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Total number of comments: 2 (since 2014-06-12 06:15:56)

Bill

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  • The Fall of Mosul and the False Promises of Modern History
    • Bill 06/12/2014 at 1:59 am with 2 replies

      We always judge Obama based on what happened under his watch. But that doesn't mean we accept fairly tale premises or false constructs under which we render those judgments. Obama had no choice but to leave. He was elected to leave. The Iraqis asked the US to leave. In what alternate reality could Obama have stayed? Only one that exists in the fact free minds of Fox News viewers.

    • Bill 06/12/2014 at 1:54 am with 3 replies

      So Obama is omnipotent, and can keep an American fighting force inside of Iraq even though the elected leaders of Iraq told the US they had to leave, and that would create peace and stability? Do you really believe that?

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