Islamic State vs. The World (except Canada)

[Frodo]

I think America's preferred future place in international relations should be as this almighty Sky God that rains fire on those who goes against its will but never directly imposes itself on the situation.

Is this what you had in mind?

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I think America's preferred future place in international relations should be as this almighty Sky God that rains fire on those who goes against its will but never directly imposes itself on the situation.

There are already people in Nevada who come into work, fly a drone in Afghanistan, maybe kill a few Afghans, and then go home, detached from the war.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I think America's preferred future place in international relations should be as this almighty Sky God that rains fire on those who goes against its will but never directly imposes itself on the situation.

There are already people in Nevada who come into work, fly a drone in Afghanistan, maybe kill a few Afghans, and then go home, detached from the war.

Sounds like a good gig for Joe Republic.

[King]

I was thinking more like Zeus and us developing drones like in the movie Oblivion.

U.S. drones can be the Deus Ex Machina of world conflict.

[Mr. Morden]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but it looks like the US is now directly arming the Kurds:

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/us-sending-arms-to-kurds-in-iraq-109901.html?hp=l4

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[Lief 🗽]

Wonderful news! The Kurds are good, honest and forthright people. One of the few groups in that region who seem to have their sht together.

[Simfan34]

Wonderful news! The Kurds are good, honest and forthright people. One of the few groups in that region who seem to have their sht together.

I have never really heard anything to contradict this, but I am (perhaps as a result) skeptical of the "goodness" of the Kurds. Rarely have things ever turned out so clear-cut.

[dead0man]

Some good news out of ISIS....link-google

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[ingemann]

Wonderful news! The Kurds are good, honest and forthright people. One of the few groups in that region who seem to have their sht together.

I have never really heard anything to contradict this, but I am (perhaps as a result) skeptical of the "goodness" of the Kurds. Rarely have things ever turned out so clear-cut.

Of course the Kurds are not as nice, in fact if they lived in the west we would all despice them for being a bunch of illiberal fundamentalist hill billies, but because they live in the Middle East they stand head and shoulder above their neighbours.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

PKK are a downright awful bunch. Of course they arent part of the de facto Kurdish state in northern Iraq and are a minor factor all around. They're actually fighting ISIS too now, which is much better than what they normally do.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Well, at the very least the Kurds' habit of allowing women to carry and use AK-47's can be seen as a sign that they aren't relegating females to the sole role of faithful wives and childbearers.

Relative Freedom-fighters.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Well, at the very least the Kurds' habit of allowing women to carry and use AK-47's can be seen as a sign that they aren't relegating females to the sole role of faithful wives and childbearers.

Relative Freedom-fighters.

I've met an Iraq veteran about eight years ago who told me that he was attacked by a female insurent who pulled an assault rifle out hidden under he burqa. It has been a long time (he was my fourth grade teachers son) since that conversation happened, so I can't remember the exact details of course.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Well, at the very least the Kurds' habit of allowing women to carry and use AK-47's can be seen as a sign that they aren't relegating females to the sole role of faithful wives and childbearers.

Relative Freedom-fighters.

I've met an Iraq veteran about eight years ago who told me that he was attacked by a female insurent who pulled an assault rifle out hidden under he burqa. It has been a long time (he was my fourth grade teachers son) since that conversation happened, so I can't remember the exact details of course.

Female Peshmerga troops usually don't wear burqas though, but regular uniforms... which looks like this:

[Famous Mortimer]

Wonderful news! The Kurds are good, honest and forthright people. One of the few groups in that region who seem to have their sht together.

I have never really heard anything to contradict this, but I am (perhaps as a result) skeptical of the "goodness" of the Kurds. Rarely have things ever turned out so clear-cut.

Of course the Kurds are not as nice, in fact if they lived in the west we would all despice them for being a bunch of illiberal fundamentalist hill billies, but because they live in the Middle East they stand head and shoulder above their neighbours.

All the Kurds in Turkey voted for a presidential candidate who was pro-gay marriage.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Is everyone comfortable that Biden is doing about 90% of the phone diplomacy in Iraq?

[Simfan34]

Yes?

Wonderful news! The Kurds are good, honest and forthright people. One of the few groups in that region who seem to have their sht together.

I have never really heard anything to contradict this, but I am (perhaps as a result) skeptical of the "goodness" of the Kurds. Rarely have things ever turned out so clear-cut.

Of course the Kurds are not as nice, in fact if they lived in the west we would all despice them for being a bunch of illiberal fundamentalist hill billies, but because they live in the Middle East they stand head and shoulder above their neighbours.

All the Kurds in Turkey voted for a presidential candidate who was pro-gay marriage.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

So then.... is there a plan to where this all leads to?

[Middle-aged Europe]

Yes?

All the Kurds in Turkey voted for a presidential candidate who was pro-gay marriage.

This was probably reference to Selahattin Demirtaş who carried the Kurdish consituencies in the recent Turkish presidential election.

He was the presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish HDP. The party statutes of the HDP include a quota system by which 50% of all candidates on electoral lists have to be women and 10% have to be gay.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Well, at the very least the Kurds' habit of allowing women to carry and use AK-47's can be seen as a sign that they aren't relegating females to the sole role of faithful wives and childbearers.

Relative Freedom-fighters.

I've met an Iraq veteran about eight years ago who told me that he was attacked by a female insurent who pulled an assault rifle out hidden under he burqa. It has been a long time (he was my fourth grade teachers son) since that conversation happened, so I can't remember the exact details of course.

Female Peshmerga troops usually don't wear burqas though, but regular uniforms... which looks like this:

IIRC (and I may indeed be wrong, keep in mind this was a long time ago), his unit was attacked by Islamists. The female fighter was burqa clad. I don't know if ISIS allows females to join their ranks, but some of the other Islamist groups might.

[Frodo]

Maliki is pretty much done -and there likely will be no coup:

Maliki’s Bid to Keep Power in Iraq Seems to Collapse

By TIM ARANGO
AUG. 12, 2014

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[Mr. Morden]

Everyone is bombing ISIS:

link

[Antonio the Sixth]

Maliki is pretty much done -and there likely will be no coup:

Maliki’s Bid to Keep Power in Iraq Seems to Collapse

By TIM ARANGO
AUG. 12, 2014

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Thank Allah.

[Citizen (The) Doctor]

Everyone is bombing ISIS:

link

Lolol dat coalition.

[MalaspinaGold]

Brits and Americans planning mission to rescue Sinjar refugees

[H. Ross Peron]

Siege on Mt. Sinjar broken:http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/world/middleeast/iraq-yazidi-refugees.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LedeSumLargeMedia&module=a-lede-package-region&region=lede-package&WT.nav=lede-package&_r=0

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