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Robb

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20. Agreed.

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #19)

Wed Jun 6, 2012, 02:45 PM

Jun 2012

However you're not going to see 100,000 US troops on the ground in Yemen, for example. When the AUMF dies, that kind of blanket power will die with it.
There isn't anything wrong in Yemen that can't be solved without sending Marines.

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Only one senior al Qaeda leader left. And what that means. [View all] Robb Jun 2012 OP

You're way past me thinking this out. I also welcome the End of the War on Terra. freshwest Jun 2012 #1

Zawahiri Turbineguy Jun 2012 #2

Reminds me of this... Drunken Irishman Jun 2012 #6

n/t BOG PERSON Jun 2012 #8

Interesting analysis. msanthrope Jun 2012 #3

Without another 9/11-caliber attack, orchestrated by AQAP, Robb Jun 2012 #13

I agree about 9/11..but I think the drone program would continue, unabated, even if the AUMF msanthrope Jun 2012 #19

Agreed. Robb Jun 2012 #20

Very Plausible, Sir: I Hope You Are Right The Magistrate Jun 2012 #4

We've reached the final number two? NV Whino Jun 2012 #5

But AQAP is stronger than ever. There's also AQ in Somalia, Sudan, Libya riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #7

As I said upthread, that's a tough sell. Robb Jun 2012 #17

You're banking on some future configuration of the "right court" making a logical judgement riderinthestorm Jun 2012 #18

Authorization for Use of Military Force - What about Mullah Omar? PufPuf23 Jun 2012 #9

in a union shop that meant a move-up in senority madrchsod Jun 2012 #10

Obama's administration has done an excellent job in this area. Excellent. Historical. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #11

I admire people who are able to think analytically NNN0LHI Jun 2012 #12

BREAKING: Ayman al-Zawahiri has just declared himself the NUMBER THREE AQ leader pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #14

The "Number 2" people we have been killing are ALREADY so far removed from 9/11 Bonobo Jun 2012 #15

Only if you completely ignore the argument and restate it as "we just need to keep killing." Robb Jun 2012 #16