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Afghanistan Redux

July 30, 2012

Free Syrian Army rebels, supported with money and arms by the United States, are establishing Taliban-style sharia law in the areas they control. Here we go again, replacing secular socialist governments with Islamist fanatics poised to become our future enemies.

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mhenriday on July 31, 2012 at 12:22 PM said:
Well, Ted, it’s not only lawyers who know how to make work for themselves – although it may not be entirely a coincidence that tthe chap in the White House happens to be a lawyer by trade….
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bucephalus on July 31, 2012 at 1:29 PM said:
Isn’t “nation building” a bitch? Mind you, the newly “liberated” Syria, ethnically cleansed of Christians, Druze and Alawi, will have to be fought, since it will be a threat to Israel.,/b>
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