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Marines being surrounded in Iraq?

What should President do about Marines surrounded at Al-Asad Air Base?


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I believe the talk about job programs was about the youth, to give them an alternative to becoming jihadist fighters.
Yes, a great idea, don't you think? You like that car-wash idea? Or would you choose another line. Something with computers perhaps.
 
Yes, a great idea, don't you think? You like that car-wash idea? Or would you choose another line. Something with computers perhaps.




Whatever pays a kid a decent wage to put money in his pocket, and keep him out of trouble. It might work in the U.S, but I don't know about Europe.
 
I believe the talk about job programs was about the youth, to give them an alternative to becoming jihadist fighters.

They all know that.
 
While some like Crue Cab feel troops are safer in their bunkhouses, and rightly so, the Military actually wants to attack those who are murdering all these people, including their fellow Americans. But the Commander in Chief is too busy playing golf in Palm Springs, taking selfies, mugging for the cameras, fundraising, and is unable to make a decision on whether to unleash the wrath of God or not just yet.

To the bolded. The fringe right wing nuts really do see this as a holy war. "Suppose Canada unleash the wrath of god" hmm?
 
Yea, and what does that have to do with ISIS?

The Soviets had subs off the coast of Florida for decades. Just being near by does not make them a threat. And just because they are not close does not mean they are not a threat.

Non-sequitur fail.
Because the soviets really never wanted war with the US. Some here feel like ISIS is some sort of threat to the US homeland. Not in any serious manner.
 
While some like Crue Cab feel troops are safer in their bunkhouses, and rightly so, the Military actually wants to attack those who are murdering all these people, including their fellow Americans. But the Commander in Chief is too busy playing golf in Palm Springs, taking selfies, mugging for the cameras, fundraising, and is unable to make a decision on whether to unleash the wrath of God or not just yet.
Do not need to speak for me. I never said they should stay in the bunk house. But for the love of god how long do we need to fight THEIR WAR?
I say leave because its a lost cause. Not because we couldn't win or destroy them. But we wont. Our leadership has not the will to win.
 
This is the fantasy land in the whitehouse. They are to the point where they are spewing long discredited spin that has already failed Americans.
But somehow it will defeat ISIS.

It should be an Onion piece-but its really hope and change.



I disagree.

It is nothing more than stupid dressed up as ideology, a pig with lipstick
 
I believe the talk about job programs was about the youth, to give them an alternative to becoming jihadist fighters.

Wow!

And you didn't think I got that from the second paragraph of the article!

Here's the point.

It does not work!

Go to any American slum....see how well the seven years of Obama's job creation has changed and brought hope to the inner city.

Gruber is a genius
 
Whatever pays a kid a decent wage to put money in his pocket, and keep him out of trouble. It might work in the U.S, but I don't know about Europe.
This Administration's policy of Jobs for Jihadists just might work, especially since the increase in the minimum wage.
 
To the bolded. The fringe right wing nuts really do see this as a holy war. "Suppose Canada unleash the wrath of god" hmm?
You feel that the Muslim's declaration of a Holy War makes them Right Wing? They do get a lot of support from the Left Wing, but of course so do many of America's enemies.
 
Do not need to speak for me. I never said they should stay in the bunk house. But for the love of god how long do we need to fight THEIR WAR?
I say leave because its a lost cause. Not because we couldn't win or destroy them. But we wont. Our leadership has not the will to win.
The leadership has the will to win election campaigns, and they are very good at that, but after that is when the confusion sets in.
'Keeping them in the barracks' was a way of saying that you want to keep them out of any battles, is that correct? A great many people feel the same way and of course the Islamists understand this. They can gauge public opinion as well as anyone.

If no one gets involved against these Jihadists do you think they will eventually just wear themselves out?
 
320 Marines at the massive al-Asad Air Base are being surrounded by ISIS fighters, ISIS having essentially overrun the neighorboring city of al-Baghdadi and the al-Baghdadi district.

There have numerous suicide runs at the base which also has been hit with mortars.

BREAKING: Reports Claim ISIS Just Captured al-Asad Air Base Where 300 U.S. Marines Could Be Trapped (UPDATED) | LibertyNEWS.com

ISIS Fighters Reportedly Seize Parts Of Iraqi Town, Threatening U.S. Marine Base


What should the response of President Obama be?

"Broken Arrow"
 
The leadership has the will to win election campaigns, and they are very good at that, but after that is when the confusion sets in.
'Keeping them in the barracks' was a way of saying that you want to keep them out of any battles, is that correct? A great many people feel the same way and of course the Islamists understand this. They can gauge public opinion as well as anyone.

