U.S. to leave Iraqi airspace clear for strategic Israeli route to Iran

[billym]

U.S. to leave Iraqi airspace clear for strategic Israeli route to Iran - Washington Times

The U.S. military’s fast-approaching Dec. 31 exit from Iraq, which has no way to defend its airspace, puts Israel in a better place strategically to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Iraq has yet to assemble a force of jet fighters, and since the shortest route for Israeli strike fighters to Iran is through Iraqi airspace, observers conclude that the U.S. exit makes the Jewish state’s mission planning a lot easier.

[YeuEmMaiMai]

We are not leaving the airspace clear for them.....as of Dec 31, we are officially not there anymore and thus NOT controling the airspace....huge difference... "U.S. to leave Iraqi airspace clear for strategic Israeli route to Iran" would imply that we are allowing Israeli jets to pass through while we are there and I SERIOUSLY doubt that our Muslim disquised as a Christian President Obama would do that....

[mattfivefour]

However, regardless of the semantics, there will be nothing to seriously impede the Israelis should they decide to strike via that airspace.

[livin_in_the_Son]

What a way to ring in the new year....with bombs bursting! Anyone know when the new moon is?

[WKUHilltopper]

What a way to ring in the new year....with bombs bursting! Anyone know when the new moon is?

Around Christmas, I believe. Hole, hole, hole!

[LivnForChrist]

hmm things may get serious soon.

[Cricket55]

Perhaps that is the reason we are leaving at this time from Iraq......God has a plan perhaps.

[Chris]

Around Christmas, I believe. Hole, hole, hole!

[Sean Osborne]

Is there anyone here addressing this thread topic who has spent as little as 24 hours in a combat situation in either in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) or Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)? (Most tours are several months to a year or more in duration.) I'm just looking for qualified applicants to post to the subject of this thread who can speak from a position of direct experience.

Just asking... let er' rip all you Rambo's.

And yes, in light of recent events, the thin veneer between being a "nice guy" with respect to certain conspiratorial posts and tolerating abject "conspirascy loons" has acquired a definitive edge. Your truly lies on the side of truth as it is known in the real-world.

I am sick of all the "World War III" chicken-little, the sky is falling down, abject garbage I am seeing on this forum of late. It is absolutely ridiculous!
Just want ya'll to know... Psalm 83, Isaiah 17 and the associated prophecies ARE NOT World War III.

They are precursor wars.

[readyforhome]

I'm personally looking at the fact that without our presence there then things could indeed get hairy for folks in the immediate future. What's to stop a strong man with the proper resources from taking over. This is especially true when one considers that the people might have no qualms with said strong man and that they might throw in with him. Do I want American troops to stay there indefinitely? Not really, I mean these people do have the right to govern themselves. As far as Isreal using this as an opportunity to attack Iran, I suppose that is totally possible. We'll have to wait and see.

[Sean Osborne]

I'm personally looking at the fact that without our presence there then things could indeed get hairy for folks in the immediate future.

That's a key consideration. We have beau coup civilians still there, and a looming Sunni-Shi'a civil war that will catch them like a vice.

[Cricket55]

That's a key consideration. We have beau coup civilians still there, and a looming Sunni-Shi'a civil war that will catch them like a vice.

One of my coworkers and his wife are going to Iraq next month to teach English to the Kurds in northern Iraq or whatever part they are in. Not scared in the least. Just had a new baby in October. I would be scared to take my family back there.

[Sean Osborne]

One of my coworkers and his wife are going to Iraq next month to teach English to the Kurds in northern Iraq or whatever part they are in. Not scared in the least. Just had a new baby in October. I would be scared to take my family back there.

OH NO!!!

I cannot imagine any Christian family moving to Iraq to teach English; such a thing boggles my mind, it's crazy insane. Iraq is a country where Christians are literally hunted down like animals, even while worshipping the Lord in their church, by Sunni Islamists. The majority of Iraqi Christians are the descendants of the ancient Aramaic-speaking Assyrians, 400,000 of whom saw the necessity of fleeing the country for their very lives as of last year.

As of 2011, and in Mosul in Iraqi Kurdistan things are no different then in the rest of the country. Just two months ago a 30-year old Christian named Bassam Ihso was machine gunned to death right out of the blue by al-Qaeda gunmen who burst into the restaurant where he worked. That same week two more Christians were martyred in the Kurdish city of Kirkuk. And if the Christian is not killed outright, they are terrorized, robbed, raped, kidnapped for ransom and then murdered. The goal of al-Qaeda in Iraq is the total extermination of Christians in the country; this objective is no different than Hitler's holocaust of the Jews during WWII.

