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In reply to the discussion: France Surprised By Mali Islamists' Fighting Strength [View all]

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4. Arm one group to fight another group. Then when the armed group gets to strong...
Reply to samsingh (Reply #3)
Sun Jan 13, 2013, 12:52 PM
Jan 2013

...arm another one to fight that one. Very profitable.

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France Surprised By Mali Islamists' Fighting Strength [View all] Purveyor Jan 2013 OP
Who's running the show in Paris? Rumsfeld and Cheney?! pasto76 Jan 2013 #1
Blowback from Libya? redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #2
somebody is systematically doing this for a wider purpose samsingh Jan 2013 #3
Arm one group to fight another group. Then when the armed group gets to strong... redgreenandblue Jan 2013 #4
and its spreading an ideology samsingh Jan 2013 #6
Read "A Clean Break" (1996), US neocon plan for regime changes across MENA and the Levant. leveymg Jan 2013 #10
+1 Thanks for posting... eom Purveyor Jan 2013 #13
The history's not a surprise. Igel Jan 2013 #7
Because the Saudis and the other fundy Gulf states have PLENTY of money to fund the Islamists riderinthestorm Jan 2013 #5
Plus they get intelligence, training andpersonnel cosmicone Jan 2013 #15
Benghazi blowback. That didn't take long. To topple Asad, we strengthened AQ. Brilliant leveymg Jan 2013 #8
Yes, this is an unintended consequence of the Libyan intervention. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #9
Chaos theory postlates that given uncertainty a ripple will become a hurricane half a world away. leveymg Jan 2013 #11
I could MAYBE see the Sarkozy government doing this FrodosPet Jan 2013 #12
Following a link from the article cited in the OP, I found this information and opinion which JDPriestly Jan 2013 #14
It took almost 2 decades for us to really feel the blow-back from getting involved in Afghanistan. Socal31 Jan 2013 #16
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