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I sought a lost the thread, what were we talking about, ah yes, Russian incursion into Kurdistan. Putin's response, look at the new shinny rocket we have that you can't catch. The implication, next time we come by air. The big problem is the US writes cheques it can't cash. If you don't have a sizeable force on the ground and no way of getting there, your options are limited. Daddy Bush should have wiped Iraq off the map when he had the chance, instead at the behest of his Saudi buddies he walked away. Arabs don't want US infidels anywhere close.