Pat Robertson has a message for you Trump ball lickers
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For purposes of this discussion, I have stipulated with Hondo - although he keeps forgetting - that 95%+ of the world's muslims are not causing any trouble for anyone, and seem to be those peace-loving members of the Religion of Peace he defends and boasts about. We're talking about a relatively small, put potent fraction of the faith, numbering 5% or less here.oregonblitzkrieg said:
The problem is Islam, period. ISIS follows Islam to the letter. So does Saudi Arabia. HTH.2001400ex said:
Holy shit you do not get it. At. All. Yes ISIS is an issue. Turdfucker. Yes there are some whacked out Muslims. Yes there are whacked out Christians. There are whacked out atheists. The problem isn't the religion. It's the culture in those shitty areas. Or else Trump would have included Saudi Arabia, India, etc with high Muslim populations.TurdBuffer said:
So Radical Islamist Terrorism is not a problem, but Islamophobia or "Muslim Hysteria" is.2001400ex said:
You are searching for a solution to something that's not a problem.TurdBuffer said:
Hondo, I ask you to stick to the issue and stop jumping all over the map, and you respond by using a bigger map.2001400ex said:
I have said nothing about collateral damage. And you are so blinded by the Muslim hysteria that you can't even comprehend what I'm saying. And it has nothing to do with culture of the West being better, look at India. Not to mention our own crime rate is much higher than it should be.And Mexico's culture isn't much better than the middle East. I suppose Muslims are too blame there too?TurdBuffer said:
Nope. Don't hate all muslims, but you Libs love your hyperbole. Relax kid, you don't threaten anyone.2001400ex said:
@turdfucker I answered your question here. I'll your again slowly so you'll maybe understand. It's not the religion that's the issue. The issue is shitty cultures that the religion can be found in. Like Trump's Muslim ban, why was it only from 7 specific counties? You hate Muslims cause of rape and 9/11, but you are OK with Russia legalized beating of the wife and don't give a shit about Saudi Arabia.2001400ex said:
You seem obsessed. My comment was not in relation to you question, I didn't even see your question until now. It's shocking I know, but I don't read every post on here.TurdBuffer said:Still waiting, Hondo.
I know you're busy denying rapes by muslim refugees in Sweden right now, but it's not like I'm asking a difficult question here, especially for a bright light like yourself who has all the answers.
To answer your question, it's not about religion. Countries should take care of the shitty factions in the society. We are not that successful in the US either. Point is, your question is fucktarded.
We are bombing those countries and trying to take care of ISIS. There are 3 million Muslims living in America just fine. You are a scared snowflake if you think every Muslim is a murderer in hiding.
Once again, (for the 3rd or 4th time), the question I posed was why the 95% plus peace-loving muslims cannot eradicate the 5% or less radical muslims in their midst. You say it has nothing to do with the muslim religion. I say it has everything to do with their religion. What else binds them all in common interest stronger than that? What is the most important institution in those shitty countries and communities, Hondo? The Mosque. And you know it. It's not the police station, school or post office.
I'm glad we agree that bombing ISIS targets is legit, but all your after-the-fact bitching about collateral damage undermines your support for that, so you really are talking from both sides of your mouth on that. OK. No biggie. Nothing new here.
But you still haven't answered the question, Hondo. I'll take "shitty cultures" as an outright admission that the West is heads and tails better than those shitty muslim ones you cite in your argument. And while nobody holds you accountable for every asshole who stones his own daughter to death or cuts of the head of his neighbor, the cutesy "What about Russia(?)" bullshit is just tired, lazy, feeble, and not the issue. And you know it.
You clearly prefer to spew classic reactionary, distracting rhetoric instead of trying to answer the larger questions about solutions. In so doing, you mimic the problems of the Middle East and failed states in general, which is to bitch, complain, burn buildings and blow shit up, then wonder why their shitty cultures and countries can't progress from their third-world status.
You're great at spinning wheels and making smoke, Hondo. But really quite bad at proposing any solutions or explaining what you suggest would be a better solution to the Islamic Terrorism problem worldwide, however small you believe it is. It remains a potent threat so long as money flows to it's various causes and rival groups throughout the Arab world and Middle East, which means the US will continue to kill people in its efforts to control and diminish the threat, giving people like yourself a steady stream of news stories to bitch about and justify muslim terrorism with, with no end in sight. It's the failure of your type of thinking that keeps this problem alive and turns it into a simple numbers game of risk elimination. Reform is the only answer, not ignoring the problem until it lands on the US doorstep again. Been there, done that. Not gonna happen again.
