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US Will Send 400 More Troops To Iraq Bringing Total To 3,500; Open New Military Base
As reported yesterday, in the latest escalation of the "war on ISIS", Obama - winner of the Nobel peace prize for pulling US soldiers out of Iraq - was said to be sending even more US soldiers, pardon military advisors, to Iraq to halt the inexplicable, constant expansion of ISIS, now deep in Syrian territory. Earlier today, this was confirmed when Reuters reported that, as expected, the US will announce on Wednesday plans for a new military base in Iraq's Anbar province and the deployment of around 400 additional U.S. trainers to help Iraqi forces in the fight against Islamic State, citing an unnamed U.S. official.
From Reuters:
The plan would expand the 3,100-strong U.S. contingent of trainers and advisers in Iraq and would mark an adjustment in strategy for President Barack Obama, who is facing mounting criticism for not being tougher in combating Islamic State.
U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, expressed hope that even a modestly strengthened U.S. presence could help Iraqi forces plan and carry out a counter-attack to retake Anbar's capital Ramadi, which insurgents seized last month.
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The expected troop announcement was unlikely to silence Obama's critics, who say the modest contingent of U.S. forces is far from enough to turn the tide of battle.
In an administration in which the aptly named US Freedom Act does precisely the opposite of what its name suggests, it was good to see that the semantic games continue: as Reuters further notes, "Obama was expected to stick to his stance against sending U.S. troops into combat or even close to the front lines, officials said." And yet, he is doing just that.
So Obama is not sending troops, even as there are about to be 3,500 US troops, pardon, military trainers and advisors in Iraq. Is anyone truly fooled by this sad attempt at verbal sleight of hand?
But while soldiers are better known as "advisors", a base is still a base, and as such the US is about to open its 5th military base in Iraq. According to AP, "the extra U.S. training site will be at al-Taqqadum, a desert air base that was a U.S. military hub during the 2003-2011 war. Establishing the training camp will require between 400 and 500 U.S. troops, including trainers, logisticians and security personnel, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because a final administration decision had not been announced.
The U.S. already is training Iraqi troops at four sites — two in the vicinity of Baghdad, one at al-Asad air base in Anbar province and one near Irbil in northern Iraq.
A base which puts not only Syria, but Damascus within easy reach once the Assad regime is overthrown, an outcome which now seems to be just a matter of time.
What is the official explanation for the latest troop, pardon "advisor" surge?
Dempsey said there will be no radical change to the U.S. approach in Iraq. Rather, it is a recognition that the effort has either been too slow or has allowed setbacks where "certain units have not stood and fought." He did not mention the Ramadi rout specifically, but Dempsey previously has said the Iraqis drove out of the city on their own.
"Are there ways to give them more confidence?" This, he said, is among the questions Obama wanted Dempsey and others to answer.
In reality what is really taking place is what we explained yesterday:
it appears the US doesn’t know whether it wants to stick with what was probably the original plan (i.e. wait until ISIS overruns Assad and then storm in with 10,000 marines to ‘liberate’ the country before installing a more ‘agreeable’ leader after some farce of an election) or speed up the process by claiming that Assad is in fact working with ISIS and using the imaginary unholy alliance as an excuse to invade now.
If Washington tends to go with Plan A, it would certainly make sense why Obama told leaders at the G-7 that this US doesn’t “yet have a complete strategy because it requires commitments on the part of the Iraqis.” The strategy probably goes something like this: 1) bide time until Assad’s army is decimated, 2) issue burn notice on black-flag waving former CIA asset, 3) announce Syria’s liberation, 4) install puppet government, 5) send “you’re welcome” note to Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
The only thing “incomplete” here is securing public support for ground troops. Lately, the US has begun to float a few “boots on the ground” trial balloons, with some hawks suggesting that forward “spotters” may be necessary in order to make the aerial assault on ISIS more ‘effective’ and today, we get a few more feelers from The White House, as the President is reportedly considering sending additional troops to Iraq “for training.
We can now scratch out the "reportedly" because slowly but surely, the endgame vis-a-vis Syria, and that long overdue Qatari natgas pipeline to Europe, is taking place.
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In his effort to look like he is not a liar, he is going to half step it instead. Great. Lets do a half assed job. Either we are serious about our allies or not. Do the job quickly or stop. Read some Sun Tsu clownbama. End it. Don't keep fighting it badly.
Surge : ON
We're back bitchez!
Can we please try to NOT leave a bunch of hardware there for the next batch of bad guys !?
