Troops out now!
We don't belong in Iraq.
We never did.
If this sets Syria back on fire, the entire world has a right to ridicule the USA!!!! Russia has a right to make objections to the UN General Assembly.
The United States has been in Iraq for more than 13 years. They can't it done. This is another Vietnam where it should have never happened in the first place. There needs to be a cohesive military effort that can actually defeat Daesh. That means Russia works with Syria, Iran and the Iraqi Shi'ites. Russia should work with the Kurds from a strategy of stabilization. If Russia works directly with the Kurds it brings the issues we have seen before with Turkey. The middle east doesn't need NATO creating more confusion. I am sure the Arab League, including Saudi Arabia would welcome a cohesive strategy. Russia is already working with Egypt.
Neocons like Lindsay Graham are war mongering. It is a point of pride with these jokers. Enough. In the USA this is about POLITICS and not human life. Progress has been made with Syria and a ceasefire, there is no reason to disturb that all over again. This escalation is new and it needs to stop before it gets started.
If this sets Syria back on fire, the entire world has a right to ridicule the USA!!!! Russia has a right to make objections to the UN General Assembly.
The United States has been in Iraq for more than 13 years. They can't it done. This is another Vietnam where it should have never happened in the first place. There needs to be a cohesive military effort that can actually defeat Daesh. That means Russia works with Syria, Iran and the Iraqi Shi'ites. Russia should work with the Kurds from a strategy of stabilization. If Russia works directly with the Kurds it brings the issues we have seen before with Turkey. The middle east doesn't need NATO creating more confusion. I am sure the Arab League, including Saudi Arabia would welcome a cohesive strategy. Russia is already working with Egypt.
Neocons like Lindsay Graham are war mongering. It is a point of pride with these jokers. Enough. In the USA this is about POLITICS and not human life. Progress has been made with Syria and a ceasefire, there is no reason to disturb that all over again. This escalation is new and it needs to stop before it gets started.
May 3, 2016
By Loveday Morris, Dan Lamothe and Mustafa Salim
Baghdad —An elite U.S. Navy SEAL was killed Tuesday in an attack by Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq, highlighting the evolving nature of the Pentagon’s mission in Iraq (click here) and how American troops are serving closer than ever to the front lines.
By Loveday Morris, Dan Lamothe and Mustafa Salim
Baghdad —An elite U.S. Navy SEAL was killed Tuesday in an attack by Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq, highlighting the evolving nature of the Pentagon’s mission in Iraq (click here) and how American troops are serving closer than ever to the front lines.
The SEAL, whose identity was withheld until family members could be notified, was killed by enemy fire about 9:30 a.m., U.S. military officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release information publicly.
The death occurred after Islamic State fighters north of Mosul penetrated a front line of Kurdish peshmerga forces by about three miles, a U.S. military official said.
The SEAL was the third U.S. service member killed in combat since the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State began in June 2014.
