Will America go back to War in Iraq?

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mornelithe said:

Iraq war or not, there are some who've always intended on recreating an expansive Islamic Caliphate in that region.  Whether the US does or doesn't go back to War, this is going to be something Iraq/Syria and the surrounding countries are going to have to do something about, eventually, or borders will disappear and a new oppressive sharia regime will take over.

I'm not entirely sure the US going back is going to do anything, unless the surrounding countries are 100% onboard, and involved. This will take a concerted effort by Arab Nations (with or without exterior support), to put an end to. Otherwise, it'll just be sold as US versus Islam again.

You greatly overestimate the strength of the Caliphate-mongers.

mornelithe said:

prayformojo said:

We (US) need to get it through our fucking heads that we aren't the world's police. We should shut down all military bases around the world and focus on internal issues. IF nato, or the leading nations of the free world ASK for our involvement in another countries affairs, then we should consider...CONSIDER...it.

The Gulf War was BS and the second war was a damn disgrace of humanity and we should all be ashamed of ourselves for ever allowing it to happen. So no, we shouldn't go send a bunch of brainwashed children to go die needlessly again.

Not that I disagree with anything you really said, I would point out that the Iraqi President, has asked for our help, as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Martin Dempsey) notified Congress of, on Wednesday.

You mean the Prime Minister? Nouri Al Maliki? He's lost support from even his own Shia allies and no one in the government likes him. He's the one that demanded US troops leave and signed the troop withdrawal agreement. His entire reign has been catergorized by sectarian politics and score settling which eventually led to the Sunnis revolting and starting this whole mess in the first place. He strongarmed all the other Shia parties and now they see a chance to break from his hold. He made his bed. He can lie in it.