DrafterX
12 years ago
An official told CNN today that the United States plans to move the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush into the Persian Gulf in coming hours to provide President Barack Obama with options for possible airstrikes against militants in Iraq, CNN's Barbara Starr reports.

President Obama will make a statement soon on Iraq. WATCH CNN for complete coverage.

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gryphonms
12 years ago
Well, he could have called Putin, their bombers are already in the air!
DrafterX
12 years ago
President Barack Obama said today that the United States "will not be sending U.S. troops back into combat in Iraq," but that he would be reviewing a range of other options to support the Iraqi government against a sweeping advance by militant fighters.

Obama said that unless Iraq fixes its internal political problems, short-term military help from the United States won't make much difference.

However, the U.S. Navy was moving the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush into the Persian Gulf to give Obama an option for possible U.S. airstrikes, a U.S. official told CNN.

Fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, have seized Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, as part of an advance toward Baghdad that gave them control of large parts of the country's northern area.


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victor809
12 years ago
Well, in these uncertain times we have at least one thing we can depend on.

Whatever Obama chooses to do, the right wing pundits will kick and scream and yell that it's the worst thing ever.
teedubbya
12 years ago
At least they can admire that dreamy putin guy.
Gene363
12 years ago

Shiite Vs Sunni, give them knives and shoot the winner.

BuckyB93
12 years ago
I'm not sure who to root for.
teedubbya
12 years ago

I'm not sure who to root for.

BuckyB93 wrote:




bet one side and the over under to hedge things.
HockeyDad
12 years ago

I'm not sure who to root for.

BuckyB93 wrote:




Well......we defeated the Sunnis when we got rid of Saddam. The Shiites are now in power but under threat from the Sunni insurgency so I think that means we have to support the current Shiite government.

In Syria however, we support the insurgents and Al Qaeda against the Assad regime. The Syrian insurgents are directly linked to the Iraqi insurgents.

Iran is consistent. They support the current Shiite government in Iraq and support the Assad regime in Syria. To maintain consistency in both countries and to maintain our anti Iranian stance, the USA needs to support the Sunni insurgency and Al Qaeda.

Perhaps the USA should ignore the whole thing and go and destabilize South America. Destabilizing is what we're good at!
DrMaddVibe
12 years ago

At least they can admire that dreamy putin guy.

teedubbya wrote:




Rootin' 4 Putin - 2016!!!
BuckyB93
12 years ago
No way man. Most of our equipment is Desert Tan in color. If we go into South America we'd have to repaint everything again.
teedubbya
12 years ago

Well......we defeated the Sunnis when we got rid of Saddam. The Shiites are now in power but under threat from the Sunni insurgency so I think that means we have to support the current Shiite government.

In Syria however, we support the insurgents and Al Qaeda against the Assad regime. The Syrian insurgents are directly linked to the Iraqi insurgents.

Iran is consistent. They support the current Shiite government in Iraq and support the Assad regime in Syria. To maintain consistency in both countries and to maintain our anti Iranian stance, the USA needs to support the Sunni insurgency and Al Qaeda.

Perhaps the USA should ignore the whole thing and go and destabilize South America. Destabilizing is what we're good at!

HockeyDad wrote:




Maybe we should just support Iran.
HockeyDad
12 years ago

Maybe we should just support Iran.

teedubbya wrote:




We can't do that because Israel tells us Iran is gonna nuke them.
teedubbya
12 years ago

We can't do that because Israel tells us Iran is gonna nuke them.

HockeyDad wrote:




Maybe we should just sit it out and sell arms to whomever can pay.
DrMaddVibe
12 years ago

Maybe we should just sit it out and sell arms to whomever can pay.

teedubbya wrote:




I thought we were gonna do something different???
teedubbya
12 years ago

I thought we were gonna do something different???

DrMaddVibe wrote:




It was working just fine until we did that. now we should go back to it.
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