http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 346386.ece
And I bet they would vote for Obama if they could.
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Al-Qaeda in Iraq faces an “extraordinary crisis�. Last year's mass defection of ordinary Sunnis from al-Qaeda to the US military “created panic, fear and the unwillingness to fight�. The terrorist group's security structure suffered “total collapse�.
These are the words not of al-Qaeda's enemies but of one of its own leaders in Anbar province â€" once the group's stronghold. They were set down last summer in a 39-page letter seized during a US raid on an al-Qaeda base near Samarra in November.
The US military released extracts from that letter yesterday along with a second seized in another November raid that is almost as startling.
That second document is a bitter 16-page testament written last October by a local al-Qaeda leader near Balad, north of Baghdad. “I am Abu-Tariq, emir of the al-Layin and al-Mashahdah sector,� the author begins. He goes on to describe how his force of 600 shrank to fewer than 20. for shorter shots int he broken ground for elk. All with the felt recoil similar to an o6. Have fun with the hunt and get the best fitting rifle for the best price and shoot the snot out of it. But that's how i measure success. Everyone is different. How about you?? How do you measure success?? It's not all about money.
Regarding the Middle East stuff: I never supported the Iraq war. And never will. We originally went to Afghanistan based on the intelligence (maybe I'm wrong).
There is nothing you would be able to say that would change my mind about Iraq. We shouldn't be there now and we shouldn't have gone there in the first place. But that's just my position. Your position is that we should be there. I don't agree with you on this and you probably don't agree with me on this.[/quote]
Some things simply require less thought..Kind of like choosing to vote for Obama...
I'm NOT trying to change your mind. No amount of information will do that. If you do not or are unwilling to see the ramifications of leaving Iraq in defeat that's your problem and no amount of information will change that. History will repeat it self and leaving Iraq will ensure it will.
What kind of information do you need about Obamas intent? He has said over and over that he plans on allowing t
And I bet they would vote for Obama if they could.
wink:
Al-Qaeda in Iraq faces an “extraordinary crisis�. Last year's mass defection of ordinary Sunnis from al-Qaeda to the US military “created panic, fear and the unwillingness to fight�. The terrorist group's security structure suffered “total collapse�.
These are the words not of al-Qaeda's enemies but of one of its own leaders in Anbar province â€" once the group's stronghold. They were set down last summer in a 39-page letter seized during a US raid on an al-Qaeda base near Samarra in November.
The US military released extracts from that letter yesterday along with a second seized in another November raid that is almost as startling.
That second document is a bitter 16-page testament written last October by a local al-Qaeda leader near Balad, north of Baghdad. “I am Abu-Tariq, emir of the al-Layin and al-Mashahdah sector,� the author begins. He goes on to describe how his force of 600 shrank to fewer than 20. for shorter shots int he broken ground for elk. All with the felt recoil similar to an o6. Have fun with the hunt and get the best fitting rifle for the best price and shoot the snot out of it. But that's how i measure success. Everyone is different. How about you?? How do you measure success?? It's not all about money.
Regarding the Middle East stuff: I never supported the Iraq war. And never will. We originally went to Afghanistan based on the intelligence (maybe I'm wrong).
There is nothing you would be able to say that would change my mind about Iraq. We shouldn't be there now and we shouldn't have gone there in the first place. But that's just my position. Your position is that we should be there. I don't agree with you on this and you probably don't agree with me on this.[/quote]
Some things simply require less thought..Kind of like choosing to vote for Obama...
I'm NOT trying to change your mind. No amount of information will do that. If you do not or are unwilling to see the ramifications of leaving Iraq in defeat that's your problem and no amount of information will change that. History will repeat it self and leaving Iraq will ensure it will.
What kind of information do you need about Obamas intent? He has said over and over that he plans on allowing t