I cannot fathom why any Christian would go to Iraq with his family in tow while this kind of satanic slaughter is routine. Of the nearly 1 million Christians who lived in iraq 10 years ago there are barely a few tens of thousands left anywhere in the country. These are the facts on the ground in Iraq today.

[Keeplookinup]

Is there anyone here addressing this thread topic who has spent as little as 24 hours in a combat situation in either in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) or Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)? (Most tours are several months to a year or more in duration.) I'm just looking for qualified applicants to post to the subject of this thread who can speak from a position of direct experience.

Just asking... let er' rip all you Rambo's.

And yes, in light of recent events, the thin veneer between being a "nice guy" with respect to certain conspiratorial posts and tolerating abject "conspirascy loons" has acquired a definitive edge. Your truly lies on the side of truth as it is known in the real-world.

I am sick of all the "World War III" chicken-little, the sky is falling down, abject garbage I am seeing on this forum of late. It is absolutely ridiculous!
Just want ya'll to know... Psalm 83, Isaiah 17 and the associated prophecies ARE NOT World War III.

They are precursor wars.

And for THAT reason Sean, this Forum desperately needs your objectivity and military expertise! You are a valuable part of this community. I think we are all very passionate individuals, and need one another to help us keep grounded in truth and the Word. (And being a red-headed Jersey girl myself, some of us are more "passionate" than others! ) We must remember that we ARE different and bring our own individual gifts to these discussions. Many of us are not as informed on a particular topic as others and we need to honor one another regardless! "Iron sharpens iron." Blessings!

[mattfivefour]

Well said, Sue!

[Carl]

What a way to ring in the new year....with bombs bursting! Anyone know when the new moon is?

I thought that it was the full moon that brought out the best in man?

[DGB]

[B]Sean Osborne
Re: U.S. to leave Iraqi airspace clear for strategic Israeli route to Iran

Is there anyone here addressing this thread topic who has spent as little as 24 hours in a combat situation in either in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) or Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)? (Most tours are several months to a year or more in duration.) I'm just looking for qualified applicants to post to the subject of this thread who can speak from a position of direct experience.

Just asking... let er' rip all you Rambo's.

And yes, in light of recent events, the thin veneer between being a "nice guy" with respect to certain conspiratorial posts and tolerating abject "conspirascy loons" has acquired a definitive edge. Your truly lies on the side of truth as it is known in the real-world.

I am sick of all the "World War III" chicken-little, the sky is falling down, abject garbage I am seeing on this forum of late. It is absolutely ridiculous!
Just want ya'll to know... Psalm 83, Isaiah 17 and the associated prophecies ARE NOT World War III.

They are precursor wars.




I don't understand what brought about the above post. If you are reading the news and you post what it says, why do you have to be a military expert. Did I miss something?

[Sean Osborne]

[B]Sean Osborne
Re: U.S. to leave Iraqi airspace clear for strategic Israeli route to Iran

Is there anyone here addressing this thread topic who has spent as little as 24 hours in a combat situation in either in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) or Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)? (Most tours are several months to a year or more in duration.) I'm just looking for qualified applicants to post to the subject of this thread who can speak from a position of direct experience.

Just asking... let er' rip all you Rambo's.

And yes, in light of recent events, the thin veneer between being a "nice guy" with respect to certain conspiratorial posts and tolerating abject "conspirascy loons" has acquired a definitive edge. Your truly lies on the side of truth as it is known in the real-world.

I am sick of all the "World War III" chicken-little, the sky is falling down, abject garbage I am seeing on this forum of late. It is absolutely ridiculous!
Just want ya'll to know... Psalm 83, Isaiah 17 and the associated prophecies ARE NOT World War III.

They are precursor wars.




I don't understand what brought about the above post. If you are reading the news and you post what it says, why do you have to be a military expert. Did I miss something?

DGB,

Yes, relative to the thread topic, real-world boot-on-the-ground experience in the CENTCOM AOR and, most importantly, Bible prophecy, you apparently did miss something. Newspaper exegesis in this regard is both a waste of time and wholly insufficient data with which to properly inform interested brethren and those who are not brethren but interested nonetheless.

[DGB]

I am not sure the soldiers who have been in combat know what is going on in the mind of our president and pentagon.

[Sean Osborne]

I am not sure the soldiers who have been in combat know what is going on in the mind of our president and pentagon.

DGB,

Allow me to explain this a bit further for you.

My straight-forward comment was with direct respect to "anyone here addressing this thread topic" as it relates to "recent events" which have resulted in certain posts from individuals which are conspiratorial in nature or have a "World War III, chicken-little, the sky is falling down" flavor to them. These posts exhibit neither a correct situational awareness nor the proper hermeneutics of Biblical prophecy exegesis. They do not serve this forum well at all, and I see personally view them as detrimental to same. Hope this helps.