Posted on Sep 1, 2015
Does This Idea Seem Nuts? Petraeus: Use Al Quada Fighters To Beat ISIS. Say What!?
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Members of al Qaeda’s branch in Syria have a surprising advocate in the corridors of American power: retired Army general and former CIA Director David Petraeus.
The former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan has been quietly urging U.S. officials to consider using so-called moderate members of al Qaeda’s Nusra Front to fight ISIS in Syria, four sources familiar with the conversations, including one person who spoke to Petraeus directly, told The Daily Beast.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/31/petraeus-use-al-qaeda-fighters-to-beat-isis.html
The former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan has been quietly urging U.S. officials to consider using so-called moderate members of al Qaeda’s Nusra Front to fight ISIS in Syria, four sources familiar with the conversations, including one person who spoke to Petraeus directly, told The Daily Beast.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/31/petraeus-use-al-qaeda-fighters-to-beat-isis.html
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Deja Vu! Use the Mujaheddin and Bin Laden to fight the soviets. See how that worked for us!
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Cpl (Join to see), It will never happen. This is one of the goofiest suggestions I've heard of. Oh wait! We did just make a deal with Iran, didn't we? Never mind. It'll probably happen.
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It’s the old adage “The enemy of my enemy is my friend”. So, what are the chances this will backfire? Here we go again. Sometimes I wonder if anybody learns from history.
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There's absolutely no way this could go wrong and back fire. Nope, not like there's any lessons history can give us that might shed some light on how this might play out.
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