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In reply to the discussion: Kerry: Arab Countries Offered To Pay for (Syrian) Invasion [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)48. Jsut when I thought I could not be any more gob smacked......
I went to the article just to make sure it was not the Onion or Borowitz, or the voices in my head.
ah, hell, why not? We have taken Czechoslovakia, then Poland, and Belgium......might as well go whole hog, seeing as how it is free and all that......
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true & I seem to recall something similar about Iraq: "Iraqi oil will pay for this war"
wordpix
Sep 2013
#41
doing the bidding of others. This is soooo in the national interest: American lives, limbs, brains,
indepat
Sep 2013
#27
The Iraq war was the most stupid war from a long time ago. Every single mistake
Sand Wind
Sep 2013
#8
the Department of Defense's direct spending on Iraq totaled at least $757.8 billion.
Sand Wind
Sep 2013
#11
PAt Dollard?...really?...read the comments at the end of that article....wise choice of source?nt
pkdu
Sep 2013
#78
also BigOil - Syria has "largest proved reserve of crude oil in the eastern Mediterranean"
wordpix
Sep 2013
#65
He is going to get the Arabs to pay for this. Now we can afford all that liberal stuff....
Dr Fate
Sep 2013
#30
"they have offered to pay for all of a full invasion" - and send their own army to Syria?
wordpix
Sep 2013
#44
These developments establish what the US govt./military is; now they'll just haggle over price.
Divernan
Sep 2013
#21
So, what -- if Assad doubles their offer, we'll bomb the Arab League instead? WTF??
phantom power
Sep 2013
#18
good point + we used to pay our proxy & now we ARE the proxy. We're truly a 3rd World nation now
wordpix
Sep 2013
#46
Does that include pensions to anyone disabled, survivor benefits to surviving spouses and children
cstanleytech
Sep 2013
#37
Will the Arabs Pay for the PTSD, the Wooden Legs the Plastic Hands, the Catheter Bags ?
warrant46
Sep 2013
#52