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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by EGreg on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:18AM (#15239053)
Can someone write an article about this??
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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by nolok on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:25AM (#15239142)
About what?

I mean, I disagree about what our (I'm French) are doing in some places, but its hardly been a secret.

The CIA and it's equivalent are not working to get those countries to a stable state, they are working to get them to a non threatening state. Big difference.

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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by jjcc on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @01:25PM (#15240475)
Europa has multiple terrorist attacks, let alone wave of refugees from unstable countries exported that change the dynamics of politics that result in many changes societies including polarization.

Maybe you mean they didn't realize non-state treat is bigger than threatening state? I don't really understand.

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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by alrs on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:43AM (#15239368)
It isn't new news. https://www.counterpunch.org/2014/09/19/how-the-us-helped-cr...
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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by hammock on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:28AM (#15239172)
Many have, you just won't find it on ABC, NBC, CBS, NYTimes, WaPo, etc...
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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by TheCowboy on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:35PM (#15239938)
Wasn't hard to find: "and reports that some of the C.I.A.-supplied weapons had ended up in the hands of a rebel group tied to Al Qaeda further sapped political support for the program."

New York Times, Aug 2, 2017

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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by mtgx on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:50AM (#15239451)
Everything else has been downranked and censored by Google as fake news.
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