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Jered
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by Jered Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:42 am
The fighting has intensified over the past two months, as CIA-armed units and Pentagon-armed ones have repeatedly shot at each other as they have maneuvered through contested territory on the northern outskirts of Aleppo, U.S. officials and rebel leaders have confirmed.
What...in the actual...eff?
You can't make this stuff up.
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Netpackrat
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by Netpackrat Thu Oct 27, 2016 7:54 am
There is a bit of elegance to simply paying them to kill each other.
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BDK
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by BDK Thu Oct 27, 2016 10:24 am
While I agree, that's a bit too subtle and depraved for US Intelligence - I would expect that of the Brits/other former colonial powers.
MiddleAgedKen
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by MiddleAgedKen Thu Oct 27, 2016 12:03 pm
"Some of us are for the government...some of us are against. CIA's not taking any chances this time."
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Gunnuts
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by Gunnuts Thu Oct 27, 2016 1:41 pm
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MiddleAgedKen
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by MiddleAgedKen Thu Oct 27, 2016 5:27 pm
Man, I had completely forgotten about Col. Flagg.
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Vonz90
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by Vonz90 Thu Oct 27, 2016 6:10 pm
Having encountered the CIA guys a bit, this is not surprising,
Termite
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by Termite Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:32 pm
When rats are killing each other, don't interfere.
"Life is a bitch. Shit happens. Adapt, improvise, and overcome. Acknowledge it, and move on."
dfwmtx
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by dfwmtx Thu Oct 27, 2016 8:42 pm
I'm thinking it's more a case of right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing, versus the Emperor Palpatine skill level of using both sides towards a future goal.
"Arms are honor; slaves have neither."
First Shirt
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by First Shirt Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:21 pm
This is more like "the thumbs don't know what the fingers are doing."
But there ain't many troubles that a man caint fix, with seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six." Lindy Cooper Wisdom
