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re: Iraq in downward spiral; Who will Obama blame?
Posted on 6/12/14 at 8:03 pm to AbuTheMonkey
Posted on 6/12/14 at 8:03 pm to AbuTheMonkey
Nice post.
The more I'm reading about it, the less concerned I'm becoming.
It's still a tremendously shitty situation, but at first I thought Baghdad was falling within the month.
Thanks for the background info and analysis
The more I'm reading about it, the less concerned I'm becoming.
It's still a tremendously shitty situation, but at first I thought Baghdad was falling within the month.
Thanks for the background info and analysis
Posted on 6/12/14 at 10:06 pm to boosiebadazz
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It's still a tremendously shitty situation, but at first I thought Baghdad was falling within the month.
Baghdad will not fall because of demographic realities and the support of the IRGC's external operatives. It's not a feel-good story. It's another chapter of us relying upon lesser enemies to defeat greater enemies to reach some fricking irreducibly inconclusive "end" that we'll revisit before you upgrade your car.
Posted on 6/12/14 at 10:09 pm to boosiebadazz
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Nice post.
The more I'm reading about it, the less concerned I'm becoming.
It's still a tremendously shitty situation, but at first I thought Baghdad was falling within the month.
Thanks for the background info and analysis
I'll also add - the funneling of resources and manpower into northwestern and western Iraq has probably drained the resources of ISIS as they have concentrated on this blitzkrieg. If I were Assad in Syria, I'd attack with a swiftness right now, as ISIS are probably vulnerable in northern and eastern Syria. I expect to see it within the next few days, and ISIS will be fighting a two front war with relatively limited resources soon. Now there are obviously other Sunni insurgent groups willing to take the fight in Syria, but ISIS is one of the backbones.
They aren't able to hold cities at all at the moment - I mean, shoot, Quds was able to take back Tikrit with only two battalions (probably roughly 1,000 soldiers). That tells me they aren't leaving strong occupational forces.
This post was edited on 6/12/14 at 10:11 pm
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