(August 15, 2015 at 8:13 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Last night, on Real Time Bill Maher asked Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson the following. Wilkerson was Chief of Staff to Colin Powell when he was Sec. St. Let him give his answer.
Love Bill Maher!
He has a good point. It is frustrating to see how all the countries in the Middle East send token forces and allow the U.S. to do most of the dirty work for them in their own backyard. And the Col.'s point about picking losers, yeah, that is what's really puzzling about our foreign policy in the Middle East.
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