If no one gets involved against these Jihadists do you think they will eventually just wear themselves out?
Wow, the hyperbole is thick today.
I never said to keep them out of ANY AND ALL battles.
Tell yall what. Lets just stay there and keep fighting and dying for those that are totally unappreciative of our efforts to help them. Continue to waste our tax dollars, all the while they laugh and burn our flags, in wasted efforts.
Lets make sure we engage in this endless war.
This is what you want for our future generations?
 
You feel that the Muslim's declaration of a Holy War makes them Right Wing? They do get a lot of support from the Left Wing, but of course so do many of America's enemies.

Well that flew over your head.
 
Absolutely-this IS the time for war.

And in the mean time, our removed-from-reality whitehouse suggests ISIS just needs a jobs program-and then says they can't be beaten!
WTF is this administration smoking?
State Department spokeswoman floats jobs as answer to ISIS | Fox News

The mindless left's solution to everything, 'jobs'.

But not 'real' jobs, Green Tech Jobs (for companies that go bankrupt), government jobs (which increase overhead costs), etc. etc. Yeah, all pretty mindless ideologically based tripe.

Not that the left actually creates or promotes business conditions where jobs are created, just witness all the tax increases insisted upon and tidal wave of additional business and environmental regulation (all bordering on exceptionally stupid) instituted by this administration. (Talk about hideous big government intervention)

Now, the idea is to elevate Militant Islamic Fundamentalists standard of living to the middle class, and maybe that'll get them to stop believing in their religious ideology?
Again, bordering on exceptionally stupid.

If you elevate a Militant Islamic Fundamentalist's standard of living to the middle class, you will have given him more resources with which to wage his Jihad against the West and non-Islamic believers, resulting, I would imagine, in a greater number of attacks each dealing out greater amount of death and destruction. I think you'd call this 'enablement'.

The real question needs to be why this clear 'enablement' of greater terrorist attacks by this ideology is so easily and completely accepted as fact by so many. Therein lies the real threat against the West and western democracies, probably greater a threat than the Militant Islamic Fundamentalists themselves.
 
The mindless left's solution to everything, 'jobs'.

But not 'real' jobs, Green Tech Jobs (for companies that go bankrupt), government jobs (which increase overhead costs), etc. etc. Yeah, all pretty mindless ideologically based tripe.

Not that the left actually creates or promotes business conditions where jobs are created, just witness all the tax increases insisted upon and tidal wave of additional business and environmental regulation (all bordering on exceptionally stupid) instituted by this administration. (Talk about hideous big government intervention)

Now, the idea is to elevate Militant Islamic Fundamentalists standard of living to the middle class, and maybe that'll get them to stop believing in their religious ideology?
Again, bordering on exceptionally stupid.

If you elevate a Militant Islamic Fundamentalist's standard of living to the middle class, you will have given him more resources with which to wage his Jihad against the West and non-Islamic believers, resulting, I would imagine, in a greater number of attacks each dealing out greater amount of death and destruction. I think you'd call this 'enablement'.

The real question needs to be why this clear 'enablement' of greater terrorist attacks by this ideology is so easily and completely accepted as fact by so many. Therein lies the real threat against the West and western democracies, probably greater a threat than the Militant Islamic Fundamentalists themselves.

After 6 years of getting bitch slapped by reality, you'd think this president would have figured that out.
 
Wow, the hyperbole is thick today. I never said to keep them out of ANY AND ALL battles.
Then where do you believe they should get involved?
Tell yall what. Lets just stay there and keep fighting and dying for those that are totally unappreciative of our efforts to help them. Continue to waste our tax dollars, all the while they laugh and burn our flags, in wasted efforts.
Even Diane Feinstein said "“We’re either going to fight them there or fight them here.” Which would you prefer and are you ready?
Lets make sure we engage in this endless war. This is what you want for our future generations?
That's up to the Jihadists. Do you believe that Obama can say when a war ends without getting the same response from the Islamists? It seems BHO, who believed when he was elected that "This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal."

Barrack Obama is dangerously stupid and people need begin to understand that.
 
Then where do you believe they should get involved?
Even Diane Feinstein said "“We’re either going to fight them there or fight them here.” Which would you prefer and are you ready?
That's up to the Jihadists. Do you believe that Obama can say when a war ends without getting the same response from the Islamists? It seems BHO, who believed when he was elected that "This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal."

Barrack Obama is dangerously stupid and people need begin to understand that.

You really think they can get "here" in any meaningful way.
And I really don't care what she says, republicans say it and its scoffed at.
Granted, BO is a stupid stupid man and an embarrassment to our nation. But anyone with half a brain will tell you, fight them till there are none or leave it alone.
We are not in a political climate to fight it.
 
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Because the soviets really never wanted war with the US. Some here feel like ISIS is some sort of threat to the US homeland. Not in any serious manner.

So to you if they are not a threat to the US they should be ignored?
 
I'd like to know who voted anonymously that the Marines should surrender.

these polls get jacked by idiots who aren't members. There is only one member who thinks such a silly thing
 
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