That's intentional. Has Obama kept ANY of his campaign promises?
No.
John Kerry is alive and tweeting photos from his hospital room:
https://twitter.com/JohnKerry/status/608391024340303872/photo/1
Obama's legacy is the concern. Keep it going until he is gone then blame the next guy. Sure the Pentagon (civilians and desk warriors) is trying to save face also as they have pumped the President and themselves up with superior macho crap. And now Iran has a serious footprint there and for sure things are more complicated than before....death by politics, it should be criminal.
IF THE STUPID POLYANNA MOTHER FUCKER HADN'T PULLED OUR TROOPS OUT PREMATUTRELY WE WOULDN'T BE GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE! JESUS WE ARE GETTING THE GOVERNMENT WE DESERVE!
TOO BAD HIS DAD DIDN'T PULL OUT PREMATURELY!
"Goodbye darlin', hello Samarrah..."
"I will not send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Iraqi boys should be doing for themselves."
-Barack Hussein Obama
(well, at least he might as well have said that)
~"US Will Send 400 More Troops To Iraq Bringing Total To 3,500; Open New Military Base"~
What does "victory" look like in this scenario, Mr. President?
????Wasn't he elected on the "Bring our young men and women home" platform ?
Read some of the tweets from the brain dead brown nosers for a quick laugh.
Same here- they are the "truly stupid"
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Wait... what? He is alive? I thought he was almost dead based on articles posted in the comments section of ZH.
http://www.eutimes.net/2015/06/us-secretary-of-state-kerry-reported-grav...
http://www.eutimes.net/2015/06/obama-made-secret-boston-visit-as-kerry-r...
WTF? EU Times should get the Novel Price for Journaljism.
Yes, actually. He promised to "fundamentally transform" the United States, and he has. I don't even recognize the place any more. He also promised to crush the coal industry, and he has. Those are the only two that I'm aware of.
Student loan originations went from private lenders to Dept Education.
EPA rules over clean air
He also promised to improve race relations -
2 out of 3 ain't bad.
Well, the transparency part.
We can plainly see what a moron he is.
Funfact:: Eisenhower originally warned of the Military Industrial Congressional Complex. I wonder why it was shortened.
Who knows how long it was before he came to the version that included congress? I am pretty sure the original probably had banking in it.
" No MIC left behind. "
Their boots will not touch the ground. We left Iraq as a stable and independent Nation...............
Mission Accomplished: Eternal War
So why does The EU blindly follow this clown into war with Russia over Ukraine? And why does Holland obfuscate over the MH017 "Incident"? Why can't the EU strike a truly independent foreign policy?
first, the current ceasefire, as fragile it is, was brokered by Germany and France, directly with Russia and Ukraine
second, Juncker just recently ventilated a different option to the NATO: "Juncker's Phantom Army", a EU-only "Fast Reaction Group"
so don't come over with this "blindly follow". the previous "clown" said "you are with us or against us", remember?
the EU as such has nearly nothing to do with all this, except the role of the ass, a "Fuck the EU" ass, according to Nuland
the UK, the Scandinavians, the Balts and Poland have a completely different idea of a foreign policy towards Russia as France, Germany and Italy
First the "Present Ceasfire" has been deliberately broken by Kiev and the Neocons in The US directing them after The US coup in Ukraine. The sanctions on Russia have caused no harm to The US economy but have severely harmed the economies of EU Nations, all because of a pretence. So why does the EU go along with this, especially when war with Russia will destroy Europe but leave The US unscathed?
Second, I notice you did not respond regarding MH017 and the Dutch obfuscation regarding the report of the findings, totally unlike any other Air Accident Investigation?
Face it, The EU is a Vassal of The US, for reasons that I don't fully understand. But you might wish to illuminate?
how am I supposed to even attempt to recap 70 years of diplomacy in one short comment? I don't know what the Dutch are obfuscating. Do you?
Vassalage is a concept that contains a "military alliance" part, particularly when on the defensive. Now, I ask you: is Russia... being all quiet and peaceful? Or is it "rattling the saber a bit"?
Russia is the 800-pound gorilla in the room next to NATO. Even if we would say Uncle Sam "goodbye, thanks", it would still be there, wouldn't it?
and again, note that we are deeply divided on how to even describe Russia's stance
So you don't think that Russia has legitimate "Interests" in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine? I don't agree that Russia is The Big Gorilla which is actaully The US. I believe that Russia genuinly wishes to make peace with The EU and trade quietly. Russia had NO interest in re-colonising Eastern Europe (The Baltic States, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic etc.). That is all just more scate tactics from the War Party.
