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13. Yep. The army we already paid $20 billion to arm and train dropped their weapons and ran

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 01:29 PM

Sep 2014

Great investment. We should do it again....

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ISIS -approx 10-20k barely trained lightly armed. Iraqi Army approx 250k [View all] KG Sep 2014 OP

Motivation. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #1

perhaps the corporate media that has been lying about everything J_J_ Sep 2014 #2

oh, we're being sold a war. damn straight. KG Sep 2014 #3

Think we can get a refund? Autumn Sep 2014 #6

I wish! Unfortunately it appears we plan to double down... /nt think Sep 2014 #8

This whole 'Medicare' thing makes seniors lazy leftstreet Sep 2014 #18

Well... linuxman Sep 2014 #7

Ummmm.... I know. I know. 99Forever Sep 2014 #9

Then you haven't been paying attention. Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #12

I didn't claim it was a good investment. Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #14

Iraq also has 500k+ reserves leftstreet Sep 2014 #15

They're trying to figure out Twitter. randome Sep 2014 #20

85% Shia AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #28

Actually ISIS has 30,000 fighters AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #21

You make some good points CJCRANE Sep 2014 #24

Sounds like a weapons embargo might have been in order leftstreet Sep 2014 #25

"I was only there for the paycheck," moondust Sep 2014 #22

You have just about everything wrong. cali Sep 2014 #23

Want to buy some Iraqi rifles...? Bigmack Sep 2014 #29