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Arctic Dave

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9. We're not arming them, we are letting the suadis do that for us.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 05:56 PM

Feb 2013

This is nothing more then a proxy war for us, the sauds, Iran and Russia.

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U.S. will give Syrian rebels medical, food aid, not arms [View all] Omaha Steve Feb 2013 OP

"demanding Western weapons" ? dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #1

We have some nice Littoral Patrol Ships and F-35C VSTOLs we can let them have for our cost. leveymg Feb 2013 #2

That's the first thing that struck me about this piece. n/t Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #4

Maybe an out use submarine or two would suit their purpose. dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #5

Demanding western weapons? leftynyc Feb 2013 #3

And we know these rebels have nothing to do with Al Qaeda, etc....how? bullwinkle428 Feb 2013 #6

Johnny Walnuts is going to throw a fit, but glad to see we're still not sending weapons. TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #7

Hmmm, and I just heard on NPR that we're hosting 'training camps' Myrina Feb 2013 #8

We're not arming them, we are letting the suadis do that for us. Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #9

a recent US President famously said "if yah feed a tourist, yerrrr ah tourist!!!!!" Alamuti Lotus Feb 2013 #10

And the possibility of them turning on the US because of its foreign policy? rachel1 Feb 2013 #11

Syria crisis: European countries expected to start arming rebels dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #12

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