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delrem

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3. "U.S.trained moderate Syrian fighters"
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 07:53 PM
Sep 2015

Of course they're "moderate".
I just love "moderates"! Don't you?

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So for 42 million salimbag Sep 2015 #1
This is a Lie McKim Sep 2015 #2
Proof atreides1 Sep 2015 #4
Why do you think they would lie about this? JDPriestly Sep 2015 #5
To make ISIS underestimate their enemy. christx30 Sep 2015 #7
Maybe to hide the fact that many of the moderates they trained were not so moderate after all PersonNumber503602 Sep 2015 #11
54 trained. 4 or 5 remain. GeorgeGist Sep 2015 #6
Luckily they repelled the attack Yupster Sep 2015 #24
What Three hots, a cot for three to six months, then given a M16 and sent home? What the downside? happyslug Sep 2015 #8
One downside ia if ypu get caught you may be crucified. AngryAmish Sep 2015 #20
Caught by who? ISIS, they buying, the Kurds? They in the market also. happyslug Sep 2015 #21
the number they would have started with would karynnj Sep 2015 #9
uh huh. nt Javaman Sep 2015 #12
"U.S.trained moderate Syrian fighters" delrem Sep 2015 #3
This is fail! ellisonz Sep 2015 #10
From what Air Base? The Turks will object to any aid from Turkish bases. happyslug Sep 2015 #14
The Turks are actually helping ISIS with their bombing of the Kurds. ellisonz Sep 2015 #15
The bases in the Persian Gulf are to far away... happyslug Sep 2015 #16
The logistics really aren't a problem. ellisonz Sep 2015 #17
Projecting power against people on the move? happyslug Sep 2015 #22
If this is all the case, why is there a campaign already underway in Iraq and Syria? ellisonz Sep 2015 #23
Yah ... the rest are fighting *for* ISIS ... Nihil Sep 2015 #13
And most of the GOP wants to add boots on the ground JCMach1 Sep 2015 #18
When they couldn't get the training numbers they'd been hoping for (mostly because Syrian TwilightGardener Sep 2015 #19
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