HTH
Well, why didn't you say so?
Now that we've clarified that, you're free to fuck off and kill yourself, OBK. -
I'll say this again. America killed hundreds of thousands of people in the middle East over the last 15 years. From their point of view, in the name of God and Christianity.TurdBuffer said:
Ah, of course. Here you go with the canard of "Christians are just as bad as Muslims and do the same thing, so they're all equally as good or bad as each other, so it CAN'T be a religious problem." Right. Except for that inconvenient fact that one religious group is currently doing the bad shit today and constantly threatening more, while the other hasn't engaged in such slaughter in about 400 years. But we should view them and treat them as equal threats, to be fair, I suppose.2001400ex said:
Holy shit you do not get it. At. All. Yes ISIS is an issue. Turdfucker. Yes there are some whacked out Muslims. Yes there are whacked out Christians. There are whacked out atheists. The problem isn't the religion. It's the culture in those shitty areas. Or else Trump would have included Saudi Arabia, India, etc with high Muslim populations.TurdBuffer said:
So Radical Islamist Terrorism is not a problem, but Islamophobia or "Muslim Hysteria" is.2001400ex said:
You are searching for a solution to something that's not a problem.TurdBuffer said:
Hondo, I ask you to stick to the issue and stop jumping all over the map, and you respond by using a bigger map.2001400ex said:
I have said nothing about collateral damage. And you are so blinded by the Muslim hysteria that you can't even comprehend what I'm saying. And it has nothing to do with culture of the West being better, look at India. Not to mention our own crime rate is much higher than it should be.And Mexico's culture isn't much better than the middle East. I suppose Muslims are too blame there too?TurdBuffer said:
Nope. Don't hate all muslims, but you Libs love your hyperbole. Relax kid, you don't threaten anyone.2001400ex said:
@turdfucker I answered your question here. I'll your again slowly so you'll maybe understand. It's not the religion that's the issue. The issue is shitty cultures that the religion can be found in. Like Trump's Muslim ban, why was it only from 7 specific counties? You hate Muslims cause of rape and 9/11, but you are OK with Russia legalized beating of the wife and don't give a shit about Saudi Arabia.2001400ex said:
You seem obsessed. My comment was not in relation to you question, I didn't even see your question until now. It's shocking I know, but I don't read every post on here.TurdBuffer said:Still waiting, Hondo.
I know you're busy denying rapes by muslim refugees in Sweden right now, but it's not like I'm asking a difficult question here, especially for a bright light like yourself who has all the answers.
To answer your question, it's not about religion. Countries should take care of the shitty factions in the society. We are not that successful in the US either. Point is, your question is fucktarded.
We are bombing those countries and trying to take care of ISIS. There are 3 million Muslims living in America just fine. You are a scared snowflake if you think every Muslim is a murderer in hiding.
Once again, (for the 3rd or 4th time), the question I posed was why the 95% plus peace-loving muslims cannot eradicate the 5% or less radical muslims in their midst. You say it has nothing to do with the muslim religion. I say it has everything to do with their religion. What else binds them all in common interest stronger than that? What is the most important institution in those shitty countries and communities, Hondo? The Mosque. And you know it. It's not the police station, school or post office.
I'm glad we agree that bombing ISIS targets is legit, but all your after-the-fact bitching about collateral damage undermines your support for that, so you really are talking from both sides of your mouth on that. OK. No biggie. Nothing new here.
But you still haven't answered the question, Hondo. I'll take "shitty cultures" as an outright admission that the West is heads and tails better than those shitty muslim ones you cite in your argument. And while nobody holds you accountable for every asshole who stones his own daughter to death or cuts of the head of his neighbor, the cutesy "What about Russia(?)" bullshit is just tired, lazy, feeble, and not the issue. And you know it.
You clearly prefer to spew classic reactionary, distracting rhetoric instead of trying to answer the larger questions about solutions. In so doing, you mimic the problems of the Middle East and failed states in general, which is to bitch, complain, burn buildings and blow shit up, then wonder why their shitty cultures and countries can't progress from their third-world status.
You're great at spinning wheels and making smoke, Hondo. But really quite bad at proposing any solutions or explaining what you suggest would be a better solution to the Islamic Terrorism problem worldwide, however small you believe it is. It remains a potent threat so long as money flows to it's various causes and rival groups throughout the Arab world and Middle East, which means the US will continue to kill people in its efforts to control and diminish the threat, giving people like yourself a steady stream of news stories to bitch about and justify muslim terrorism with, with no end in sight. It's the failure of your type of thinking that keeps this problem alive and turns it into a simple numbers game of risk elimination. Reform is the only answer, not ignoring the problem until it lands on the US doorstep again. Been there, done that. Not gonna happen again.
