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    • Up until Erdogan/AKP pissed on the Kurdish talks I'd guess many of the Turkish ethnic and religious minorities would disagree…
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    • "Has always been" Uh no. Wrong century, buddy.
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    • Put Tim Kaine on the ticket and wrap up the next 16 yrs. Unless he doesn't want to be president…
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    • We're talking about a military junta that has likely been stoking ethnoreligious fears for a long time. Whether it was…
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    • Take a quote from a Trump voter and build a theory. I realize this isn't the format for something in-depth…
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    • Can Congress' departmental budget oversight screw with the "conduct or sponsor research" portion of this memorandum or since the omnibus…
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    • You can't divorce the repercussions of our blowing up Libya's governmental structure from the military operation in your evaluation .…
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    • Re: B) I don't know if "hawkish" is the right term but she is more aggressive and maybe reckless. She…
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    • Some good background, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/09/26/shifting-balances-of-power-in-yemens-c risis/
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    • Careful how you label the Houthi movement. You might hear talking heads call them Iran's allies or proxies, etc. but…
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    • Agree with you that Englehardt is wrong in totally blaming the spread of global terrorism on US engagement. If we…
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    • Sometimes you have to tear this motherfucker up. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C8V66bxvM2Q
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    • Ahrar, JN, IS are dominant and firmly embedded in the north. It's a different story in the south. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/11/17/247143_moderate-syrian-rebels-say-theyre.html?sp=/99/117/& rh=1…
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    • Has Obama's decision to hold off on using executive orders to help with Latino immigration been part of the problem?
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    • Here's the most plausible plan I've read, http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2014/09/previewing-the-syria-tourniquet-.html Before the speech tonight, this is worth reading/rereading, http://warontherocks.com/2014/08/dont-bs-the-american-people-about-iraq-syria-and-isil/
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    • Agreed, good post. I hope you're right about handcuffing Hillary. Not sure if it's me or her, but she scares…
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    • Raqqa. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/the-isis-guide-to-building-an-islamic-state 372769
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    • I do remember something about using Syria for extraordinary rendition but as in all international relationships, it was more complicated.…
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    • Like what you've written although I question whether the Syrian rebels were ALWAYS dominated by Sunni extremists and disagree this…
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