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Obama on Iraq: U.S. Won't Commit to Another Ground War (Original Post) BeyondGeography Sep 2014 OP
A lot of trust in those faces. Autumn Sep 2014 #1
Incredible faces...good for them and good for the Prez BeyondGeography Sep 2014 #2
But, it seems, the USA does *FINALLY* get to bomb fuck out of Syria. delrem Sep 2014 #3

delrem

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3. But, it seems, the USA does *FINALLY* get to bomb fuck out of Syria.
Wed Sep 17, 2014, 08:54 PM
Sep 2014

From the air. Of course. Only mercenaries aka "moderate rebels" on the ground.

http://www.salon.com/2007/10/12/wesley_clark/
“Seven countries in five years”

"“‘Oh, it’s worse than that,’ he said, holding up a memo on his desk. ‘Here’s the paper from the Office of the Secretary of Defense [then Donald Rumsfeld] outlining the strategy. We’re going to take out seven countries in five years.’ And he named them, starting with Iraq and Syria and ending with Iran.”

While Clark doesn’t name the other four countries, he has mentioned in televised interviews that the hit list included Lebanon, Libya, Somalia and Sudan."

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

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