Airstrikes hit ISIS in Iraq as Obama condemns journalist's murder

[Bobcat1]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/20/world/meast/isis-james-foley/index.html?hpt=us_c2

[stevenash]

I wonder if Mr. Obama still stands by his June statement that the world is more tranquil and peaceful than it has ever been. I also wonder if he still believes that telling the rest of the world that the U.S. had, in the past, been dismissive and arrogant ( aka the apology tour)was productive.

[PAMFAM10]

Nash you need help and you don't even realize it.

[stevenash]

Why do I need help? Are you saying that the PResident did not make the statements that I just listed?

[baddog]

After the beheading of Foley, we will see if Obama has any resolve. Before Big Girl can sabotage this thread with her Bush comparison (Obama can never stand on his own), I KNOW what Bush would do.

[TROJANSWIN]

I just can't believe the stupid things that repeatedly are being said by the top Democrats lately. Between Biden, Pelosi, Reed, Hillary, and Obama, it seems like every time they go on television and make a statement it is politically stupid and comes back to bite them in the butt. The Republicans are worthless, but at least they seem to run their statements by someone with a brain before they make the comment. The Democrats need to fire some speech writers and advisors!

[thetragichippy]

Obama is in a pickle......

 

His no war policies and holding hands with everyone is not working. I think he is finally  figuring out that  this is not college, a couple beers and a joint are not the answer....

 

next 6 months are going to play a huge part in his legacy 

[5GallonBucket]

the next 6 months????

 

his legacy is already been determined.

[westend1]

Everybody with any sense of history knew how this Iraqi experiment was going to  turn out.

[NorthoftheBorder]

Everybody with any sense of history knew how this Iraqi experiment was going to  turn out.

It would take at least 40 years of occupation with a "re-education" of the population to actually affect permanant change!!!

[baddog]

How about we nuke the entire area and be done with it? Plenty of civilian casualties and lots of collateral damage, but such is war. (sarcasm)

Isis needs to be obliterated. Anyone who would behead a child and mount it on a pole is an animal. All they understand is death so I say we oblige them.

[baddog]

Any ISIS sympathizers out there? Come by my house and I will give you a donation. Might not be the type of donation you were expecting, but it is the thought that counts.

[new tobie]

After the beheading of Foley, we will see if Obama has any resolve. Before Big Girl can sabotage this thread with her Bush comparison (Obama can never stand on his own), I KNOW what Bush would do.

He would do whatever Cheney told him

[thetragichippy]

He would do whatever Cheney told him

 

Whatever.......

 

How do you think Obama would handle 911?

 

Do you even know all the safeguards Bush put in place to keep you safe?

 

He was not perfect by any stretch of the imagination.....but he truly loved his country and did everything he could to protect it.  

[baddog]

He would do whatever Cheney told him

What an idiotic response. Makes absolutely no sense. It's just a hater's remark, or a sympathizer's. Hopefully not the latter.

Bush would go after these animals. It would resemble the Iraqis leaving Kuwait. Remember that highway strewn with military vehicles? I loved every picture of that event. Thoroughly loved it. There are several breeds of dogs that I rank higher than those terrorists. I lose no sleep over their demise or seeing them blown to smithereens.

Bush would definitely ruin their day. Let's see if Obama can make me happy and do the same.

[new tobie]

It would take at least 40 years of occupation with a "re-education" of the population to actually affect permanant change!!!

Thats exactly what it took in the United States, years of education on treating people as equals

[new tobie]

What an idiotic response. Makes absolutely no sense. It's just a hater's remark, or a sympathizer's. Hopefully not the latter.

Bush would go after these animals. It would resemble the Iraqis leaving Kuwait. Remember that highway strewn with military vehicles? I loved every picture of that event. Thoroughly loved it. There are several breeds of dogs that I rank higher than those terrorists. I lose no sleep over their demise or seeing them blown to smithereens.

Bush would definitely ruin their day. Let's see if Obama can make me happy and do the same.

 

 

What an idiotic response. Makes absolutely no sense. It's just a hater's remark, or a sympathizer's. Hopefully not the latter.

Bush would go after these animals. It would resemble the Iraqis leaving Kuwait. Remember that highway strewn with military vehicles? I loved every picture of that event. Thoroughly loved it. There are several breeds of dogs that I rank higher than those terrorists. I lose no sleep over their demise or seeing them blown to smithereens.

Bush would definitely ruin their day. Let's see if Obama can make me happy and do the same.

Halliburton made 17.2 billion dollars from 2003 to 2006 Iraq and Afgan wars alone. What prominent political figure had close ties with Halliburton? Follow the freakin money!

[stevenash]

Thats exactly what it took in the United States, years of education on treating people as equals

Newtobie- Glad to hear you acknowledge that all people in this country are treated fairly

[stevenash]

Halliburton made 17.2 billion dollars from 2003 to 2006 Iraq and Afgan wars alone. What prominent political figure had close ties with Halliburton? Follow the freakin money!

Halliburton made 17.2 billion dollars from 2003 to 2006 Iraq and Afgan wars alone. What prominent political figure had close ties with Halliburton? Follow the freakin money!

Ladybird Johnson

[baddog]

Ladybird Johnson

Ladybird Johnson

That would be Brown and Root. Why else did Johnson not bomb North Vietnam into oblivion?....and he was a Communist, I mean Democrat.

Halliburton's profits were a by-product of war, not the reason it was fought. Huge difference. There are lots of companies that profit from war. You really need to come up with a better response. Yours is kinda lame.