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2015-10-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Robert Gates: US rebel training program 'nuts,'

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-10-17 04:32|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 It's not 'nuts' at all if the training program is simply a screen, and you're actually using the half-billion USD for something else.

Where's the refunded portion ?

Posted by Besoeker 2015-10-17 07:34|| 2015-10-17 07:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Krauthammer: “They’ve [Russia] been attacking the forces, anti-ISIS, anti-Assad forces, our clients, our people, they’ve been attacking them from the air,”

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-10-17 08:05|| 2015-10-17 08:05|| Front Page Top

#3 ...that could be part of the Russian RoE - Kill them all and let God sort them out.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-10-17 10:17|| 2015-10-17 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 "Kill them all and let God sort them out."

Interesting historical footnote - this quote from a Jesuit priest. It was his response to an underling asking how he could tell which residents of a small town were the heretics.

Posted by Iblis 2015-10-17 15:37|| 2015-10-17 15:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Phew thank goodness the relentless MSM coverage of this disaster finally got it shut down.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-10-17 15:52|| 2015-10-17 15:52|| Front Page Top

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