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18. Arming members of AQ

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2013, 09:20 AM

Jun 2013

doesn't sound like a very good idea to me, and that's exactly what we'll be doing in Syria. If that isn't myopic and stupid, I don't know what is - unless the goal is to keep churning the pot so that the WOT never ends.

Arming AQ seems like it will do exactly that. To me, it looks like "Oh, look, there's a fire in Syria, somebody get the gasoline to put it out!"

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So what is the end game in Syria? What is that the admin hopes to accomplish? [View all] cali Jun 2013 OP

end game- 80-20, Hillary/Booker landslide 500 electoral votes, 129 million popular votes. 6-3 SCOTUS graham4anything Jun 2013 #1

well, that's disgusting as well as totally inane and ridiculous. cali Jun 2013 #2

No, you asked what I would like the end game of all the anti-Obama smears to be, and I answered. graham4anything Jun 2013 #4

I sure the fuck did not ask that. not a little bit. not even close. not even in the same universe. cali Jun 2013 #6

I am still waiting for the 8,323,123 times they said Iran would bombed, and SS would be cut. graham4anything Jun 2013 #8

let's see: food stamps are being cut- significantly. I never said Iran would be bombed. cali Jun 2013 #10

Cut him a little slack. kentuck Jun 2013 #20

Huh? maddezmom Jun 2013 #11

Destabilization -> Invasion -> More US military bases -> Imposition of friendly "democracy"? Junkdrawer Jun 2013 #3

Weaken Iran, and thereby weaken China. Laelth Jun 2013 #5

I keep saying the most dangerous moments in world history... Junkdrawer Jun 2013 #7

Very good point Eddie Haskell Jun 2013 #25

They don't ALWAYS lead to war. US & Britain in the 20s comes to mind... Junkdrawer Jun 2013 #31

I'm sure you will be determining that treestar Jun 2013 #9

one would think that as the admin has been discusssing intervention in syria and has decided cali Jun 2013 #12

it would end if Assad stopped killing his people. DCBob Jun 2013 #13

how about the rebels? oh those noble innocents. cali Jun 2013 #15

Nobody is innocent in that mess. DCBob Jun 2013 #17

The American Myopia Game... KharmaTrain Jun 2013 #14

End the bloodshed? That's a HUGE fucking gamble. cali Jun 2013 #16

We will be arming members of AQ Aerows Jun 2013 #19

ending the bloodshed... IDemo Jun 2013 #23

Arming members of AQ Aerows Jun 2013 #18

My opinion: kentuck Jun 2013 #21

Justify the existence of the MIC. mattclearing Jun 2013 #22

A New American Century Eddie Haskell Jun 2013 #24

Because letting Russia and Iran help Assad restore order is too awful to imagine... Junkdrawer Jun 2013 #26

PNAC. ozone_man Jun 2013 #27

The objective remains the same Eddie Haskell Jun 2013 #30

create more terrorists to fight for profit Monkie Jun 2013 #28

To maintain hegemony, to weaken Israel's rivals. Read "A Clean Break" (PNAC, 1997) leveymg Jun 2013 #29