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5. Brilliant! Another civil war to get bogged down in with our "help". See Vietnam for precedent.

Sun May 5, 2013, 07:56 PM

May 2013

Not to mention our glorious (and losing) efforts in Afghanistan.

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Syrian Rebel Leader: We Won't Share U.S. Arms With Extremists [View all] Purveyor May 2013 OP

Yeah, right. MrSlayer May 2013 #1

did the Mujahideen say that too in Afghanistan back in the 80's? NightWatcher May 2013 #4

All extremists have to do is pretend to be non-extremist rebels Jake Izzy May 2013 #6