The US Empire has self-destroyed and Europe needs to recognise that the future in to The East. Or not, at it's peril...
eh, I heard Russians giving completely different noises about Russians outside of the Russian borders, particularly in regard to two of the Balts
we are talking here about two big gorillas an a bunch of small and medium-sized apes, here
No, actually we are talking here about Common sense....
where every and each european nation has a different view of what is common sense, regarding Russia
in short, here we all agree that both gorillas are thumping their chests
look, jokes besides, we do not like a lot about the situation
but your POV, up to now, was not terribly detailed, was it? the devil is in the detail, as often
take this thread, for example: the article is about Iraq. who was against the invasion of Iraq?
the same one european nation that since then is the butt of endless American jokes
Juncker also, famously, said "When it gets difficult you have to lie". So much for Juncker.
And as for an "EU Army" you surely can't be serious can you? Do you understand the implications of your stupidity?
so much for a guy that was reelected, afterwards. and what part of the threat of a EU-Army did you not understand?
tell me, what would the implications be, after you were somehow asking for a united european response to both Russia and the US?
I thought you were taunting a bit of "You are Vassals of the US"? That would be the opposite of that, wouldn't it?
Excuse me but WHO elected Juncker? The man who created a Tax Haven in his domain and now represents an EU that wishes to crackdown on such abuses? Clear as daylight?
Sorry but it's time for Supper here in Bali so I will not be enjoying your heavenly company further tonight. You MUST be a diplomat because you are excellent at avoiding all the relevant questions.
As an Ambassador friend of mine once asked of me. "What is the difference betweem a Camel and a Diplomat"? Answer: A Camel can work for weeks without drinking......
are you pulling my leg?
first: I don't even want an elected president of the commission. I want him appointed, which gives that post way less power and legitimacy
second: he was appointed by the Council. which is nothing else then every damn Prime Minister we have (in his case, with the exception of Cameron), i.e the govs of the EU countries
third: he was confirmed by the elected EU Parliament, together with his whole commission
it will be interesting, though, to see if that same parliament will follow up with him about the whole tax haven thing. we'll see
Excuse me for reverting but, to quote you, "Juncker was REelected". I rest my case. Good night.
"I don't know what the Dutch are obfuscating. Do you?"
No, but I do have a pretty good idea based on the evidence available on the internet. Don't you ever use your "Common sense" or is propoganda an all-consuming agenda in "Diplomacy"?
propaganda, specifically the study of propaganda throughout the ages, is a hobby of mine, yes
having said that... I am highly distrustful of anything on the internet. I prefer to base my opinions on things I witnessed myself, in person
so no, I do not know what the Dutch know or not. but I know in which "camp" they are regarding Russia, and it's the more skeptical one
I was mentioning when he was reelected as MP in Parliament in Luxembourg
You misunderstood that for his appointment, later, at the EU Commission. good night
Sure... I get it.. the West is evil... Putin an angel... That's why all those eastern European nations run to Russia for alliance...
Oh wait... they aren't... they are running to the West. Why? Because no one knows you like your neighbor does, and Russia as a neighbor is like the white trash meth head that lets his Rotweiller shit in your yard then comes back at night to steal your kid's bike.
Don't forget these tiny Eastern European countries were part of the USSR for decades, but rather than be independent, they need "protection" as though Russia has been fucking with them non-stop since 1991. Eh whatever, everytime TPTB start the war propaganda, there's always those willing to buy it.
Mission Accomplished
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzrJwzYBUkU
Exceptional
A new base?
Moar like a fucking franchise! One territory at a time.
** ALERT **
Watch out ZeroHedge commenters. The DOJ could be coming for you.
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-government-wants-names-of-online-co...
Give him another Nobel Prize, please.
I've got a couple I'm not using.
do UGG boots count as "boots on the ground"
....drip....drip.....drip....drip
The zio tax on Americans continues. We need a solution. A final solution.
Gives a whole new meaning to "intramural firefight."
- Ned
Mission accomplished II
Infinity!
Infinity!
Crap, it's the dreaded double post. I guess this really is infinity.
Shitty schools, shitty roads and bridges but plenty o' money in the Empire's budget for continuing this, what is it now twelve years of this boondoggle called "Operation Iraq Freedom" with no end in sight?
Isn't it funny how whenever the govt names something, you get less of it?
We're on both sides of this war .... Sunni ISIS vs. Shia Iraq .... stir the Arab Spring pot .... I see two Nobel prizes .... for the best use of Dynamite .... and Drones !!
