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17. The US policy in the Middle East has sucked for generations

Fri Apr 7, 2017, 09:04 AM

Apr 2017

Yes we are fools in this area.

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Weren't the chemical weapons from Syria taken away by Russia? [View all] Le Gaucher Apr 2017 OP

We were taken as fools AngryAmish Apr 2017 #1

Who are you calling a "fool" specifically"? trump admin? Cha Apr 2017 #2

Trump administration and the entire US foreign policy apparatus. AngryAmish Apr 2017 #8

Can't defend the Trump administration, but whathehell Apr 2017 #15

Maybe setting the Arab world on fire was a terrible idea. AngryAmish Apr 2017 #16

---- whathehell Apr 2017 #10

"The US are fools"? whathehell Apr 2017 #7

The US policy in the Middle East has sucked for generations AngryAmish Apr 2017 #17

I am not the Brits, that's why. AngryAmish Apr 2017 #20

You don't need to be.. whathehell Apr 2017 #21

That was the claim a couple months ago FBaggins Apr 2017 #3

The removal and-or destruction was supervised by the UN and OPCW onenote Apr 2017 #4

Good question.. Found this.. Cha Apr 2017 #5

Evidently not all his "stockpile" who knows what they Cha Apr 2017 #13

Russia has been Syria's military ally for decades. DetlefK Apr 2017 #6

"Ally" is the wrong word in this case FBaggins Apr 2017 #11

good point.. annabanana Apr 2017 #18

Ah, thanks for the reasoning on why putin is doubling down Cha Apr 2017 #12

the planes that bombed the people came from there..and sarah FAILIN Apr 2017 #14