HTH
Well, why didn't you say so?
Ever heard of Clear and Present danger? What is the current Christian equal of ISIS's threat?
Are you that fucktarded? -
I'm an American. I know many more. None of us have that point of view. Stop broad brushing you politically incorrect Nazi.2001400ex said:
I'll say this again. America killed hundreds of thousands of people in the middle East over the last 15 years. From their point of view, in the name of God and Christianity.TurdBuffer said:
Ah, of course. Here you go with the canard of "Christians are just as bad as Muslims and do the same thing, so they're all equally as good or bad as each other, so it CAN'T be a religious problem." Right. Except for that inconvenient fact that one religious group is currently doing the bad shit today and constantly threatening more, while the other hasn't engaged in such slaughter in about 400 years. But we should view them and treat them as equal threats, to be fair, I suppose.2001400ex said:
Holy shit you do not get it. At. All. Yes ISIS is an issue. Turdfucker. Yes there are some whacked out Muslims. Yes there are whacked out Christians. There are whacked out atheists. The problem isn't the religion. It's the culture in those shitty areas. Or else Trump would have included Saudi Arabia, India, etc with high Muslim populations.TurdBuffer said:
So Radical Islamist Terrorism is not a problem, but Islamophobia or "Muslim Hysteria" is.2001400ex said:
You are searching for a solution to something that's not a problem.TurdBuffer said:
Hondo, I ask you to stick to the issue and stop jumping all over the map, and you respond by using a bigger map.2001400ex said:
I have said nothing about collateral damage. And you are so blinded by the Muslim hysteria that you can't even comprehend what I'm saying. And it has nothing to do with culture of the West being better, look at India. Not to mention our own crime rate is much higher than it should be.And Mexico's culture isn't much better than the middle East. I suppose Muslims are too blame there too?TurdBuffer said:
Nope. Don't hate all muslims, but you Libs love your hyperbole. Relax kid, you don't threaten anyone.2001400ex said:
@turdfucker I answered your question here. I'll your again slowly so you'll maybe understand. It's not the religion that's the issue. The issue is shitty cultures that the religion can be found in. Like Trump's Muslim ban, why was it only from 7 specific counties? You hate Muslims cause of rape and 9/11, but you are OK with Russia legalized beating of the wife and don't give a shit about Saudi Arabia.2001400ex said:
You seem obsessed. My comment was not in relation to you question, I didn't even see your question until now. It's shocking I know, but I don't read every post on here.TurdBuffer said:Still waiting, Hondo.
I know you're busy denying rapes by muslim refugees in Sweden right now, but it's not like I'm asking a difficult question here, especially for a bright light like yourself who has all the answers.
To answer your question, it's not about religion. Countries should take care of the shitty factions in the society. We are not that successful in the US either. Point is, your question is fucktarded.
We are bombing those countries and trying to take care of ISIS. There are 3 million Muslims living in America just fine. You are a scared snowflake if you think every Muslim is a murderer in hiding.
Once again, (for the 3rd or 4th time), the question I posed was why the 95% plus peace-loving muslims cannot eradicate the 5% or less radical muslims in their midst. You say it has nothing to do with the muslim religion. I say it has everything to do with their religion. What else binds them all in common interest stronger than that? What is the most important institution in those shitty countries and communities, Hondo? The Mosque. And you know it. It's not the police station, school or post office.
I'm glad we agree that bombing ISIS targets is legit, but all your after-the-fact bitching about collateral damage undermines your support for that, so you really are talking from both sides of your mouth on that. OK. No biggie. Nothing new here.
But you still haven't answered the question, Hondo. I'll take "shitty cultures" as an outright admission that the West is heads and tails better than those shitty muslim ones you cite in your argument. And while nobody holds you accountable for every asshole who stones his own daughter to death or cuts of the head of his neighbor, the cutesy "What about Russia(?)" bullshit is just tired, lazy, feeble, and not the issue. And you know it.
You clearly prefer to spew classic reactionary, distracting rhetoric instead of trying to answer the larger questions about solutions. In so doing, you mimic the problems of the Middle East and failed states in general, which is to bitch, complain, burn buildings and blow shit up, then wonder why their shitty cultures and countries can't progress from their third-world status.
