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15. Hardly a new idea....

Thu Sep 3, 2015, 12:59 PM

Sep 2015

We trained bin Laden, and armed Saddam Hussein to fight Iran.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

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David Petraeus' Bright Idea: Give Terrorists Weapons to Beat Terrorists [View all] eridani Sep 2015 OP

The definition of insanity: ZM90 Sep 2015 #1

Recommend a slight adjustment in perspective FlatBaroque Sep 2015 #13

This is all assuming we want peace in the middle east. tecelote Sep 2015 #2

It might not be what you or I want, LuvNewcastle Sep 2015 #6

Bingo! Scuba Sep 2015 #9

Reality once again crowds satire... Fumesucker Sep 2015 #3

Surely this is a joke. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #5

Why not? LuvNewcastle Sep 2015 #7

I have told this story over and over. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #18

Saudi Arabia ring a bell? Fumesucker Sep 2015 #12

Yeah, give them nukes. Problem solved. Helen Borg Sep 2015 #8

our next glorious reformist Westernizing allies, in order MisterP Sep 2015 #14

Hardly a new idea.... Wounded Bear Sep 2015 #15

Republicans keep trying the old canard MurrayDelph Sep 2015 #16

It is the search for the next enemy nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #17