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Prairie Gates

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4. Putin's guy is getting trounced right now, so...

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 7, 2024, 05:55 PM

Dec 7

Trump is scared of being saddled with a Syria mess during his first hundred days. Some of us are old enough to remember that George H.W. Bush committed US troops to Somalia during his transition period (ironically, 32 years ago tomorrow - December 8, 1992), a decision that ended in the famous Battle of Mogadishu on October 3-4, 1993 (notoriously, "Black Hawk Down" )- at the time one of the most shocking losses of the US military since Vietnam, all of which fell on Clinton's head.

News today was the the rebels had taken the Palmyra air base, which has been held and operated by the Russians since 2020.

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'There are 900 U.S. troops stationed there': Experts outraged after Trump's latest comment [View all] turbinetree Dec 7 OP

Leave it to Putin, just like he wants me to! Thomas Hurt Dec 7 #1

I keep thinking of the South China Sea............ turbinetree Dec 7 #2

Putin's guy is getting trounced right now, so... Prairie Gates Dec 7 #4

He loves outrage. live love laugh Dec 7 #3