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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe answer is Sarin gas.
And the question is
"What kind of bullshit excuse can we use to get into a war with half of the Middle East?"
Really, people. Are our leaders so dumb that they don't know that they're siding with the Sunnis against the Shia?
Or is it a good old-fashioned Divide & Conquer tactic intended to split the Islamic world & make the Middle East into a rubble pile that Israel can walk into & take over?
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The answer is Sarin gas. (Original Post)
Jackpine Radical
Jun 2013
OP
'good old-fashioned Divide & Conquer tactic intended to split the Islamic world'
Catherina
Jun 2013
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tavalon
(27,985 posts)1. Yeah, fucking deja vu, isn't it?
Catherina
(35,568 posts)2. 'good old-fashioned Divide & Conquer tactic intended to split the Islamic world'
I'll take 'good old-fashioned Divide & Conquer tactic intended to split the Islamic world' for $500 Alex
I don't know why this is the video that popped into my head and won't leave now
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)3. Sorry to be so damn cynical
Neither Alex.
What is wag the dog and wave the flag...before the peasants get too antsy
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)4. All of the above.