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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:20 PM Jun 2014

Graham: Situation In Iraq 'Another 9/11 In The Making'

CAITLIN MACNEAL – JUNE 15, 2014, 2:49 PM EDT

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday warned that Islamic militants' insurgency in northern Iraq could lead to another massive terrorist attack.

"This is another 9/11 in the making. The FBI director has warned us in Congress that Syria and Iraq present a direct threat to our homeland," he said on CNN's "State of the Union."

The senator urged President Obama to take action in Iraq.

"Put American airpower into the game. These guys are not 10-feet tall. Stop the advance on Baghdad. Get people on the ground that the Iraqis trust (emphasis added). Maliki must go. Get a new government in place, right, and hit Syria," he said. "If you don't deal with Syria in a coordinated fashion, maybe with Turkey, regional Sunni Arab states, you will have this happen all over again in Iraq."

Graham suggested that the U.S. work with Iran to stabilize Iraq.

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nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
1. While he might be correct
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:26 PM
Jun 2014

he will never understand why.

We gave guns to the Taliban when the Soviets where there and abandoned the field.

In this case, we caused this. The blowback will come due to a war that was not necessary. That is the uncomfortable reality, we cause these bogey men with foreign policy that is imperial and misguided.

But yes, he might be correct, but George Dubya Bush and the crew should be blamed for it, and they won't

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
2. Graham suggested that the U.S. work with Iran to stabilize Iraq. = tealiban flip-floppeR...
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:27 PM
Jun 2014

Oct. 21, 2012:

Top GOP Senator: ‘The Time For Talking’ With Iran ‘Is Over’

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/10/21/1054801/graham-iran-talking-over/


CRedibility = ZERO.

polly7

(20,582 posts)
3. The invasion of Iraq caused a 9/11 day after day, year after year.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:34 PM
Jun 2014

Do these people not realize how devastated Iraq and it's people were by the bloody invasion and occupation?

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
16. I am so torn
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 08:11 PM
Jun 2014

I know we should not have went to Iraq, but Saddam H was a bad guy....really bad guy. He killed 300,000 of his own people. That is quite a bit. However, the minute he was dead, we should have left......although not going at all would have been preferred.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
14. Over the course of the Soviet Union
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 05:17 PM
Jun 2014

we played a fun game of proxy brush wars. Empires do that you know...

And it is not all bad we do and all good the rest do. It is far more nuanced and shades of gray

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
8. Regime change in Iraq to use it in an attack against Syria ?
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:54 PM
Jun 2014
Maliki must go. Get a new government in place, right, and hit Syria,"
 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
10. All of the things he recommends have been tried before....in Vietnam.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 04:04 PM
Jun 2014

And, it worked ever so brilliantly...well, with the exception that it was a complete flop.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
11. It's not weakness and appeasement when the GOP wants a deal with Iran.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 04:04 PM
Jun 2014

Only when Obama negotiates with them. Yep.

TexasTowelie

(111,304 posts)
12. Advocating the overthrow of a leader of another country.
Sun Jun 15, 2014, 04:05 PM
Jun 2014

That's a great job of foreign relations there, Lindsey. It makes it more difficult for any foreign country to trust us.

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