Iraq and ISIS Discussion

petty nonsense. I was told off once for pronouncing Damascus with both "a"s in agreement. Once you start learning other languages, and especially arabic and spanish, you start to completely unknowingly pronouncing words properly
 
petty nonsense. I was told off once for pronouncing Damascus with both "a"s in agreement. Once you start learning other languages, and especially arabic and spanish, you start to completely unknowingly pronouncing words properly

And what fat, boorish, loudmouth American would want to do that? C'mon...
 
petty nonsense. I was told off once for pronouncing Damascus with both "a"s in agreement. Once you start learning other languages, and especially arabic and spanish, you start to completely unknowingly pronouncing words properly

Know your audience. It comes across as pretentious to affect accents.
 
1 SEAL killed in northern Iraq.

Blue skies.

US Navy SEAL killed by ISIS militants in northern Iraq | Fox News

An U.S. Navy SEAL was shot and killed Tuesday by "direct fire" from Islamic State militants who stormed through defenses set up by Kurdish Peshmerga troops in northern Iraq, the U.S.-led coalition and officials said.

The unnamed service member was advising Peshmerga forces in the region but was less than 2 miles behind the front lines, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in a statement. A defense official told Fox News the service member was killed by small arms fire, likely from an AK-47 rifle.
 
Damn.

Hopefully they do start to really test the waters around Baghdad, that would force the militias into taking action.

I think the Iran backed militias are waiting for the gov't to buckle, you know, the whole power vacuum game.

------- ETA -------

Chew on this-
IS holds Tikrt and Mosul, Baghdad descends into chaos. The militias offer up a semblance of control, yet without Tikrit and Mosul there isn't enough oil wealth to support what remains of the country. The area from Baghdad East to Amariah and South to Basra now MUST become part of Iran, lest the inhabitants starve.
 
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Damn.

Hopefully they do start to really test the waters around Baghdad, that would force the militias into taking action.

I think the Iran backed militias are waiting for the gov't to buckle, you know, the whole power vacuum game.

------- ETA -------

Chew on this-
IS holds Tikrt and Mosul, Baghdad descends into chaos. The militias offer up a semblance of control, yet without Tikrit and Mosul there isn't enough oil wealth to support what remains of the country. The area from Baghdad East to Amariah and South to Basra now MUST become part of Iran, lest the inhabitants starve.
Interesting, wonder if al-Malaki understands that he sold Iraq down the river?

Saudi Arabia would lose their shit.

LOL, yes they would. Karma.
 
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