Iraq Redux Part Deux v. ISIL
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Well..I guess you really are 100% correct.
They have been entertaining.
[video]http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/a6yqrp/mess-o-potamia---now-that-s-what-i-call-being-completely-f--king-wrong-about-iraq[/video]
I read up. What news sources do you trust besides The Gaurdian? Thanks.
And what about video services like LiveLeak? I've found some decent videos on there regarding various issues over the years (since it went from Ogrish back in the 90's to its current format.)
Live Leak is a near tool but keep in mind by it's nature it's a single viewpoint. I like the Long War Journal, The BBC, and The AP. I think Stratfor has good analysis. I also like to take sources like Al jazera, The Daily Beast, And vice.com. They tend to have slants but when taken collectively and once the outlying facts are tossed they have a lot of substance. They also tend to get a lot of ground truth content from correspondents in country. Most valuable thing I ever learned about All source Analysis; from an old SF warrant and Vet of El
Salvador in the 80s ...when you hear hoof beats think horses not zebras....
Salvador in the 80s ...when you hear hoof beats think horses not zebras....
Link Dump:
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/wow-iraqs-military-is-sad-1609cdf7a87
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/on-second-thought-lets-not-bomb-iraq-95e21aedbe7e
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/why-iraq-war-3-is-headed-into-a-long-bloody-stalemate-263795ef4ae4
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/06/the_islamic_states_q.php#
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/06/analysis_isis_allies.php#
http://www.longwarjournal.org/tags/Iraq/common/#
http://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast/roundup
http://www.bbc.com/news/24758587
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/wow-iraqs-military-is-sad-1609cdf7a87
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/on-second-thought-lets-not-bomb-iraq-95e21aedbe7e
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/why-iraq-war-3-is-headed-into-a-long-bloody-stalemate-263795ef4ae4
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/06/the_islamic_states_q.php#
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/06/analysis_isis_allies.php#
http://www.longwarjournal.org/tags/Iraq/common/#
http://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast/roundup
http://www.bbc.com/news/24758587
The Chairman of The Joint Chiefs for the win:
On Wednesday, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Martin Dempsey, warned that the US military still lacked sufficient intelligence to take action. He told a congressional hearing that pilots would have difficulty knowing who they were attacking from the air.
Asked if the intervention might come too late, Gen Dempsey said: "There is very little that could have been done to overcome the degree to which the government of Iraq has failed its people. That is what has caused this problem."
Bombs can't fix this and it's not worth $1 or 1 American Life.
On Wednesday, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen Martin Dempsey, warned that the US military still lacked sufficient intelligence to take action. He told a congressional hearing that pilots would have difficulty knowing who they were attacking from the air.
Asked if the intervention might come too late, Gen Dempsey said: "There is very little that could have been done to overcome the degree to which the government of Iraq has failed its people. That is what has caused this problem."
Bombs can't fix this and it's not worth $1 or 1 American Life.
So Obama's shrewd idea is to send 300 "advisors" to Iraq.......These people will be dropped between two warring factions that only agree on two things which are... they hate America and they hate Israel.
So I wish someone would explain the objective of these 300 Americans we are inserting into the middle of this civil war. Are they going there to help the Sunni Al Qaeda side or the Iranian puppet government side? In any case, if they asked me to be one of the 300, I would sure be thinking about that incident in Benghazi where Americans died waiting for support from this administration that would never arrive.
This sad state of affairs over there is really gnawing at me as I did 2 tours there -- for what?
So I wish someone would explain the objective of these 300 Americans we are inserting into the middle of this civil war. Are they going there to help the Sunni Al Qaeda side or the Iranian puppet government side? In any case, if they asked me to be one of the 300, I would sure be thinking about that incident in Benghazi where Americans died waiting for support from this administration that would never arrive.
This sad state of affairs over there is really gnawing at me as I did 2 tours there -- for what?
Doc - thanks - I guess when it all boils down that is the answer. I now see a small portion of what my Vietnam Vet brothers went through......it's just a tough pill to swallow.
My older brother reminded me that we won the war, we walked right through their largest cities. We lost the occupation.
We won the War because we survived. We failed at Nation Building because its impossible to build someones nation for them.
