• US cancels Yazidi Mount Sinjar rescue: They seem alright.
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[quote=BBC][B]The US says it is unlikely to launch a mission to evacuate Iraqis trapped by Islamist fighters on Mount Sinjar. [/B]A Special Forces team flew to the mountain and found fewer people than expected, and those remaining were also in a better condition than feared, the Pentagon said. The US has sent hundreds of military advisers to Iraq to help people fleeing militant group Islamic State (IS). IS fighters have seized large swathes of northern Iraq in recent months. The UN [URL="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48477#.U-v1fPldUgg"]had estimated [/URL]that tens of thousands of people, most from religious minorities, were besieged on the mountain after being forced to flee their homes. Members of the Yazidi sect are among those stranded on Mount Sinjar. However, in a statement, the Pentagon said there were now "far fewer Yazidis on Mount Sinjar than previously feared", partly because thousands had evacuated from the mountain each night over the past days. "The Yazidis who remain are in better condition than previously believed and continue to have access to the food and water that we have dropped," the statement said.[/quote] [IMG]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/76930000/jpg/_76930892_2628a6c9-ed03-463f-9cfe-d71377fbc3e5.jpg[/IMG] [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28783068[/URL] Is it a case of dissonance between the schema we've built up over this conflict and the reality on the ground or have we simply left it too late and those remaining on the mountain decided to leave?
No mater what the US does, we're the assholes. If we're helping people, we're not helping enough people, or the right people.
That's because we're the cause of the problem. We kind of beat these people into submission and are now angry because they're not standing up for themselves. Look how well that worked last time?
wait until [I]they[/I] get there
[QUOTE=Pantz Master;45685116]No mater what the US does, we're the assholes. If we're helping people, we're not helping enough people, or the right people.[/QUOTE] who is calling who assholes
[QUOTE=Gentry;45685311]who is calling who assholes[/QUOTE] Nobody...[i]yet[/i]. But someone somewhere is going to throw that label at the US regardless of what it does.
[QUOTE=draugur;45685133]That's because we're the cause of the problem. We kind of beat these people into submission and are now angry because they're not standing up for themselves. Look how well that worked last time?[/QUOTE] Beat them into submission? Are you talking about the invasion of Iraq because the Kurds fucking hated Saddam.
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