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© Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Obama welcomes new Iraqi leadership as 'step forward'
By JULIE PACE and NEDRA PICKLER CHILMARK, Mass.©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Laguna
Interesting point: Mike Huckabee said this yesterday. The GOP response to this will be interesting to watch.
nogardflow
Well 'zichi' replace 'Saddam' with 'America' and tell me what the difference is. And bass4funk you know that it was our meddling that has Iraq in the state it's in today, and as soon as we forget the past we repeat it. What do we do to stop this and the future waves? Stay out of other's affairs unless we're willing to move in and take over the whole country's problems and since we don't seem to be taking care of many of the problems here in the States I don't really think that's a good idea.
bass4funk
Well, there is absolutely NO proof that things would NOT have turned out the way they are if we didn't invade. That's all in the past, NOW what do we do to stop this wave.
oldman_13
*Have you forgotten Saddam gassed and killed thousands of his people, tortured and killed anyone who opposed him.... threw people in prisons without trials....
Obama inherited Iraq he didn't make it.....*
Obama is incompetent, but that's besides the point. True, he inherited the mess, but my point is, this mess would never have happened if the U.S. invaded Iraq on nothing but lies.
oldman_13
Saddam would have prevented all this insanity.
Wolfpack
Obama used to believe that meddling in other countries affaires caused them to hate America. He used to believe that bombing other countries only increased recruiting for terrorists. But that was before he became president. None of that applies now.
MarkG
Could be the AK's are less temperamental than the AR's which require more routine cleaning. Also AK spare parts are more available in that region.
bass4funk
Maybe because we have so many in our military arsenal qualifies it as a US weapon, methinks. For the life of me, I don't know how they figure these things out, but hey...
Serrano
"the U.S. weapons already are being directly sent to Irbil — where U.S. personnel are based — consist mostly of light arms like AK-47s and ammunition."
I never knew AK-47s were U.S. weapons.