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Link Posted: 1/16/2015 12:29:25 PM EDT
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Bomb ISIS from the air.

It's what we're good at.




It doesn't mean anything without the right intel...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/14/exclusive-isis-gaining-ground-in-syria-despite-u-s-strikes.html#


BDA from CENTAF says we have killed 29 billion ISIS fighters since October.
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 12:31:44 PM EDT
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I just became even more of an isolationist.  



What in the actual F?

Link Posted: 1/16/2015 12:34:13 PM EDT
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BDA from CENTAF says we have killed 29 billion ISIS fighters since October.
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Bomb ISIS from the air.

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It doesn't mean anything without the right intel...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/14/exclusive-isis-gaining-ground-in-syria-despite-u-s-strikes.html#


BDA from CENTAF says we have killed 29 billion ISIS fighters since October.


Then my analysis of the need for intel must be wrong.
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 12:52:06 PM EDT
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We've been training them already through the CIA or some other black ops program.  I saw a piece on Frontline that had a moderate rebel fighter explaining how he was trained in Qatar by some Americans and given all sorts of gear.  I don't think the Americans ever identified themselves as Americans though.

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I can't find it anywhere else.....

I'd like to know as well
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 12:57:04 PM EDT
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So Obama...

Has our military giving training and anti-tank weaponry to what is its likely next adversary.

Is releasing Gitmo detainees, knowing full well 1/5 of them will return to the battle field (with increased "street cred" and reverse-intel no less).

Enabling and backing by executive order a full invasion of the United States from neighboring southern countryies.

Runs guns into southern neighboring country to keep it unstable and push a false narrative and anti-constitutional agenda domestically (abandoned once caught). Said guns are used to do things like massacre 16-year-olds birthday parties to send a message to the town who's in charge.

Uses arguably the most powerful bureaucracy of these United States to persecute political enemies to win re-election. Massive cover up with blatantly fake stories about multiple simultaneous crashing hard drives ensues.

Refuses to join hands with our friends and allies... literally.

Did I get that summary about right?

Sometimes I wonder who's accomplishments he's trying to top? Bush, Clinton and Lincoln? Or Al-Awlaki, Bin Laden, Al-Zawahiri?
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 1:08:28 PM EDT
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"in Syria" seems clear to me.
So where do you think these guys will be trained?

       
 
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The article says nothing about sending troops to Syria. Your title is incorrect.

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This article is clearer: The US Department of Defense is to send 400 troops and hundreds of support staff to train moderate rebels against Islamic State (IS) in Syria.  
www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30847689
 




Poorly formed sentence,against the IS in Syria is the intent rather than US troops in Syria against IS.

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I know reading is gay and all but did you happen to read the first sentence in the article?


Link Posted: 1/16/2015 1:09:30 PM EDT
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I wish it was that clear and simple.
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"in Syria" seems clear to me.
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Lol, read the article to the 2nd sentence.


The training is expected to begin in early spring, and the trainers will work out of sites in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 1:13:19 PM EDT
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People read what they want to read.  It's human nature.
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 1:18:56 PM EDT
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nice, training the future enemy
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It's sickening that we're still doing this and haven't learned lessons from our past
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Or poor reading comprehension, or reading is gay.
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 1:24:58 PM EDT
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Better to just divide that 400 up into 8 assassination teams and set them loose in theater.
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BDA from CENTAF says we have killed 29 billion ISIS fighters since October.
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Bomb ISIS from the air.

It's what we're good at.




It doesn't mean anything without the right intel...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/14/exclusive-isis-gaining-ground-in-syria-despite-u-s-strikes.html#


BDA from CENTAF says we have killed 29 billion ISIS fighters since October.


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Or poor reading comprehension, or reading is gay.
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People read what they want to read.  It's human nature.


Or poor reading comprehension, or reading is gay.



You might want to re-think your cockiness.  Either way, I'm just chalking it up to public education.
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 1:35:05 PM EDT
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You might want to re-think your cockiness.  Either way, I'm just chalking it up to public education.
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People read what they want to read.  It's human nature.


Or poor reading comprehension, or reading is gay.



You might want to re-think your cockiness.  Either way, I'm just chalking it up to public education.


_lol_
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 1:35:56 PM EDT
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No reason to interrupt you.
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 1:48:24 PM EDT
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Neva been dun befo.

Link Posted: 1/16/2015 1:53:25 PM EDT
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Isn't this how we got in this mess in the first place? Didn't we already train Al Queda and the Towliband?
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Isn't this how we got in this mess in the first place? Didn't we already train Al Queda and the Towliband?
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It goes back decades before that.
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 2:06:53 PM EDT
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I know reading is gay and all but did you happen to read the first sentence in the article?



