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50. Its the long awaited jobs program.

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Fri Aug 8, 2014, 02:15 PM

Aug 2014

Gonna have to make a lot more bombs.

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Are you really ready for another war in Iraq? [View all] WilliamPitt Aug 2014 OP

No! In_The_Wind Aug 2014 #1

ISIS wants to fashion, build and control a state, an Islamic caliphate. They probably need the dam. pinto Aug 2014 #2

They don't have to blow it up--just failure to maintain it will cause it to fail. TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #5

They are nutters AngryAmish Aug 2014 #6

Indeed. Maedhros Aug 2014 #9

No gratuitous Aug 2014 #3

I literally cannot tell if this is sarcasm anymore MisterP Aug 2014 #16

You and me both gratuitous Aug 2014 #27

Very well done nt freedom fighter jh Aug 2014 #71

You already are sucked in. It's a fools errand, 1400 years of war will not end with a couple bombs. grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #124

We'll do what we have to do. I don't think anyone's hyping threats or pushing TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #4

They don't have to be at this point nor do the best intentions much help us TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #31

I disagree with your last paragraph. CJCRANE Aug 2014 #37

I'm not saying we would or even necessarily could. I'm saying this is about the only thing that can TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #63

This post would instantly earn a +1 for the Donnie reference alone RufusTFirefly Aug 2014 #66

+1 BrotherIvan Aug 2014 #97

what do we "have" to do? phantom power Aug 2014 #60

To be honest, I don't trust Obama's rationales any more than Bush's when it comes to war arcane1 Aug 2014 #7

exactly what I've been thinking smiley Aug 2014 #130

Do we have a choice? PowerToThePeople Aug 2014 #8

I don't know but ISIS is "worse than al Qaeda"... kentuck Aug 2014 #10

interesting bigtree Aug 2014 #51

I'm always up for another war pscot Aug 2014 #11

U.S. at war with Iraq for twenty-four years, to be precise. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #12

+1 leftstreet Aug 2014 #22

+ another Scuba Aug 2014 #127

Are you really that unable to analyze this situation? flamingdem Aug 2014 #13

They are already back there. former9thward Aug 2014 #14

Different flamingdem Aug 2014 #19

Not at all. former9thward Aug 2014 #39

The advisors are almost certainly Lurks Often Aug 2014 #45

Exactly ballyhoo Aug 2014 #76

+1,000,000,000,000 eom MohRokTah Aug 2014 #26

"I will not send American boys 16,000 miles away WilliamPitt Aug 2014 #28

My analysis is that the President means what he says flamingdem Aug 2014 #30

I'm sure Johnson meant what he said, too. WilliamPitt Aug 2014 #34

Are you even aware that Obama is not Johnson? tridim Aug 2014 #41

He's not? WilliamPitt Aug 2014 #48

Just one of your Hater fan club! Seems to be a group of them on DU...what did you do? Rex Aug 2014 #83

The pessimists are always wrong about the President. nt tridim Aug 2014 #40

in most cases bigtree Aug 2014 #61

So now Obama is Bush AND the worst part of LBJ? JaydenD Aug 2014 #82

Because that's what I said. WilliamPitt Aug 2014 #94

hehe nt grasswire Aug 2014 #107

Why do you always tell people that disagree with you to go back to bed? sheshe2 Aug 2014 #113

Because they need the sleep. WilliamPitt Aug 2014 #114

Wow, so authoritarian of you. sheshe2 Aug 2014 #118

How dare anyone criticize the mere sending of advisers into Iraq? Jackpine Radical Aug 2014 #103

Funny how you are so positive that your vision is the only one and those that rhett o rick Aug 2014 #115

They just did. morningfog Aug 2014 #116

As much as I hate to say it........ Bonhomme Richard Aug 2014 #15

No it's not. obxhead Aug 2014 #79

No, but I think there's a certain amount of "you broke it - you bought it" in play here. Coventina Aug 2014 #17

Of course we are to blame but that has nothing to do with ability or even intention to correct it TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #56

Eternally "Fixing" countries for fun and profit! TampaAnimusVortex Aug 2014 #125

"Give war a chance." Douglas Carpenter Aug 2014 #18

Obama was warned that the Syrian rebels were islamic fundies betterdemsonly Aug 2014 #20

And he wanted to send CJCRANE Aug 2014 #38

I am not sure if america's current desire for war, should trump the AMerican behavior that lead La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2014 #21

E M P I R E RobertEarl Aug 2014 #23

Post removed Post removed Aug 2014 #24

No!! The US has been kind of mowing the lawn there for a while elias49 Aug 2014 #25

Oh fer chrissakes.....I suppose this is better than screaming for the duct tape and plastic msanthrope Aug 2014 #29

+1 flamingdem Aug 2014 #72

Don't hold your breath. nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #105

well said Blue_Roses Aug 2014 #88

Quite welcome! nt msanthrope Aug 2014 #106

Hmmm, yes that would be an awesome column. sheshe2 Aug 2014 #120

Please....and here's the interesting thing about recs...it really does tell you msanthrope Aug 2014 #144

No. A million times no. LiberalLoner Aug 2014 #32

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*sigh* WilliamPitt Aug 2014 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Aug 2014 #44

