(03-16-2015 06:26 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  Now I must ask, where TF was the CIA the past 3 years? How/why didn't they know that ISIS was apart of the Syrian rebel forces?

I'm not sure what you're expecting here. All of this was available in open source over the past few years. The CIA couldn't change things, and I'm sure they know a lot more than open sources provide.

(03-17-2015 10:01 AM)I45owl Wrote:  

(03-16-2015 05:31 PM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  

(03-16-2015 12:26 PM)I45owl Wrote:  

(03-16-2015 11:18 AM)ClairtonPanther Wrote:  In the short term, it may be best to have Iran as an ally esp when it comes to fighting ISIS.

Iran and Syria have contributed to creating the ISIS problem. If we concede anything on that basis, we are chumps.


I can understand removing one of the charter members of the Axis of Evil as a negotiating ploy to gain a piece of paper for Obama's legacy. Removing Hezbollah is outrageous and pure foolishness. We may as well toss in a Humanitarian of the year award for Bashar al Assad.

And the United States, Europe, and Saudi Arabia hasn't contributed to the ISIS problem? Everyone's hands are dirty.

I agree, removing Hezbollah is completely absurd.

That's like starving your dog until he's skin and bones, and then getting a humanitarian award for feeding him again.

That made me laugh.