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951-Riverside

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5. Now that John McCain's ISIS friends have slaughtered the local populations, destroyed any resistance

Reply to morningfog (Original post)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 03:09 PM

Dec 2015

...and moved on, our guys can take control of those devastated areas without worrying about getting attacked and business interests can start with various development projects.

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US deploying more than 50 combat troops on the gound, to act unilaterally in Iraq and Syria [View all] morningfog Dec 2015 OP

50 here, 50 there, soon to be........... Paper Roses Dec 2015 #1

No one I know. 840high Dec 2015 #6

And if just one gets captured? atreides1 Dec 2015 #2

Then the American Public will demand we send 100,000 to avenge him tkmorris Dec 2015 #12

I love how they keep calling Syria a "civil war" GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #3

It is a civil war. With lots of outside countries now involved in it. jeff47 Dec 2015 #7

The only forces who should be on the ground in Iraq TwilightGardener Dec 2015 #4

Now that John McCain's ISIS friends have slaughtered the local populations, destroyed any resistance 951-Riverside Dec 2015 #5

Uh...fuck it. Forget it. Solly Mack Dec 2015 #8

They need to go back to the '60s and look up "mission creep" DebbieCDC Dec 2015 #9

50 Combat Troops in that area... bvar22 Dec 2015 #10

Cue 'Rat Patrol' intro. Kaleva Dec 2015 #11