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Old 04-08-2017, 10:43 AM   #22
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That was a bad precedent. Before then it was fairly understood that use of chemical weapons would have significant consequence but that issue diluted that. A look with minimum consequence into one of Pandora's little boxes.
Yeah, I see that side pretty clearly... but I still think things get very muddy when you talk about the relationship between Assad and Putin... hard to tell if retaliating in those conditions would/will kick off WWIII... although things have been quieter than I would have expected since the attack, so that's a good thing
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