As best as I can tell, the Obama administration is doing nothing about this shit:
BAGHDAD (AP) — The leader of the extremist group that seized much of northern Iraq and Syria called on Muslims worldwide on Tuesday to join the battle and help build an Islamic state in the newly conquered territory.
The 19-minute audiotape from Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi came two days after his organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, unilaterally declared the establishment of an Islamic state, or caliphate, in the land it controls. It also proclaimed al-Baghdadi the caliph, and demanded that all Muslims around the world pledge allegiance to him.
In the statement, al-Baghdadi makes clear his global ambition and presented himself as the leader of all Muslims. With his group’s dramatic blitz in the heart of the Middle East, the Iraqi-born al-Baghdadi has made a bid to eclipse even al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri as the jihadi movement’s most influential figure.
Regardless of what anyone thinks about the war, a lot of American soldiers fought and died there, and for what?
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Why won’t the world just leave him alone to eat his waffles?
How dare you make the statement that “As best as I can tell, the Obama administration is doing nothing about this shit:”
Obama was the man responsible for releasing Abu B from prison. So there.
Bernie, it would be helpful if you could come to grip with facts instead of believing everything you hear on Fox News. Bush released Abu B from prison.
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/jun/19/jeanine-pirro/foxs-pirro-obama-set-isis-leader-free-2009/
I know I know, “Appeasement!” “Benghazi!” “Dhimmi!” “Commie!”
I think ISIS is already having problems as Sunnis who welcomed their barbarity with open arms because they weren’t Shiite al-Maliki are now starting to fight back. Add to that the newly formed Kurdistan (which is already shipping their oil to Turkey), the Turks slamming the border shut and Assad bombing them from the rear, I would submit that they are over extended, with no supply chain, and are about to be sent to their 72 raisins / virgins. The key to all of this are the Kurds. Cheers –
“…a lot of American soldiers fought and died there, and for what?”
So that when we nuke the place we can shrug and say “at least we tried”.
as katrina van den heuval told vietnam war draft dodger and iraq war chicken hawk bill kristol on abc if you are so concerned about iraq go join the iraqi army they have plenty of uniforms lying around!
> “Benghazi!”<
hey aj how's come the mo movie didn't appear in the indictment today?
The great irony is that the great apologist for the president through proxy is the same guy who asked who should be the last to die for a mistake, while he defense a tactic, it’s not a strategy, a tactic, that initiated the VietNam War.
Bush Waged a War, built bases, manned them and operated from the.
Kerry is defending the progressive increase of “Advisers,” and “Materiel.”
http://www.samizdata.net/2014/06/a-dissenting-view-on-iraq-and-intervention/#comment-596262
Now, you can rant all you want about what an incompetent job we did once we went in, and you would be right. But, from a strategic standpoint, it also doesn’t matter. That incompetence could not have been forecast ahead of time (other than then general incompetence of any government operation, no matter how important). The consequences of incompetence had also been overcome in Iraq by 2008.
So here we sit today. Russia now has warplanes in Iraq that, if used, will be flown by Russians (but they won’t tell us that) because Iraqi’s don’t have the currency in the aircraft. Iran now has troops and UAV’s in Iraq. Al Qaeda has a billion dollars or so in loot, and a large, relatively safe base in which to operate. Oh, and yes, they have today announced the creation of their Caliphate. And all of this is because Obama took the advice implicit in your two quotes above.