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By: zzstar in FFFT3 | Recommend this post (2)
Sat, 28 Mar 15 6:16 PM | 49 view(s)
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They have to solve their problems. We cannot fight multiple wars and send troops all over to keep them from killing each other.

The Iraq war was a hornets nest disrupted. The hornets have flown.

Bush will have his place in history as responsible for the most deaths due to his actions after Hitler. He destabilized the whole Middle East. All we can do is manage the situation as best as we can, and let them fight it out. Iran is making bold moves now that Saddam is not there to keep them in check. Iran must come back into the international fold, so they can be reasoned with.

Other than any of that, only a few nuclear bombs dropped on their asses in the Middle East can pacify the region and bottle the suckers up, but that's mass murder.

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Obama's Mideast 'free fall'
By: clo in FFFT3
Sat, 28 Mar 15 5:54 PM 		Msg. 10905 of 65535

Obama's Mideast 'free fall'
Mounting chaos in the region puts the administration on the defensive.
By Michael Crowley
3/26/15 7:40 PM EDT

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Not everyone is so forgiving.

“We’re in a goddamn free fall here,” 
said James Jeffrey, who served as Obama’s ambassador to Iraq and was a top national security aide in the George W. Bush White House.

For years, members of the Obama team have grappled with the chaotic aftermath of the Arab Spring. But of late they have been repeatedly caught off-guard, raising new questions about America’s ability to manage the dangerous region.

Obama officials were surprised earlier this month, for instance, when the Iraqi government joined with Iranian-backed militias to mount a sudden offensive aimed at freeing the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Nor did they foresee the swift rise of the Iranian-backed rebels who toppled Yemen’s U.S.-friendly government and disrupted a crucial U.S. counterterrorism mission against Al Qaeda there.

Both situations took dramatic new turns this week. The U.S. announced its support for a Saudi-led coalition of 10 Sunni Arab nations that began bombing the Houthis, while Egypt threatened to send ground troops — a move that could initiate the worst intra-Arab war in decades.

Read much more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/barack-obama-yemen-isil-middle-east-116440.html#ixzz3VgKu12W9

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