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yellowwoodII

(616 posts) Tue Jul 23, 2013, 07:35 PM Jul 2013

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Thank you, General Dempsey

General Martin Dempsey has laid out the risks and the costs of intervening in Syria.

If only the American people had been given this kind of information before the hawks led them gung-ho into Iraq, Iraq would be better off today than it is and so would we.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/23/world/middleeast/pentagon-outlining-options-to-congress-suggests-syria-campaign-would-be-costly.html?_r=0

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Thank you, General Dempsey (Original Post) yellowwoodII Jul 2013 OP

Hopefully, TPTB were listening....that doesn't include mcCain or snappyturtle Jul 2013 #1

Dempsey is trying to get us to stay in Afganistan. broiles Jul 2013 #2

snappyturtle

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1. Hopefully, TPTB were listening....that doesn't include mcCain or

Reply to yellowwoodII (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2013, 07:47 PM

Jul 2013

Graham. And thanks yellowwoodII....welcome to DU!

broiles

(1,455 posts)

2. Dempsey is trying to get us to stay in Afganistan.

Reply to yellowwoodII (Original post)

Tue Jul 23, 2013, 08:15 PM

Jul 2013

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