But let's not be under any GOP-Koolaid illusion that if the "NSF" had *more* fighters the sitn wd be any better... @emptywheel
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@helenacobban They did. Under CIA. Didn't help things. You gotta get Qatar and Bandar out of control. And then 100 other things. -
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@emptywheel, you gotta get rid of the illusion that anything purely military will help anything w/out strong diplo engagemt w Syr govt. -
@helenacobban That's about 33 of the 100 other things! -
The Obama admin (&US public) cd start by rereading Clausewitz on the primacy of the political over the military in strategy.
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They hv gotten the political analysis of Syria *wrong* consistently since Aug '11,
@emptywheel, & let policy be dictatd by wishful thinking.
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@emptywheel@mollymotoole I still Syria/Iraq is the place we need to test our stockpile of neutron bombs! Here ISIS ISISThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel got to love a proxy war.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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