Obama authorizes 1,500 more troops for Iraq

[srican69]

Source: Washington Post

President Barack Obama is authorizing the U.S. military to deploy up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq as part of the mission to combat the Islamic State group.

Obama is also asking Congress for more than $5 billion to help fund the fight.

The White House says the troops won’t serve in a combat role, but will train, advise and assist Iraqi military and Kurdish forces fighting IS.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/obama-authorizes-1500-more-troops-for-iraq/2014/11/07/cdc23b38-66b9-11e4-ab86-46000e1d0035_story.html?hpid=z1

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I think Obama is losing it

[nichomachus]

1. Deja Vu all over again

Reminds me of the early '60s - that ended well.

[srican69]

3. Infact I think he has lost it.

Why can't he say - Fuck the Iraqi's -they can deal with it themselves.

My town voted down full day kindergarden last week because we dont have money for it.. Kids go for 2 hours a day and we can't make it 9 to 3:30 .. but Hey we need to spend another 5 Bil in Iraq NOW.

[mazzarro]

11. This is back to the Shrub years - n/t

[global1]

2. Will Their Boots Touch The Ground?.....(sarcasm) nt

[zeemike]

37. Perhaps they no longer wear boots.

Because I remember him saying no boots on the ground.

[Contrary1]

4. No arguments from the Repubs on this one. n/t

[erpowers]

5. Wow

I was more surprised by the fact that he is sending 1,500 more soldiers than the fact that he was sending more soldiers. When I saw that he was sending more troops to Iraq I did not expect to hear that he was sending 1,000 or more.

[Hulk]

6. Start the coffin assembly line...

Here we go again. Young American blood , all for nothing but to satisfy the neocon thirst.

[rocktivity]

7. The Bush years are back.

And the Nixon years, too.


rocktivity

[arcane1]

8. Makes sense, we've only been training them for 10 years. Maybe the 11th is the charm?

[KansDem]

12. Maybe they're slow learners?

[candelista]

38. That guy has an impossible job.

No wonder he's pissed.

[Old Nick]

9. F*ck!!!

[CJCRANE]

10. We've been on a long journey since 2008

and we've been led to a completely different destination than the one we expected.

The question is whether this was the plan all along.

[Maedhros]

27. It was.

Only a Progressive Savior could rally the disaffected American public around yet another stupid military adventure.

[colsohlibgal]

13. The Blood Is On Dubya's hands

What a disastrous decision invading Iraq was - more bloody and disastrous as we go on. All by Chickenhawks who did all they could to get out of serving in Vietnam. History, once time moves on, will not be kind to that half wit and his buddies.

[FiveGoodMen]

17. Not JUST him.

[Kelvin Mace]

19. Don't look now,

but Obama is dipping his hand in the blood.

[frylock]

14. announced on the day of the ten-year anniversary of the Battle for Fallujah..

happy anniversary, baby.

[progressoid]

15. Freedumb!

[FiveGoodMen]

16. "And it's 1 ... 2... 3... What are we fightin' for?"

[Kelvin Mace]

18. Apparently no longer any reasonto pretend anymore

[Brigid]

20. And in the meantime . . .

Kids here go hungry and uneducated, our infrastructure is crumbling, we still have millions going without health care . . . and that's just for starters.

[msongs]

21. the new overlords get their first tangible victory nt

[AnalystInParadise]

22. Is PBO one of the new overlords?

This is his order, this is his fault and solely on him. He is the one sending us back to Iraq.....Last I checked he was still the President, and still the one ordering troops around, why are you trying to shift blame away from him?

[Maedhros]

28. Why? Cognitive dissonance. [n/t]

[TheKentuckian]

49. I cannot rule out the possibility that Douglas Adams pretty much busted out reality when he

described the President of the galaxy and it being a role that serves to distract from power rather than hold it.

Personally, I think the President has power but it is that of a high level employee rather than Chief Executive. I think the position is actually Senior Vice President of Marketing. Somewhere between being a Zaphod and the traditional reckoning of the job.

[uppityperson]

23. "the troops won’t serve in a combat role, but will train, advise and assist Iraqi military..."

"he troops won’t serve in a combat role, but will train, advise and assist Iraqi military and Kurdish forces fighting IS."

[Brigid]

25. And where have we heard that before?

[Fuddnik]

30. How many times have we heard it before?

[Demeter]

26. Obama lost me years ago

WTF did anyone expect him to do? Were they all hoping for change, maybe?

[Reter]

29. As much as this sucks, Hilary would authorize 10,000

No chance I will ever vote for a Clinton.

[blkmusclmachine]

31. Sheer incompetence, or deliberate lying?

I think the latter.

[blkmusclmachine]

32. How much money and death have we sunk into Iraq, to get absolutely NOWHERE???

And, who is pocketing all that sweet American taxpayer lucre???


Pay your taxes. We've got more bombs to build.

[blkmusclmachine]

33. War = Death = PROFIT = War

[n2doc]

34. drip drip drip drip….

What a sucky week this has been.

[Duval]

35. I heard the drone of

airplanes two nights ago. The Republicans get in charge, and what happens? I do not blame Obama for this. My gosh, look at his hair! He's getting grayer by the month, it seems. What other President has had so much opposition from the "other party" and a few from his own? I'm standing behind Obama all the way. The Dems did the country a disservice by not publicizing his many accomplishments. And, of course, our Corporate Media deserves much of the blame.

and for our troops in harm's way, again.

[AnalystInParadise]

39. The Republicans are not in charge until January 2015

This is solely PBO's work. He is SOLELY ordering our forces back into Iraq, there is no Republican bad guys forcing him to do this or holding him hostage, this is ENTIRELY HIS FREAKING DOING and it is disgusting.

[840high]

44. Republicans are not in charge yet.

[Skeowes28]

36. I'm a hardcore dem

I voted for Obama twice and I support him on his decision because of he authorized troops its for the right reasons that be inf said some people in this forum have to wise the hello we should do enough to make sure Iraq does not lose but they have to go out and win

[Alkene]

47. n/t

[YOHABLO]

40. Okay so when ISIS lines up a group of U.S.soldiers for a beheading .. what then?

[Jon Ace]

41. The floodgates will open once again (nt)

[workinclasszero]

42. Here we go again..and again..and again..and again..

No money for social security, medicare, ACA, food assistance, infrastructure, higher minimum wages but

TRILLIONS OF FUCKING DOLLARS FALLING FROM THE SKY FOR WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[YOHABLO]

46. And all the private contractors lining up course for their piece of the action.

[DeSwiss]

43. "Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed." -- I.F. Stone

- There was actually a time when I thought that quote quite hyperbolic.

''In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happened, you can bet it was planned that way.'' ~President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

''The primary aim of modern warfare is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living. In our own day they are not fighting against one another at all. The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact.''

~George Orwell, 1984

''Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.''

~Robert Anton Wilson, from "Searching For Cosmic Intelligence"

''If armed force is a monopoly, it can not only be used to protect vested interests—it can also be made to turn a profit. Since Adams wrote the Law, manipulation of international conflict has become a fine art.''

~John Whiting, The Economics of Human Energy

''Let your life be a friction to stop the machine.'' ~ Henry David Thoreau

Billions more to leave behind? - How long will we keep taking this shit?

[customerserviceguy]

45. Way to earn that Peace Prize, Mr. President!

I notice that he waited until after the election to disillusion all of us.

[grahamhgreen]

48. Right on cue after the elections.