Wasn't ISIS defeated 70 days ago?

[anatta]

Disbanding the Iraqi Army. More specifically, Bush's decision to disband the Iraqi Army.

Read up on it.

lol @ you telling me to read up on it.
That was the de-Baathification by Bush. you forgot the Awakening- that's when the army enjoyed relative popular support.

The Iraqi army was destroyed a 2nd time by al-Maliki's corruption, and his own stripping of the Sunni officer corps.

None of this has any real connection to Obama's inability to confront ISIS before it had those heavy weapons

[Darth Omar]

You guys shouldn't even be allowed to talk about foreign policy anymore after supporting the war.

And you guys shouldn't be allowed to make election predictions ever again lol.

[Cancel 2020.1]

And you guys shouldn't be allowed to make election predictions ever again lol.

Really milking that one for all it's worth.

I'm cool w/ that. It's literally all you have now.

[Getin the ring]

Really milking that one for all it's worth.

I'm cool w/ that. It's literally all you have now.

not true, we have a president, both house of congress and a majority conservative supreme court, baaaawwwaaaaa

thou whine to here thouself whine baaawaaaa

[Jarod]

not true, we have a president, both house of congress and a majority conservative supreme court, baaaawwwaaaaa

thou whine to here thouself whine baaawaaaa

And they cant get rid of Obamacare!

[Cancel 2020.1]

not true, we have a president, both house of congress and a majority conservative supreme court, baaaawwwaaaaa

thou whine to here thouself whine baaawaaaa

You sure you're not the one who is 12?

[PostmodernProphet]

Oh, really? No one who was eventually under the umbrella of what we now call ISIS even existed?

ohh clever.....is that how dumbfucks do it?.........there was no umbrella we now call ISIS before Obama so there is no answer to your dishonest question......

[Cancel 2020.1]

ohh clever.....is that how dumbfucks do it?.........there was no umbrella we know call ISIS so there is no answer to your dishonest question......

I really don't care what you say. You've proven for ages now that you have permanent blinders on. You'd make a great propagandist, because you really believe what you say.

[christiefan915]

what are you like 12?

probably in grade school during 9/11.
the entire country or a good 90% were for going into Iraq and verifying the mad man had no WMD's. mission accomplished, at great sacrifice, Obama has the blood of every soldier who gave their life and or limb in that war.
he abandoned their sacrifice. PERIOD.

No way was 90% or more of the country in favor of going into Iraq.

[PostmodernProphet]

I really don't care what you say. You've proven for ages now that you have permanent blinders on. You'd make a great propagandist, because you really believe what you say.

and you've demonstrated a typical liberal disregard for truth......

[midcan5]

A few years ago I read 'ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror' by Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan, the story is so complex you'd need a road map. The Bush Cheney invasion of Iraq was the major factor in the creation of ISIS or ISIL or Daesh or ??? Republicans fail to acknowledge that as they have found most Americans are too busy and their dog whistle BS blaming Pres Obama works with their base.

"The book describes how ISIS emerged in the chaos of Iraq following the 2003 U.S. invasion, how the group was strengthened by the suppression of the Arab Spring and by the war in Syria, and how ISIS seized leadership of the jihadist movement from Al Qaeda."

'ISIS: A History' by Fawaz A. Gerges

[anatta]

^ it is very complex. Der Spiegel did a piece on Haji Bakr, and the structure of ISIS ,, It's a slog of a read but informative
http://www.spiegel.de/international/...a-1029274.html.



for an easier understanding - WIKI has good enough profiles on the leadership of AQI and ISIS

[Phantasmal]

And they cant get rid of Obamacare!

It seems, they can't do much of anything worthwhile.

[Lightbringer]

ISIS is the group that took over where Al Queda left off. Its the same people, different leadership, different name.

You people are silly to not see that nothing has changed in that region in 1000 years. They did not gain or lose territory.

You are uninformed. ISIS did not take over for al-queda.

[Jarod]

You are uninformed. ISIS did not take over for al-queda.

A rose by any other name is still a rose.