Panetta, Eynon and a "30 Years War"
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:23 pmMIC is trying to lock in profits
f**k that
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Panetta, Eynon and a "30 Years War"
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Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:23 pmRe: Panetta, Eynon and a "30 Years War"
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:28 pmRe: Panetta, Eynon and a "30 Years War"
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:35 pmwe trained for years and equipped the iraqi army who apparently couldn't stop isis
why would syrian farmers be any better than trained professionals if we just gave them guns
why would syrian farmers be any better than trained professionals if we just gave them guns
Re: Panetta, Eynon and a "30 Years War"
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:39 pmwho said anything about giving them guns? isis were goat herders too, until we armed them
when are you guys going to learn
when are you guys going to learn
Re: Panetta, Eynon and a "30 Years War"
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:49 pmRe: Panetta, Eynon and a "30 Years War"
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:02 pmwe started arming muslim extremists in the eighties, they were literally goat herders before we decided to have them do our dirty work and gave them advanced weaponry to fight the soviets
if it weren't for our efforts to intervene in things that aren't any of our business they would still be using british enfields. some of the early mujahadeen were literally using muskets to fight the soviets lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA%E2%80% ... ontroversy
if it weren't for our efforts to intervene in things that aren't any of our business they would still be using british enfields. some of the early mujahadeen were literally using muskets to fight the soviets lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA%E2%80% ... ontroversy
Re: Panetta, Eynon and a "30 Years War"
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:27 pm"The CIA supported the mujahideen by spending the taxpayers' money, billions of dollars of it over the years, on buying arms, ammunition, and equipment."
Pakistani Brigadier Mohammad Yousaf, who ran the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Afghan operation between 1983 and 1987 to Peter Bergen
Holy War Inc. by Peter Bergen, New York: Free Press, c2001., p.66
Pakistani Brigadier Mohammad Yousaf, who ran the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Afghan operation between 1983 and 1987 to Peter Bergen
Holy War Inc. by Peter Bergen, New York: Free Press, c2001., p.66
Re: Panetta, Eynon and a "30 Years War"
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:29 pmhow is that not what i said?
Re: Panetta, Eynon and a "30 Years War"
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 11:02 pmThe smart solution is to cut and run. There is no point dumping what will be trillions into the ME for an uncertain result.
Re: Panetta, Eynon and a "30 Years War"
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 5:20 amYeah I saw Panetta on the Daily Show. Stewart asked him about keeping troops in Iraq, he said he would have kept a small amount of American troops there, he thought pulling them all out was a mistake by Obama.. Then Stewart him about the Security agreement the Iraqis refused to sign which meant we had to totally pull out. Panetta said he thought we had leverage to make them sign, specifically by withholding military assistance, and not selling them arms, etc..
So us leaving weakened Iraq( because he thought the Iraqi Army and security wasn't ready to be on it's own), but as 'leverage' we should have refused them military assistance? Which would have weakened Iraq more.. Sounds contradictory to me..
But he has a book to sell.
So us leaving weakened Iraq( because he thought the Iraqi Army and security wasn't ready to be on it's own), but as 'leverage' we should have refused them military assistance? Which would have weakened Iraq more.. Sounds contradictory to me..
But he has a book to sell.