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LuvLoogie

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27. Baghdad is not going to fall.

Reply to OneCrazyDiamond (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2014, 03:00 AM

Jun 2014

Last edited Mon Jun 16, 2014, 07:12 PM - Edit history (1)

ISIS has to be a self-sustaining entity beyond gathering fighters, RPGs and AK 47s. They either have to protect supply lines or hope the refugees left behind enough sustenance for an extended stay.

If Iran is really sending 2 battallions of government-backed, well trained army, I can't see ISIS holding out for the long run inasmuch as ISIS would cause the downfall of IRAQ. ISIS is symptomatic of Iraq's instability not a cause of it.

The Iraqi army is now culled of its non-commited. And Iraq is enlisting volunteers to stop ISIS. It was a big push, but it's done.

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Pentagon orders aircraft carrier to Gulf in case Iraq military option needed [View all] OneCrazyDiamond Jun 2014 OP

"The carrier USS George H.W. Bush". n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2014 #1

I thought the same.damn.thing. Earth_First Jun 2014 #8

Wrong Bush. Nt hack89 Jun 2014 #9

Whoops... Earth_First Jun 2014 #14

Is this paid for????? nt valerief Jun 2014 #2

One purpose can be to get people out of our embassies etc karynnj Jun 2014 #4

As well as U.S citizens expat in Iraq and Iraqi civil US employees.... mylye2222 Jun 2014 #5

You're joking, of course. Psephos Jun 2014 #12

I'm just echoing the Republicans, except, of course, when they tell us deficits don't matter. valerief Jun 2014 #17

you and are on the same page indeed :) n/t Psephos Jun 2014 #22

Yes, it is paid for. ManiacJoe Jun 2014 #21

Exactly ... they are out on their regular deployment ... Wernothelpless Jun 2014 #29

Hegel, at Obama's instruction, ordered this. Divernan Jun 2014 #3

+1 btrflykng9 Jun 2014 #13

Chump change ... brett_jv Jun 2014 #16

.... 840high Jun 2014 #19

Just fixin' to get ready to get started. Raphael Campos Jun 2014 #6

Sending this particular carrier madamesilverspurs Jun 2014 #7

Coincidence - deployments are scheduled years in advance. Nr hack89 Jun 2014 #10

This is the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush, not George W. Bush, IronGate Jun 2014 #23

Yep. madamesilverspurs Jun 2014 #24

That's fair enough, IronGate Jun 2014 #25

just in case n/t reddread Jun 2014 #11

A fine sense of humor? Turbineguy Jun 2014 #15

In case! My ass! They already have their sorties planned. santamargarita Jun 2014 #18

If you mean they already have orders to attack, I'm not sure Lurks Often Jun 2014 #20

Hell, who are the targets in the first place? fujiyama Jun 2014 #26

Baghdad is not going to fall. LuvLoogie Jun 2014 #27

Why don't we send a team of senior politicos, who really believe in changing Iraq? Thor_MN Jun 2014 #28