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Purveyor

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4. Russia, China are both setting back, providing the rope and waiting for the US to go bust.

Reply to lib2DaBone (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 10:08 PM

Dec 2012

The former USSR went there, now we refer to them as Russia. They lived it, they know it and we are about to suffer the same fate unless we abandon our 'crusades' in the Middle East.

Bank on it...

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Russian Troops are on their way to Syria....U.S. now involved in a Civil War... [View all] lib2DaBone Dec 2012 OP

... L0oniX Dec 2012 #1

kr HiPointDem Dec 2012 #2

The military industrial complex won't allow him to back out. PDJane Dec 2012 #3

Russia, China are both setting back, providing the rope and waiting for the US to go bust. Purveyor Dec 2012 #4

Well said.. history is important.. lib2DaBone Dec 2012 #8

I thought this was through NATO. Turkey is a founding member of NATO cali Dec 2012 #5

2 batteries of US patriot Duckhunter935 Dec 2012 #7

Plenty of military charge cards laying around...unfortunately, we can. We're Empire Masters when it libdem4life Dec 2012 #6

Again, this is under the auspices of NATO of which Turkey is a founding member cali Dec 2012 #9

Like saying we entered sovereign states under UN approval, as well? libdem4life Dec 2012 #11

Are you sure they're not just evacuating Russians from Syria? moondust Dec 2012 #10

That's the last I heard, too Eric the Reddish Dec 2012 #12

It's a not very intelligent shit stirring OP. cali Dec 2012 #14

Makes sense; Putin would be foolish to do otherwise. n/t AverageJoe90 Dec 2012 #13

Codswallop. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #15

Some have been manning anti-aircraft sites but that is all. pampango Dec 2012 #16

At one time, I used to rely on DU for NashvilleLefty Dec 2012 #17