The Danger of Funding Thugs
Joshua Foust on May 20 2008 | Filed under: Foreign affairs, Notes on the war
Sure it’s nice when you pay them to pretty please stop attacking us, but what of the consequences? This is the dark side of the CLC/Sons of Iraq/Awakening bandwagon we jumped on, and it’s one I’ve been mocked repeatedly for not letting go of.
But doing business with the gunmen, whom the U.S. military has dubbed [...]
