The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Megathread

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Berkut

#3075
May 29, 2015, 11:30:43 AM
Does Iran want to occupy Iraq though? I cannot imagine why they would have any desire to take on that nightmare.
"If you think this has a happy ending, then you haven't been paying attention."

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derspiess

#3076
May 29, 2015, 11:40:45 AM
I could imagine them taking some border areas, but otherwise being content to have Iraqi Shia run the country for them.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

jimmy olsen

#3077
May 29, 2015, 11:54:47 AM
Quote from: Berkut on May 29, 2015, 11:30:43 AM
Does Iran want to occupy Iraq though? I cannot imagine why they would have any desire to take on that nightmare.
It's a Shia theocracy. How could it just allow ISIS to massacre Shias and destroy Shia shrines without losing all legitimacy?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Berkut

#3078
May 29, 2015, 11:56:49 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 29, 2015, 11:54:47 AM
Quote from: Berkut on May 29, 2015, 11:30:43 AM
Does Iran want to occupy Iraq though? I cannot imagine why they would have any desire to take on that nightmare.
It's a Shia theocracy. How could it just allow ISIS to massacre Shias and destroy Shia shrines without losing all legitimacy?

By blaming it all on someone else, of course.
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crazy canuck

#3079
May 29, 2015, 12:03:51 PM
Quote from: Berkut on May 29, 2015, 11:30:43 AM
Does Iran want to occupy Iraq though? I cannot imagine why they would have any desire to take on that nightmare.

Iran would probably want to occupy the Shia holy sites at least.

DGuller

#3080
May 29, 2015, 12:24:43 PM
It can be an intervention without long-term occupation.  Sort of like when Vietnam invaded Cambodia to dispose of Khmer Rouge.

Razgovory

#3081
May 29, 2015, 07:19:56 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 29, 2015, 11:54:47 AM
Quote from: Berkut on May 29, 2015, 11:30:43 AM
Does Iran want to occupy Iraq though? I cannot imagine why they would have any desire to take on that nightmare.
It's a Shia theocracy. How could it just allow ISIS to massacre Shias and destroy Shia shrines without losing all legitimacy?

By claiming it doesn't exists to protect all Shia everywhere?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

jimmy olsen

#3082
May 29, 2015, 08:55:45 PM
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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jimmy olsen

#3083
May 29, 2015, 08:56:23 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on May 29, 2015, 07:19:56 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 29, 2015, 11:54:47 AM
Quote from: Berkut on May 29, 2015, 11:30:43 AM
Does Iran want to occupy Iraq though? I cannot imagine why they would have any desire to take on that nightmare.
It's a Shia theocracy. How could it just allow ISIS to massacre Shias and destroy Shia shrines without losing all legitimacy?

By claiming it doesn't exists to protect all Shia everywhere?
Doesn't it though?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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jimmy olsen

#3084
May 29, 2015, 09:06:57 PM
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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jimmy olsen

#3085
May 30, 2015, 02:50:13 AM
Ramadi after a year of fighting ISIS



It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Razgovory

#3086
May 30, 2015, 04:57:43 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 29, 2015, 08:56:23 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on May 29, 2015, 07:19:56 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 29, 2015, 11:54:47 AM
Quote from: Berkut on May 29, 2015, 11:30:43 AM
Does Iran want to occupy Iraq though? I cannot imagine why they would have any desire to take on that nightmare.
It's a Shia theocracy. How could it just allow ISIS to massacre Shias and destroy Shia shrines without losing all legitimacy?

By claiming it doesn't exists to protect all Shia everywhere?
Doesn't it though?

Not that I know.  Why would you assume that?
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

jimmy olsen

#3087
May 31, 2015, 08:07:08 AM
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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jimmy olsen

#3088
May 31, 2015, 11:05:12 PM
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point

Crazy_Ivan80

#3089
June 01, 2015, 02:15:17 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 31, 2015, 11:05:12 PM
The Iraqis left behind 2300 armored humvees when they lost Mosul!

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/01/isis-captured-2300-humvee-armoured-vehicles-from-iraqi-forces-in-mosul

it's almost as if the iraqi army is working with ISIS rather than against.
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