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2017-04-20 Government

Keep US ground forces out of Middle East conflicts

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-04-20 04:34|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Munitions of one type or another? Well then two to 300 megatons out to get the job done. I'm not advocating using nukes but in the end I fear it is going to end up there. Eventually some non state actor, be it ISIS, al Queda or one of the groups they will spawn (they breed like cockroaches and have more doctrinal disputes than Menonites) will get their hands on one or more nukes. And use them/it in the belief that either we will not know where to hit back or retaliate and generate even more holy warriors.

Posted by Cheaderhead 2017-04-20 06:09|| 2017-04-20 06:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Too late. If you had nuked the **** out of Saddam back when, would you be in the position you are now? Kinder gentler war is one that never ends.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-04-20 09:10|| 2017-04-20 09:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Kinder gentler war is one that never ends.

But it keeps the engines of industry humming.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-04-20 10:03|| 2017-04-20 10:03|| Front Page Top

#4 A bigger concern is a small ground level nuke going off "unexpectedly" in Beijing, Tokyo, Baghdad, Istanbul or like places. Who to blame then?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-04-20 10:04|| 2017-04-20 10:04|| Front Page Top

#5 It's very simple. We don't go there. They don't come here.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-04-20 12:22|| 2017-04-20 12:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Book - The Disciple - Iran sets of a nuke in Iran to start the 'holy war'. Good read.

Posted by Bobby 2017-04-20 13:15|| 2017-04-20 13:15|| Front Page Top

#7 good book

Posted by Frank G 2017-04-20 20:22|| 2017-04-20 20:22|| Front Page Top

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