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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUSA MIC pissed at Russia for Syrian air strikes
Which is almost laughable if it wasn't so sad and pathetically ironic.
heartofstone
(33 posts)funneling weapons to the opposition as usual.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Especially when it comes to arming Islamic rebels to fight off Russian aircraft.
malaise
(268,956 posts)can inflict airstrikes anywhere they want - or drone strikes or whatever.
Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)Saudi Arabia and Yemen comes to mind.
malaise
(268,956 posts)'the allies'. These days the notion of a sovereign state has little meaning.
nationalize the fed
(2,169 posts)We are always at war with eastasia/eurasia/someone. It has become the American way. Who is the latest Boogeyman?
On the good side, all of a sudden Civilian casualties matter.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)PufPuf23
(8,769 posts)in the Middle East.
We have cornered ourselves into having no viable options and no true allies regards Syria.
The cluster fuck is the result of being lied into the illegal war on Iraq and deliberately fostering instability in Iraq and surrounding countries with no exit strategy.
Like Iraq and Libya, the former status quo of Assad in Syria has been far over-shadowed by the horrific results of a ham-handed attempt to remove leadership not subservient to the USA.