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In reply to the discussion: Islamic State Overwhelms Iraqi Forces at Tikrit in Major Defeat [View all]Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)39. You should read up about these guys. They're barbaric and ambitious.
I'm not saying WE need to go to war against them, but I hope somebody does.
They're a traveling atrocity exhibition, too. Just off the top of my head:
--Mass execution of surrendered soldiers in Tikrit
--Mass killings in village outside Baghdad
--Public strangulation of young woman for dating guy of wrong sect
--Mass killings of surrendered Syrian oil field workers and soldiers
--Burning of churches and mosques in Mosul
--Forcing Mosul Christians to convert and pay tax, leave, or be killed
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Islamic State Overwhelms Iraqi Forces at Tikrit in Major Defeat [View all]
Comrade Grumpy
Jul 2014
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Just think, the reason Republicans said we stayed there for so long was to train these losers....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2014
#3
When we invaded Iraq was recovering from the loss of a generation of fighting age men....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2014
#21
Yes, he was such a threat to peace, right? Meanwhile, right next door in Syria.......
7962
Jul 2014
#23
Naw, the reason Iraq is failing is because our puppet aligned with Iran....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2014
#33
Yeah,...we need to pick a religious side and have them wipe out the others. That'll do it.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2014
#35
Yeah, and if there's one thing we hate even more it's the Judean People's Front....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2014
#41