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Re:A deal that let hundreds of IS fighters and their familie... by status on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @07:29AM (#15694454)
People are still in denial of the double game US government is playing in Syria. The same way one couldn't deny that US government trained and supplied Talibans with stinger rockets. The very same people that now US condemn as terrorist and fight with. The Talibans were the good freedom fighters when they fought with Russia now they are the bad once what is this?

"It also seems like you're willfully ignoring the history about the US allying with the Taliban during the Soviet invasion." Nope you are ignoring the fact that US is applying military force to keep the pro-western government in Afghanistan otherwise it will be long time gone. Isn't that an invasion?

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Re:A deal that let hundreds of IS fighters and their familie... by Haydos585x2 on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @07:53AM (#15694563)
The US strategy seems pretty simple. A free, democratic or perhaps autocratic pro-western government. It also seems like you're willfully ignoring the history about the US allying with the Taliban during the Soviet invasion.
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Re:A deal that let hundreds of IS fighters and their familie... by tryingagainbro on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @08:54AM (#15694943)
No Iranian and no Russian influence. ISIS and others may seem as a temporary thing that will go away after a few bombings but keeping Russia out of ME and Iran contained is very important. Israel wants the same, coincidentally ;)
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Re:A deal that let hundreds of IS fighters and their familie... by Udik on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @10:50AM (#15696035)
What they really want is having no semblance of a state that might have interests conflicting with those of a few friends, namely Israel and Saudi Arabia. Anything else, including pure chaos, terrorism, misery and starvation seems to be a perfectly acceptable alternative.
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Re:A deal that let hundreds of IS fighters and their familie... by RaleyField on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @11:20PM (#15710237)
> The same way one couldn't deny

Taliban were formed after Soviets pulled out so maybe one could deny that. But why research your history when one could repeat contrarian narratives.

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