(June 10, 2014 at 5:53 pm)Chuck Wrote: Yeah, and Obama almost made the same blunder by wading into Syria to topple Assad.[emphasis is mine]
When are we going to learn we are not blessed in the arab world, and bloody murderous dictators are the friends we need and the only friends we can ever have there?
You think we would have learned from watching the Soviets flail around in Afghanistan all those years ago. Nope. We've got to go make the same stupid fucking mistakes, then spread it around a little.
Anyone taking bets that we'll be back there before too long. Gotta protect that oil. After all, we couldn't fund some killer solar projects for less than these fucking wars have cost us!
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