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So comparing this to Yemen and Somalia is an over simplification ... JoePhilly Sep 2014 #1
LOL....so true Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #7
Can see it all over DU today as well. JoePhilly Sep 2014 #10
They talked about the so called comparison of ISIS to Yemen and Somalia in that same program. jwirr Sep 2014 #28
Right ... which makes sense. JoePhilly Sep 2014 #29
Our boots are on the ground everywhere we see an interest newthinking Sep 2014 #2
a financial interest SummerSnow Sep 2014 #4
Yeah we didn't need Engel to tell us that. Obama told us that. Schema Thing Sep 2014 #3
Sounds like they're engaged in intelligence gathering MineralMan Sep 2014 #5
Precisely. Somebody's gotta be there to run the equipment, send back the logistics, and coordinate. msanthrope Sep 2014 #9
Oddly enough, that's just what the article at the link says. MineralMan Sep 2014 #12
Perhaps the OP did not read the whole article, merely the excerpt they put up. I'd like to think msanthrope Sep 2014 #14
All too often, OPs are posted after only a cursory glance MineralMan Sep 2014 #15
I find this one of the more disconcerting aspects of some OPs. Quality, not quantity, is a laudable msanthrope Sep 2014 #22
Yes. I do too. MineralMan Sep 2014 #23
Headline changing often indicates agenda-driven OPing. As for demonstrating a lack of knowledge msanthrope Sep 2014 #24
The U S has military personnel in one hundred thirty nations. DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2014 #6
This article's characterization of Richard Engel's reporting from Iraq is accurate. amandabeech Sep 2014 #8
Richard Engel has struck me, for a long time, as being slightly...off... TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #17
Engel is one of the more erudite reporters around with a deep knowledge of the region and cali Sep 2014 #20
He's not a reporter anymore. All he does is editorialize. I watched an interview TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #21
Check reply #25. It might answer some of your questions. n/t amandabeech Sep 2014 #27
He was clearly very troubled about the President's plan, amandabeech Sep 2014 #26
what revelation? drray23 Sep 2014 #11
Everyone KNows Special Operations Types Are Present, Ma'am The Magistrate Sep 2014 #13
Special forces are everywhere. TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #16
Yeaaaaahhhh...we already knew this, Mr. Engel. nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #18
I saw this interview last nite and was wondering wtf was with him? Lawrence O'Donnell asked Engel jillan Sep 2014 #19
Richard Engel was kidnapped in Syria himself bklyncowgirl Sep 2014 #25
That attitude in your last sentence is an old one and honorable. My uncle who faught in Korea jwirr Sep 2014 #30
It was fascinating to me that Lawrence even thought to ask him that question & jillan Sep 2014 #31
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