Obama to Iraq: "Solve your own problems"

[PugnacAutMortem]

When they asked for air support the proper response was "this is what it'll cost you." Charge them for every hour of flight time, for every bomb dropped and then tack on some extra.

That actually is a brilliant idea that I never thought of before. Could they pay it though?

[rbeau30]

That actually is a brilliant idea that I never thought of before. Could they pay it though?

As soon as the money is in the account, then our tires roll, not a second before.

[MarkCO]

That actually is a brilliant idea that I never thought of before. Could they pay it though?

Trade 1 MOAB for a small tanker of oil, 1 cruise for a large tanker of oil...free shipping.

[kidicarus13]

That actually is a brilliant idea that I never thought of before. Could they pay it though?

There's still oil flowing isn't there?

[CO Hugh]

well, we need to pull the rest the folks out of the area. Let these people that hate us so much, go back to hating each other and wait for Syria and Iran to cut the country into pieces, and let's not forget the Kurds taking their slice to make Turkey nervous ...

Then they can all fistfuck each other and leave the rest of us alone.

It may be the best thing ever for the US: the Iranians are intervening, to assist their longtime enemy, the Syrians, Sauds and Jordanians don't support ISES, and Al Qaeda thinks they are nuts. They can kill each other and to wrap it up we can turn it to glass.

I will be horrific for the Christians and non Muslims, so pray for them to get out safely.

[KestrelBike]

So Iraq army is getting their ass kicked and ask for air support, O says no. Major city falls and Oh Shit now nobody can deny there is an actual civil war raging in Iraq. O has a press release saying all options are on the table except boot prints. That about it?

When they asked for air support the proper response was "this is what it'll cost you." Charge them for every hour of flight time, for every bomb dropped and then tack on some extra. O has no problem bombing people in Pakistan and he just let the situation escalate because he couldn't touch Iraq before the midterms.

The kurds are the only winners I've seen in this.

Billing for air support is too foreign a concept for obummer. Oh wow, you mean all my flights on AF1 and my family's vacations with rockstar entourages aren't free??? WHOUDATHUNKIT??


ETA: the middle east has had their chances in spades. NOTHING will get them to stop killing themselves. Fuck them. If there was the modern equivalent of sending smallpox-infested blankets, I'd advocate sending those as "aid".

[BPTactical]

Glass parking lot.

[Gman]

Glass parking lot.

If we're going to drop bombs, that's what I was thinking.

That whole region has been a mess for thousands of years. That's the closest thing to a 'fix' as I can come up with.

[rbeau30]

Glass parking lot.

The Cost/Reward ratio is much better I think.

[Robb]

http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/200-u-s-c...dists-in-iraq/

If the above is true, sounds like we do have boots on the ground and they need assistance.

NEW YORK – About 200 Americans under contract with the Department of Defense at Balad Air Force Base in Iraq are trapped by the al-Qaida-inspired jihadists who have seized control of two cities and are now threatening Baghdad, according to WND sources.

The sources, private contractors who have recently returned to the U.S. from Iraq, said Friday their former colleagues effectively have been abandoned by the U.S. military and are fighting for their lives against an army of jihadists surrounding the base who belong to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.

The U.S. contractors are at Balad to help the Pentagon prepare the facilities for the delivery of the F-16 aircraft the Obama administration has agreed to provide the Iraqi government.

The surrounded Americans said they currently are under ISIS fire from small arms, AK47s, and rocket propelled grenades, or RPGs.

The contractors so far have been able to hold the base, but those on the scene reported it was only a matter of time before the ISIS terrorists succeeded in breaking through the perimeter. The sources confirmed the contractors were still under siege, despite an Associated Press report Thursday, citing U.S. officials, that three planeloads of Americans were being evacuated from Balad.

WND has learned from sources that the jihadists have closed down escape routes, and the U.S. Air Force is in a stand-down position. U.S. forces are not assisting even with air cover so a private extradition flight could land for a rescue, the sources said.

Privately scheduled exit flights have fallen through, sources said, as several private pilots originally scheduled to make the flights have quit.

The sources contend the U.S. military could provide the necessary air cover to protect C-130s or other air transport craft sufficient to make the evacuation, but so far officials have refused to get involved.

Balad Air Force Base has been under attack since Wednesday, when ISIS rebels seized the nearby town of Tikrit, the birthplace of Saddam Hussein.

The attacking ISIS forces approached Balad Air Force Base in trucks Wednesday and called through loudspeakers for all private security forces and Iraqi special military to leave immediately or die.

The U.S. private contractors in touch with WND reported that after hearing the broadcast, the private security forces and the Iraqi military defending the base dropped their weapons and ran.

The American contractors collected the weapons left behind and were able to hold off further immediate advances.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/200-u-s-c...9HQmivflaAJ.99