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Poorly formed sentence,against the IS in Syria is the intent rather than US troops in Syria against IS.



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I know reading is gay and all but did you happen to read the first sentence in the article?





http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30847689



Yes, here is the first sentence again.  

The US Department of Defense is to send 400 troops and hundreds of
support staff to train moderate rebels against Islamic State (IS) in
Syria
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The second sentence said that the troops could be based elsewhere.  





Again, where do you think these guys will be trained?  Why are you avoiding that question?  



 
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 2:16:14 PM EDT
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Look guys,,,obamas` got this. Quit worrying about anything bad going wrong. Have some faith.
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 2:18:49 PM EDT
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I can't find it anywhere else.....

I'd like to know as well
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I can't find it anywhere else.....

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I like that the Israelis have a piece of the action now. Didn't realize that.
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 2:20:08 PM EDT
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If the bad goes wrong, then that means something went right.

Yeah, with this Admin, I'm not worried about that happening.
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 2:21:40 PM EDT
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  A Marine Expditionary For e is what 45,000 guys? And ISIS is what, 40,000 retards? I would be surprised if they lasted 6 weeks.

Drop the hammer and be done with this horseshit.
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Just send in an MEF and do the job right.



oh my - going for the gold huh?

  I think an MEF would be more than a match for these retards. Do the job quick and do it right.



shit we can just send the whole Marine Corps over at that rate

but I also tend to agree - whole lotta whoop-ass there (though AFAIK never used)

  A Marine Expditionary For e is what 45,000 guys? And ISIS is what, 40,000 retards? I would be surprised if they lasted 6 weeks.

Drop the hammer and be done with this horseshit.



Just like we cleared all those fuckers out of Afghanistan and Iraq. No sweat!  
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 2:31:30 PM EDT
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30847689

Yes, here is the first sentence again.  
The US Department of Defense is to send 400 troops and hundreds of support staff to train moderate rebels against Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
The second sentence said that the troops could be based elsewhere.  


Again, where do you think these guys will be trained?  Why are you avoiding that question?  
 
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"in Syria" seems clear to me.
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Poorly formed sentence,against the IS in Syria is the intent rather than US troops in Syria against IS.

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I know reading is gay and all but did you happen to read the first sentence in the article?


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30847689

Yes, here is the first sentence again.  
The US Department of Defense is to send 400 troops and hundreds of support staff to train moderate rebels against Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
The second sentence said that the troops could be based elsewhere.  


Again, where do you think these guys will be trained?  Why are you avoiding that question?  
 




That is referring to the locations of IS. Now try reading the next sentence.

No one is avoiding anything. It is laid out for you in plain English.

Perhaps one may come to the conclusion it will be one of these places: Turkey, Qatar, KSA or maybe even Jordan since we have good relations. After all, that's what the article says:

"It is not yet clear where the troops will be drawn from or where they will be based, though Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have offered to host them."

I think a better question is why do you think they will be in Syria? Based on your knowledge and/or experience why would we (U.S.) train soldiers in the middle of a brutal war when we can take the more logical approach and use the surrounding sanctuaries, who happen to be cooperative with us, and safely train them?

Link Posted: 1/16/2015 2:32:31 PM EDT
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Who do you think is advising him to go this route?
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 2:38:51 PM EDT
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Fact is we have no clue how many they have.

Do you count AQ/IS separately?  You think Hezballah and the other Iranian proxies won't be fighting against any US forces?

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Yeah.  Well we have 1.5 million.

A solid 300K of those are deployable.


Yeah, I didn't mean anything by it. He just said that the IS has 40k people, and I was correcting it.


Fact is we have no clue how many they have.

Do you count AQ/IS separately?  You think Hezballah and the other Iranian proxies won't be fighting against any US forces?



I see your point(s).
Link Posted: 1/16/2015 2:45:04 PM EDT
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I think we should just have the CIA send African jihadists with Ebola over to Syria / Iraq.  Sending more advisors over is the definition of insanity - doing the same thing over and over again and expecting it to work.  It is hard to fight the whole cultural idea of militant Islam with guns and bombs - it will just pop back up when we withdraw.  Either isolate that region of the world and let disease or their own warlords kill themselves off.  The last thing we need to do is send money or troops because it will change nothing.  I was watching a Frontline special about how US CIA is training FSA to fight Assad / ISIS by sending them thru Turkey to Qatar for formal military training around 89-90 recruits at a time and then sending them back.  What a waste of US money.  The documentary also showed some of FSA with western surface to air / anti tank missiles which if we learned anything from Afghanistan is just a horrible idea.  

