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2017-06-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Total annihilation: Mattis maps out the path ahead against ISIS

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Posted by DarthVader 2017-06-01 09:11|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top
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#1 Why am I thinking "barking dogs..."

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-06-01 10:02|| 2017-06-01 10:02|| Front Page Top

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-06-01 10:29|| 2017-06-01 10:29|| Front Page Top

#3 "wedon't simply transplant this problem from one location to another"

That removes Gitmo as an option.

Posted by Pappy 2017-06-01 11:19|| 2017-06-01 11:19|| Front Page Top

#4 "An eye for an eye and soon the whole world's blind" was the fellow travellers' slogan after 9-11. I think experience has shown us that unless you take an eye for an eye, your enemy will hop your head off, enslave your women, and steal your house and car.

Posted by Fred 2017-06-01 12:56|| 2017-06-01 12:56|| Front Page Top

#5 I hope the 5th columnists at home are also addressed. They keep gnawing away from the inside.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-06-01 13:32|| 2017-06-01 13:32|| Front Page Top

#6 "An eye for an eye and soon the whole world's blind" was the fellow travellers' slogan after 9-11

More feel-good bullsh*t from people who don't have our best interests at heart. As I understand, "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" was a legal principle that punishment must be proportional to the offense. And it was civil law, not war.

As for "barking dogs...", remember this is Jim "I keep other people awake at night" Mattis. There is a new sheriff in town.

Posted by SteveS 2017-06-01 21:07|| 2017-06-01 21:07|| Front Page Top

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