Now this is a small bonfire of one so far. I'm sure it will grow.
The link:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026397480The OP:
99th_Monkey (11,207 posts)
Obama Says ISIS was Caused by Our 2003 Invasion, "Which is why America should aim before it shoots."
Barack Obama places the blame for the swift rise of Isis at George W. Bush's feet by suggesting its growth was an unintended consequence of... the US invasion of Iraq. The US President made the comments as he spoke with Vice News about a number of issues currently affecting America.
Isis began its rapid and bloody advance across Iraq last year, taking over swathes of the country and territories in Syria, later declaring a ‘caliphate’ across areas under its control. The extremist group has committed a number of atrocities in these areas, including mass beheadings, public executions and the kidnapping of women from minority groups who were sold into sexual slavery.
Mr Obama said: "Two things: one is, Isis is a direct outgrowth of al-Qaeda in Iraq that grew out of our invasion. Which is an example of unintended consequences. Which is why we should generally aim before we shoot." - See more at:
See source article + a VIDEO HERE: http://upriser.com/posts/obama-isis-unintended-consequence-of-invading-iraq-which-is-why-we-should-aim-before-we-shoot#sthash.kerShLDr.dpuf
So dummie... who has been president for the LAST 6 FREAKING YEARS?!?!? Who turned tail and ran? Al Queada in Iraq was defeated when Bush left office. It wasn't until obumbles turned tail and ran that ISIS came about.
I swear the dumbass fool in the white house would blame a missed putt on Bush.
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Edited to add some comments:
Electric Monk (11,623 posts)
4. Well, duh? Thanks for actually admitting it. Now can we put Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld on trial?
Many on the left predicted something like it before their war for profit even started.
No you cannot, dummie. They committed no crime. I know that just pisses you off and that makes me happy!! I hope it pisses you off so much that you have a heart attack and die.
JEB (3,065 posts)
10. That is exactly correct.
Frog march the war criminals to their day of reckoning. Immediate reparations from the war profiteers. Let the world know that a small part of the soul of this country is still alive.
Give obumbles another two years and the soul of this country, freedom, will be dead.
Scootaloo (16,332 posts)
14. Don't get sanctimonious n/t
OUCH!!!!
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WDIM (494 posts)
8. The war Hillary voted for.
I doubt it.
Dummies still in denial about history.
George II (5,902 posts)
11. The man never ceases to amaze me. I wish I could be around 50 years from now...
....when he's declared the greatest President we ever had.
BWAHAHAHA!!!! Obumbles will be declared an absolute disaster when the cold, hard gaze of history looks at his presidency.
Triana (20,541 posts)
13. He's absolutely right. Seems I read elsewhere that ISIS began
coordinating itself while many of it's base and current leaders were still in American-run Iraq prisons. There were several prison breaks during that time. And then based on an agreement GEORGE W. BUSH made with the Iraqi government in 2006 or so, the Iraqi prisons were turned over to the Iraqi government when the US withdrew. The Iraqi government then turned around and RELEASED the current leader of ISIS from said prisons.
RWNJs grouse that Obama had us leaving Iraq "too soon". HE. DID. NOT.
President Obama followed the SAME WITHDRAWAL TIMELINE that Bush's military advisers (many of whom remained after Obama was elected) recommended.
The truth is as the President says: ISIS formed as an outgrowth of Al Queda, which was NOT largely in Iraq until we invaded and occupied the place and while they were concentrated there afterwards, primarily in the prisons there, ISIS was formed.
The leader of ISIS himself said so: http://rt.com/news/213843-isis-creation-prison-iraq/
So ISIS is Bush's fault and they just waited until obumbles was in office before attacking?
That is the funniest thing I ever heard of!!!!
OK dummie, I'll play. Let's say you are correct for the moment and ISIS started under Bush. Funny how ISIS never started attacking when Bush was in office. Wonder why? Maybe cause they knew they would get their asses shot off? Either way you LOSE dummie!!!!
MisterP (15,832 posts)
17. I dunno, I remember a certain administration that thought it was ever so clever in using
ultra-Salafists to overthrow a few dictators--Qaddaf-someting and Assad-whatever in 201
I wonder how that went
Not too good!!!!
eridani (43,947 posts)
20. I'd like it if the US would back off on being an imperial power--
--but if we can't have that, "Don't do stupid shit" is the next best thing.
Apparently one of the bestest, smartest folks on the internet doesn't know what an imperial power, or imperialism means. Here dummie, I'll help:
Imperial Power: im·pe·ri·al·ism (Äm-pîr′ē-É™-lÄz′əm) n. 1. The extension of a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations.
Doesn't sound like the USA to me. Sounds more like Russia or China.
Savannahmann (3,769 posts)
21. Does that mean we're going to cut back on Drone Strikes?
Because in Yemen alone, we conducted twenty drone strikes last year, and we're on track to conduct that many more this year.
http://securitydata.newamerica.net/drones/yemen/analysis.html
I think we cut and run in Yemen.
That is it for now.
