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JackRiddler

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34. 1) They aren't getting their way, they are losing.

Reply to KoKo (Reply #31)

Sun Jun 19, 2016, 11:37 PM

Jun 2016

2) They are setting it up for Clinton to do it - and she will, no question.

3) They fear it might not be Clinton in the end, and hope to suck Obama into it.

All as a matter of speculation, of course.

Fucking fuckers.

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Saudi Arabia Repeats Call For US Strikes On Assad [View all] Purveyor Jun 2016 OP

And don't they have a military? NWCorona Jun 2016 #1

Never mind the dog, beware the owner. leveymg Jun 2016 #3

I'd have to agree with that. NWCorona Jun 2016 #7

One of the biggest air forces we could sell them! SCVDem Jun 2016 #5

I wouldn't mind if all the F-35s went over there lol NWCorona Jun 2016 #8

They do... full of stuff we sold them. Cooley Hurd Jun 2016 #6

Extremely shaky! I have never seen them on such lose ground NWCorona Jun 2016 #10

The Russians would shoot down any Saudi plane Shemp Howard Jun 2016 #9

Yes I agree with you. I was being snarky NWCorona Jun 2016 #11

KSA's "strategic interest" in Syria is Saudi religious enmity against Iran and the secular West. leveymg Jun 2016 #13

Want to end ISIS and AQ? Arrest and rendition the major backers in KSA and the Gulf States. leveymg Jun 2016 #2

Buy more of the Congress, maybe that will work. nt bemildred Jun 2016 #4

Well, that explains why the State Department christx30 Jun 2016 #12

Yes. But... JackRiddler Jun 2016 #35

Saudi Arabia needs to do it own dirty work on it's own behalf. notadmblnd Jun 2016 #14

I don't get this line of thinking jamzrockz Jun 2016 #18

Show sympathy by killing more of them? Is that what you mean? notadmblnd Jun 2016 #20

These are armed to the teeth jihadist militants jamzrockz Jun 2016 #21

I'd prefer to not pay for it Aerows Jun 2016 #24

Yes jamzrockz Jun 2016 #27

yep 840high Jun 2016 #32

Because it is our children that will pay the price. notadmblnd Jun 2016 #26

Sorry, you misunderstood that 100%. JackRiddler Jun 2016 #36

I can't imagine why they need the US to lead it? Equinox Moon Jun 2016 #15

Use your own fucking military, assholes. Tiggeroshii Jun 2016 #16

What's stopping them? Mz Pip Jun 2016 #17

No. The US should assist the Syrian state. David__77 Jun 2016 #19

I'd like to use a very beneficial word. Aerows Jun 2016 #25

Time for Saudi to make another $11 milllion donation to the Clinton Foundation Geronimoe Jun 2016 #22

Get up off of your own ass and do something. Aerows Jun 2016 #23

Maybe SA should lead air strikes if it wants them so badly. Chemisse Jun 2016 #28

SA has been, and remains, a FairWinds Jun 2016 #29

Fuck the Saudis... penndragon69 Jun 2016 #30

Something must be up...with this big a push NOW KoKo Jun 2016 #31

1) They aren't getting their way, they are losing. JackRiddler Jun 2016 #34

That may settle the question of WTF the 51 State Department asses were about. JackRiddler Jun 2016 #33