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Cooley Hurd

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16. VERY true!

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Sun Jun 22, 2014, 01:37 PM

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Khamenei says Iran strongly opposes US intervention in Iraq [View all] Cooley Hurd Jun 2014 OP

Of course--THEY want to intervene, themselves! They've always had designs on huge swaths of Iraq. MADem Jun 2014 #1

There's no good solution there. ^ So true. And the USA made it so much worse. loudsue Jun 2014 #3

Yep. The Halliburton Kids had to make their billions! MADem Jun 2014 #4

This is why the U.S. left. Because Iran, speaking though the Iraqi leadership, told us to go. n/t Loudly Jun 2014 #2

No, not at all. We left because the Iraqi leadership wouldn't agree to a SOFA agreement with USA. MADem Jun 2014 #5

Agree that was the pretext. But it resulted from complete Iranian influence. Loudly Jun 2014 #6

SOFA is NOT a pretext. We don't stay without it. nt MADem Jun 2014 #7

Yeah. Why should the locals get to judge our soldiers for killing them? Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #9

I am not going to get into a dramatic big bad pointless DU argument about the MADem Jun 2014 #10

That's why I was pleased the Iraqis refused to sign off on it. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #19

You may be pleased, but I'll bet they're regretting the hell out of it. Oh well--too late now! MADem Jun 2014 #20

They wanted Americans(both soldiers and mecenaries) prosecuted for obvious war crimes Ash_F Jun 2014 #11

Look, no SOFA, no forces. No "framing" involved. MADem Jun 2014 #12

Don't misrepresent the dispute and not expect a reaction from other posters Ash_F Jun 2014 #17

I'm not misrepresenting anything. MADem Jun 2014 #21

Nobody fell for it. Nice try though. /nt Ash_F Jun 2014 #22

Fell for what? MADem Jun 2014 #24

You said 'sharia law' like the problem was Americans drinking or something Ash_F Jun 2014 #25

No I didn't --you made "assumptions," as you always do when you try to pick one of your little MADem Jun 2014 #26

Don't take it personally. Ash_F Jun 2014 #27

So glad to hear that he finally weighed in on this... Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #8

It's a bellwether... Cooley Hurd Jun 2014 #13

One thing we learned after 9/11 was that the government and the Iranian people are not the same Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #15

VERY true! Cooley Hurd Jun 2014 #16

Thanks! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #18

I've always known this. Persians are enormously diverse. MADem Jun 2014 #23

Between those who want Iraq in the US "camp" and those who want independence? Igel Jun 2014 #14

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