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starroute

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4. How did we go from al Qaeda being all but eliminated ...

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 11:10 PM

Jan 2013

Last edited Fri Jan 18, 2013, 11:28 AM - Edit history (1)

To jihadists threatening to take over Mali, coopt the Syrian uprising, and topple the government of Pakistan?

Was our government lying to us six months ago? Was the CIA clueless about what's going on in the world? Or did something change overnight?

I'd sure love to see someone make sense of all this.

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Syrian rebels accuse jihadist groups of trying to hijack revolution [View all] dipsydoodle Jan 2013 OP

Well...doesn't this present a pickle. Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #1

How else do you weed out negative elements? joshcryer Jan 2013 #2

I'm sure the regime agrees. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #3

That all depends on who ends up being the weed daleo Jan 2013 #5

True that. joshcryer Jan 2013 #8

How did we go from al Qaeda being all but eliminated ... starroute Jan 2013 #4

It's a trap. daleo Jan 2013 #6

Because Al-Qaeda is not a monolithic evil organization like the James Bond "Spectre." Archae Jan 2013 #7

The one guy you refer to .... mallard Jan 2013 #9

That also. Archae Jan 2013 #10