Who Will Obama Blame If Baghdad Falls? Isis Closing In On Baghdad.

[tinydancer]

Looks like they are going to take key town on the edge of the Turkish border as well.

ISIS edging closer to Baghdad despite U.S.-led bombing campaign

"For almost two months now, Tomahawk missiles and F22 Raptor jet fighters have bombarded the bases, strategic assets and front-line positions of ISIS.

But the group’s encroachment on Baghdad is steadily progressing and it is also close to seizing a key Kurdish town on the Syria-Turkey border.

In Iraq, ISIS gunmen were reported to be only 10 kilometres from some points of the capital Baghdad and were holding their ground at a front line on the major northern highway to Fallujah. In Syria, its fighters were closing in on Kobani on the Turkish border."

ISIS edging closer to Baghdad despite U.S.-led bombing campaign National Post

 

[Old Rocks]

Well, I suppose you supporters of ISIS and Putin will be cheering.

 

[Clementine]

Either they aren't bombing the best targets, there are way more ISIS members than they claimed or this JV terrorist group are really pros. Or all of the above. Wasn't the rule that Obama had to personally approve of all targets?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

'Blaming' the president for ISIS is as moronic as 'blaming' an oncologist when his patient, a life-long smoker, dies of lung cancer.


Iraq is GWB's failed war, he will forever be solely responsible for ISIS and what occurs in Iraq regardless the current administration.

 

[Zander]

BUSH!!!! BOOOSH!!!!

 

[tinydancer]

'Blaming' the president for ISIS is as moronic as 'blaming' an oncologist when his patient, a life-long smoker, dies of lung cancer.


Iraq is GWB's failed war, he will forever be solely responsible for ISIS and what occurs in Iraq regardless the current administration.

Do tell. How did GWB destabilize Syria and create a vacuum for Baghdadi to bring his team to such dizzying heights of power and wealth seizing great swathes of Syria before invading Iraq?

You do understand that ISIS INVADED Iraq don't you? They "became" the powerhouse rock stars of jihad in Syria.

Please. I'm all ears to hear how GW backed paid mercenaries to overthrow Assad and destabilized Syria so that ISIS could become.

 

[Vigilante]

Obuma's Fault UPDATE....

Isis now 'just one mile from Baghdad' as al-Qaeda joins militants' fight against West

Daily Star ^
Isis fighters are reportedly just one mile away from Baghdad as reports emerge of al-Qaeda militants bolstering their ranks in Syria. According to the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, Isis was approaching the Iraqi capital on Monday morning, report The Independent. "The Islamic State are now less than 2km away from entering Baghdad," a spokesperson said. "They said it could never happen and now it almost has. Obama says he overestimated what the Iraqi Army could do. Well you only need to be here a very short while to know they can do very very little."...

 

[Physics Hunter]

So many people to blame, so little time between golf and fundraising...

 

[tinydancer]

Obuma's Fault UPDATE....

Isis now 'just one mile from Baghdad' as al-Qaeda joins militants' fight against West

Daily Star ^
Isis fighters are reportedly just one mile away from Baghdad as reports emerge of al-Qaeda militants bolstering their ranks in Syria. According to the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, Isis was approaching the Iraqi capital on Monday morning, report The Independent. "The Islamic State are now less than 2km away from entering Baghdad," a spokesperson said. "They said it could never happen and now it almost has. Obama says he overestimated what the Iraqi Army could do. Well you only need to be here a very short while to know they can do very very little."...

al Nusra is negotiating with ISIS. Yikes.

 

[S.J.]

He's walking that fine line. Pretends to be at war with ISIS but won't call it a war (doesn't wanna piss 'em off), goes through the charade of being committed to fighting the terrorists but is barely going through the motions, sends his sycophants out to blame Bush for the situation. The goal is to make it through the 2014 election, then we'll see his REAL strategy for fighting ISIS.....NONE, because he really doesn't want to fight them, he would rather HELP them.

 

[The Rabbi]

'Blaming' the president for ISIS is as moronic as 'blaming' an oncologist when his patient, a life-long smoker, dies of lung cancer.


Iraq is GWB's failed war, he will forever be solely responsible for ISIS and what occurs in Iraq regardless the current administration.

THe Iraq War ended. Obama ended the war. He said so about a dozen times. Until it became an issue and he claimed no responsibility for it.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The problem is most on the partisan right lack the courage and honesty to blame the one person solely responsible: GWB.

