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TwilightGardener

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5. We're not doing airstrikes FOR THEM. We're doing airstrikes to keep ISIS from

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 09:57 AM

Oct 2014

being able to cross back and forth into Iraq (and to kill other AQ that have taken up residence in Syria). The moderate rebels don't seem to care much about ISIS, they're 100% fixated on Assad, anyway.

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USA Go Home: ‘Moderate’ Syrian Rebels Now Opposing US Airstrikes In Syria [View all] kpete Oct 2014 OP

I'm surprised. atreides1 Oct 2014 #1

Air strikes on Syria: A long and uncertain shot Baclava Oct 2014 #2

We can Bomb the World to Pieces but We Can't Bomb It into Peace KurtNYC Oct 2014 #3

So say the moderate religious extremists seveneyes Oct 2014 #4

We're not doing airstrikes FOR THEM. We're doing airstrikes to keep ISIS from TwilightGardener Oct 2014 #5