Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fall Of Baghdad

2014-10-12 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Sounds like you're justifying ISIS's actions. True, that was typical of conquering armies in the past due to the practicality of waging war. However we consider our selves a *bit* more civilized today. We don't target innocent civilians, force them to convert and then kill them anyway, we

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fall Of Baghdad

2014-10-12 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/11/2014 10:24 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Christian Crusaders did the same thing, and don't fool yourself, if Americans ever conquered a country, we'd do the same thing too. /The U.S. conquered Iraq and liberated it from a despotic tyrant, but the U.S. didn't get

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fall Of Baghdad

2014-10-12 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
Shrug. We have no idea what American Indian civilization would be like 500+ years later. And certainly, ISIS is a primitive, violent group of thugs by modern standards. My only point is that you don't have to go very far back to see the same kind of behavior from the West, so the sense of

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fall Of Baghdad

2014-10-12 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/12/2014 1:33 PM, lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife] wrote: Shrug. We have no idea what American Indian civilization would be like 500+ years later. /Non sequitur. The U.S. and its allies had won the war against al Qaeda in Iraq, according to Obama and Biden. Now just a year later

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fall Of Baghdad [1 Attachment]

2014-10-11 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
/According to what I've read, in the next few days President Obama will order thousands of U.S. Marines back into Baghdad, Iraq, in order to save the U.S. embassy. To provide security for the U.S. interests and the U.S. embassy; to fight the ISIS insurgents and drive them back out of the city.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fall Of Baghdad [1 Attachment]

2014-10-11 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
How does Obama like his crow cooked? On Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:10 PM, 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife] FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com wrote: [Attachment(s) from Richard J. Williams included below] According to what I've read, in the next few days

[FairfieldLife] Re: The Fall Of Baghdad

2014-10-11 Thread jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
Something is wrong with the US generals' assessment of ISIS. How is it possible for the militants to continue fighting in Iraq and Syria with supposedly only 30,000 fighters? It appears that the militant rebels in or near Baghdad are self-sufficient to fight on their own without help from

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fall Of Baghdad

2014-10-11 Thread 'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]
On 10/11/2014 2:42 PM, jr_...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Something is wrong with the US generals' assessment of ISIS. /There is no good news coming out of the Middle East - the U.S. supports the Saudis who are Shite Muslims; and at the same time Iranians support the Shiite in

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fall Of Baghdad

2014-10-11 Thread Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
They're supplied the same way Mohammed supplied his *army*. They just take whatever they want, wherever they go. Whether it's money from banks, food from stockpiles, or weapons, ammunition and transportation from Iraqi army bases. This is your Islamic *work ethic*. Real work is for mensches.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Fall Of Baghdad

2014-10-11 Thread lengli...@cox.net [FairfieldLife]
Christian Crusaders did the same thing, and don't fool yourself, if Americans ever conquered a country, we'd do the same thing too. Ask any American Indian tribe if you need examples. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, mdixon.6569@... wrote : They're supplied the same way Mohammed