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The Northerner

(5,040 posts) Wed Feb 29, 2012, 04:03 PM Feb 2012

Blind Side: Iraq & Syria wars similarities un-covered

The world's media is flooded with stories and images allegedly depicting the bloody results of the Syrian army's assault on the city of Homs. But few have compared the clashes to the massacre in Fallujah, Iraq, which happened nearly ten years ago and saw US troops fighting alongside the government, against the rebels.

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Blind Side: Iraq & Syria wars similarities un-covered (Original Post) The Northerner Feb 2012 OP

Not that similar - What Bush-Cheney did was far, far worse. leveymg Feb 2012 #1

Yeah, an internal conflict the same as a foreign military invading. tabatha Feb 2012 #2

wonder if (RT) Russia Today reporting on this riverwalker Feb 2012 #3

leveymg

(36,418 posts)

1. Not that similar - What Bush-Cheney did was far, far worse.

Reply to The Northerner (Original post)

Wed Feb 29, 2012, 04:07 PM

Feb 2012

Invaded Iraq under false pretenses, killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, destroyed the entire country, then set private contractors loose on the remains.

Far, far worse, in every way.