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RoyGBiv wrote:Not having a good grasp of the history or the geopolitical ramifications (not sure anyone can make any good predictions on the geopolitical side), the only side I can root for here is peace. It all seems so horribly, tragically, avoidable.

That's because it is... easily, even. All that has to happen is for two groups who hate each other with a passion that burns brighter than 1,000 suns to suddenly realize they actually have a fair bit in common and really should be friends. It'd probably happen over the weekend, if they were allowed to have a beer while watching the game.



I'm not sure if I'm joking.

On a lighter note... Am I the only one who keeps thinking ISIS refers to ISIS?

AndyC wrote:

baldeagle wrote:The US should be ashamed of itself. They hired the contractors. It was their responsibility to get them out.

The US gov't will do whatever saves the careers of those in US gov't, not the lives of the boys and girls on the ground; that's the reality. We knew that perfectly well going in so we had our own evac plans - and if those didn't work out, we aimed to take as many with us to Valhalla as we could.

All the same...

baldeagle wrote:If I was a contractor, I would never work for the US again.

Cedar Park Dad wrote:

mamabearCali wrote:

Cedar Park Dad wrote:Of course, he could just say "I didn't make the mess. I'm just trying to clean it up."

Then I think we need a better maid service if this is what he calls "cleaning up".

He followed Bush's timetable. Afghanistan is more his baby, but Iraq? hardly. Its up to the Iraqis to fix their own problems. Sorry but we've been out of there for three years gone now.

I think the primary objection is to not trying to rescue our DoD contractors from ISIS, rather than any timeline issues.