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WEST NEEDS RUSSIA’S HELP TO FIGHT ISIS AND ASSAD CAN STAY, FRANCE’S MACRON SAYS
Newsweek ^ | 6/21 | TOM O'CONNOR ON

Posted on 06/23/2017 1:03:19 PM PDT by Veto!

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To: Texas Fossil

One example. Alawites were 10% of the population. About the same rate grunts, but 90% officers.


21 posted on 06/23/2017 6:11:11 PM PDT by Krosan
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OK for government jobs, that makes sense.

But military is so much more important than bureaucrap jobs.

Nations perish or survive depending upon their performance.

Kurds are not pilots, but they are awfully good soldiers.


22 posted on 06/23/2017 7:46:06 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Krosan

FYI

Rojava Map 6-23-17

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DC6BZaRXoAE6oyl.jpg


23 posted on 06/23/2017 7:47:05 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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