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Why is US supporting ISIS in Syria while opposing it in Iraq?
US is supporting the rebels in Syria who are trying to bring down Assad's govt. ISIS is one of the rebels. So directly or indirectly, US is supporting ISIS in Syria.
But the same US is opposing the ...
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How much lives could they've saved if they would have used war money in health?
I'm not sure about how much money they've spent in war as a result of the 9/11 attacks, but it seems to be a few trillions. I'm even less sure about how much lives would they have saved if they would ...
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What triggered the war in Iraq?
This is an issue that I've never understood going back to the early 2000s.
The build-up to the war in Iraq was something that snuck up on me. All of a sudden there was talk about a potential war in ...
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What evidence did the Bush administration have that Iraq stored WMD in 2002?
The U.S. and its allies have justified the Iraq war, among other things, by citing the danger of weapons of mass destruction. According to wikipedia (emphasis mine)
the U.S. stated that the intent ...
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