Winning!

(12-12-2017 11:21 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I will say again, I hope we didn't back the wrong side in this. We have a nasty habit of doing that. What we have basically done by facilitating the imposition of Shia rule over a large number of Sunnis is to give Iran a huge push down the road to becoming regional hegemon. I hope that works out well.

IMO, there is no "right side". It's a pick your poison kinda deal.

(12-12-2017 11:38 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(12-12-2017 11:21 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I will say again, I hope we didn't back the wrong side in this. We have a nasty habit of doing that. What we have basically done by facilitating the imposition of Shia rule over a large number of Sunnis is to give Iran a huge push down the road to becoming regional hegemon. I hope that works out well.

IMO, there is no "right side". It's a pick your poison kinda deal.

"here here"....

(12-11-2017 02:05 AM)DavidSt Wrote:  It was the kurdish, Iraqi's and Syria rebel forces that destroyed ISIS. our troops really were not on the ground. Oh, The Iranian Guards also backed the Iraqi's forces to decimate ISIS. Trump did nada since ISIS was losing ground while Obama was still in office.

Eeeevvvveeennn if what you post is true, why didn't that idiot OBlunder do it first. He had 8 years and couldn't pull it off.

Oh, by the way, you're an idjit.