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US plan to train ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels raises troubling questions
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| 29 January 2015
| Rodger Shanahan
Posted on 01/31/2015 5:15:53 PM PST by Lorianne
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WTH
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:15:53 PM PST
by
Lorianne
To: Lorianne
While US efforts to support rebel groups to date have been less than successful, there is so much that could go wrong with this course of action, and so little that could go right. If we arm anyone in that area it should be the Kurds. - Tom
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:21:39 PM PST
by
Capt. Tom
(Don't confuse U.S. citizens and Americans. They are not necessarily the same. -tom)
To: Lorianne
I smell fish. Lots of it.
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:23:45 PM PST
by
EagleUSA
(Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
To: Lorianne
Arming the future enemies of Israel.
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:24:41 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: Lorianne
These Moderate Rebels don’t fight ISIS at all. Whats troubling is when GOP go along with this absurd plan. Did they not forget how US used to arm rebels against USSR? Assad is NOT the greater enemy.
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:25:55 PM PST
by
4rcane
To: Lorianne
We seem to favor one pack of wild dogs
over another pack of wild dogs
in hopes that we will be attacked last.
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:26:51 PM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy, and he is us.)
To: Lorianne
The 20,000 MANPADS from the Clinton-McCain-Obama
Libyan Benghazi transfer have to go somewhere
to murder Americans and their allies.
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:27:28 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
To: Capt. Tom
If we arm anyone in that area it should be the Kurds. - Tom
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And ONLY the Kurds. We should take a portion of the money going to the Iraqi government and spend it to have a major air base in Kurdistan. That way aid could go DIRECTLY to the Kurds.
To: Lorianne
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:33:48 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Capt. Tom
If we arm anyone in that area it should be the Kurds. - Tom Can't be doing that as it would upset our wonderful "allies" the Turks. /s
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:35:33 PM PST
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: cripplecreek
"Arming the future enemies of Israel."
Yes, Obama is funneling weapons, training and money to the terrorists which will not only be used against Israel, but to spread the reach of the transnational terrorists in general and strengthen the effort to establish the Greater Caliphate.
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:36:01 PM PST
by
Truth29
To: Lorianne
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:36:30 PM PST
by
MrBambaLaMamba
(Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
To: Lorianne
What is a moderate rebel? When I asked a senior Lebanese army officer in November 2014 if there were moderate rebels in Syria, he simply laughed not at my joke, but at the concept.I would've laughed too, at the concept.
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:40:03 PM PST
by
odds
To: Truth29
Sounds like the Egyptians may be hinting that they think Obama has something to do with this new round of violence there as well.
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:42:43 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: Paladin2
They are already doing it!
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:46:01 PM PST
by
Lorianne
(fed pork, bailouts, gone taxmoney)
To: Lorianne
Obama has always armed and trained and fought on the wrong side. I don’t know why anyone would expect him to change now.
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:51:35 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Lorianne
If liberals like Romney and Jeb are considered “moderate” Republicans — I hate to think what a “moderate” jihadi is.
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:54:42 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Lorianne
We apparently funded the Taliban against the Rooskies in Afghanistan. Look how well that turned out.....
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:56:19 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Lorianne
It’s just The Great ObamaNations way of training and supplying ISIS, so that they have a more level playing field when facing our troops.
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posted on
01/31/2015 5:58:43 PM PST
by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
To: cripplecreek
Obama had much to do with the uprising that brought Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt. Al Sisi messed up Zero's plans and brought some sanity back to Egypt. Obama is working to put the Brotherhood back in charge which would be another domino to establish the Greater Caliphate.
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posted on
01/31/2015 6:00:26 PM PST
by
Truth29
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