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7. The objective there was achievable by military force.

Fri Aug 30, 2013, 12:08 PM

Aug 2013

Not so with Assad.

And, the USSR/Russia was a paper tiger back in those days, due to internal reckoning.

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Should Clinton have intervened in Kosovo? [View all] East Coast Pirate Aug 2013 OP

FFS As if Clinton DIDN'T 'intervene' in making that mess leftstreet Aug 2013 #1

Clinton Didn't Partner With The Russians... KharmaTrain Aug 2013 #5

The objective there was achievable by military force. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #7

Hindsight... KharmaTrain Aug 2013 #8

I favored intervention in Kosovo, and thought the leftwing critics of it geek tragedy Aug 2013 #9

Is this an attempt at a variation of the 'Clinton's Penis' defense? bowens43 Aug 2013 #3

The Clinton's Penis defense is impossible to penetrate. NT el_bryanto Aug 2013 #4

That depends on the definition of "is". madinmaryland Aug 2013 #6

No. East Coast Pirate Aug 2013 #10