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2013-09-11 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by trailing wife 2013-09-11 01:11|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Nb: Debka says this is part of the payoff for Putin's Syria deal.

Because, as Fred points out in his piece this morning, confidence building gestures do not work when the other side is untrustworthy.

Posted by trailing wife 2013-09-11 08:03|| 2013-09-11 08:03|| Front Page Top

#2 ...which in this case, the White House or Tehran, applies to both.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-09-11 09:31|| 2013-09-11 09:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Not surprised.

The deal that ended the Cuban missile crisis also involved a secret agreement (not revealed until 25 years later)to pull US nuclear missiles out of Turkey. A lesser-known aspect of that deal removed US listening posts from Turkey as well.

Which begs the question: What other, secret agreements will come out of this?

Posted by Pappy 2013-09-11 10:33|| 2013-09-11 10:33|| Front Page Top

#4 How about the removal of anti-ballistic missile batteries from Eastern Europe?

Nevermind. What is Kazakhstan worth?

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-09-11 11:51|| 2013-09-11 11:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Good thing they already cut up the Tomcats..

Posted by USN,ret 2013-09-11 17:38|| 2013-09-11 17:38|| Front Page Top

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