Iraq Intervention Poll

[CountDeMoney]

I'm going to go Durka Durka Durka, since from a rational IR Realist perspective, I would prefer another Ba'athist Sunni general with absolutist tendencies and a fantastic mustache back in control of Iraq as a natural, regional geopolitical foil to the Islamic Revolutionary Republic of Iran.

Kudos to Yi for the not-completely-obscure-but-obscure-enough LBJ reference, though.

[The Brain]

We must save Iraq from the Iraqese.

[mongers]

I'm going to go Durka Durka Durka, since from a rational IR Realist perspective, I would prefer another Ba'athist Sunni general with absolutist tendencies and a fantastic mustache back in control of Iraq as a natural, regional geopolitical foil to the Islamic Revolutionary Republic of Iran.

Kudos to Yi for the not-completely-obscure-but-obscure-enough LBJ reference, though.

Those guys are dead or making a pack with the devil.

It's said former Ba'athists and Sunni ex-military officers are backing and have thrown their lot in with ISIS/ISIL, hence perhaps some 'truth' in the conspiracies about how the Iraqi Army/officer corp just melted away in front of the islamists. 
But I don't think they're survive to become top dog, they'll be dispensed with when their usefulness is over. 

[Norgy]

Use drones, bomb the shit out of shit with hellfires, declare win prematurely again.

Or "The I just don't care anymore" option.

[CountDeMoney]

Those guys are dead or making a pack with the devil.

It's said former Ba'athists and Sunni ex-military officers are backing and have thrown their lot in with ISIS/ISIL, hence perhaps some 'truth' in the conspiracies about how the Iraqi Army/officer corp just melted away in front of the islamists. 
But I don't think they're survive to become top dog, they'll be dispensed with when their usefulness is over.

Yes, unfortunately considering how Maliki and Company have managed to spend all this time--and out money--purging the shit out of them from any possible constructive role instead of, you know, working with the Sunnis like we constantly encouraged, it's a bit of an impossibility now.  How 'bout that democracy thingy.  This guy makes Morsi look positively compromising.

Welcome to the Islamic Revolutionary Republic of Iraq, fellas.  Don't Mess With Texas, etc.

[Eddie Teach]

Who knew an anti-littering campaign would have such dramatic repercussions on the world stage?

[Liep]

Go ahead and try and de-fuck it.

[Viking]

ISIS are evil. Period.

[Legbiter]

Send SF doodz to liaise air strikes with regular Iraqi military doodz as they push up north.

Obama's gonna puss out though. Just like he did on Syria.

[Camerus]

No reason to get involved, at least not yet.  Give some more time to see what develops first (preferably ISIS and Iran bleeding each other dry) and only then decide if it's worth bombing shit or not.

[sbr]

Send SF doodz to liaise air strikes with regular Iraqi military doodz as they push up north.

Obama's gonna puss out though. Just like he did on Syria.

What is the end-game in your fun little plan?

[Ideologue]

Voted airstrikes, but honestly I don't care.

[Viking]

I do note from the voting that us YOOROS are more free spending with american blood and treasure.... embarrassing, yes, but noted

[Ideologue]

It's difficult to overstate how little appetite our country has for any do-gooding right now.  We tried pretty hard to right Iraq and Afghanistan, spending a couple trillion bucks to do it, and it's obviously failed.  Now we're currently in the midst of an ongoing economic collapse.  Why should we try again?  I'm surprised anyone is for an actual ground deployment of major forces.  Thinking on it, I would change my vote to an affirmative "don't spend another dime" stance.

[Sheilbh]

At this point: no blood for oil.