Re:Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out
by gspetr on Friday January 13, 2017 @12:29PM
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> Bin Laden is dead
A kindergartener, compared to who runs the show in Middle East now.
> we didn't start any new wars
Only to see the age old religious ones reignite - Sunni IS, supported by disenfranchised Iraqi Sunnis vs Shia Iraqi government. That is effectively not only a religious war but also a civil one - Top IS brass is ex-Saddam's military.
> the US left Iraq
Should have finished the phrase: "The US left Iraq in a much, much worse state than when it first came."
A kindergartener, compared to who runs the show in Middle East now.
> we didn't start any new wars
Only to see the age old religious ones reignite - Sunni IS, supported by disenfranchised Iraqi Sunnis vs Shia Iraqi government. That is effectively not only a religious war but also a civil one - Top IS brass is ex-Saddam's military.
> the US left Iraq
Should have finished the phrase: "The US left Iraq in a much, much worse state than when it first came."