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We sure do train a lot of people to get better at killing other people.
We sure do train a lot of people to get better at killing other people.
It's worked out so well so far, might as well keep doing it.
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2014/09/what-could-go-wrong_12.html
BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Obama’s determination to train Syrian rebels to serve as ground troops against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria leaves the United States dependent on a diverse group riven by infighting, with no shared leadership and with hard-line Islamists as its most effective fighters.
It's worked out so well so far, might as well keep doing it.
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2014/09/what-could-go-wrong_12.html
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