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TwilightGardener

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1. Funny, when Iraqi forces reclaimed Tikrit, just a few weeks before Ramadi fell, the Pentagon wasn't

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2015, 04:55 PM

Jun 2015

publicly impugning their bravery and will to fight. I guess the White House and the Pentagon have been successful in their blame shifting, even though we basically let Ramadi go. We had drones watching ISIS take out barriers in Ramadi with a bulldozer for over an hour, and we did nothing, and then the truck bombers rolled through--according to the Wall Street Journal. I don't know what's going on, but we are being played.

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Luckovich: Iraqi troops [View all] Playinghardball Jun 2015 OP

Funny, when Iraqi forces reclaimed Tikrit, just a few weeks before Ramadi fell, the Pentagon wasn't TwilightGardener Jun 2015 #1

Good one! kentuck Jun 2015 #2

Great cartoon Gothmog Jun 2015 #3

Advisors aren't worth much if the locals aren't motivated to fight. BillZBubb Jun 2015 #4

The Iraqis aren't going to fight for the US, bvar22 Jun 2015 #5

+1,000 malaise Jun 2015 #6