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Ramadi could fall as ISIS militants lay siege, Iraqi official warns

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West of Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)Falih Essawi shouted on the phone as he described his situation. From his point of view, ISIS militants might be just hours away from taking the key Iraqi city of Ramadi. Fierce fighting has engulfed Ramadi, which lies only about 70 miles (113 kilometers) west of Baghdad and is the capital of Anbar province, Iraq's Sunni heartland.

Essawi, the deputy head of the Anbar Provincial Council, told CNN from inside the city Wednesday that it's unclear how much longer government troops can hold their front lines against the ISIS offensive. The politician said he was on a front line himself, armed with a machine gun. Security was "collapsing rapidly in the city," and he begged the Iraqi government for reinforcements and the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS for air support.

"This is what we warned Baghdad of what's going to happen," Essawi told CNN by phone, referring to the Iraqi government at the capital. "Where is Baghdad? Where is al-Abadi?"

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Ramadi could fall to ISIS offensive, Iraq official says - CNN.com
 
“You know I say what I mean and I mean what I say,” Obama said in Hollywood, Florida on Nov. 4, 2012. “I said I'd end the war in Iraq. I ended it.”

Looks like the JV team might be about to take Ramadi, and is making gains in south west Syria. What does it say about Obama that the JV team is making gains despite his intervention?

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Saddam Hussein would have crushed the Islamic State before it got moving.
 
He pulled out, there's no intervention. A handful of bombing runs does not constitute intervention.
 
They'd all be in mass graves, right?

Probably, and I suppose you'd have a problem with that lot of Islamic extremists dealt with so.
 
West of Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)Falih Essawi shouted on the phone as he described his situation. From his point of view, ISIS militants might be just hours away from taking the key Iraqi city of Ramadi. Fierce fighting has engulfed Ramadi, which lies only about 70 miles (113 kilometers) west of Baghdad and is the capital of Anbar province, Iraq's Sunni heartland.

Essawi, the deputy head of the Anbar Provincial Council, told CNN from inside the city Wednesday that it's unclear how much longer government troops can hold their front lines against the ISIS offensive. The politician said he was on a front line himself, armed with a machine gun. Security was "collapsing rapidly in the city," and he begged the Iraqi government for reinforcements and the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS for air support.

"This is what we warned Baghdad of what's going to happen," Essawi told CNN by phone, referring to the Iraqi government at the capital. "Where is Baghdad? Where is al-Abadi?"

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Ramadi could fall to ISIS offensive, Iraq official says - CNN.com

Another Obama success story!
 
Probably, and I suppose you'd have a problem with that lot of Islamic extremists dealt with so.

No, because Saddam was an expert at filling mass graves.
 
Yes its token. We are doing airstrikes for the Iranians, and providing aid to the Kurds.

Seems the JV team is doing quite well.

That's because we have an elementary school level foreign policy.
 
Hence the term "Smart Diplomacy". See how smart it is?



Enter "old news" I have to ask how "smart" does it look now to have allowed the Benghazi terrorists to escape? The FBI idea was a shot not heard thoughout Islam and said "hey, the American ass wipe president is afraid of us".

What was needed there was some good old fashioned Teddy Roosevelt response, some warships off the coast, air strikes and mass assault that said "do not **** with us."
 
Enter "old news" I have to ask how "smart" does it look now to have allowed the Benghazi terrorists to escape? The FBI idea was a shot not heard thoughout Islam and said "hey, the American ass wipe president is afraid of us".

What was needed there was some good old fashioned Teddy Roosevelt response, some warships off the coast, air strikes and mass assault that said "do not **** with us."

Id settle for the perpetrators being brought to justice, instead they openly dined in Libyas best restaurants.

It now appears that ISIS controls Iraq's largest oil refinery. Truly, they are the JV team.
 
Effective though.

As horrible as it sound in our culture, it is the way of Islam.

Frankly I getting pretty sick of those people over there. They cause more problems than they're are worth.
 
Id settle for the perpetrators being brought to justice, instead they openly dined in Libyas best restaurants.

It now appears that ISIS controls Iraq's largest oil refinery. Truly, they are the JV team.


