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5. No. It is a CIA confab, as has been written many

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 4, 2014, 03:23 PM

Oct 2014

times. That's okay: we all have different contacts. The only thing we are doing in Syria and Iraq is recruiting volunteers for the acronyms. We will continue to fight them until the entitlement money is reduced then gone.

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Islamic State Reportedly on Baghdad's Outskirts After Week of Victories [View all] Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 OP

Isn't that kind of the opposite of what's supposed to be happening? Scootaloo Oct 2014 #1

Unlike many in here, I think you ballyhoo Oct 2014 #2

Oh, IS is very real. It's not a sham or a front, it's really a thing Scootaloo Oct 2014 #3

No. It is a CIA confab, as has been written many ballyhoo Oct 2014 #5

So, Sir, You Are Seriously Maintaining The C.I.A. Directs I.S.I.L. The Magistrate Oct 2014 #8

evidence? I wish people like you with your CTs would provide actual evidence cali Oct 2014 #28

Why, so you can dispute that too with ballyhoo Oct 2014 #29

The US has been bombing near Baghdad since September 16. candelista Oct 2014 #4

It's just not working? Scootaloo Oct 2014 #6

+1. candelista Oct 2014 #22

This is not a surprise to anyone, including the President. This can't be done without ground troops. morningfog Oct 2014 #16

Yes. candelista Oct 2014 #23

Presidents do 180s all the time. christx30 Oct 2014 #27

Combat shoes with ankle protection (on the ground)? Elmer S. E. Dump Oct 2014 #34

time for big boy pants rtracey Oct 2014 #7

Not easy to pull off, let alone in one week flamingdem Oct 2014 #9

true rtracey Oct 2014 #10

I guess bush/Cheney shouldn't have done away with the Iraqi army in 2003? George II Oct 2014 #14

That was a Leninist idea. candelista Oct 2014 #25

Islamic State Reportedly on Baghdad's Outskirts After Week of Victories coldbeer Oct 2014 #11

The problem is that our President may end up sending a bunch of army folks amandabeech Oct 2014 #18

Numbers? SoapBox Oct 2014 #12

It's harder to makeup stuff when numbers are used. ballyhoo Oct 2014 #33

Hmmm... looks like we need Boots on the Ground� MannyGoldstein Oct 2014 #13

God bless our troops and God bless America. morningfog Oct 2014 #17

They've been "on the outskirts of Baghdad" all week. malthaussen Oct 2014 #15

^^^^^ I remember them on the outskirts of Baghdad months ago also. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #20

You're a better man than I am, Fred. malthaussen Oct 2014 #21

Actually AnalystInParadise Oct 2014 #26

Where they are matters less than the abiding fear kept alive by ballyhoo Oct 2014 #32

Time for an Iranian invasion of southern Iraq. roamer65 Oct 2014 #19

That may be part of the plan... ballyhoo Oct 2014 #30

Are we absolutely certain that Saddam is dead? Plucketeer Oct 2014 #24

Eww, that was good. We opened the worm can and ballyhoo Oct 2014 #31