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Jefferson23

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4. We would rather they kill each other off, sorry..I know that's harsh but its what we do.

Reply to bemildred (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 18, 2016, 12:37 PM

Feb 2016

We want regime change, then we don't, then we do...or so we say for public consumption.
We want the rebels to win, hmmm

I see that question is far too simplistic at this point.

I'm not trying to reduce the mess to a simple equation but I am sick of
what we do, directly and indirectly.

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Such unimaginable suffering. polly7 Feb 2016 #1

At least a generation..I don't know, probably more. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #2

�We have a lot to learn from Syria� bemildred Feb 2016 #3

We would rather they kill each other off, sorry..I know that's harsh but its what we do. Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #4

You'll get no argument from me. nt bemildred Feb 2016 #6

I know, that's just me venting. Their aspirations are counter to sanity too often. Jefferson23 Feb 2016 #14

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