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In reply to the discussion: Are you really ready for another war in Iraq? [View all]Laelth
(32,017 posts)142. Interesting.
I did not grasp your point from the previous post. I think I have it, now, and I must admit that I had not even considered your suggestion as a remote possibility. That said, it's quite interesting.
Any evidence that anyone in Turkey is seriously considering this move?
-Laelth
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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
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'm not saying we would or even necessarily could. I'm saying this is about the only thing that can
TheKentuckian
Aug 2014
#63
To be honest, I don't trust Obama's rationales any more than Bush's when it comes to war
arcane1
Aug 2014
#7
Just one of your Hater fan club! Seems to be a group of them on DU...what did you do?
Rex
Aug 2014
#83
Funny how you are so positive that your vision is the only one and those that
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#115
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
I am not sure if america's current desire for war, should trump the AMerican behavior that lead
La Lioness Priyanka
Aug 2014
#21
Oh fer chrissakes.....I suppose this is better than screaming for the duct tape and plastic
msanthrope
Aug 2014
#29
Please....and here's the interesting thing about recs...it really does tell you
msanthrope
Aug 2014
#144
Yes Pitt, I have impeccable sources that tell me the ground invasion begins in 24 business hours.
tritsofme
Aug 2014
#70
it's up to each of us to boycott war profiteers, call talk shows, network, pray, organize
dem1926
Aug 2014
#74
It never really stopped, just took a short break while U.S. forces were at an all-time low.
Rex
Aug 2014
#84
what is not being spoken here is that US military action in Iraq is counterproductive
bigtree
Aug 2014
#111
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
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
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
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
We have no plan. We are adrift with a huge military and no idea what we should do.
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2014
#137
A) No. (B) More war is falling into the trap of eternal war laid by the PNAC/1%. nt
Zorra
Aug 2014
#145