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throwawayaway on Aug 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: “Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me ...

You may want to read this article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-...

A lot of these guys ended up in ISIS, it would be foolish to assume otherwise. If you view America's foreign policy aim as maintaining an unstable middle east, then it's not a slippery slope argument.

elektromekatron on Aug 22, 2015 [–]

Is also possibly an idiot-trap on a grand scale. If you have a widely dispersed enemy, leave some treats in an area that can be encircled.

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