Wow, I didn't think pulling out of Iraq was going to turn out like, "If you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance."
Uh, yeah I did.
QUAGMIRE.
I don't think Obama has successfully resolved any of the problems he has created. Everything he does sucks and just keeps dragging on.
This is much worse then the Vietnam War which actually finally ended.
So many false promises, where's the left with thier effigies of Obama? Oh wait they're to stupid to notice.
Speaking of their stupidity...
"And there was so much swag. Residents kept buttons and door hangers as keepsakes — even squares of toilet paper with Obama’s face on them."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/disappointment-in-obama-leads-some-blacks-to-ask-is-voting-even-worth-it/2015/06/09/5922363c-052b-11e5-bc72-f3e16bf50bb6_story.html
I think the TP idea is genius, but then I'm not exactly an Obama fan.
Didn't he get the Nobel Peace Prize BEFORE the troops were pulled from Iraq? Please correct the story or correct me.
What good is "training" the Iraqi Army? Didn't we do that for almost 10 years? Seems it was a failure.
Define training?
I hate it for the troops. I can't imagine how badly it would suck to risk one's life on a daily basis for no good reason whatsoever.
Keep your heads down, come home safe, and rejoin the civilian world ASAP...
Fighting in the Rothschild's army.
The US is no longer a sovereign entity and all of these neocon/ziocon/ZWO wars have harmed the USA immeasurably, not to mention the 5 million dead arabs.
Maybe after another million the zio media will call it the new holocaust.
Probably not.
Last time I checked there hasn't been a draft in decades. Volunteer to be fodder, then fodder you are.
Bravo, Mike!
Guess what? My sons will be smart enough to not kill or be killed for bankers and politicians.
Support the troops? Fuck the troops because they kill innocent people and think they're fighting for freedom. Dumb fucks.
and liberals will blame bush. they see zero connection with their premature actions to pull out of Iraq (in time for the Elections).
i feel for the families of those who sacrificed to secure Ramadi and other areas....only to see the Commander in Chief literally give it back to ISIS
well, I blame Bush for starting the Second Gulf War. I also blame him for all that followed that war. And I blame him for his "you are with us or against us"
and I blame him for his "Mission Accomplished", whatever that was. don't bring in the victims of one side only, in this. I feel for all the Iraquis, too. How many died, up to now?
that's fine. you've been blaming him for a decade...we get it...
but how can you blame him for losing ramadi?
after generals warned against pulling out prematurely. (but the pullout was done for the election....remember "GM is alive, al quaeda is dead!")
Could it be a problem that Hillary also thought they had WMDs?
That's like blaming a marionette for a poor performance.
You look like the owner of Beaver Liquors in Beaver W. Virginia.
Well, it's obvious what's needed. Boots on the ground, and thousands of them. And then likely a decade or 2, long presence of troops stationed across the middle east in a hope a stable government is formed.
It may as well be 1993 again.
" Boots on the ground, and thousands of them."
You got that part right.
But it won't be like 1993 again.
Because those thousands will be facing millions, with no air and naval superiority.
US electrical grid and roads are in the shitter, unemployment is in the stratosphere, but there's plenty of money for this shit to to keep the Elite rolling in Bloodbucks while sending our alpha males off to do their dirty work.
Peace Prize indeed.
Alpha males do not obey orders, nor do they choose a subordinates' role But women like the violent men and those who hold power. Girly boys are in the lowest tier and the armed forces are full of them. No wonder we lost the war.
Where are the Pussy Riot girls of Russia when we need them?
You didn't get the memo that PR is a Soros funded psy-op against Putin?
Pussy Riot are bought-and-paid-for CIA stooges, currently on the well-funded 'Teh Russia is Evul' talk circuit.
Somewhere within this force of 3,400 is going to be a special operations battalion of 300-500 men. (maybe some women too?). These guys (gals?) are sanctioned to kill with impunity (kinda like cops in the homeland); and there will be plenty more of that. But they might actually do something that military men are expected to do: engage and defeat an armed and trained opposing force in open battle. S-o-o-o outdated and out-moded!
False Flag, False Flag, False Flag.
- Opening a new Base is a great opportunity for a Benghazi type event
- Dick Cheney, John Bolton, Victoria Nuland, Don Rumsfeld, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, the NeoCONs, and future Presidents all want to send the Military Back to the ME.
I think you're stuck in the matrix. The Dem are "in charge" now.
What you smokin' Willis?
