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The Global War on Terror 5.0: Putin on the Risk

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ScoobyDoo said:
Good. I hope they attack Turkey next. Serve them right.
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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.
 
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Bob Gray said:
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.
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C'mon. They think they're fighting God's war. Turkey's a wimp anyway, they're afraid of their own Kurdish population.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
C'mon. They think they're fighting God's war. Turkey's a wimp anyway, they're afraid of their own Kurdish population.
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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.
 
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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."
 
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Bob Gray said:
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.
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*******.
 
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Kepler said:
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."
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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 :eek:
 
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Just imagine how much good the Trillion dollars we've wasted on this BS could have done? So much.
 
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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/wireStory/report-turkish-jets-hit-kurdish-rebel-targets-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.
 
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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?
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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.
 
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Handyman said:
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.
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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.
 
Bob Gray said:
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.
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Soon, however, they will be in Nirvana.
 
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Handyman said:
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.
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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.
 
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I now feel better about the whole mess. :rolleyes:

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A senior military source says the name of the operation in Iraq and Syria is…
"Inherent Resolve"</p>— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) <a href="https://twitter.com/BretBaier/status/522408802377687042">October 15, 2014</a></blockquote>
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