State Department spokesperson: "We can’t stop ISIS by killing them, we need to give them jobs."
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Just trying to get you back on point. (That's a military term I'm sure you are not aware of.)2001400ex said:
As if you'd turn that down.HuskyInAZ said:
Must be tough sledding for you if that's a hot blonde bimbo.2001400ex said:The overreaction to what some hot blonde bimbo says on a lame news channel is great. Here is her actual quote in case you were wondering.
“We’re killing a lot of them, and we’re going to keep killing more of them. So are the Egyptians, so are the Jordanians — they’re in this fight with us,” Harf said. “But we cannot win this war by killing them. We cannot kill our way out of this war. We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it’s a lack of opportunity for jobs.”
“We’re not going to be able to stop that in our lifetime or 50 lifetimes,” Matthews interrupted. “There’s always going to be poor people. There’s always going to be poor Muslims, and as long as there are poor Muslims, the trumpet’s blowing and they’ll join. We can’t stop that, can we?”
In return, Harf suggested a soft power-like approach: “We can work with countries around the world to help improve their governance,” she said. “We can help them build their economies so they can have job opportunities for these people.” She conceded, however, that there is “no easy solution.”
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d2d said:AZDuck said:
SteveInShelton said:
Of course you read blogs with articles titled "How To Run Game In 2014", everything makes sense now.d2d said:
Top 5 Best Bars In Washington DC To Meet Women:PurpleThrobber said:
Pics of hot DC chicks or your whole post is a lie.CheersWestDawg said:
In DC, she's not a 6. She's a 4 tops. There's so much hot ass in DC it's stupid. That being said, I'd hate fuck her like no other since she's on the other side of the political fence from me. Maybe I'd put a picture of Jimmy Carter on the pillow while I entered her from behind. That way at least she'd be sopping wet.AZDuck said:ToddTurnerLIVES said:If you actually care to get the facts there is a good Frontline called "Losing Iraq" that goes into detail of exactly how we fucked up (spoiler: Partisan hacks won't be pleased as blame is cast on both Bush and Obama). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/losing-iraq/
If you don't care to watch that here is the synopsis: we vastly underestimated the amount of time, money & resources needed to rebuild Iraq after we bombed it to shit. After about a decade of failed attempts we actually started to get things headed in the right direction towards the end of the Bush presidency. We stopped the sectarian fighting by paying and training the minority tribes to become mercenaries for the central government(that group was called "The Sons of Iraq"). After a decade of trying to fight an underfunded and undermanned war we had found a solution that minimized US involvement but armed a bunch of fucking crazy ass tribesman which, if you remember the outcome of the Soviet War in Afghanistan, didn't end well for the US(Taliban, Osama Bin Laden, 9-11... you get it).
Then Obama came into office and was hell bent on getting out of Iraq despite what generals were telling him. We started pulling troops out and the majority Islamic faction, on queue, started committing religious genocide against the minority tribes. But this time they were armed with weapons that the US gave them as mercenaries for the central government. Same as the fucking Taliban in the 80s. So now you have ISIS which was the Sons of Iraq who were trained and armed by the US.
The notion of jobs being a solution is really saying "we actually need to build a nation state that is sustainable and inclusive to every faction inside Iraq." Jobs is a part of it. A seat at the politcal table for all religious factions is a part of it. The reality is that Iraq is a religious battleground and the prospects of all that happening is pretty fucking small. Which begs the question why were in there in the first place? Once boots were on the ground, why pussy-foot around and try to minimize our activity in the country? And once we have some shit working why pull out when we can pretty much guarantee the outcome is going to be shitty for both Iraq and the US?
6/10 would smash
returnofkings.com/40270/top-5-best-bars-in-washington-dc-to-meet-women-in-2014
Also, would smash girl in the pink dress.
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You taking Obama's penis is not news.AZDuck said:d2d said:AZDuck said:SteveInShelton said:
Of course you read blogs with articles titled "How To Run Game In 2014", everything makes sense now.d2d said:
Top 5 Best Bars In Washington DC To Meet Women:PurpleThrobber said:
Pics of hot DC chicks or your whole post is a lie.CheersWestDawg said:
In DC, she's not a 6. She's a 4 tops. There's so much hot ass in DC it's stupid. That being said, I'd hate fuck her like no other since she's on the other side of the political fence from me. Maybe I'd put a picture of Jimmy Carter on the pillow while I entered her from behind. That way at least she'd be sopping wet.AZDuck said:ToddTurnerLIVES said:If you actually care to get the facts there is a good Frontline called "Losing Iraq" that goes into detail of exactly how we fucked up (spoiler: Partisan hacks won't be pleased as blame is cast on both Bush and Obama). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/losing-iraq/
If you don't care to watch that here is the synopsis: we vastly underestimated the amount of time, money & resources needed to rebuild Iraq after we bombed it to shit. After about a decade of failed attempts we actually started to get things headed in the right direction towards the end of the Bush presidency. We stopped the sectarian fighting by paying and training the minority tribes to become mercenaries for the central government(that group was called "The Sons of Iraq"). After a decade of trying to fight an underfunded and undermanned war we had found a solution that minimized US involvement but armed a bunch of fucking crazy ass tribesman which, if you remember the outcome of the Soviet War in Afghanistan, didn't end well for the US(Taliban, Osama Bin Laden, 9-11... you get it).
Then Obama came into office and was hell bent on getting out of Iraq despite what generals were telling him. We started pulling troops out and the majority Islamic faction, on queue, started committing religious genocide against the minority tribes. But this time they were armed with weapons that the US gave them as mercenaries for the central government. Same as the fucking Taliban in the 80s. So now you have ISIS which was the Sons of Iraq who were trained and armed by the US.
The notion of jobs being a solution is really saying "we actually need to build a nation state that is sustainable and inclusive to every faction inside Iraq." Jobs is a part of it. A seat at the politcal table for all religious factions is a part of it. The reality is that Iraq is a religious battleground and the prospects of all that happening is pretty fucking small. Which begs the question why were in there in the first place? Once boots were on the ground, why pussy-foot around and try to minimize our activity in the country? And once we have some shit working why pull out when we can pretty much guarantee the outcome is going to be shitty for both Iraq and the US?
6/10 would smash
returnofkings.com/40270/top-5-best-bars-in-washington-dc-to-meet-women-in-2014
Also, would smash girl in the pink dress.https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hNxYLgUgO1Yhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mN3z3eSVG7A -
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