'Dirty Brigades': US-Trained Iraqi Forces Investigated for War Crimes - ABC News http://abcn.ws/1D7SLf4 sudden squeamishness of USG
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Replying to @chinahand
quite interesting, as is pontificating on the right way to do COIN. Somehow I have a feeling this has more to do w/ disappointment @ Iraq
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govt's closeness to Iran than it does w/ human rights. USG maybe thinking it will have to write off eastern Iraq as in Iran's pocket.
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@chinahand & if IS gets its ass kicked, who's gonna run Sunnistan & make trouble for Assad? IS repackaged as IS(NOT)?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@chinahand Given that IS would have gotten its ass kicked by Iran, the Saudis will stop the charade1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@emptywheel Hope so. But if a new Sunni force "so moderate it's the moral equivalent of our founding fathers" shows up in Sunnistan3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@chinahand They have, after all, been stocking up on war toys, even by their standards.
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