloodlust as anyone else which is sad.

Most of the Middle East is in Asia, and you know what they say about getting involved in land wars in Asia.

Sound silke our airstrikes are giving a little breathing room to the defenders of Kobane, at least for now.

[Handyman]

Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

The Post is only saying what all of us are saying. War in the Middle East is stupid, it was stupid when Bush did it and it is stupid now that Obama is doing it. The fact that conservatives have a massive boner to put boots on the ground there boggles my mind. The fact that Obama fell for the same trap Dubya did proves he is just as prone to fall for the hyperbole and bloodlust as anyone else which is sad.

[SteveP]

Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

You know you're having a bad day/week/month when even one of the most loyal media lapdogs is turning on you.

It’s not too soon to state the obvious: At this point, the war against the Islamic State can be seen only as failing.

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Intervention by the world’s mightiest military force has produced no shock and no awe. To be sure, U.S. and coalition airstrikes are inflicting some damage on Islamic State troops and equipment. But the bombing has done virtually nothing to alter the strategic balance of power — or to boost the fortunes of our ostensible allies on the ground, the “moderate” Syrian rebels and the hapless Iraqi military.

Why, then, are we fighting this war?

[Bob Gray]

Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

I'm guessing Turkish peace talks with Kurdish rebels in Turkey are pretty much dead after media reports that Turkish warplanes are hitting PKK rebel targets in Turkey. Not a good idea to bomb the Kurds if you want them to stay at the table with you to talk peace.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/...rgets-26176014

Turkey sitting on its hands on Kobane while watching ISIS pummel the Kurds there has shades of Stalin allowing the Nazis to put down the Warsaw uprising, before the Russians then came in and swept out the Germans.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

jeez, how did you sneak that slam in?

I figured I should get it out there before someone else did.

[huskyfan]

Except that 'malnourished' is pretty much never a word used to describe the ladies of MTU.



I'm pretty sure joecct doesn't know about either of those, nor does he want to.

jeez, how did you sneak that slam in?

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

Just imagine how much good the Trillion dollars we've wasted on this BS could have done? So much.

[joecct]

Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

Loose cannons or, in this case, silencers. .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...ml?tid=HP_lede

[Handyman]

Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

If they really want to be a Caliphate they should attack Israel. They'd have a lot of popular support throughout the Arab world. Any Israeli counter-offensive would violate surrounding countries' borders; Israeli bombing would cost civilian lives. Extremist fundies would protest in their own capitals against the "Israeli Menace."

If they attacked Israel they would be a Caliphate for all of 12 seconds. They would be hated more than Hamas is and even the Saudis backed Israel against Hamas

[ScoobyDoo]

Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

There are 20 millions Kurds living in Turkey. Given how badly they've typically been treated by Turkey, they deserve to be a little afraid of them, not that their behavior indicates fear. ISIS may think they're fighting God's war, but they apparently believe God is very careful and strategic in who they should attack or not.

*******.

[Kepler]

Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

If they really want to be a Caliphate they should attack Israel. They'd have a lot of popular support throughout the Arab world. Any Israeli counter-offensive would violate surrounding countries' borders; Israeli bombing would cost civilian lives. Extremist fundies would protest in their own capitals against the "Israeli Menace."

[Bob Gray]

Re: The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

C'mon. They think they're fighting God's war. Turkey's a wimp anyway, they're afraid of their own Kurdish population.

There are 20 millions Kurds living in Turkey. Given how badly they've typically been treated by Turkey, they deserve to be a little afraid of them, not that their behavior indicates fear. ISIS may think they're fighting God's war, but they apparently believe God is very careful and strategic in who they should attack or not.

[ScoobyDoo]

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They won't attack Turkey. They attack folks that are weaker and less armed than they are. To call them classic bullies is an understatement.

C'mon. They think they're fighting God's war. Turkey's a wimp anyway, they're afraid of their own Kurdish population.