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liberal_at_heart

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3. not entirely surprising. The entire Middle East is divided into Sunni versus Shiite which is exactly

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2014, 02:29 PM

Sep 2014

why we don't belong in the fight. Getting involved in Iraq has pulled us into a never ending Middle Eastern civil war. The question is how many decades will we be involved in someone else's civil war?

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So our "allies" Turkey, UK and Germany have all refused to help fight ISIS? [View all] 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 OP

Cut off All International Military funding... use THAT money to pay for OUR MILITARY. DontTreadOnMe Sep 2014 #1

Gee, what about our good buddies, the Saudis? How about Kuwait for merrily Sep 2014 #2

not entirely surprising. The entire Middle East is divided into Sunni versus Shiite which is exactly liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #3

Civil War? no, no, no... it's until the oil runs out. DontTreadOnMe Sep 2014 #4

No, not at all. They've said they won't take part in Schema Thing Sep 2014 #5

It remains to be seen what military role they will play, if any, in Iraq. morningfog Sep 2014 #6

The article's from June ... GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #8

Yes, "I knew that" because that's what the article clearly says 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #7