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Re: All things Middle East related
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The middle east is the most intriguing place on the map with all their issues. The big question is why doesnt that area come together to squash these threats?
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i now see why we spend 5% of GDP on defense. it quite literally is the only thing keeping russia, china and iran in check. those 3 are in bed together and it scares the hell out of me. the only reason russia and china dont do more is bc their militaries have not caught up to ours. world war is blowing in the winds. at some point in our lifetime its going to happen. thankfully japan and australia are boosting their military. israel is always down to fight. canada needs to boost its military bc all of their artic land will be poached by russia and china in the search for oil. the problem is all these weak EU nations relying on us to bully the bullies so they can spend their money else where instead of on defense. at some point in our lives, none of us will be paying attention to football. there wont even be football. we live such a cush and bubbled life in the US. moving away from oil is our only hope. unfortunately oil bought our politicians. |
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I've been arguing with my republican friends about the main stream media stuff for the last few years. But watching the Sunday morning shows all two-step around the fact that we are arming ISIS in Syria and debating fighting them in Iraq is painful.
Rand Paul made mention of it and Candy Crowley just dodged the hell out of it. |
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It's also painful to watch Dianne Feinstein say they were surprised a third of Iraq could be taken so quickly. Republicans have been warning about the danger of time-tabled withdrawal from the middle east and this result for years. This is not a surprise.
I am all for getting out of there but I certainly recognized the potential of this happening. |
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and the Obama Admin stands by and watches this happen
Purged by ISIS, Iraq's Christians appeal to world for help | Fox News .....yet sends millions to organizations in Palestine that have rockets in their facilities.
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Re: All things Middle East related
ISIS beheading U.S. journalist James Foley, posts video - CNN.com
I think Im just beginning to hate everything "Middle East" and just say eff it and nuke all these countries
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and it's not just saudi arabia, there's a lot of money flowing from all over the region through a million different means to islamic fighters. and a lot of US money also ends up getting routed to people actively looking to fight us too. perpetual war and an endless money pit... success? |
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Re: All things Middle East related
The adults that VOLUNTEERED for military service. The military isn't a social program, it's a fighting force.
So your stance is to stand back and watch tens of thousands get slaughtered/beheaded/crucified when we have the capability to stop it? If that's your stance it's disgusting. How would you feel if IS was running rampant through NoVA and the only people that could stop them decided it "wasn't worth it" to end mass genocide.
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if we want to stop all the bad situations and genocides in the world, we need to adds millions of soldiers and trillions to the budget. there's already enough people talking a big game, what's your magic plan for achieving it? reinstating the draft? 80% tax rates? where's your outrage about the world's failure to contain ebola or aids or the genocide in sudan? we could stop that too, but i guess when it's happening in africa it doesn't count. you're lack of outrage makes me sick. and the next time ISIS is rampaging down K street, please be sure to let me know. |
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You just get the feeling that sooner later someone is going to do something stupider than stupid. It just reminds me of pre WWI Europe.
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The biggest problem I have is why arent other countries seeing this huge problem, amassing an army and doing something about these cray cray isis cats. Do they support it?
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I guess bottomline the techniques and policies of ISIS may be outrageous here in the US, but it isn't completely out of line with the rulers of most local nations that we would normally encourage to intervene. |
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It wouldn't be the first time. We trained Al Qaeda from it's inception and lost control of that organization. Come to think of it, maybe we haven't lost control, but they are doing exactly what our CIA wants them to do. Goes back to what I said here: Quote:
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These are some brave journalists. That much is for certain. Hell of a documentary on ISIS and well worth the time. This isn't some small organization now.
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