 

[The Rabbi]

The problem is most on the partisan right lack the courage and honesty to blame the one person solely responsible: GWB.

Newsflash: Bush has not been president since 2009.
Obama has had 6 years to do something about Iraq, other than take credit for others' work. Instead he has golfed and attended fundraisers.
When will Democrats admit Obama is a gross failure? When?

 

[Bush92]

When your a Muslim you balk at bombing other Muslims.

 

[BluesLegend]

'Blaming' the president for ISIS is as moronic as 'blaming' an oncologist when his patient, a life-long smoker, dies of lung cancer.


Iraq is GWB's failed war, he will forever be solely responsible for ISIS and what occurs in Iraq regardless the current administration.

Ahahaha you are discombobulated, so blaming Obama is moronic yet then in the same post you blame Bush lol. The left is unhinged.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Baghdad isn't Birmingham, not Boise......a world away from Boston.

 

[Claudette]

The problem is most on the partisan right lack the courage and honesty to blame the one person solely responsible: GWB.

What a load of horseshit.

Bush hasn't been POTUS for six years.

Barry pulled out troops out of Iraq and declared that war over.

We left Iraq with an army of its own, politicians of its own and the ability to make their country anything they wanted to.

They failed. ISIS waltzed in and the Iraqi army folded.

If your gonna spout horseshit then make it honest horse shit.

 

[edthecynic]

Who Will Obama Blame If Baghdad Falls? Isis Closing In On Baghdad.

Bush's "training" of the Iraqi security forces is solely to blame and then lying about their readiness.

Defense.gov News Article Petraeus Touts Enormous Progress Fielding Iraqi Forces

Petraeus Touts 'Enormous Progress' Fielding Iraqi Forces
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2005 – The chief of the coalition command charged with training Iraqi security forces said "enormous progress" has been made in the effort.

Army Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, who commands Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq, told National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" that more than 105 police and army combat battalions are "in the fight."

This breaks down to more than 93,800 members of the Iraqi police and 77,700 Iraqi service members. The total number of forces "trained and equipped" is 171,500. This time last year, only one battalion was trained and equipped well enough to assist coalition forces, Pentagon officials said. ...

 

[zeke]

The problem is most on the partisan right lack the courage and honesty to blame the one person solely responsible: GWB.

Newsflash: Bush has not been president since 2009.
Obama has had 6 years to do something about Iraq, other than take credit for others' work. Instead he has golfed and attended fundraisers.
When will Democrats admit Obama is a gross failure? When?

News flash you stupid fucking rabbit. In two years Obama will be gone. There will be other Presidents.
But the Iraq War and George Bush will forever be linked together. No matter how many fucking times assholes like you want to blame Obama, Iraq is Bush's war. Forever and ever.

Own it (Iraq) be proud of it. You were so glad when Bush invaded. Remember that good feeling you had when you found out Bush was gonna invade Iraq and show the world what a bad ass he was? Get that good feeling back.
Obama is gonna do something almost as stupid. But he still won't "own" the war in Iraq like Bush does.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Looks like they are going to take key town on the edge of the Turkish border as well.

ISIS edging closer to Baghdad despite U.S.-led bombing campaign

"For almost two months now, Tomahawk missiles and F22 Raptor jet fighters have bombarded the bases, strategic assets and front-line positions of ISIS.

But the group’s encroachment on Baghdad is steadily progressing and it is also close to seizing a key Kurdish town on the Syria-Turkey border.

In Iraq, ISIS gunmen were reported to be only 10 kilometres from some points of the capital Baghdad and were holding their ground at a front line on the major northern highway to Fallujah. In Syria, its fighters were closing in on Kobani on the Turkish border."

ISIS edging closer to Baghdad despite U.S.-led bombing campaign National Post

so much for containing them with airstrikes

Islamic State fighters seized two towns in western Iraq, after besieging hundreds of soldiers, according to a regional official.

The militant group has captured Albu Etha and al-Hamdhiya, Faleh al-Issawi, deputy head of Anbar provincial council, said by phone today. He said some Iraqi troops were killed and others deserted their posts, without giving details.

Earlier the head of the Anbar council, Sabah Karhout, had said that at least two battalions of the Iraqi army, or 260 men, were trapped near Albu Etha, and that efforts were being made to send reinforcements and enable them to break the siege.

The clashes are taking place in a region where U.S.-led airstrikes are seeking to roll back the insurgents’ advance.

Islamic State Overruns Iraq Army to Seize Towns Official Says - Bloomberg