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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: September 29, 2015, 11:49:16 AM »
« edited: September 29, 2015, 11:51:24 AM by Californian Tony Returns »

Of course not. People like Assad are the reason ISIS exists in the first place.


Yes.  The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

An Arabic proverb attributed to a prince who was betrayed and decapitated by his own subjects.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2015, 08:01:26 PM »

The NYT had an interesting article on this today by Thomas Friedman. Essentially, he argued that the only way to permanently defeat ISIS is to bolster moderate Sunnis, and that as Sunnis hate Assad, supporting him is ultimately counterproductive and will only drive more people into ISIS's camp.

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