"A U.S. - Al Qaeda Alliance In Syria?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Jun 2015 11:18 p.m. PST |
"In the three-way war ravaging Syria, should the local al Qaeda branch be seen as the lesser evil to be wooed rather than bombed? This is increasingly the view of some of America's regional allies and even some Western officials. In a war now in its fifth year, in which 230,000 people have been killed and another 7.6 million uprooted, few good options remain for how to tackle the crisis. The three main forces left on the ground today are the Assad regime, Islamic State and an Islamist rebel alliance in which the Nusra Front—an al Qaeda affiliate designated a terrorist group by the U.S. and the United Nations—plays a major role…"
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| Cyrus the Great | 12 Jun 2015 7:48 a.m. PST |
Why should we do anything? |
| Mako11 | 12 Jun 2015 8:18 a.m. PST |
I read that ISIS, or AQ, or vice versa, are going after each other, since a leader was recently killed by the other group. Don't really see any downside to this for us. Play on. |
| John the OFM | 12 Jun 2015 9:32 a.m. PST |
Do we HAVE to choose sides? the lesser of two evils is still evil. |
| Col Durnford | 12 Jun 2015 9:41 a.m. PST |
Support whoever is losing this week. Let's see if we can break the record for of the 100 year war. |
| Landorl | 12 Jun 2015 9:44 a.m. PST |
I say we take off and nuke the whole site from orbit, it's the only way to be sure |
| darthfozzywig | 12 Jun 2015 9:50 a.m. PST |
the lesser of two evils is still evil.
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| Tango01 | 12 Jun 2015 11:56 a.m. PST |
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| jowady | 12 Jun 2015 9:21 p.m. PST |
No US politician's or General's career would survive even contemplating this action. |
| coopman | 14 Jun 2015 2:42 p.m. PST |
Let's just go ahead and give AQ a bunch of our weapons. What could possibly go wrong? |
 Legion 4  | 15 Jun 2015 7:38 a.m. PST |
Don't take sides … AQ, Daesh, Taliban, BH, AS, etc. … kill'm all. Don't care if God sorts'm out … None of them deserve to live … IMO … |
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