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Obama on Iraq: U.S. Won't Commit to Another Ground War (Original Post)
BeyondGeography
Sep 2014
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Autumn
(48,867 posts)1. A lot of trust in those faces.
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BeyondGeography
(40,936 posts)2. Incredible faces...good for them and good for the Prez

delrem
(9,688 posts)3. But, it seems, the USA does *FINALLY* get to bomb fuck out of Syria.
From the air. Of course. Only mercenaries aka "moderate rebels" on the ground.
http://www.salon.com/2007/10/12/wesley_clark/
Seven countries in five years
"Oh, its worse than that, he said, holding up a memo on his desk. Heres the paper from the Office of the Secretary of Defense [then Donald Rumsfeld] outlining the strategy. Were going to take out seven countries in five years. And he named them, starting with Iraq and Syria and ending with Iran.
While Clark doesnt name the other four countries, he has mentioned in televised interviews that the hit list included Lebanon, Libya, Somalia and Sudan."
plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

