October 12, 201510 yr I say we arm the Kurds. I am not a big fan of Turkey, they support ISIS....as does Saudi Arabia, so there is that too. Fly that one up the tentpole with Massie and see if he gives you the honest answer about why it will never happen.
October 12, 201510 yr True but they did cause the US to pull out before the job could be done and if the US was like Russia and we didn't care about innocent civilians, we could have been much more aggressive in eliminating the Taliban and Al Queda. . How much longer was needed to make a greater impact? The truth is that Afghanistan might have been in better shape if we had no redirected our efforts into toppling Sadaam in Iraq. We destabilized a country that had a devil we knew and stood next door to check Iran. So we are left with a mess in Iraq and an Afghanistan where we could never recapture the momentum of the early days of the war.
October 12, 201510 yr I agree with Hatz. Our war in Iraq destabilized Iraq and has empowered Iran. I'm not wishing Saddam was still in power, but Iraq did kind of keep Iran in check. I don't think Iraq can do that any more given their current state. From what I read Bush himself wasn't really interested in invading Iraq but was persuaded by some in his administration. Either way, it seems that choosing to remove Saddam actually caused as many problems as it solved.
October 12, 201510 yr Kurds. And arming them creates big problems for the US in Iraq and Turkey. The Kurdsish peshmerga aren't pushovers and have been holding their own, especially with US air power helping them. Beyond that they are concerned with protecting their land. Why would they move outside of it, namely into western Syria where the government forces are fighting?
October 13, 201510 yr The Kurdsish peshmerga aren't pushovers and have been holding their own, especially with US air power helping them. Beyond that they are concerned with protecting their land. Why would they move outside of it, namely into western Syria where the government forces are fighting? I'm not saying they would be encroaching anywhere. They would be under attack in the previously aforementioned scenario where Russia started committing troops to the conflict. Assad would love to have somebody take the Kurds out for him, as would pretty much everybody else in that area. Edited October 13, 201510 yr by Jim Schue
October 13, 201510 yr I dont understand why America and Russia cant work together to get rid of ISIS in Syria.
October 13, 201510 yr I dont understand why America and Russia cant work together to get rid of ISIS in Syria. I do. His last name is Putin.
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