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HassleCat

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2. Same old tune

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2015, 05:08 PM

Jun 2015

We do this all the time. We support some band of crazies because they are fighting somebody we dislike. Then they win and we find out they're not our BFFs. Surprise!

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Ex-Intel Officials: Pentagon Report Proves US Complicity in ISIS [View all] red dog 1 Jun 2015 OP

their end goal is to topple Assad and install a pro-US/Saudi regime GreatGazoo Jun 2015 #1

I've wondered for a long time.... Flo Mingo Jun 2015 #3

There is a recipe for US involvement in overthrowing governments GreatGazoo Jun 2015 #4

I am not even sure that is the goal. They really don't seem to care about sufferring and death newthinking Jun 2015 #5

Assad gave a port on the Mediteranean to Russia and harbors Hezbollah (Iran / Shiite) militia GreatGazoo Jun 2015 #6

Agreed. Which is why Fundamentalism is so useful cprise Jun 2015 #7

Same old tune HassleCat Jun 2015 #2

I'm inclined to agree with you red dog 1 Jun 2015 #8