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2015-01-23 Iraq

French to send 40 troops to train Iraqi, Kurdish forces

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Posted by Steve White 2015-01-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 I always wonder if these "training" stories are a cover for some extracurricular shit by the forces in question so we can say "Who me??" when anyone asks about boots on the ground.

Posted by Mystic 2015-01-23 05:54|| 2015-01-23 05:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Seldom is anything related to these events is as it seems Mystic, seldom indeed.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-23 06:10|| 2015-01-23 06:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Duhhhhh. Pardon the Clintonian needlessly prolific use of the verb is in #2.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-23 06:20|| 2015-01-23 06:20|| Front Page Top

#4 If ISIS is what ISIS is, what ISIS is is ISIS,
But one thing ISIS never is, no matter what the price is,
Because Hussein sez ISIS is an un-Islamic crisis!

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2015-01-23 22:03|| 2015-01-23 22:03|| Front Page Top

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