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    Well presented. I'm uncomfortable with setting that precedent too and am concerned it would undermine other instruments of collective security…
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    • As much as I agree with your conclusions I would have to admit that unfortunately the evidence so far cited…
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    • Interesting that the CIA plot to install the Shah and the decision to turn a blind eye during the Iran-Iraq…
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    • My guess is the whole pivot towards Congress is stalling for more time; one thing Congress does expertly is delay…
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    • No, already formally excluded for this vote.
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    • He's basically right. Some areas of Syria are predominantly one or another of Alawite, Christian, Kurdish, Sunni and so forth.…
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    • That's a trail that leads right back to September 2001.
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    • I'm guessing that the odds of a military strike have declined sharply recently and Obama's motivation to turn to Congress…
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    • If all the "serious people" spent five minutes looking at the many images we have of the alleged rockets and…
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    • The Arab Spring climate change angle is very interesting.
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    • Exactly. Thanks.
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    • Have one on me.
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    • Would the regular army's chemical warfare command have used "homemade" rockets? Take home quiz for extra points: how many errors…
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    • This with usual caveats.
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    • Yeah, nobody's formally proposing balkanising Syria at this point. But it defeats me how one would otherwise protect the Alawite…
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    • Well... Therein lies a tale. Britain and France were in hock to the US for billions by 1915; if you…
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    • There is plenty to work with, not least of which in the Syria chemical weapons incident itself. I was actually…
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    • Nobel Prize winner Woodrow Wilson killed himself straining unsuccessfully to persuade the US to join the League of Nations.
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    • The crux of the disagreement between the 'political solution' envisaged by the US, on the one hand, and Russia and…
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    • This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story…
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