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MADem

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1. Of course--THEY want to intervene, themselves! They've always had designs on huge swaths of Iraq.

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 07:17 AM

Jun 2014

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They're already there, on the ground, doing the same damn thing that SF are doing, and if they say otherwise, well, they're quite full of shit.

There's no good solution there. Hasn't been for a long, long time, unfortunately.

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Khamenei says Iran strongly opposes US intervention in Iraq [View all] Cooley Hurd Jun 2014 OP

Of course--THEY want to intervene, themselves! They've always had designs on huge swaths of Iraq. MADem Jun 2014 #1

There's no good solution there. ^ So true. And the USA made it so much worse. loudsue Jun 2014 #3

Yep. The Halliburton Kids had to make their billions! MADem Jun 2014 #4

This is why the U.S. left. Because Iran, speaking though the Iraqi leadership, told us to go. n/t Loudly Jun 2014 #2

No, not at all. We left because the Iraqi leadership wouldn't agree to a SOFA agreement with USA. MADem Jun 2014 #5

Agree that was the pretext. But it resulted from complete Iranian influence. Loudly Jun 2014 #6

SOFA is NOT a pretext. We don't stay without it. nt MADem Jun 2014 #7

Yeah. Why should the locals get to judge our soldiers for killing them? Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #9

I am not going to get into a dramatic big bad pointless DU argument about the MADem Jun 2014 #10

That's why I was pleased the Iraqis refused to sign off on it. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2014 #19

You may be pleased, but I'll bet they're regretting the hell out of it. Oh well--too late now! MADem Jun 2014 #20

They wanted Americans(both soldiers and mecenaries) prosecuted for obvious war crimes Ash_F Jun 2014 #11

Look, no SOFA, no forces. No "framing" involved. MADem Jun 2014 #12

Don't misrepresent the dispute and not expect a reaction from other posters Ash_F Jun 2014 #17

I'm not misrepresenting anything. MADem Jun 2014 #21

Nobody fell for it. Nice try though. /nt Ash_F Jun 2014 #22

Fell for what? MADem Jun 2014 #24

You said 'sharia law' like the problem was Americans drinking or something Ash_F Jun 2014 #25

No I didn't --you made "assumptions," as you always do when you try to pick one of your little MADem Jun 2014 #26

Don't take it personally. Ash_F Jun 2014 #27

So glad to hear that he finally weighed in on this... Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #8

It's a bellwether... Cooley Hurd Jun 2014 #13

One thing we learned after 9/11 was that the government and the Iranian people are not the same Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #15

VERY true! Cooley Hurd Jun 2014 #16

Thanks! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #18

I've always known this. Persians are enormously diverse. MADem Jun 2014 #23

Between those who want Iraq in the US "camp" and those who want independence? Igel Jun 2014 #14