Just google Iran and destruction of Israel.....You should get many hits.
2n request...Just google "Iran enriching nuclear. "
I was really hoping to see the timeline of the comments/possession of nukes you were going off of.
Just google Iran and destruction of Israel.....You should get many hits.
2n request...Just google "Iran enriching nuclear. "
Yes, I am positive. It said so on the very informative website of the truthful, liberty and peace loving muslims who are in charge of the 9/11 Million Muslim March.
Where is Hillary in all this ? She seems to be laying low .
No doubt .The Klintons may be a lot of things but they are not stupid. This whole thing is a political minefield. I doubt that we hear anything from either of them until it is deemed an overwhelming success or it blows up in someones face. Then and only then will they take a side.
You sure about that: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...03d06f4-3b2e-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_blog.html
And this was written last year when they had 6,000 to 10,000 fighters in Syria. That number could be much higher today.
You think if Assad is overthrown, these guys are going to throw down their guns and become peace loving hippies?
I think the amount and prominence of
Jihadist Fighters in Syria is greatly overstated. There are certainly Jihadist Groups and Fighters in Syria. They are there an they are real. I do not think they are the straw that stirs the drink, they aren't doing the bulk of the fighting and in fact are most active in the north of the country where they are busy trying to establish a Caliphate. Regardless Regime Change we suck at killing AQ we are stellar at...
Fix Middle East? No man, we can't even fix Detroit.
FWIW...I do agree with mot of you. Going into these countries and trying to introduce democracy is a super messy process. These countries in that part of the world just don't work well for us when democracy is the rule.
Egypt demonstrates that fact.....Once they voted....they elected a president who was from the Muslim Brotherhood. Look where that got us.
IMO...We would have been better off letting the CIA find new dictators to replace the bad dictators.
I have no doubt that after the initial invasion of Iraq...The USA could have found a friendly Bath Party General with Sunni ties to replace Saddam. In fact...there was some fat General who was even mentioned in the media as a possible replacement. Dismantling the military was a big mistake IMO.....It all started to turn bad once the looting began....once the army was dismantled.
Anyway....there is something to be said for paying off a friendly dictator.
I doubt Russia could project conventional power outside
It's borders. Getting troops and tanks 1000moles from home is hard. Getting food, fuel, and ammo there is even harder. Moving wounded personnel out of theater and fresh bodies into theater is Hardest. Ecspecially when u don't own the sky or the seas. The US Army and USMC are fatigued , not incapable. The Navy and USAF are bored and have dreamed about breaking Russia for the last 60 years...
Somebody watched Generation Kill. The Iraqi Army Dismantled itself.
Are you questioning the stellar reputation of a Rolling Stone Magazine reporter?
Uh yea.... Ask any vet who participated in the invasion about the piles of abandoned uniforms and lines of abandoned vehicles. The Iraqi Leadership knew the war was lost. They immediately began to prepare for the Civil War they knew would follow. A big part of that was preserving their Combat Power.