You're great at spinning wheels and making smoke, Hondo. But really quite bad at proposing any solutions or explaining what you suggest would be a better solution to the Islamic Terrorism problem worldwide, however small you believe it is. It remains a potent threat so long as money flows to it's various causes and rival groups throughout the Arab world and Middle East, which means the US will continue to kill people in its efforts to control and diminish the threat, giving people like yourself a steady stream of news stories to bitch about and justify muslim terrorism with, with no end in sight. It's the failure of your type of thinking that keeps this problem alive and turns it into a simple numbers game of risk elimination. Reform is the only answer, not ignoring the problem until it lands on the US doorstep again. Been there, done that. Not gonna happen again.
HTH
Well, why didn't you say so?
Ever heard of Clear and Present danger? What is the current Christian equal of ISIS's threat?
Are you that fucktarded? -
Graph #1
US & US partner caused deaths in Iraq 2003-2017 (by month)
Graph #2
Non-US caused deaths in Iraq 2003-2017 (by month)
Anticipated Hondo Reply: "Your source is IraqBodyCount.org?" -
Islam = Nazi Germany. Riyadh = new Berlin. Most "moderate" German households owned a copy of Mein Kampf during the Third Reich. All "moderate" moslems own a copy of the Koran, the Islamic version of Mein Kampf. "Moderate" Germans failed to overthrow the Reich. "Moderate" muslims are failing to overthrow Saudi Arabia, ISIS and Iran. That failure has started the process of all muslims being grouped together under the banner of Islam, radical and 'moderate' alike, as the problem. Clean up your own mess or we will clean it up for you by a method of our choosing.
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Holy. Fuck. You. Are. Dumb.TurdBuffer said:Graph #1
US & US partner caused deaths in Iraq 2003-2017 (by month)
Graph #2
Non-US caused deaths in Iraq 2003-2017 (by month)
Anticipated Hondo Reply: "Your source is IraqBodyCount.org?" -
Just like Muslims that aren't terrorists don't have the view that Muslims are killing Americans.TurdBuffer said:
I'm an American. I know many more. None of us have that point of view. Stop broad brushing you politically incorrect Nazi.2001400ex said:
I'll say this again. America killed hundreds of thousands of people in the middle East over the last 15 years. From their point of view, in the name of God and Christianity.TurdBuffer said:
Ah, of course. Here you go with the canard of "Christians are just as bad as Muslims and do the same thing, so they're all equally as good or bad as each other, so it CAN'T be a religious problem." Right. Except for that inconvenient fact that one religious group is currently doing the bad shit today and constantly threatening more, while the other hasn't engaged in such slaughter in about 400 years. But we should view them and treat them as equal threats, to be fair, I suppose.2001400ex said:
Holy shit you do not get it. At. All. Yes ISIS is an issue. Turdfucker. Yes there are some whacked out Muslims. Yes there are whacked out Christians. There are whacked out atheists. The problem isn't the religion. It's the culture in those shitty areas. Or else Trump would have included Saudi Arabia, India, etc with high Muslim populations.TurdBuffer said:
So Radical Islamist Terrorism is not a problem, but Islamophobia or "Muslim Hysteria" is.2001400ex said:
You are searching for a solution to something that's not a problem.TurdBuffer said:
Hondo, I ask you to stick to the issue and stop jumping all over the map, and you respond by using a bigger map.2001400ex said:
I have said nothing about collateral damage. And you are so blinded by the Muslim hysteria that you can't even comprehend what I'm saying. And it has nothing to do with culture of the West being better, look at India. Not to mention our own crime rate is much higher than it should be.And Mexico's culture isn't much better than the middle East. I suppose Muslims are too blame there too?TurdBuffer said:
Nope. Don't hate all muslims, but you Libs love your hyperbole. Relax kid, you don't threaten anyone.2001400ex said:
@turdfucker I answered your question here. I'll your again slowly so you'll maybe understand. It's not the religion that's the issue. The issue is shitty cultures that the religion can be found in. Like Trump's Muslim ban, why was it only from 7 specific counties? You hate Muslims cause of rape and 9/11, but you are OK with Russia legalized beating of the wife and don't give a shit about Saudi Arabia.2001400ex said:
You seem obsessed. My comment was not in relation to you question, I didn't even see your question until now. It's shocking I know, but I don't read every post on here.TurdBuffer said:Still waiting, Hondo.
I know you're busy denying rapes by muslim refugees in Sweden right now, but it's not like I'm asking a difficult question here, especially for a bright light like yourself who has all the answers.
