Iraq 3.0

I've found myself in a couple wars in the middle east and I can say with absolute certainty that I don't want to go back. It's hot, smells bad and a lot of people are trying to kill me at any given time. It's the same reason I don't like camping.

The President ordered airstrikes on some artillery being moved by ISIS in Iraq because it could have been used to attack targets with Americans in them. It's pretty standard for us to protect our people and let the locals finish off whatever fight they have going on if it doesn't directly threaten us or anything we want.

The lines between the right and left stopped being blurred about three years ago. Now it's just an amorphous gray as internet people try to use either side as some kind of vitriolic insult. Best part is you can cater it to your needs!

What I'm saying is you're nothing but a stupid conservative who only cares about your tax money. Just like a god damn liberal! Just can't trust you socialists.

I've been searching around for information about Christian children being murdered by ISIS. The only websites I manage to come across are weirdly named news sites I've never heard of. I don't want to lend any more credence to mainstream media than they deserve, but if CNN and FOX news aren't screaming about dead children, then I assume it hasn't been verified by anyone.

The only thing I've seen is everyone linking to one Christian leader making the claims in an interview. I'm not going to say ISIS isn't filled with a bunch of genocidal assholes, but this sounds like someone trying to make things sound worse than they are.

And good job on the dehumanization there Don. It's easy to compare people to cockroaches when they don't share your religion or culture. Nope, they're just people who will come over to America and do some old fashioned rape and murder.

I know this is difficult to comprehend, but it's not always about us Americans.

Of course, my other issue is the mentality that because Christians are being killed, we need to step in like we're some kind of Christian nation. Or maybe it's because they are children. Which is why everyone talks about taking out the African warlords who drug children and turn them into brutal fighters at the age of ten (LOL no they're mooslims)

No one wants us to be the world police until it's something they feel threatend by. As if ISIS is going to board longships and come raid Maryland or something.

Well shit, I'm sorry guys. As a nation under God, we have to protect our fellow Christians and Jews, even though this dude is an atheist? How does any of that make sense? Also, when did ISIS or any Iraqi terrorists take the towers down? And thirteen years ago, Congress had us invade Afghanistan because terrorist training camps were there.

Do...do you think people who don't know what the fuck they're talking about just comment on the internet, regardless of their stupidity? 

YOU'RE STILL WELCOME, EUROPE! Lord knows you wouldn't have been about to curtail one of the worst military planners without the brute cock of the American military. With our conscription and ability to spend obscene amounts of money.

Jenna is a special kind of conspiracy flower. She starts with information that's wrong, but at least it's not crazy. I don't know what the current Rules of Engagement are in Afghanistan, but I'm pretty sure we can shoot people who are attacking us. Shit, it's kind of our thing to shoot people who are shooting at us. 

I also love people like this who think propaganda is only on their homefront. Did I miss a memo at some point? When did we all just decide to trust what the Russian government has to say about anything? It's a trend I've been noticing on the internet where people link to RT.com as if the actual state run media of the former USSR is something to be considered with gravitas. That's like linking me to a youtube video as some kind of 9/11 conspiracy proof.

I mean, in some ways I can understand the "Government is not out to protect our military" based on how terrible the VA is currently. But as I said before, we protect our own. If we have an embassy in a country about to go Coup de Tata for now, we'll get our people out.

If I were the American government, I wouldn't be hiding shit in the middle of Iraq when there is a bit of a war going on. Unless it's the Arc of the Covenant or some other region specific treasure that TOP MEN haven't had a chance to examine.

War is complicated. I don't imagine any decision is taken lightly when it comes to airstrikes in a foreign country. As such, we shouldn't talk lightly about what's to be done, why to do it or how.

Well, scratch that. Some people should question and debate things like this. Not these assholes.