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Johnny Isakson: Syria was a war of proxies--plural, proxies, a lot of them--which I thought was very true.

On the recordFebruary 8, 2017
Syria was a war of proxies--plural, proxies, a lot of them--which I thought was very true.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Isakson reflects on the complexity of the Syrian conflict involving multiple proxy forces.

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