We should also not allow any Muslim immigrants / refugees from any war zones past or present in to the US.  I have known several Iraqi immigrants in the Milwaukee area and many of them support ISIS - I know this because the Shiite ones rat them out and tell me what goes on in their community from FBI raids to honor beatings out in the street.  We hire them in my factory at $8-9 an hour thru temp services and I can tell you some are good people, but many of them bring their baggage with them.  Think of all the Muslim terrorist attacks in the US, England, France, and Australia - we are partially to blame for letting these people into our countries.  We need to isolate Middle East and embargo everything coming from it as well distancing ourselves from the Saudis and their oil.  We just keep on repeating the same failed policies.
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Subscribed to watch the stupidity unfold.
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That is referring to the locations of IS. Now try reading the next sentence.

No one is avoiding anything. It is laid out for you in plain English.

Perhaps one may come to the conclusion it will be one of these places: Turkey, Qatar, KSA or maybe even Jordan since we have good relations. After all, that's what the article says:

"It is not yet clear where the troops will be drawn from or where they will be based, though Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have offered to host them."

I think a better question is why do you think they will be in Syria? Based on your knowledge and/or experience why would we (U.S.) train soldiers in the middle of a brutal war when we can take the more logical approach and use the surrounding sanctuaries, who happen to be cooperative with us, and safely train them?

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Again, where do you think these guys will be trained?  Why are you avoiding that question?  
 




That is referring to the locations of IS. Now try reading the next sentence.

No one is avoiding anything. It is laid out for you in plain English.

Perhaps one may come to the conclusion it will be one of these places: Turkey, Qatar, KSA or maybe even Jordan since we have good relations. After all, that's what the article says:

"It is not yet clear where the troops will be drawn from or where they will be based, though Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have offered to host them."

I think a better question is why do you think they will be in Syria? Based on your knowledge and/or experience why would we (U.S.) train soldiers in the middle of a brutal war when we can take the more logical approach and use the surrounding sanctuaries, who happen to be cooperative with us, and safely train them?



Maybe some of these folks are ignorant of geography.

Here let me help:

Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia are all countries, not cities in Syria. Here is a picture of what a map looks like:






You're welcome.
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That is referring to the locations of IS. Now try reading the next sentence.



No one is avoiding anything. It is laid out for you in plain English.



Perhaps one may come to the conclusion it will be one of these places: Turkey, Qatar, KSA or maybe even Jordan since we have good relations. After all, that's what the article says:



"It is not yet clear where the troops will be drawn from or where they will be based, though Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have offered to host them."



I think a better question is why do you think they will be in Syria? Based on your knowledge and/or experience why would we (U.S.) train soldiers in the middle of a brutal war when we can take the more logical approach and use the surrounding sanctuaries, who happen to be cooperative with us, and safely train them?



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Poorly formed sentence,against the IS in Syria is the intent rather than US troops in Syria against IS.



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I know reading is gay and all but did you happen to read the first sentence in the article?





http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30847689



Yes, here is the first sentence again.  

The US Department of Defense is to send 400 troops and hundreds of support staff to train moderate rebels against Islamic State (IS) in Syria.

The second sentence said that the troops could be based elsewhere.  





Again, where do you think these guys will be trained?  Why are you avoiding that question?  

 








That is referring to the locations of IS. Now try reading the next sentence.



No one is avoiding anything. It is laid out for you in plain English.



Perhaps one may come to the conclusion it will be one of these places: Turkey, Qatar, KSA or maybe even Jordan since we have good relations. After all, that's what the article says:



"It is not yet clear where the troops will be drawn from or where they will be based, though Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have offered to host them."



I think a better question is why do you think they will be in Syria? Based on your knowledge and/or experience why would we (U.S.) train soldiers in the middle of a brutal war when we can take the more logical approach and use the surrounding sanctuaries, who happen to be cooperative with us, and safely train them?





You are absolutely correct that "in Syria" is plain English.  If you don't believe the scrivener of that article, feel free to disagree with him.  



Based on my knowledge and experience, training a few thousand rebels in a surrounding sanctuary is not a logical (or tenable) approach.



 
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Yes, here is the first sentence again.  
The US Department of Defense is to send 400 troops and hundreds of support staff to train moderate rebels against Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
The second sentence said that the troops could be based elsewhere.  


Again, where do you think these guys will be trained?  Why are you avoiding that question?  
 
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Poorly formed sentence,against the IS in Syria is the intent rather than US troops in Syria against IS.

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I know reading is gay and all but did you happen to read the first sentence in the article?


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30847689

Yes, here is the first sentence again.  
The US Department of Defense is to send 400 troops and hundreds of support staff to train moderate rebels against Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
The second sentence said that the troops could be based elsewhere.  


