Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It
by Reason077 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @06:45AM
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Nobody set out to cause a long-lasting, destructive conflict in Syria. Those who were backing the opposition factions were no doubt hoping for a quick, orderly transition of power. But obviously it didn't work out that way.
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Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It
by geezerjay on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @01:43PM
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> Nobody set out to cause a long-lasting, destructive conflict in Syria.
That's precisely the point. Nobody set out to cause long-lasting, destructive conflict in Iraq as well.
Furthermore, in Iraq there was a multinational coallition allocating hefty amounts of resourses to ensure a clean politically advantgeous outcome, while the war in Syria would be, according to that conspiracy theory, at best a covert operation leading to a drawn out conflict.
Re:Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It
by jessaustin on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @08:49AM
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Does it ever work out that way? This myth of USA military effectiveness isn't promoted in order to ensure transfers of power or [snicker, haha] natural gas in pipelines. It is promoted to ensure the continuing transfer of wealth from American taxpayers to armaments manufacturers and their sockpuppets in government and media.