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US deploys troops to Jordan to monitor Syrian chemical weapons
2012-10-11
Posted by:ryuge

#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  

#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  

#9  Where is the Arab Legion???
Posted by: bman   2012-10-11 17:04  

#8  Not a bad idea actually.
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-10-11 16:49  

#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  

#6  ...or they're running out of easy drone targets further east.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-10-11 15:57  

#5  Is that what you call "mission creep"?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-10-11 15:52  

#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  

#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  

#2  Got our foot in the door...
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-10-11 11:37  

#1  Requisite host nation denial.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-10-11 10:38  

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