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Paul E Ester

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5. Not just training

Reply to benld74 (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 10, 2013, 08:09 PM

Mar 2013

They are fighting with US arms too. Whole battalions of Jihadis armed with M-16's. It's unfuckingbelievable we or our allies could be arming these monsters.

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Americans are training Syria rebels in Jordan: Spiegel [View all] Bosonic Mar 2013 OP

They'll be so grateful, they'll probably wait a year or two before they blow us up. leveymg Mar 2013 #1

The PNAC agenda is alive and well. nt kelliekat44 Mar 2013 #11

The elites who create these policies of intervention, ronnie624 Mar 2013 #12

I really hope not. Mali is the one-word answer for why we shouldn't do this. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #2

Mst likely American arms used in the training, crap like this never stops,,, benld74 Mar 2013 #3

Not just training Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #5

Those are Iranian made m16 dookers Mar 2013 #10

And we wonder why so many terrorist groups from that region are hell-bent on attacking the U.S. bulloney Mar 2013 #4

Does this contradict stated US policy? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #6

Likely, these are non-government contractors hired to train these men. Selatius Mar 2013 #7

You mean wealthy John2 Mar 2013 #8

I would be more surprised if the headline read... Javaman Mar 2013 #9