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leftstreet

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7. This is 2014, not 2004

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 02:53 PM

Sep 2014

ISIL ISIS IS isn't affiliated or partnered with the 2004 al Qaeda in Pakistan

The Obama Admin needs new authority, or this bullshit is unconstitutional

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Robert Parry: Obama’s Novel Lawyering to Bomb Syria [View all] marmar Sep 2014 OP

''Money trumps peace.'' -- appointed pretzeldent George Walker Bush, Feb. 14, 2007 Octafish Sep 2014 #1

Excellent read malaise Sep 2014 #2

proud to be the 5th rec for Robert Parry. grasswire Sep 2014 #3

k an r nashville_brook Sep 2014 #4

Well, the AUMF definitely covers the bombings of Khorasan. I don't see how msanthrope Sep 2014 #5

This is 2014, not 2004 leftstreet Sep 2014 #7

Um--no one rescinded the AUMF. And Khorasan, which is what I just wrote msanthrope Sep 2014 #8

The AUMF doesn't apply leftstreet Sep 2014 #9

Holy frakin's crap! So the UN was LYING in 2005 when it named the head of Khorasan and its msanthrope Sep 2014 #10

LOL n/t leftstreet Sep 2014 #12

I'm guessing you finally googled and found out that Khorasan is actually an AlQaeda msanthrope Sep 2014 #13

No. But I can see that you're using Google n/t leftstreet Sep 2014 #16

Nope--I'm using my own extensive posts on Anwar Awlaki and other Yemeni targets. msanthrope Sep 2014 #17

Okay n/t leftstreet Sep 2014 #18

DURec leftstreet Sep 2014 #6

Parry the Russopologist claiming to geek tragedy Sep 2014 #11

I love how when Obama actually bombs the subject matter of the AUMF--Al Qaeda--- msanthrope Sep 2014 #14

This Is Awfully Weak, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2014 #15