re: Iraq in downward spiral; Who will Obama blame?

Posted on 6/12/14 at 12:27 pm to udtiger

Posted by LSURussian

Member since Feb 2005

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Posted on 6/12/14 at 12:27 pm to udtiger

From your link, quoting Biden....

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"I am very optimistic about -- about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government," said Biden.

"I spent -- I've been there 17 times now. I go about every two months -- three months. I know every one of the major players in all of the segments of that society. It's impressed me. I've been impressed how they have been deciding to use the political process rather than guns to settle their differences."

Poor Joe....open mouth, insert foot.

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Posted by Rohan2Reed

Member since Nov 2003

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Posted on 6/12/14 at 12:30 pm to LSURussian

Iran to the rescue!

WSJ

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BEIRUT, Lebanon—Iran has deployed Revolutionary Guard forces to fight al Qaeda-inspired militants that have overrun a string of Iraqi cities, and it has helped Iraqi troops win back control of most of Tikrit, Iranian security sources said.

Two battalions of the Quds Forces, the elite overseas branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps that have long operated in Iraq, have come to the aid of the besieged, Shiite-dominated government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, they said.

Combined Iraqi-Iranian forces had retaken control across 85% of Tikrit, the birthplace of former dictator Saddam Hussein, according to Iraqi and Iranian security sources.

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