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joshcryer

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13. Again, I said not directly.

Reply to cali (Reply #11)

Thu Sep 11, 2014, 05:23 AM

Sep 2014

Indirectly, of course it's been happening.

You may think the difference is small, but it's not, because the CIA can operate to nudge here or there, but without actual direct assistance from the US military and MIC then it's CIA minimal. ISIS got their weapons, per your own links, from raiding Syrian arms bases.

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OK. Say our military actions in Syria lead to the Assad regime being deposed [View all] cali Sep 2014 OP

Always Sound, Ma'am, To Expect The Future To Be Bad As The Present The Magistrate Sep 2014 #1

I think there is a reason to suspect bombing against ISIS cali Sep 2014 #4

I Do Not Think That Last Can Be Effectively Done, Ma'am The Magistrate Sep 2014 #21

perhaps. perhaps not. situations such as this are certainly hard to accurately assess. cali Sep 2014 #22

There, We Would Certainly Agree, Ma'am The Magistrate Sep 2014 #23

Russia gets denied a naval facility killbotfactory Sep 2014 #2

Jordan and Lebanon will be pantloaded... TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #3

if it happens i don't see how it will be because of our military actions there JI7 Sep 2014 #5

There's a reason we didn't arm the rebels. joshcryer Sep 2014 #6

As I understand it, you are incorrect cali Sep 2014 #7

"vetted rebels in Jordan" joshcryer Sep 2014 #8

read the second article. we are arming members of the FSA IN SYRIA cali Sep 2014 #9

Nope, that's the "nonlethal aid" quote. joshcryer Sep 2014 #10

more evidence- YOU provide no evidence for your claims cali Sep 2014 #11

Again, I said not directly. joshcryer Sep 2014 #13

absurd. The U.S. is arming "moderate" opposition groups in the U.S. period. cali Sep 2014 #15

There are no "moderate rebels" Boreal Sep 2014 #14

Where do you think those "vetted rebels in Jordan" end up? CJCRANE Sep 2014 #19

FSA/ISIS/ISIL/al Nusra/al Qaeda and myriad other terrorist Boreal Sep 2014 #12

thanks. I find it so depressing that so many here are sucked into this cali Sep 2014 #16

It IS about Assad and getting of Syria Boreal Sep 2014 #17

As I said, I don't give a shit what it's about. It's a further unfolding of our disastrous cali Sep 2014 #18

It'll be just like Iraq and Libya. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #20