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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPoll: should we re-engage militarily in Iraq, yes or no?
This would include air or drone strikes.
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shenmue
(38,538 posts)Never.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)And the soldiers are allowed to leave at any time.
quinnox
(20,600 posts)troops and fight the terrorists in the region.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)Again
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)We hand Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld over in exchange for any persons, livestock, or vehicles they wish to part with in exchange.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Thanks Bush and Cheney 'mission accomplished.' What was that again?
Baclava
(12,047 posts)About 100 Marines and Army troops were deployed to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad today and four warships steamed towards Iraq as tensions rose due to the advance of a radical Islamic insurgency.
The U.S. took the additional precautions as ISIS - the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - expanded its territory in Iraq by capturing the city of Tal Afar, which is west of Mosul. In addition, fresh details emerged of a massacre carried out by ISIS, including top Muslim clerics who refused to pledge loyalty to the fanatic Islamic group.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/marines-protect-embassy-tensions-rise-baghdad/story?id=24152521
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)Maliki, who, apparently, has been engaged in a brutal crackdown on dissent.
MADem
(135,425 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)There will be military actions. The current script is that the Iraqis have to support national unity first, then we'll roll.
OnlinePoker
(5,886 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)They shouldn't post on DU.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)Fall in line.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)But I've never fallen in line in my life.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Regardless of how we feel, we're in there in one way or another.
It could be a hands-off-ish thing, where we provide support to a governmental effort, or it could be a "limited involvement" thing, where we make recommendations and carry out strikes in a limited fashion.
I dunno, though. It's a terrible mess.
And all because GWB wanted to a) Avenge his "deddy," and b) Didn't know that Islam had sects and divisions.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Of course, if someone ELSE is doing the attacking, there's one degree of separation...that may be the play. I just don't know.
Oddly enough, if we partner with (or empathize with) the Iraqi government on this, we're also partnering with (empathizing with) IRAN.
It's a Shi'a thing...!
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I mean, they love their open carry.
They get their arms, and head over.
Heck, they'll even get training.
Meaning, not going to happen.
I can't say go for it on this one. However, there was this one guy that traveled on his own dime to go there with his own weapons.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,012 posts)
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)So, they would have to volunteer.
Like I said, I doubt someone like Nugent would go.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)shanti
(21,722 posts)HELL NO!
antiGOPin294
(53 posts)We need to stay out of that mess. Let the Iraqis deal with their own problems.
CTyankee
(65,556 posts)KamaAina
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SiobhanClancy
(2,955 posts)Blanks
(4,835 posts)If their religious beliefs are such that they can't stand each other - they should have their own territories and their own governments.
It is the time for diplomacy to resolve conflict. It's what we should have done in the first place.
I'm confident that Obama will handle it better than Dubya did. Even if we have to involve the military.
Not because I think Obama never makes mistakes, but rather because I think Obama has a different motivation. Cheney was making himself and his buddies rich, that's not what Obama is going to be looking at here.
LongTomH
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lpbk2713
(43,203 posts)They have been fighting each other for centuries. There's nothing we could do that would change anything.
grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)If we put boots in Iraq we'll be there another 10+ years, and when we pull out the situation will be the same as now. The M.E. wants a regional war. Let them have at it.
Tierra_y_Libertad
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Ghost in the Machine
(14,912 posts)have grandkids!!! STAY THE FUCK OUT OF IRAQ, AND ANYWHERE ELSE!!! FIX THINGS AT HOME FIRST!!
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TheKentuckian
(26,314 posts)appal_jack
(3,813 posts)Stand and Fight
(7,496 posts)We shouldn't have gone there again in the matter we did the second time around.