Iraq

Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
The fanatic devotion is probably the only thing they've got in common with the Space Marines.

And the multi-lung

Originally posted by Robtard
And the multi-lung

... how do you know?

Its gonna be a 3rd war in Iraq. ISS has said blatantly that once they conquer Iraq they will begin acts of terror on the US.

They won't conquer Iraq.

Even if they did, "United States vs. random terrorist group in shithole Iraq" wouldn't constitute as a "World War".

ISIS looks big because they're ****ing with a country that barely has an infrastructure, let alone a military. Once they tango with us, we'll have what's left of them huddling in caves and crying on each others' beards within a month.

What's interesting to me is how so many people seem to "want" a World War 3. People seem to fiend for it on a subconscious level almost as much as people subconsciously fiend for Beyonce and Jay Z to get divorced. lol

Originally posted by Tzeentch
What's interesting to me is how so many people seem to "want" a World War 3. People seem to fiend for it on a subconscious level almost as much as people subconsciously fiend for Beyonce and Jay Z to get divorced. lol

Indeed; I've seen similar.

I used to post on a automotive message board that had about a 70-75% conservative member base with several really far right loons. They outright expected and couldn't wait for an American Civil War 2.

Guys, I'm pretty sure he meant a 3rd Iraqi war, not WW3.

Lol, yeah, you're right.

Anyhow, Iran will likely get involved if it looks like ISIS will truly take over Iraq, as they can't afford to have an extremely radical Shi'a hating group as a neighbor who would in theory only gain in strength the longer they're in control.

Originally posted by Robtard
Lol, yeah, you're right.

Anyhow, Iran will likely get involved if it looks like ISIS will truly take over Iraq, as they can't afford to have an extremely radical Shi'a hating group as a neighbor who would in theory only gain in strength the longer they're in control.

Maybe that's a good reason to not get involved. 😉

So the people starving on that mountain should suffer because of geopolitics?

Originally posted by Lestov16
So the people starving on that mountain should suffer because of geopolitics?

I was being sarcastic.

Indeed you were

Originally posted by Shabazz916
its america's fault for having the hands in every cookie jar... you cnt solve that part of the world.. they have been fighting foreva and we jumped in and now they are throwing planes at our buildings

I agree that we are not the world's policemen like our government seems to think and we get involved in way more matters than we should. It's the reason so many other countries hate us so much, imo.

Originally posted by riv6672
Overall opinion: Glad i retired.

I hear ya. I'm so glad I'm not in the Navy anymore because if I was I'd probably be spending most of my time at sea somewhere with all that's going on in the world. With that said, I do miss the ocean sometimes.

Originally posted by Robtard
They won't conquer Iraq.

Who will stop them?

Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Who will stop them?

IS isn't some movie supervillain with magic powers stolen from the Tesseract. They number in the few thousands and their equipment, while pretty good compared to other terrorist organizations, is nothing compared to proper national militaries. Iraq's pathetic armed forces lacked resolve and discipline, and Syria's been decimated by the civil war. As those are the only two nations which IS is directly combating, they look like they're doing a great job. But they're fighting broken nations, not unified regional powers. If Iraq doesn't beat back IS, then Turkey and especially Iran will. They have an interest in not seeing a huge chunk of Mesopotamia taken over by zealots.

Well ISIS has captured a few provinces in Syria. They are spreading very quickly without any opposition to speak of.

Wait until they bump into a professional army.

Originally posted by Robtard
Wait until they bump into a professional army.

Yea like the USA, even when I was over there, this type of army is extremely hard to take down permanently as seen in the last invasion.

I was thinking of Iran.