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14. Pretty good analysis. I say just help em enough to let them kill each other

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #13)

Fri Sep 12, 2014, 02:09 PM

Sep 2014

over an extended period of time. That will keep their focus off of Europe, which I believe is their next target, and the US.
Have to wonder how far this bunch would've gotten if Saddam was still in power? Although, most do belong to the same "tribe" as Saddam did, so who knows.

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Syria, Iran, Russia Slam Obama�s Strategy [View all] Purveyor Sep 2014 OP

Well, I think that makes sense from their viewpoint. femmocrat Sep 2014 #1

Russia and Iran are Syria's allies. amandabeech Sep 2014 #2

Yes, I know that. femmocrat Sep 2014 #5

Yes, Russia's doing it in Ukraine, and we're complaining like crazy and putting amandabeech Sep 2014 #6

That is very interesting. femmocrat Sep 2014 #7

You're welcome. amandabeech Sep 2014 #8

If THAT crew is against it, Obama must be doing the right thing! 7962 Sep 2014 #3

What a stupid fucking way to assess right and wrong Scootaloo Sep 2014 #11

Why? I hear people say the exact same thing when the GOP is against something 7962 Sep 2014 #12

And it's fucking stupid then, too Scootaloo Sep 2014 #13

Pretty good analysis. I say just help em enough to let them kill each other 7962 Sep 2014 #14

Didn't the foreign minister... YvonneCa Sep 2014 #4

Yes, but in the article, the Foreign Minister says that Obama must contact Assad amandabeech Sep 2014 #10

for public consumption. Obama can't afford to be seen holding hands with that crew in public, and geek tragedy Sep 2014 #9