It's all the same party. LBJ didn't believe in War in foreign lands against people that can't ever strike the USA with Navy, Air Force, or Missiles.
Where's all the anti war protesters? I guess they've been turned into Free Shit Army folks?
Honestly I think they've been horribly demoralized by the fact that Obama didn't bring any hope or change. You must understand these people are zealots but they're also sheep, they need a leader they can cling to, they need a good guy. They've realized there isn't a good guy and are demoralized into apathy....it is probably a good thing, it's opening up the eyes of a lot of sheep.
Sd1 - Not Free Shit Army, but Free Syrian Army. IF you look at the so called "Left", especially among the "academics" and "intellectuals", they didn't buy the propaganda of the Iraq war, but following the smoke and mirrors light show put on by the media (thank you to the US, Israel, and KSA) they were convinced of people "freeing themselves" in the "revolutions". So instead of the US freeing them, they have backed, full force, covert US funded terrorist forces and paid for media lies to bring "freedom". They will probably be successful and win their war against Assad - all of the moron leftists will cheer. Another Arab Spring victory.
They are traitors who should be rounded up along with the bush war Neo-Cons and Obama war dems.
This is the definition of "mission creep". We are continuing to hear mixed messages from the government, constantly overemphasizing then underemphasizing then back to overemphasizing the threat of ISIS. They continue to say "we aren't the Bush administration" yet keep slowly sending troops over there. This is precisely how Vietnam started, and also even Iraq when Bill Clinton slowly escalated the tension. I mean at this point it'd be refreshing to just hear Obama come out and say what we all know he is thinking, "listen I am going to send a ton of troops in that area so that our friends in the region feel safe". Just do us all a freakin' favor and come out with it already, enough of this "peace card" BS that you pretend to represent.
Assad needs Chinese and Russian paratroopers.
No no no.Assad is fighting ISIS - so he needs US Troops....no wait...but Isn't that......shit.....oh forget it
How about you put a 10,000 man base in the center of ISIS territory? Seems like that might be how you start to win this, or maybe look like you are trying.
Done- called LANGLEY
You guys need some more coffee.
You never want to centralize any thing. Too much Risk.
Obviously you have to secure a port, a maintenance operation, a training area to test weapons and new equipment.
But you still don't want to put all of your men and best equipment in one place.
You wouldn't even do that with databases and backups.
No, simply cut off ISIS supply lines from NATO and Gulf State countries. Oooops, now I see the problem.
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/logistics-101-where-does-isi...
I was just thinking WMD against our big centralized base being a one stop drop.
But yeah inviting ISIS into our camp, training them, and handing off equipment directly to them, so that they can attack us later... kind of Full Retard Stupid.
I remember not too long ago our fearless leader promising the U.S. people that there would be "no U.S. boots on the ground" in Iraq.
Obama is the most brazen liar I have ever seen in my life.
The fact that he is president of the U.S. makes me sick to my stomach.
How anyone believes anything Obama says is beyond my realm of thinking.
Sad days for Amerika.
If we do not fight the barbarians in gaul, the empire is at risk." in 52 BC, in which a complete Roman victory resulted in the expansion of the Roman Republic over the whole of Gaul (mainly present day France and Belgium." all hail Ceasar er obumer..
Krugman will be proud. Build bases in 2000's. Abandon bases. Build new bases in 2015.
But you don't get much velocity from Defense Spending and even less when you destroy the equipment, facilities, and troops you trained.
Spending the Money overseas is Economic Leakage to some degree also.
Thank god the US is running a budget surplus to cover the cost of this.
"Five days or five weeks or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than that," he said. "It won't be a World War III." Don Rumsfeld
"Missed it by that much" Maxwell Smart
Obviously 10 years wasn't long enough to train Iraq soldiers.
"Mission Accomplished"......war profiteers slogan.
Bush=Obama=fucking war profiteers.
War is Peace. Ignorance is Strength. Oligarchy/Plutocracy 2016!
As I understand it the Iraqi Was was going to cost $300 Billion according to Don Rumsfeld during the run up to the War.
Today the 400 Additional Troops placed in Iraq will cost $300 Billion dollars in Operational Funding. Inflation is very sever in the Defense Industries.
oh, but such a small price to pay for "securing the realm" as some assholes would put it, for our bestest friend in the Middle East, who loves us and supports their greatest ally no matter what and would NEVER stab us in the back, or even have the temerity to accuse US of stabbing THEM in the back. Never ever.
