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Foreign Affairs

DonCoquixote

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1. this line alone told me the article was wrong

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 08:05 AM

Jun 2014

"If US troops were still present, the fanatical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) would not have swept through the north of the country and now be threatening Baghdad. "

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this line alone told me the article was wrong DonCoquixote Jun 2014 #1

If troops were still there, they would be getting killed. Period. bradla Jun 2014 #2