Again, where do you think these guys will be trained?  Why are you avoiding that question?  
 



" The training is expected to begin in early spring, and the trainers will work out of sites in Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar"
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You are absolutely correct that "in Syria" is plain English.  If you don't believe the scrivener of that article, feel free to disagree with him.  

Based on my knowledge and experience, training a few thousand rebels in a surrounding sanctuary is not a logical (or tenable) approach.
 
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30847689

Yes, here is the first sentence again.  
The US Department of Defense is to send 400 troops and hundreds of support staff to train moderate rebels against Islamic State (IS) in Syria.
The second sentence said that the troops could be based elsewhere.  


Again, where do you think these guys will be trained?  Why are you avoiding that question?  
 




That is referring to the locations of IS. Now try reading the next sentence.

No one is avoiding anything. It is laid out for you in plain English.

Perhaps one may come to the conclusion it will be one of these places: Turkey, Qatar, KSA or maybe even Jordan since we have good relations. After all, that's what the article says:

"It is not yet clear where the troops will be drawn from or where they will be based, though Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia have offered to host them."

I think a better question is why do you think they will be in Syria? Based on your knowledge and/or experience why would we (U.S.) train soldiers in the middle of a brutal war when we can take the more logical approach and use the surrounding sanctuaries, who happen to be cooperative with us, and safely train them?


You are absolutely correct that "in Syria" is plain English.  If you don't believe the scrivener of that article, feel free to disagree with him.  

Based on my knowledge and experience, training a few thousand rebels in a surrounding sanctuary is not a logical (or tenable) approach.
 



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You are absolutely correct that "in Syria" is plain English.  If you don't believe the scrivener of that article, feel free to disagree with him.  

Based on my knowledge and experience, training a few thousand rebels in a surrounding sanctuary is not a logical (or tenable) approach.
 
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Where else would we train them that makes more sense?

It's one thing to disagree with the whole concept but you were trying to say we are invading Syria based on one poorly written sentence in one article.

If you don't like the training of opposition forces to both Assad and DAESH what would you recommend?
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Finally, the voice of reason!


This board is filled with n'er-do-wells and negative nellies!


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I'm more interested in how we are getting them to the training sites, how long the training will last, how they will be re-inserted, and how we will ensure they will still be viable when they arrive.



Maybe deep down I hope they peg a battalion from the 82nd to teach these guys M4 BRM and land nav.
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Why not? It's been done before, what knowledge and experience of yours tells you it's not a good idea?
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Based on my knowledge and experience, training a few thousand rebels in a surrounding sanctuary is not a logical (or tenable) approach.
 

Why not? It's been done before, what knowledge and experience of yours tells you it's not a good idea?


neva been dun befo
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I'm more interested in how we are getting them to the training sites, how long the training will last, how they will be re-inserted, and how we will ensure they will still be viable when they arrive.

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BDE is on orders to the region.  Who knows what they do after that.
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It will be interesting to see who they will send. I hope it isn't the 82nd.

According to this article they will deploy for 6-8week rotations so I'm guessing the training will half that time.

The more difficult part, in my mind at least, is convincing them to go after DAESH first. DAESH has been attacking both Assad and the FSA so it may not be that difficult with those who DAESH has been attacking.
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Why not? It's been done before, what knowledge and experience of yours tells you it's not a good idea?
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Based on my knowledge and experience, training a few thousand rebels in a surrounding sanctuary is not a logical (or tenable) approach.
 

Why not? It's been done before, what knowledge and experience of yours tells you it's not a good idea?


In my experience as a Taco Bell drive through operator, a few thousand rebels, much like a few thousand packets of hot sauce, should not be located away from the action (drive through window).

You need to have those hot sauce packets (rebels), right in the fight. Also, I figure training thousands of fighters is similar to opening a case of hot sauce packets and strategically positioning them to give to the customer.

You're welcome.
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At work three days ago I saw three B2‘s flying over heading east way the F up there .... I was hoping to hear the slate had been wiped clean when I turned on the news that night ..............not
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"moderate" in the context of the middle east is just a point on the learning curve of extremism.
Link Posted: 1/17/2015 11:51:41 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/17/2015 12:01:19 PM EDT
[#47]
Send James Taylor!
Link Posted: 1/17/2015 12:03:13 PM EDT
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Do you ask the enemy what level of rebel they want? "We have unmotivated effeminate mid-east shitbag, trainable, and straight jihadist, which would you like, sir?"
Also, will there be quesadillas?
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Yes.

But you can only get 3 rebels per food item, sorry manager's orders.
Link Posted: 1/17/2015 5:08:53 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 1/17/2015 5:18:09 PM EDT
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what the fuck..


what.... the... FUCK..



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all i got
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