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Where these the "moderates"? Cayenne Sep 2014 #1
The way I understand it, they recently "distanced" themselves from al Nusra. bemildred Sep 2014 #2
Our "partners" got blowed up Cayenne Sep 2014 #6
"Why are we madder at Assad than at ISIS?" bemildred Sep 2014 #13
Perhaps they unfriended al Nusra on Facebook daleo Sep 2014 #26
Kind of a Darwin award moment for the group, then Scootaloo Sep 2014 #3
Bound to be a setback. bemildred Sep 2014 #4
So many people must be shaking their heads at the stupidity. n/t JimDandy Sep 2014 #14
One "Aw Shit!" moment like that can wipe out a dozen or so attaboys Kaleva Sep 2014 #24
I find that version hard to credit daleo Sep 2014 #27
barrel bomb, daisy-cutter glide bomb ... quadrature Sep 2014 #5
I know this appears to be an accident but... indivisibleman Sep 2014 #7
so maybe they were assassinated and maybe they blew themselves up? azurnoir Sep 2014 #8
A day later we still don't know. bemildred Sep 2014 #17
At the moment the US wants Assad's cooperation, his greatest opponents go sky high . . . Journeyman Sep 2014 #9
I don't think the US wants Assad's cooperation. But if he would attack ISIS once in a while, pampango Sep 2014 #11
You keep saying this jamzrockz Sep 2014 #12
Assad military did not attack ISIS before August when it threatened then captured the Syrian pampango Sep 2014 #15
From a strategic standpoint, it's a sound battle plan. Xithras Sep 2014 #18
+1. We would find it clever if we were doing it. Divide and rule. nt bemildred Sep 2014 #19
"Assad is many things, but he's not stupid." He certainly is not. Leaving ISIS alone pampango Sep 2014 #20
Simple. He DIDN'T choose Scootaloo Sep 2014 #25
Kind of convenient PeoViejo Sep 2014 #10
Assad is here to stay - we ought to get over it and live with it. n/t cosmicone Sep 2014 #16
I fear that our pending 'isis' strikes in Syria will just be a smokescreen to Purveyor Sep 2014 #21
Syrian Rebel Group Names New Leaders After Blast Purveyor Sep 2014 #22
Seems like a short career path. bemildred Sep 2014 #23
We could try to be the Leviathan daleo Sep 2014 #28
Yup, we could end up being Gulliver in Lilliput Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #29
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