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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo ISIS is eight miles from the Baghdad Airport
Good gawd, the Iraqi armed forces are a joke...
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So ISIS is eight miles from the Baghdad Airport (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2014
OP
Before ISIS went homicidal some thought they could be a bulwark against Iran./NT
DemocratSinceBirth
Oct 2014
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. They have poor morale and poor leadership. I feel bad for the ones who
want to be brave and fight--there are certainly some of those in the ranks.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)2. Not much esprit de corps/NT
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)3. hmm..
I wonder if that's closer than Obama is to the nearest golf course?
moondust
(19,981 posts)4. Will Iran step in to save Baghdad? n/t
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)5. Before ISIS went homicidal some thought they could be a bulwark against Iran./NT