The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms for Syrian Rebels

Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by alexandercrohde on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:08PM (#15239638)

do you have any sources for these claims?

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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by X86BSD on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @02:11PM (#15240965)

http://armedforcesjournal.com/pipeline-politics-in-syria/

http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/its-all-about-pipeline...

That took longer than it should have because of the stupid throttling at HN regarding posts. It's hard to carry any kind of discussion when you are limited to three? Replies per hour?

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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by zacurry on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:23PM (#15239788)

I wouldn't be too surprised if this is true. The USA wants to ensure that all energy deals are done using their "petro" dollar.Assad could have/is threatened to trade using euro , much like Saddam did(Iraq made a windfall from that decision when euro went up) before the Iraq war.Many people say that was one of the motivations behind the Iraq war.

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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by pehtis on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @01:01PM (#15240215)

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-10/competing-gas-pipel...

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Re:The Pentagon Is Spending Up To $2.2B on Soviet-Style Arms... by knowaveragejoe on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @01:14PM (#15240362)

Any better sources? ZH is notoriously sensationalist and often completely wrong.

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