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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Someone Is Lying: Obama Says Not Arming Syrian Rebels, Syrian Rebels Say He Is
2014-06-13
As we noted yesterday, President Obama is saying he is contemplating arming and training Syrian rebels (just the 'moderates' which will be identified by their smiles). However, as the following PBS Frontline documentary exposes, the Syrian rebels themselves say they are already armed and trained by US in the use of sophisticated weapons and fighting techniques, including, one rebel said, "how to finish off soldiers still alive after an ambush."
Caution: Nervousness alert (Zerohedge)
Posted by:Uncle Phester

#10  Signing books beneath loops of black crepe,
The beast's t-shirt read "PUFF OMEN APE."
It clutched pens in both paws
And we know this because
Ken Burns caught him on videotape.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-06-13 19:59  

#9  Could flip a coin to see who's lying. The only problem is I couldn't be sure if it's a double-headed coin or not.
Posted by: Charles   2014-06-13 16:35  

#8  Civil War historian and author the late Shelby Foote shared your high school teacher's sentiments as well. Foote always said... "they never had a chance of victory."
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-06-13 10:38  

#7  I'll wager Korda was quoting Bruce Catton's Gory Road which is where I I stold it from.

But to quote my favorite high skool teacher when I was going on about the pure awesome of the Army of Northern Virginia and it's incomparable light infantry and tactical leadership.
"You do know they lost?"
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-13 10:21  

#6  Ship:

Your statement is [more faith in Lee] is validated in Korda's Clouds of Glory. In fact, I just read essentially those same words yesterday. Can't remember the page number. Fascinating read by the way.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-06-13 09:21  

#5  I have gotten to be like the dazed and decimated core of the Army of the Potomac. They had more faith in Lee, I have more faith in Putin.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-13 09:15  

#4  It's simply a matter of semantics. By arming the Iraqis, he's now armed the Syrian rebels. By encouraging the Iraqis to facilitate the transit of Iran fighters for baby Assad and the Russians, he has assisted his old friend Vlad. By agreeing to permit an extension of Iranian nuclear development, he's brokered a nifty el Quds Quick Reaction Force (QRF) to defend Iraq. By releasing high-level Taliban prisoners from GITMO, he has..... well, we've not nailed that one down just yet.

What is it about Obama foreign polity that you do not understand ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-06-13 07:19  

#3  Obama can be counted on to lie. Probably the Arabs also. "Duplicity R Us.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-06-13 06:50  

#2  I don't suppose both could be lying?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-06-13 04:58  

#1  A question that's fit for a quiz is,
Of fabulists famed for their fibs, viz.
Jihadi campaigner
And Chi-town chicaner,
Is their word more worthless than his is?
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-06-13 02:16  

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