Spoke with a guy I work with who has family connections -- hoolstoptheheels 11/16/2017 1:52PM
This has been going on for decades -- Beerman 11/16/2017 12:16PM
Some of them but terrorist groups in that area originated -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 12:18PM
Some of them. And ??? ** -- Beerman 11/16/2017 12:34PM
Not sure we can expect a good outcome when we're sending a guy with no -- TpkeHoo 11/16/2017 12:13PM
I think there is a major change going on. -- hoolstoptheheels 11/16/2017 12:13PM
They already are. -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:27PM
Enemy of my enemy is my friend....for now at least. ** -- WahooRQ 11/16/2017 12:19PM
Israel and Saudi Arabia are the regional counterbalance to Iran -- CharlestonSC 11/16/2017 12:07PM
Totally agree - I just stole some of your thunder above. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 11/16/2017 12:14PM
You mean other than the one thats been constant for the past 15 years ** -- TomKazanski 11/16/2017 11:54AM
15? Tell me when there wasn't a shit storm going on there ** -- 111Balz 11/16/2017 2:45PM
Yes, but expanding -- hoothat 11/16/2017 11:57AM
Or keep it a proxy like the Cold War. Winner deals -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 11:59AM
I have a feeling -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:03PM
And Israel gets sucking in. And then we do also. -- Shenhoo 11/16/2017 12:06PM
Exactly -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:08PM
I am not familiar with Iranian arms. We've sold -- Shenhoo 11/16/2017 12:14PM
Irans airforce is legit -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:34PM
Interesting -- HoosGuy 11/16/2017 1:29PM
I honestly do not know. -- hoothat 11/16/2017 1:35PM
Do you not think that a War in Iran would lead to -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 12:45PM
No -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:54PM
Got it. What a world. That is why I no longer care -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 12:58PM
Hope we stay out of it completely. MidEast is nothing but trouble. ** -- THECZAR 11/16/2017 11:59AM
Israel complicates everything. ** -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 12:22PM
One reason I strongly support alternative energy... ** -- HoosGuy 11/16/2017 12:07PM
Yes. -- hoothat 11/16/2017 11:48AM
I wonder if we can ever learn the lesson that we are powerful, but -- Shenhoo 11/16/2017 11:51AM
If we learn that lesson -- hoothat 11/16/2017 11:54AM
We've got our ass kicked repeatedly ** -- WaxHoo 11/16/2017 12:06PM
You don't know what I mean by an ass beating then. ** -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:10PM
OK, enlighten me please. VN should have been a sufficient lesson. -- WaxHoo 11/16/2017 12:13PM
I'd say -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:15PM
Ooof! ** -- WaxHoo 11/16/2017 12:16PM
You asked. ** -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:39PM
I agree. But the fact that we didn't seem to learn much from Vietnam -- VAGentleman05 11/16/2017 11:57AM
OIF is Exhibit A for this. ** -- WaxHoo 11/16/2017 12:07PM
OIF? -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:11PM
It was a pretty clear example that we didn't learn the lesson of Vietnam ** -- VAGentleman05 11/16/2017 12:18PM
Well yes. ** -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:19PM
Yes, abject failuer that resulted in getting our ass royally kicked. -- WaxHoo 11/16/2017 12:14PM
Man, I was in OIF during the invasion -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:18PM
Won the "war;" lost the [peace. AQ & ISIS emerge. Asses royally kicked. -- WaxHoo 11/16/2017 12:21PM
We weren't happy about it -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:23PM
Because Trump will not upset the Turks. Not to say -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 12:29PM
True -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:36PM
Damn. I thought for a minute of Emmanuel Goldstein:) RIP. ** -- Shenhoo 11/16/2017 12:18PM
Let them fight it out and we deal with the winner -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 11:47AM
Dang i was about to amen you ** -- TomKazanski 11/16/2017 11:53AM
We are in agreement here. What is the world coming to? ** -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 11:56AM
I suspect we're already too invested in this outcome. ** -- Shenhoo 11/16/2017 11:48AM
We are but neither side is the “good” guy. ** -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 11:51AM
Including us I suspect. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 11/16/2017 11:51AM
Oh man. The US and it allies have pretty much -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 11:55AM
Blame the brits. ** -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:05PM
To some extent. But The US has done a lot. Overthrowing -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 12:11PM
Precisely. By acknowledging our hands are not clean we can better avoid -- Seattle .Hoo 11/16/2017 12:15PM
We cannot walk away. Our good friend Israel and oil -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 12:17PM
All the more reason to move away from fossil fuels to the degree that is -- Seattle .Hoo 11/16/2017 12:33PM
But that does not solve for Israel. As much as -- walkthecorner 11/16/2017 12:43PM
I have no problem with Israel (except for that bastard Netanyahu) nor with -- Seattle .Hoo 11/16/2017 12:46PM
Yes, but it all stems from BP ** -- hoothat 11/16/2017 12:13PM