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Old 10-10-2019, 01:39 PM   #51
Pete F.
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT View Post
we have two “allies” here, and they really hate each other. how many american lives are worth sacrificing on the altar of that hate, when we had nothing to do with that hate, and no one has been able to address the hate in that region.

that’s the argument to withdraw. do what we can to pressure each side to leave the other alone. would
be nice if the UN could find a way to do something useful.
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The same people you cite as wanting to pull out of the Middle East also want to decimate the UN.

While tribal conflicts have always existed in the ME, read the Bible, they were exacerbated by the Division of the Ottoman Empire after WW1.

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