As long as they keep getting their money, their diplomatic cover, their water and energy from formerly recalcitrant Arab states, they could give a fuck less about our bills, our long-term injured, or anything else that goes on inside AmeriKa, as long as there is goy suffering, they are happy.
I'm still trying to figure out where McRetard's Navy fits into all this.
What's going on in Nepal again?
New Bull Piss Prize
The first freedumb injection didn't take, a second will definitely do the trick
Man that fucks with our aussie poleticians here... None of us give a shit when we are supposed to be scared shittless of TERRORISM?
WTF? like you guys, we are more likely to die of the clap than a freeekin' bomb (Ooooh, big boogie-man) Fuck MSM!
Poor Iraq they must love the shit out of us by now.
The US gov refers to them as an ally, so yes.
Oh, great, just in time for ISIS to take out Assad and then the "victors" will come in with a "cleanup and reconstruction" effort... Syria needs not look too far what awaits, after all Iraq and Libya are exemplary democracies after the US/NATO involvement.
The Chinese dont care about Iraq
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lets build sandcastles in the persian Gulf to protect our interests
I suspect this is all a ploy to gain control of Syria. With "ISIS" now deeply entreanched in Syria, I'm curious what the response would be if Assad asked Putin to set up "bases" and send "advisors" inside Syria? Same as what our cover strategy is inside Iraq. Considering the strategic importance of Syria, I am certain this is on the mind of the Russian leadership.
This makes me hate the media complex so much more than I already did. Shakespeare said we start with the lawyers. Dixie says let's start with the media.
Off topic
I just wish the US never entered WWII, Europe would be like paradise by now. Okay, still fascist but a lot less of certain kinds of people. Now there are boatloads of muzzies invading daily.
Where is Vlad Tepes when you need him?
Ok carry on displacing people.
"A base which puts not only Syria, but Damascus within easy reach once the Assad regime is overthrown,"
Anyone bother to send Vlad a memo on this? ,,, I thought not.
I can't figure out why they tried to make this sound like a staging point for staging against Damascus. Al Asad is about 100 miles closer to Syria, is already occupied by US "trainers", and makes TQ look like a municipal airport.
Why is there even a discussion on this matter? America has no right to be there in the first place. They should never have invaded, never built military bases, never assumed control/ownership of this sovereign nation and it's natural resources. They are invaders, insurgents, enemy occupiers. They have murdered 1,000,000+ innocent civilians of this independent sovereign nation. Western humanity is complicit; we pretend not to see; busy ourselves with hollywood and our devices. Shame on all of us.
While many pretend otherwise, there are more than two great powers in the world.
There are legacy Powers such as Russia and the US.
There are emerging would-be Powers, such as the so-called 'Islamicists' ...which are really just a revival of Pan Arabism (because they don't get along with Iran).
And there are re-emerging Powers...like Europe is trying to be by organizing themselves more formally under the EU.
And then there is China...which pretends to be once again part of the China-Russia Axis. But such alignments proved in the past to be matters of convenience. And they are matters of convenience today. China isn't really in any Axis. China will do what is in China's interest.
China is also a Power all on her own.
ISIS is an issue because they were a pawn in a proxy-war for legacy powers, who have become a power player for an emerging would-be Power.
Iron Maiden
2 minutes to Midnight
Nothing more to say.
Kill for gain or shoot to maim, but we don't need a reason
The Golden Goose is on the loose and never out of season
Blackened pride still burns inside this shell of bloody treason
Here's my gun for a barrel of fun for the love of living death
The killer's breed or the demon's seed
The glamor, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
But don't you pray for my soul anymore
2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb
The blind men shout let the creatures out, we'll show the unbelievers
The napalm screams of human flames, of a prime time Belsen feast
As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy
We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies
The killer's breed or the demon's seed
The glamor, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
But don't you pray for my soul anymore
2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb
The body bags and little rags of children torn in two
And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you
As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song
To the tune of starving millions, to make a better kind of gun
The killer's breed or the demon's seed
The glamor, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
But don't you pray for my soul anymore
2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb
Midnight, midnight, it's all night
Midnight, midnight, all night!
I was thinking 1 Minute to Midnight would be a good name for:
- US Congressional Reform Legislation
- Or a New US Political Party
400 more troops (trainers) = Obamas surge. He just ain't into it folks. Don't worry, you will have your full on war right after Jan. 20th, 2017.
So, like, we're sending over the Fife and Drum Corps, and barefoot? That'll work.
Our Troops will be fulfilling their Destiny.
http://www.macquirelatory.com/Birth%20Certificate%20Truth.htm