posted June 16, 2014 08:38 PM            

Clear out the Embassy and bring Americans home.
We have interfered enough.

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Shite vs Sunni

The split between Shite's and Sunnis began soon after the death of Mohammed.Ê The Sunnis believe that Ali was the last of the rightly guided caliphs ( successors) to Mohammed. The Shiites believe that Ali was the only successor and all future successors should come through his line. The Sunnis do not believe there can be successors to Mohammed.

Today there are important differences between the two major groups in Islam- Those differences are somewhat similar to the differences between Catholics and Protestant in Christianity. The Shia's have supreme religious leaders similar to the Pope who is considered to be a descendant of Ali. The Sunnis do not have one religious leader, instead have distinguished scholars and jurists who issue opinions.

The Shia's glorify Ali and have a strong identification with suffering and martyrdom. On a daily bases the two groups have different calls to prayer, pray somewhat differently.There additional customs that differentiate between the two groups.

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http://historycentral.com/freeIraq/sunnis.html

posted June 17, 2014 08:31 AM            

Only to secure the Embassy.

A course, tomorrow likely will be a different story from him.

posted June 17, 2014 09:59 AM            

Just because O'Bomber lied about Fast and Furious...a plot to run guns to the Mexican drug cartels...AND

just because O'Bomber lied about his energy policy, the plan to hand off Billions in tax payer money to his big campaign contributors...AND

just because O'Bomber lied about Benghazi being all about in Internet video...AND

just because O'Bomber lied about the NSA spying on American's phone and email conversations and their social media postings...AND

Just because O'Bomber lied about the Justice Dept targeting reporters with wiretaps, computer hacking and on the ground surveillance...AND

Just because O'Bomber lied about his IRS targeting whole groups of Americans to shut them out of the political process...AND

Just because O'Bomber lied about the wonderful treatment at VA hospitals where at least 40 veterans died at just one VA center because they were denied treatment...AND

Just because O'Bomber lied about O'BomberCare.."you can keep your own doctor", "you can keep your own insurance policy" "your insurance premiums will drop 25%", "there's no death panels in O'BomberCare"...AND

Just because O'Bomber lied about our secure borders while hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens are streaming across our "secure border"...THAT

doesn't mean O'Bomber is lying about only sending 275 military personnel into Iraq to evacuate US personnel from the war zone O'Bomber insists he won and then ended the war in Iraq....BECAUSE

posted June 17, 2014 02:41 PM            

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“Past performance is no guarantee of future results.”

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Can you hear me sighing? My gut says an involvement "lies" ahead...

posted June 20, 2014 07:37 AM            

Sending US Ground Troops would not work.
The ISIL defeated armies with a 1:15 disadvantage.

This might be a great opportunity to bury the hatchet with Iran and join forces. Iranian Ground troops and US Air Force/Drones, they can get rid of this plague on humanity.

The ISIL plans to use chemical weapons and possibly tie up with Pakistani Terrorists to get dirty bombs or even a nuke. ANd their target ultimately is not Baghdad but the entire Levant: Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. They will want to provoke Israel into a WW3 situation which results in a devastated Iran and a Barbaric Caliphate of part Turkey, Iraq, part Iran, Syria, Saudi and Yemen.

Certain dark forces in Saudi Arabia are fully backing ISIL, and we cannot rule out rogue CIA elements. There is no way so much weaponry could have been amassed by ISIL, reminds me of Iron Man 1.

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posted August 12, 2014 06:58 PM            

Nouri al-Maliki is stepping down, drones and 100 more advisors sent over.

Hopefully a change in goverment, terrorist operations wacked and extra advisors to bring the Iraq goverment on track.

Will it make a realistic and long term difference difference?

posted August 13, 2014 12:23 AM            

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Originally posted by juniperb:

Hopefully a change in goverment, terrorist operations wacked and extra advisors to bring the Iraq goverment on track.

Will it make a realistic and long term difference difference?

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Honestly, no. There will never be peace in Iraq due to the number of religious extremists and terrorist groups, and the amount of religious conflict within the region. Changing the government will not solve Iraq's problems in the short or long-term. Democracy is simply impossible in regions where prejudice, hate, and religious extremism are deeply ingrained.

Unfortunately what an extremely conflict-ridden region like Iraq needs is a ruthless dictator who the terrorist groups are afraid of... and that is something Iraq no longer has. Hence, the explosion in terrorist activity within Iraq. Removing Saddam Hussein and attempting to bring democracy into Iraq just replaced one problem with a different problem. And it could be argued that the problem Iraq faces now is far worse.

posted August 13, 2014 12:07 PM            

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Democracy is simply impossible in regions where prejudice, hate, and religious extremism are deeply ingrained.

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posted August 13, 2014 07:44 PM            

When they win they are called Revolutionaries and Founding Fathers...Reagan recognized this and tried to ally with the early version of the Taliban...when they looked like a good bet in undermining the Russian occupation there.

posted August 14, 2014 11:46 AM            

Unless of course the PEOPLE stand up...god forbid, right?

Marianne Williamson posted this today:

CITIZEN ALERT: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN FERGUSON, MO. IS HAPPENING TO ALL OF US

Another young black man has been shot and killed for ...doing nothing. You're not being an alarmist if you're naming facts that are truly alarming.

When police kill unarmed citizens, that's not police work -- it's murder. When citizens gather peacefully to protest, and the police are out in SWAT gear with AK-47's pointed at the protesters, that's not acceptable -- Americans have the Constitutional right to peacefully assemble. When any of us avert our eyes from what is happening in Ferguson, MO. -- and in New York, and now in Los Angeles -- that's dangerous.

This situation is urgent, and our freedom is on the line. The situation is particularly disturbing because of the danger posed by this pattern of police overreach to African-American men particularly. But this is not just a black issue. It's an American issue, and it is not something we should ignore. If this kind of thing is happening to any of us then it's potentially happening to all of us.

This is not a time to be numb in America. Watch this on TV. Read about it. Spread the word. The worst thing that can happen is for the police or the government to figure that they can just ride this out -- that in time, we'll get over it. Two reporters now have been arrested and manhandled, as well.

We should not just "get over it." I have great admiration for the people of Ferguson who showed up peacefully on Wednesday night, standing with their arms raised in front of those policemen standing there with heavy military gear. And thanks as well to the journalists who are there, and doing their job.

You go, Ferguson. We're standing watch, and we're with you.

You've heard of Ferguson, have you? Supposedly the Governor is going to mosey on down there today to see whats going on. I keep hearing the feds are going to relieve the local rotweilers or state cops, still it goes on.

Yes Iraq is terrible isn't it?

posted August 14, 2014 01:55 PM            

Hmmm, let's call this what it really is!
Drinking the O'Bomber Kool-Aid by the tanker car full.

Forgotten are the tens of thousands killed in Libya as a direct result of O'Bomber's hand wringing indecisiveness.

Forgotten are the tens of thousenads killed in Egypt killed by O'Bomber's pals, the Muslim Brotherhood.

Forgotten are the 170,000 plus killed in Syria as a direct result of O'Bomber's hand wringing indecisiveness. Ho, whatever happened to that "red line" O'Bomber marked out for Syria?

Forgotten are the tens of thousands killed by the terrorists of ISIS in Syria and Iraq as O'Bomber dithers and wrings his hands.