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9. True, but PBO did list "What we will not do...we will not put boots on the ground in Syria."

Reply to grahamhgreen (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 7, 2015, 08:19 AM

Dec 2015

Reasoning behind this are those that you described: American troops in the ME will escalate the violence, encourage recruitment of terrorists, endless wars, etc.

Funny how I didn't here that in HRC's foreign policy speech. I thought she was following PBO's play book. I could be mistaken.

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