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ISIS battered by Assad's airstrikes: Air and ground weapons supplied by its ally Russia
Christian Today ^ | 09/19/2015 | Harry Farley

Posted on 09/19/2015 5:54:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

” Syrian Observatory for Human Rights”

This corresponds to being the
best bagpipe player in Harlem.


21 posted on 09/19/2015 6:10:19 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Voting is acting white.)
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To: Rusty0604
Are those hamburgers and fries still legal in New York?

As long as you get a small soda.

22 posted on 09/19/2015 6:12:31 PM PDT by dead ("I'm up to my eyeball in virgin goats!" - Mullah Omar)
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To: Rusty0604

RE: Are those hamburgers and fries still legal in New York?

Yes they are. They have Kosher versions of their food too.

A thought just crossed my mind — Maybe these five guys in Syria we gave money to might have been the ones who opened this successful burger chain...

In which case, who woulda thunk the DoD became a capitalist for the food industry? :)


23 posted on 09/19/2015 6:12:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (What is the difference between Obama and government bonds? Government bonds will mature someday)
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To: AAABEST
In all the years I’ve worked and lived in the Middle East, I’ve learned that it absolute HATES a vacuum.

Yep. Those folks respect power, and they respect (and fear) those who seem to be winning. They are, however, not big fans of democracy.

Bush II read them completely wrong. And Obama, for his own reasons, is following along a similar path.

24 posted on 09/19/2015 6:12:55 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: SeekAndFind

obama rejects the idea, advocated by Moscow, of cooperating with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to fight Islamic State, instead obama will continue it’s support of the terrorists.


25 posted on 09/19/2015 6:15:53 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: sparklite2

Or ‘the most honest man in Washington, DC.’


26 posted on 09/19/2015 6:16:48 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: SeekAndFind

[The US government rejects the idea, advocated by Moscow, of cooperating with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to fight Islamic State, and has warned Syria not to interfere in its air campaign.]

Some air campaign, three out of four sorties don’t release their ordnance. Obama needs to get out of the way and let the killers kill the killers.


27 posted on 09/19/2015 6:17:15 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Dalberg-Acton

I seriously doubt that the Syrian Air Force could mount more than a few sorts a day.


28 posted on 09/19/2015 6:21:07 PM PDT by Tallguy
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To: SeekAndFind

Jeez, actually effectively bombing ISIS...Barry is going to be pissed.


29 posted on 09/19/2015 6:24:01 PM PDT by House Atreides (CRUZ or lose!)
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To: SeekAndFind
The US seeks instablity in the Middle East (this is what the Arab Spring is all about). The secular governments (such as Assad) need to be disposed of, so that the Caliphate can be restored. Sunni and Shiite, of course, do not get along, but I suspect there is a movement to unite the two groups and have Iran (Shiite) become dominant and gain control of the holy sites, displacing Saudi Arabia (Sunni).

As in the US, if the original power structure is torn down, a new power structure (based on Islamic fundamentalism) can replace it. Assad stands in the way of this, so the US helps ISIS. In the end, Iran needs to dominant, so the US helps Iran.

Obama plays both sides in an effort to strengthen the ultimate Caliphate.
It's a different take on what Reagan did -- he helped both Iran and Iraq in the 80s as they both fought each other. You play both sides if you have a long-term strategy that benefits from the ebb and flow.

30 posted on 09/19/2015 6:30:27 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If Russia is to be the big dog in the neighborhood, then so be it. The US sure as hell isn’t in the international leadership business anymore.


31 posted on 09/19/2015 6:44:12 PM PDT by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged, you're part of the problem.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Moslem Obola and the proterrorist submissive and
complicit GOP are not going to like this.

ISIS is their US taxpayer-funded, Lerner-enabled,
CLinton-ushered, ticket to slavery, rape,
and death of America and Christians/Jews worldwide.


32 posted on 09/19/2015 6:44:33 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: ClearCase_guy

I heard some Washington bureaucrat being interviewed on the radio and he said “Isis are the good guys in Syria! “


33 posted on 09/19/2015 6:48:18 PM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Baraq the Caliph and his harem are angry


34 posted on 09/19/2015 6:48:55 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Obama - "I will stand with the Muslims")
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To: MNDude

I think that is the “truth” that the Washington elite will not openly say, because it flies in the face of everything that American citizens hold dear. The elite pretends to fight ISIS, but they are actually helping ISIS.


35 posted on 09/19/2015 6:51:18 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Glad to see somebody is taking the battle against ISIS seriously,


36 posted on 09/19/2015 6:53:38 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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To: going hot

“They remembered Di Fi standing in the senate chamber in CA waving an AK around and stating that, “I can kill everybody in this room in one minute with this rate of fire”.”

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I almost wish someone would have challenged her to do just that.


37 posted on 09/19/2015 6:55:48 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: SeekAndFind

What will 0bama say when Russia is victorious in weeks, where 0bama failed for months


38 posted on 09/19/2015 7:08:18 PM PDT by Steven Tyler
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Gog and Magog kicking ass in Syria, wonder where they might go for their next adventure?


39 posted on 09/19/2015 7:10:12 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Cruz to victory with Jindal riding shot-gun)
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To: SeekAndFind

John McCain is deeply saddened...


40 posted on 09/19/2015 7:12:32 PM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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