Originally posted by riv6672i dunno... seems plausible that this is a direct consequence of taking out the saddam regime. isis has support primarily because the current (shia) govt has marginalized the sunni population. this all seems like an extension of the sectarian conflict which has plagued the country since the aftermath of the 2003 invasion... if you wanna go to root causes the it is probably just that the west was wrong to partition the country in such a way that you somehow have to maintain some kind of compromise between several different unfriendly groups in order for the country not to devolve into sectarian conflict and possible civil war.
Overall opinion: Glad i retired.Not sure what Shabazz meant about this being our fault. The US is responsible for ISIS?
I do agree about the fighting over there, though. Its like football to those people. Its not going anywhere, sadly.
Not sure what's goin on in Iraq but the last thing I read was the President saying something about America finally being able to win the war in Iraq and that historic achievements were made. Considering that this is the same guy that told us all to worry about Iraq and the problems America were causing in the middle East I totally trust him now that he's telling us it's all good. So yeah, that's a load off my mind.
I think that people should stop telling other people what to do. Isis is mostly just going around telling other people what to do, and then also killing them. As well as not telling other people what to do, people should stop killing people.
Why are there always people who suck so hard? No matter how many people who suck get blown up, there are still people who suck.
There are many reasons for doing such things.
Originally posted by truejedi
I think that people should stop telling other people what to do. Isis is mostly just going around telling other people what to do, and then also killing them. As well as not telling other people what to do, people should stop killing people.Why are there always people who suck so hard? No matter how many people who suck get blown up, there are still people who suck.
Originally posted by Time Immemorial
http://theweek.com/article/index/263149/iraq-war-iii-has-now-begun#axzz34eCEhrMe
"ISIS took on and defeated a government force 15 times their size."
They're like WH40K Space Marines.