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2012-10-11 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US deploys troops to Jordan to monitor Syrian chemical weapons

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Posted by ryuge 2012-10-11 07:06|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Requisite host nation denial.

Posted by Besoeker 2012-10-11 10:38|| 2012-10-11 10:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Got our foot in the door...

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-10-11 11:37|| 2012-10-11 11:37|| Front Page Top

#3 One of the problems of using chemical weapons is that they themselves become a target that if 'excited' turns on its owners.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-10-11 12:19|| 2012-10-11 12:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Interesting - we've gone from "secret deployment," to "assisting with refugee control," to "assisting the Jordanian military," to "monitor Syrian chemical weapons".

Posted by Pappy 2012-10-11 15:09|| 2012-10-11 15:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Is that what you call "mission creep"?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-10-11 15:52|| 2012-10-11 15:52|| Front Page Top

#6 ...or they're running out of easy drone targets further east.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-10-11 15:57|| 2012-10-11 15:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Is that what you call "mission creep"?

It's the foreign-policy version of filling sandbags against the impending flood.

Posted by Pappy 2012-10-11 16:19|| 2012-10-11 16:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Not a bad idea actually.

Posted by DarthVader 2012-10-11 16:49|| 2012-10-11 16:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Where is the Arab Legion???

Posted by bman 2012-10-11 17:04|| 2012-10-11 17:04|| Front Page Top

#10 It's not mission creep, it's revolving door lies, trying to find one that sticks.

Posted by Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division 2012-10-11 19:21|| 2012-10-11 19:21|| Front Page Top

#11 mission creep - but not OUR fault. The next few weeks may pose the biggest risk in terms of AQ actually getting their hands on a real weapon of mass destruction.

I hope all our guys will be OK.

Posted by Raider 2012-10-11 19:52|| 2012-10-11 19:52|| Front Page Top

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