In May, only 48 days into the Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen, @TheSoufanGroup called it a 'Quagmire in the Air' http://bit.ly/1IH6Odk
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@emptywheel probably right. I just liked the counterintuitive idea of a quagmire in something like air.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel now with ground troops involved, I would have used 'quicksand'. Sadly 2016 will offer a chance to write that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@SkinnerPm Box canyon?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@SkinnerPm how about "Iraq and a hard place?"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@SkinnerPm A khyber? -
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@emptywheel@SkinnerPm Perhaps 'khyber impasse' might be a more self-explanatory term.
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@emptywheel@SkinnerPm Sarlac pit.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@SkinnerPm "Involuntary Peace Zone" ?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@SkinnerPm Pretty sure "they've been embroiled in a complete Afghanistan for the last several years" is a basis expression.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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