There should have been a show of force. It was the first time a sitting ambassador was killed in office in 30 years amid an increasingly unstable middle east. That, I say, is one of the main indirect causes of the spread we see today

Seriously, can you see this happening under Reagan. They threw Jewish man off a boat and Regan bombed Gaddafy's house killed his son and we did not hear much from the acne ridden dictator for several years, had become a beacon of reason until Hillary decided he had to go.

This "smart diplomacy" is a socialists name for cowardice
 
There should have been a show of force. It was the first time a sitting ambassador was killed in office in 30 years amid an increasingly unstable middle east. That, I say, is one of the main indirect causes of the spread we see today

Seriously, can you see this happening under Reagan. They threw Jewish man off a boat and Regan bombed Gaddafy's house killed his son and we did not hear much from the acne ridden dictator for several years, had become a beacon of reason until Hillary decided he had to go.

This "smart diplomacy" is a socialists name for cowardice

Yup, and after 9/11 Ghadaffi voluntarily ended his WMD programs, he was terrified of Bush.
I have said we should have gone in, and we should have had jets flying low level supersonic runs over that city the entire night to let them know that hell was coming with us.

Tragically, despite the Libyan govt telling Hillary immediately that it was a planned terrorist attack, Hillary slapped them in the face by blaming it on a spontaneous demonstration about a video (despite the pre-sighted crew served mortars being used, and despite the fact that youtube did not display the video in that country)-and its cited as the reason why the FBI had to wait weeks to go into Libya.
 
Probably, and I suppose you'd have a problem with that lot of Islamic extremists dealt with so.

Wait. I thought there was no such thing as Islamic extremists.
 
Yup, and after 9/11 Ghadaffi voluntarily ended his WMD programs, he was terrified of Bush.
I have said we should have gone in, and we should have had jets flying low level supersonic runs over that city the entire night to let them know that hell was coming with us.

Tragically, despite the Libyan govt telling Hillary immediately that it was a planned terrorist attack, Hillary slapped them in the face by blaming it on a spontaneous demonstration about a video (despite the pre-sighted crew served mortars being used, and despite the fact that youtube did not display the video in that country)-and its cited as the reason why the FBI had to wait weeks to go into Libya.

You know what was lost there?

Let's say Hillary's version is true, I know, but pretend its a movie.

She said it was a spontaneous demonstration for a few days before the story changed. Even if her version is "Hollywood True" she's an incompetent. She did not know what was really going on and made decisions based on false information....

...and then, with soooooo much class bleated the defense "what difference at this point does it make?"

That is one very dangerous presidential wannabe and someone who should be culled from the heard not given the top job
 
Wait. I thought there was no such thing as Islamic extremists.

When have I ever said that? As a matter of public US policy, Bush ended the use of such language, Obama has continued with the same, but when it's you and me talking here, yeah, of course there's Islamic extremists, just like there's Christian extremists.
 
You know what was lost there?

Let's say Hillary's version is true, I know, but pretend its a movie.

She said it was a spontaneous demonstration for a few days before the story changed. Even if her version is "Hollywood True" she's an incompetent. She did not know what was really going on and made decisions based on false information....

...and then, with soooooo much class bleated the defense "what difference at this point does it make?"

That is one very dangerous presidential wannabe and someone who should be culled from the heard not given the top job

You are right, think of how I feel-after 8 years of Obama, THIS is potentially (thankfully not likely) next POTUS?

Its depressing. There are far too many Americans that feel this way.
 
You are right, think of how I feel-after 8 years of Obama, THIS is potentially (thankfully not likely) next POTUS?

Its depressing. There are far too many Americans that feel this way.

What is amazing is that that has been lost on the media, that he excuse is one of incompetence.

This is not a smart woman, and therefore dangerous, likely to lie befoire she has an answer ready having to make it up afterward.
 
What is amazing is that that has been lost on the media, that he excuse is one of incompetence.

This is not a smart woman, and therefore dangerous, likely to lie befoire she has an answer ready having to make it up afterward.

Insecure, unintelligent, angry, and entitled. She's like everyone's worst ex-girlfriend or ex-wife.
 
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