To answer your question, it's not about religion. Countries should take care of the shitty factions in the society. We are not that successful in the US either. Point is, your question is fucktarded.
We are bombing those countries and trying to take care of ISIS. There are 3 million Muslims living in America just fine. You are a scared snowflake if you think every Muslim is a murderer in hiding.
Once again, (for the 3rd or 4th time), the question I posed was why the 95% plus peace-loving muslims cannot eradicate the 5% or less radical muslims in their midst. You say it has nothing to do with the muslim religion. I say it has everything to do with their religion. What else binds them all in common interest stronger than that? What is the most important institution in those shitty countries and communities, Hondo? The Mosque. And you know it. It's not the police station, school or post office.
I'm glad we agree that bombing ISIS targets is legit, but all your after-the-fact bitching about collateral damage undermines your support for that, so you really are talking from both sides of your mouth on that. OK. No biggie. Nothing new here.
But you still haven't answered the question, Hondo. I'll take "shitty cultures" as an outright admission that the West is heads and tails better than those shitty muslim ones you cite in your argument. And while nobody holds you accountable for every asshole who stones his own daughter to death or cuts of the head of his neighbor, the cutesy "What about Russia(?)" bullshit is just tired, lazy, feeble, and not the issue. And you know it.
You clearly prefer to spew classic reactionary, distracting rhetoric instead of trying to answer the larger questions about solutions. In so doing, you mimic the problems of the Middle East and failed states in general, which is to bitch, complain, burn buildings and blow shit up, then wonder why their shitty cultures and countries can't progress from their third-world status.
You're great at spinning wheels and making smoke, Hondo. But really quite bad at proposing any solutions or explaining what you suggest would be a better solution to the Islamic Terrorism problem worldwide, however small you believe it is. It remains a potent threat so long as money flows to it's various causes and rival groups throughout the Arab world and Middle East, which means the US will continue to kill people in its efforts to control and diminish the threat, giving people like yourself a steady stream of news stories to bitch about and justify muslim terrorism with, with no end in sight. It's the failure of your type of thinking that keeps this problem alive and turns it into a simple numbers game of risk elimination. Reform is the only answer, not ignoring the problem until it lands on the US doorstep again. Been there, done that. Not gonna happen again.
HTH
Well, why didn't you say so?
Ever heard of Clear and Present danger? What is the current Christian equal of ISIS's threat?
Are you that fucktarded? -
Hondo: You're almost Sybil-like in your logic.2001400ex said:
Just like Muslims that aren't terrorists don't have the view that Muslims are killing Americans.TurdBuffer said:
I'm an American. I know many more. None of us have that point of view. Stop broad brushing you politically incorrect Nazi.2001400ex said:
I'll say this again. America killed hundreds of thousands of people in the middle East over the last 15 years. From their point of view, in the name of God and Christianity.TurdBuffer said:
Ah, of course. Here you go with the canard of "Christians are just as bad as Muslims and do the same thing, so they're all equally as good or bad as each other, so it CAN'T be a religious problem." Right. Except for that inconvenient fact that one religious group is currently doing the bad shit today and constantly threatening more, while the other hasn't engaged in such slaughter in about 400 years. But we should view them and treat them as equal threats, to be fair, I suppose.2001400ex said:
Holy shit you do not get it. At. All. Yes ISIS is an issue. Turdfucker. Yes there are some whacked out Muslims. Yes there are whacked out Christians. There are whacked out atheists. The problem isn't the religion. It's the culture in those shitty areas. Or else Trump would have included Saudi Arabia, India, etc with high Muslim populations.TurdBuffer said:
So Radical Islamist Terrorism is not a problem, but Islamophobia or "Muslim Hysteria" is.2001400ex said:
You are searching for a solution to something that's not a problem.TurdBuffer said:
Hondo, I ask you to stick to the issue and stop jumping all over the map, and you respond by using a bigger map.2001400ex said:
I have said nothing about collateral damage. And you are so blinded by the Muslim hysteria that you can't even comprehend what I'm saying. And it has nothing to do with culture of the West being better, look at India. Not to mention our own crime rate is much higher than it should be.And Mexico's culture isn't much better than the middle East. I suppose Muslims are too blame there too?TurdBuffer said:
Nope. Don't hate all muslims, but you Libs love your hyperbole. Relax kid, you don't threaten anyone.2001400ex said:
@turdfucker I answered your question here. I'll your again slowly so you'll maybe understand. It's not the religion that's the issue. The issue is shitty cultures that the religion can be found in. Like Trump's Muslim ban, why was it only from 7 specific counties? You hate Muslims cause of rape and 9/11, but you are OK with Russia legalized beating of the wife and don't give a shit about Saudi Arabia.2001400ex said:
You seem obsessed. My comment was not in relation to you question, I didn't even see your question until now. It's shocking I know, but I don't read every post on here.TurdBuffer said:Still waiting, Hondo.
