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Posted: Aug 7, 2014

I'm glad the president has FINALLY decided to do something about ISIS in Iraq and hopefully stop the genocide of the Christians. He never should've withdrawn ALL the troops. I hope we're not too late in our aid.

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I thought he told us we were leaving behind a stable and - self reliant Iraq? This chaos

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in Iraq was easily predicted by anyone not blinded by political ideology.

He did say that in a speech at Ft. Bragg on 12/14/2011, - but he must have missed

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the fine-print on the teleprompter that said but they're on their own so I hope they can keep it.

Mercury One is on the ground in Iraq delivering - crisis aid. That is the

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foundation by Glenn Beck. On his Facebook page, he is talking about the systemic beheadings by ISIS.

Someone also said a while back - "Mission Accomplished"

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One of the main reasons king, dictator, or whatever you're calling O today got elected was to get most troops out of Iraq,which was a promise kept not only to us but to the Iraqi people as well. If you blame anyone in Iraq for the mess there, maybe it should be the (puppet?)government that I believe the Iraquis themselves "voted" in. Whether you like it or not, Iraq did not become our 51st state.

Yeah, a 51st state that is getting most of the infrastructure money ... - me

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...while the rest of the country falls apart.

What a great decision it was to go into Iraq, huh?

We can thank good ol' Bush for that. - nm

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We also left behind... - SM

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...millions of dollars worth of military equipment (tanks, artillery, etc.) that ISIS is now using for their benefit and flaunting for the world to see. They're helping to perpetuate the image of a weak America. Thanks, Mr. President.

ISIS is invading Christian villages and selling women - as sex slaves. nm

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Read "Babylon's Covert War" by JH White - NM

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NM

I wonder how many are slipping through the - southern border. nm

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Tell me again which president got us into Iraq? - B-U-S-H.

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He is responsible for this cluster frack.

The criminals - responsible

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for the chaos in Iraq as well as the collapse of the world economy bear no responsibility or accountability... mission accomplished by Fox News brainwashing machine.

I hope the next pres blames everything on Obama, - it seems logical. NM

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nm

Yes, next prez should blame Obama AND Fox news. - LOL

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Can't you just see it now, "That Fox news made Obama do XYZ." LOL

I hope not. That's pretty childish, don't you think? - Truthhurts

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I'm hoping the next president, no matter Dem or Republican, will have the maturity to understand world politics and have the b**ls to stand up to terrorists, secure our border, deport illegals, and work with Congress instead of against one party, making our country strong and united again, instead of how we're seen by the world today..

What a crock of Bolsehvik. Blaming Bush - is getting old. nm

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I'm sorry, what was the reason we invaded Iraq again? - I forgot.

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It was because Osama Bin Ladin took down the twin towers, right? But he was in Afghanistan and something about weapons of mass destruction--oh, it all gets too complicated.

Let's just blame it on Obama.

Reason: So Obama could have someone to blame - for ALL of his COLOSSAL FAILURES!

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Simple. Period.

Obama wasn't in office the 2nd time we invaded Iraq. - It was BUSH, remember? nm

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It may be getting old, but it never stops being true! - nm

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:-)

Would it be impolite to laugh while reading - this? Blaming Bush gets old. nm

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NM

No, we need to laugh every now and then to keep sane. - sm

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The blame Bush part should be made into a board game. I bet it would sell well to the indoctrinated liberal children this Christmas.

Hey that's funny! They can play it while eating a - cluster frack candy bar! NM

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Right-wing delusion is getting even older. - nm

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It not so much old, as it is scary. - nm

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nm

What's a cluster frack? - NM

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NM

It sounds like a candy bar. - NM

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nm

Or maybe a pathetic attempt to "hide" profanity. - nm

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Typical conservative Victorian mindset. - LOL

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I'm not trying to hide anything. I wish I could use the real word - You folks need to wake up.

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You all clutch your pearls so tightly.

You folks have been asleep at the wheel. - sm

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Not us folks. Eyes are wide open and seeing it all. Watching the country degenerate into a third-world nation fit for a bunch of illegal invaders and God knows what else that is coming across our Southern border. As for my pearls, I may be selling them soon to get some money since my income has diminished like many others under this president.

and in 2008 Bush - sm

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signed the "U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement" with a December 31, 2011 deadline for the U.S. to withdraw from all Iraqi territory.

More pieces for the Blame Bush board game... - Help indoctrinate our youth.

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Come one, come all, just in time for Christmas, or maybe it won't be called Christmas by then. Maybe it will be called Holiday Gift Giving.

Question - sm

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Does the President really tell the children to pick up their toys and bring them home with them or is that possibly some other division of government that might be responsible for that decision and military equipment?

We apparently left plenty in Afghanistan with the Afghani rebels fighting Soviet Union that have been used against us later also.

Oh, wait, maybe we left it with the Iraqi government to use to keep control of their country.

Once we were put into the position of having to determine another puppet government for Iraq (after Pres. Bush destabilized Iraq to begin with) we then had to try to train and arm a government and finally leave them there to govern themselves (with advisors still left behind). Iraq is not an American colony, we do not own them and we will not decide their lives. I, for one, have no interest in American citizens guarding and protecting the people of Iraq permanently. At some point they will have to sort this out on their own. Can't believe the oxymoron - but Humanitarian bombing is appropriate at this point.

Can you imagine if this man had been president during - the Holocaust? How far

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we have sunk.

Nine months ago Obama was begging Congress to be ISIS’s Air Force in Syria against Assad. That should be shouted from every rooftop!

And now he wants to bomb ISIS? Come on Obama - make up your mind. No

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blood for oil? Criticizing Israel but not ISIS? Taking sides in Syria? Losing Iraq? Losing Afghanistan? Arab Spring? Benghazi? Strategic idiot.

No foreign policy experience... - sm

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Not any experience. Period. He sold a bill of goods to his devotees and no one else. Everyone else knows exactly who and what he is, an utter failure to put it simply. Let's hope 2016 won't be too late.

He's busy trying to figure out how he can parlay - this into "never let a crisis go

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to waste" and how he can use this into fundamentally transforming (getting revenge on)America.

CNN poll says trust in government is at an all time - low, this was taken because of the

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40th anniversary of Watergate. All Nixon did was to cover up the break-in. He didn't plan it, and in the end, Nixon didn’t destroy the tapes, even though he knew how damaging they were.

The Democrats learned from him, all right. Think of the IRS emails. Obama has made what Nixon did look like small potatoes.

13% of Americans say the government can be trusted to do what is right always or most of the time...

Now there's a report of HHS losing emails. - Go figure.

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I've never seen such transparency. HA!

Maybe it was just kind of typo (sarcasm). - NM

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NM

It's been working like a charm, so they might - as well keep doing it. nm

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2016 will most definitely be too late for the Right. - If they are already such a (sm)

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messed-up laughing-stock of aging, incapable, whining do-nothings, imagine how much more self-inflicted damage they're going to be able to do to themselves between now and then. All they're good at is creating material for comedians worldwide.

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