This Isn't The First U.S. Rescue Operation In Northern Iraq - Polidicks

[URL="http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/08/08/338818012/this-isnt-the-first-u-s-rescue-operation-in-northern-iraq"]NPR Link[/URL] [quote=NPR] President Obama's call to help some 40,000 members of the Yazidi community, who are trapped on barren mountains and surrounded by the extremist Islamic State, has echoes of a 1991 U.S. effort known as Operation Provide Comfort. In that episode, the U.S. military had just driven Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, leaving his army in disarray. This prompted the Kurds in northern Iraq and the Shiites in the southern part of the country to rise up with the aim of toppling Saddam. But Saddam and his army regrouped, retaliating in a ferocious campaign that featured helicopter gunships against the lightly armed rebels. The uprising was quickly quashed, but not before a half-million Kurds had fled their homes, seeking safety in the rugged mountains along Iraq's northern border with Turkey. The U.S., which had encouraged the uprising against Saddam but did not provide military help, felt compelled to deliver humanitarian relief. President George H.W. Bush, working with Britain and other allies, launched Operation Provide Comfort. Thousands of U.S. air and ground forces delivered relief supplies and also protected the Kurds from the Iraqi army. The humanitarian effort carried on for months before the region began to calm down and the Kurds started returning home. President Bush described the operation as an "interim measure." He added: [quote=Bush]"Our long-term objective remains the same for Iraqi Kurds, and indeed, for all Iraqi refugees, wherever they are, to return home and to live in peace, free from oppression, free to live their lives."[/quote] But the impact of that operation is still visible as the U.S. military returns to the same region to help the Yazidis, a small, ancient religious sect who are themselves ethnic Kurd.[/quote]

Four consecutive presidents have now ordered bombs dropped on Iraq.

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;45643018]Four consecutive presidents have now ordered bombs dropped on Iraq.[/QUOTE] I hope the fifth orders the nuking. This has gotten way out of hand.

[QUOTE=Telecaster;45643101]I hope the fifth orders the nuking. This has gotten way out of hand.[/QUOTE] What is it with all these people who want to solve Iraq with nukes? That's pretty much the worst possible thing you could do, even a land invasion would be better than that.

[QUOTE=Telecaster;45643101]I hope the fifth orders the nuking. This has gotten way out of hand.[/QUOTE] Way to perpetuate stereotypes. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/MDZ1CV4.png[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Telecaster;45643101]I hope the fifth orders the nuking. This has gotten way out of hand.[/QUOTE] No. Nuclear weapons should never be used on Earth.

[QUOTE=Telecaster;45643101]I hope the fifth orders the nuking. This has gotten way out of hand.[/QUOTE] Yeah man, we should launch our nukes that will only affect ISIS members and nothing else!

[QUOTE=Telecaster;45643101]I hope the fifth orders the nuking. This has gotten way out of hand.[/QUOTE] Yes, let's nuke things up as dozen of countries will forever hate us as 'Merica!"

[QUOTE=IrishBandit;45643406]No. Nuclear weapons should never be used on Earth.[/QUOTE] Yeah. Let's use them on the Venusians instead.

[QUOTE=carcarcargo;45643155]What is it with all these people who want to solve Iraq with nukes? That's pretty much the worst possible thing you could do, even a land invasion would be better than that.[/QUOTE] When I first started coming here in 2006, I said the same stupid shit. This guy is probably still in middle school and doesn't know how the world works yet

[QUOTE=Telecaster;45643101]I hope the fifth orders the nuking. This has gotten way out of hand.[/QUOTE] Grow up.

[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;45643018]Four consecutive presidents have now ordered bombs dropped on Iraq.[/QUOTE] If we get a fifth, I think we get a free B-2!

[QUOTE=Telecaster;45643101]I hope the fifth orders the nuking. This has gotten way out of hand.[/QUOTE] You are pretty fucking barbaric.

[QUOTE=ZombieWaffle;45643690]Yeah. Let's use them on the Venusians instead.[/QUOTE]Blast the shit out of that thick atmosphere with thermonuclear fire so we can colonize it!

[QUOTE=Telecaster;45643101]I hope the fifth orders the nuking. This has gotten way out of hand.[/QUOTE] How about instead of ordering nukes he says "fuck iraq".

[QUOTE=Telecaster;45643101]I hope the fifth orders the nuking. This has gotten way out of hand.[/QUOTE] My google chrome must be bugged. I think you meant "freedom bomb" and not nuking

Honestly, on behalf of the 99% of us Arabs who have any fucking sense - please wipe ISIS off of the map. Hold off on the nuking though. That's not cool. We'll die and shit.

[QUOTE=Telecaster;45643101]I hope the fifth orders the nuking. This has gotten way out of hand.[/QUOTE] hes right u know then we dont have to feed as many people and food prices should drop it could be quite nice for me n u and then unemployment will fall cause then we can send all the unemployed over there to man the oil wells so u know its actually a genius idea and we wont have to worry about ackbar attacking us or anything cause he will fade away and lose power once all the worshippers are dead

[QUOTE=Aw3s0m3n3ss;45644437]You are pretty fucking barbaric.[/QUOTE] Pretty fucking barbaric, but not totally over-the-board barbaric?

[QUOTE=Dr.C;45643744]When I first started coming here in 2006, I said the same stupid shit. This guy is probably still in middle school and doesn't know how the world works yet[/QUOTE] He's been here since 2007. If he's in middle school, he joined before puberty hit.

[QUOTE=Telecaster;45643101]I hope the fifth orders the nuking. This has gotten way out of hand.[/QUOTE] If you honestly think that using nuclear weapons on any people can solve problems in any region of the world, then you need to reevaluate your interpretation of morals and ethics. Also, you are human waste, go get flushed. [editline]10th August 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Dr.C;45643744]When I first started coming here in 2006, I said the same stupid shit. This guy is probably still in middle school and doesn't know how the world works yet[/QUOTE] If he's that young, it excuses nothing. No one, regardless of age, should think that's okay to believe or say.

[QUOTE=RockmanYoshi;45643646]Yeah man, we should launch our nukes that will only affect ISIS members and nothing else![/QUOTE] I'd be cool with ISIS-seeking mini-nukes.

i think the nuke thing was a joke but you guys have too many sticks in your ass to get it

Who needs nukes when you have MOABs? It comes with a bigger bang without the radiation and international backlash.

Fingers crossed that we put a big enough dent in ISIS before the 2016 elections. I fear that if we get a Democrat, they might not do enough to stamp them out. I fear that if we get a Republican, they might do too much and cause more damage.

Someone needs to invent a super weapon with the destructive power of a nuclear weapon that only obliterates Carbon Based Lifeform and doesn't leave radiation behind or destroys buildings. They could just relocate the local population for the day, use the super weapon and kill of all the idiots fighting in an endless war without the long term negative effects of a Nuke.

[QUOTE=dark soul;45652314]Someone needs to invent a super weapon with the destructive power of a nuclear weapon that only obliterates Carbon Based Lifeform and doesn't leave radiation behind or destroys buildings. They could just relocate the local population for the day, use the super weapon and kill of all the idiots fighting in an endless war without the long term negative effects of a Nuke.[/QUOTE] so kill all the innocent people since alot of the isis is in cities with hunderds of thousands innocent people. also, it is possible to have such a device if I am not mistaken but it does have radiation(don't quote me on this). edit: It is called a neutron bomb and I hope that we humans never use such a device.

[QUOTE=Bbarnes005;45652132]Who needs nukes when you have MOABs? It comes with a bigger bang without the radiation and international backlash.[/QUOTE] Except it doesn't come with a bigger bang.