I know you're busy denying rapes by muslim refugees in Sweden right now, but it's not like I'm asking a difficult question here, especially for a bright light like yourself who has all the answers.
To answer your question, it's not about religion. Countries should take care of the shitty factions in the society. We are not that successful in the US either. Point is, your question is fucktarded.
We are bombing those countries and trying to take care of ISIS. There are 3 million Muslims living in America just fine. You are a scared snowflake if you think every Muslim is a murderer in hiding.
Once again, (for the 3rd or 4th time), the question I posed was why the 95% plus peace-loving muslims cannot eradicate the 5% or less radical muslims in their midst. You say it has nothing to do with the muslim religion. I say it has everything to do with their religion. What else binds them all in common interest stronger than that? What is the most important institution in those shitty countries and communities, Hondo? The Mosque. And you know it. It's not the police station, school or post office.
I'm glad we agree that bombing ISIS targets is legit, but all your after-the-fact bitching about collateral damage undermines your support for that, so you really are talking from both sides of your mouth on that. OK. No biggie. Nothing new here.
But you still haven't answered the question, Hondo. I'll take "shitty cultures" as an outright admission that the West is heads and tails better than those shitty muslim ones you cite in your argument. And while nobody holds you accountable for every asshole who stones his own daughter to death or cuts of the head of his neighbor, the cutesy "What about Russia(?)" bullshit is just tired, lazy, feeble, and not the issue. And you know it.
You clearly prefer to spew classic reactionary, distracting rhetoric instead of trying to answer the larger questions about solutions. In so doing, you mimic the problems of the Middle East and failed states in general, which is to bitch, complain, burn buildings and blow shit up, then wonder why their shitty cultures and countries can't progress from their third-world status.
You're great at spinning wheels and making smoke, Hondo. But really quite bad at proposing any solutions or explaining what you suggest would be a better solution to the Islamic Terrorism problem worldwide, however small you believe it is. It remains a potent threat so long as money flows to it's various causes and rival groups throughout the Arab world and Middle East, which means the US will continue to kill people in its efforts to control and diminish the threat, giving people like yourself a steady stream of news stories to bitch about and justify muslim terrorism with, with no end in sight. It's the failure of your type of thinking that keeps this problem alive and turns it into a simple numbers game of risk elimination. Reform is the only answer, not ignoring the problem until it lands on the US doorstep again. Been there, done that. Not gonna happen again.
HTH
Well, why didn't you say so?
Ever heard of Clear and Present danger? What is the current Christian equal of ISIS's threat?
Are you that fucktarded? -
I could be dead. The graphs still win the argument.2001400ex said:
Holy. Fuck. You. Are. Dumb.TurdBuffer said:Graph #1
US & US partner caused deaths in Iraq 2003-2017 (by month)
Graph #2
Non-US caused deaths in Iraq 2003-2017 (by month)
Anticipated Hondo Reply: "Your source is IraqBodyCount.org?" -
Imma give you folks a couple clues, if y'all give a fuck.
The country known as Syria used to comprise all of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and the northern hunk of the country now known as Iraq.
Mesopotamia (Iraq) is the only Arab-majority Shiite country, except for Kuwait, Bahrain, and the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia (where most of their oil is).
Persia (Iran) tried democracy and was doing OK with it until Mossadegh nationalized the Anglo-American Oil Company.
The Hashemite royal family of Jordan used to be the hereditary sharifs (guardians) of Mecca and Medina, the two holiest shrines of Islam.
Two guys named Sykes and Picot sat down at a table once and pissed off T.E. Lawrence.
Secular nationalist Gamel Abdul Nasser wanted to control the Suez Canal that ran through his country. He got invaded by Israel and bombed by France and England for his trouble. To his eternal credit, Dwight Eisenhower told his allies to fuck off and give the Egyptians their country back. In return, Egypt was the first Arab country to try and make nice with Israel in the 1970's.
We formed and trained what would later be known as the Taliban in order to get the Russians stuck in a quagmire as part of Cold War geopolitics. The Russians were the real dicks for invading, but it doesn't look like we learned much from their example.



