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1. So trump did ISIS a favor. The alliances, hatreds and centuries-old...

Reply to KY_EnviroGuy (Original post)

Sun Jan 12, 2020, 02:56 AM

Jan 2020

criss-crossing blood oaths in the Middle East are too complicated for many seasoned diplomats even to navigate without rankling some feelings, much less a know-nothing, unread idiot like trump.

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The Islamic State welcomes death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani [View all] KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 OP

So trump did ISIS a favor. The alliances, hatreds and centuries-old... brush Jan 2020 #1

Indeed it is extremely complex and beyond our comprehension. KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #2

well the basic Sunni - Shite thing isn't real rocket science. stopdiggin Jan 2020 #3