+1,000 Scuba Aug 2014 #128

And once again, LBJ is NOT BHO. tridim Aug 2014 #46

Post #48, please. WilliamPitt Aug 2014 #49

No response? WilliamPitt Aug 2014 #95

Banksy updated that pic for the corporate age... cui bono Aug 2014 #93

No. Cleita Aug 2014 #35

The Kurds are what the Turks are interested in. atreides1 Aug 2014 #90

Yes and they could unite all the Kurdish lands from Iraq, Cleita Aug 2014 #101

The Turks have no interest in an independent Kurdish state. Laelth Aug 2014 #126

I know that and if my post is not clear to you, let me reiterate. Cleita Aug 2014 #141

Interesting. Laelth Aug 2014 #142

Probably not. It's just one of my ruminations. eom Cleita Aug 2014 #143

Really NOT! KamaAina Aug 2014 #42

my thoughts, fwtw bigtree Aug 2014 #43

It scares the hell out of me. Marrah_G Aug 2014 #47

Its the long awaited jobs program. JEB Aug 2014 #50

^ One way or another we will always be in an area in which TBF Aug 2014 #129

I'm not sure, but I doubt that they have the capability MineralMan Aug 2014 #52

HELL NO!! Dems to Win Aug 2014 #53

Depends on how much he can do with air strikes.. KoKo Aug 2014 #54

with Syria bigtree Aug 2014 #68

Thanks for that info...interesting... KoKo Aug 2014 #87

i think Obama is trying to walk the tightrope renegade000 Aug 2014 #55

One word malaise Aug 2014 #57

You should write a nice long column on that, Mr. Pitt. MineralMan Aug 2014 #58

Uh, ignoring something works better Union Scribe Aug 2014 #59

Thank you for your unsolicited advice. MineralMan Aug 2014 #62

Of that there was never any doubt. Union Scribe Aug 2014 #64

... SammyWinstonJack Aug 2014 #96

.. Autumn Aug 2014 #121

There won't be a war ... and the same folks who are predicting it ... JoePhilly Aug 2014 #133

Yup. They're just stirring a stinky pot. MineralMan Aug 2014 #134

This isn't "another war" Bobbie Jo Aug 2014 #65

No, I'm not prepared for a US ground invasion in Iraq. cheapdate Aug 2014 #67

We can pull our imaginary troops out of Libya and Syria BumRushDaShow Aug 2014 #69

Yes Pitt, I have impeccable sources that tell me the ground invasion begins in 24 business hours. tritsofme Aug 2014 #70

Absolutely not. I have said for ballyhoo Aug 2014 #73

it's up to each of us to boycott war profiteers, call talk shows, network, pray, organize dem1926 Aug 2014 #74

NO! n/t Duval Aug 2014 #75

It appears to me that the entire world is at war.. Chico Man Aug 2014 #77

No rickyhall Aug 2014 #78

FFS obxhead Aug 2014 #80

Absolutely not HockeyMom Aug 2014 #81

It never really stopped, just took a short break while U.S. forces were at an all-time low. Rex Aug 2014 #84

NO! SammyWinstonJack Aug 2014 #85

No n/t BuelahWitch Aug 2014 #86

No, another war sadoldgirl Aug 2014 #89

This thread is so damned depressing War Horse Aug 2014 #91

what is not being spoken here is that US military action in Iraq is counterproductive bigtree Aug 2014 #111

Hell no. cwydro Aug 2014 #92

Absolutely not. And thank you for this post. woo me with science Aug 2014 #98

Not only no but eff no! tech3149 Aug 2014 #99

Merry Minuet bvar22 Aug 2014 #100

No, Will Tace Aug 2014 #102

We have always been at war with Iraq JCMach1 Aug 2014 #104

Indeed...Orwill Revisited....Estasia...We will ALWAYS BE AT WAR! KoKo Aug 2014 #108

Do you think the POTUS' strategy is to pull together all the threatened nations to do their own... Hekate Aug 2014 #109

That's the danger of "the boy who cried wolf" eventually there was a wolf and nobody believed him. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #110

Another SuperCop™ sequel? GeorgeGist Aug 2014 #112

No. Enough is enough. Our involvement never ends well for them or for our troops who die Autumn Aug 2014 #117

War is almost never the answer, but I am yet to be convinced that it is not the answer here. Vattel Aug 2014 #119

What is success and what evidence supports getting there? TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #131

Success is preventing the slaughter of 40,000 Iraqis. Vattel Aug 2014 #132

How many innocent Iraqis are you willing to kill to do it and how many times is this or a similar TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #136

I highly doubt that the same logic will apply every step of the way. Vattel Aug 2014 #138

Everybody has heard the old joke TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #140

In answer to your question, Vattel Aug 2014 #150

Short answer, no because I honestly don't think Obama will put us back in Iraq davidpdx Aug 2014 #122

I have many Iraqi friends, livnig in an area with 40,000 Iraqi Chaldeans as well as Kurds. Liberty Belle Aug 2014 #123

Ready for it? Sheeeee-it, I support it! flvegan Aug 2014 #135

We have no plan. We are adrift with a huge military and no idea what we should do. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #137

"Let them die!" moondust Aug 2014 #139

A) No. (B) More war is falling into the trap of eternal war laid by the PNAC/1%. nt Zorra Aug 2014 #145

No, no, no, and no. 99Forever Aug 2014 #146

kick woo me with science Aug 2014 #147

The beatings will continue until the military industrial complex can pocket another couple trillion. Initech Aug 2014 #148

It's a regional ME war now. roamer65 Aug 2014 #149

Are the Arab League involved? SummerSnow Aug 2014 #151