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In reply to the discussion: Obama Says ISIS was Caused by Our 2003 Invasion, "Which is why America should aim before it shoots." [View all]99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)30. You mean those "radical militants" that the USA/CIA/DoD created and armed?
USA/CIA/DoD created & support (albeit clandestinely) AQ & ISIS
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/sudans-president-claims-cia-and-mossad-stand-behind-isis-and-boko-haram-10051024.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/world/middleeast/suspicions-run-deep-in-iraq-that-cia-and-the-islamic-state-are-united.html?_r=0
USA/CIA/DoD just gave ... ah I mean "lost" ... 1/2 Billion $ in armaments to AQ & ISIS
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/american-aircraft-airdropped-weapons-to-isis-says-mp/
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/19/1371828/-The-Pentagon-Admits-It-May-Have-Lost-500-Million-in-U-S-Weaponry-To-Al-Qaeda#
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Obama Says ISIS was Caused by Our 2003 Invasion, "Which is why America should aim before it shoots." [View all]
99th_Monkey
Mar 2015
OP
Well, duh? Thanks for actually admitting it. Now can we put Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld on trial?
Electric Monk
Mar 2015
#4
And, Pres Obama made that very clear in Oct 2002 that he was against the "Dumb" war..
Cha
Mar 2015
#9
Although i have my differences with President Obama's governing style and
KingCharlemagne
Mar 2015
#31
The man never ceases to amaze me. I wish I could be around 50 years from now...
George II
Mar 2015
#11
Yes, for the love of whomever, aim before you urge the Senate to back the invasion of Iraq.
merrily
Mar 2015
#15
You know he says shit like that then hires someone who leaked top secret info to his mistress
whereisjustice
Mar 2015
#16
I dunno, I remember a certain administration that thought it was ever so clever in using
MisterP
Mar 2015
#17
Drones in Yemen = aiming at the real culprit, Saudi Arabia. Al-Queda became Islamic State.
DhhD
Mar 2015
#24