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lastpuritan
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4379 Posts
On April 07 2017 12:38 plasmidghost wrote: Well, I'll always remember where I was when the US inadvertently started World War III The crazy thing is April 6, 1917 is when the US officially entered WW1.Exactly 100 years. Facebook comments on the Syria situation on Trumps page are at least heartening.Nobody is buying this anymore. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23594 Posts
The Syrian leadership has sent messages to Israel warning that any further strikes by the IDF on targets within Syria’s borders would be met with Scud rockets fired deep into the Jewish state, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Diyar reported Saturday. Source They were talking about Israel, but not sure it being the US really makes any material difference. | ||
BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
On April 07 2017 13:13 GreenHorizons wrote: Well it's missing a key part that slightly changes the dynamic. Source They were talking about Israel, but not sure it being the US really makes any material difference. ya, Israel has been bombing targets in Syria yet not much of an outcry about it. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
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LegalLord
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KwarK
United States43505 Posts
On April 07 2017 13:20 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/850184294786117632 5D chess. Assad now has to change his policy and also keep it the same. That puts him off balance, giving Trump the upper hand to swoop in and scoop up that prime golf course real estate. | ||
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a_flayer
Netherlands2826 Posts
On April 07 2017 13:29 KwarK wrote: 5D chess. Assad now has to change his policy and also keep it the same. That puts him off balance, giving Trump the upper hand to swoop in and scoop up that prime golf course real estate. Come on, in a non-sarcastic manner: they're clearly just trying to beat Assad up just enough so he toes the line when it comes to abusing his own people, yet won't push for regime change. It is actually a reasonably sensible position considering the circumstances. Whether it will successful or was properly executed is another matter. I just can't comprehend what Assad is thinking when it comes to using chemical weapons against his own people. Is he really just testing what the US would do? What the hell? | ||
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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
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plasmidghost
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
On April 07 2017 13:39 plasmidghost wrote: I believe Trump did make the right decision, however, Syria could retaliate at any time, especially since Assad is crazy enough to use nerve agents on his own civilians I mean, at first glance it looks like a reasonable decision made in a proportional manner. But it's brazen and in the aftermath, you would be right to ask, should we really have done this? The potential for all this to blow up in unforeseen ways was probably underappreciated by whoever proposed this move (probably Mattis). | ||
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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On April 07 2017 13:41 plasmidghost wrote: God fucking damn it, this is not good https://twitter.com/AP/status/850205061258985472 Are we really surprised? Airstrikes generally kill people. | ||
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LegalLord
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BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
On April 07 2017 13:50 plasmidghost wrote: Something's not right here, we know the base had Russian personnel there since we had to warn them, yet we also claim that the chemical weapons were launched from there, meaning that either Russia knowingly allowed chemical weapons to be used on Syrian civilians or the chemical weapons did not, in fact, come from there. Which is it? or maybe, just maybe the Assad regime didn't actually attack his own civilians when he has his hands busy with other issues? | ||
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OuchyDathurts
United States4588 Posts
On April 07 2017 13:55 BigFan wrote: or maybe, just maybe the Assad regime didn't actually attack his own civilians when he has his hands busy with other issues? Possibly, but I wouldn't put anything past Russia either. Almost like we should have had a chit chat about this as an international community before just popping off like a kid. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15732 Posts
On April 07 2017 13:55 BigFan wrote: or maybe, just maybe the Assad regime didn't actually attack his own civilians when he has his hands busy with other issues? You're saying Assad is too busy to launch an attack..? | ||
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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
On April 07 2017 13:55 BigFan wrote: or maybe, just maybe the Assad regime didn't actually attack his own civilians when he has his hands busy with other issues? If that turns out to be the case, then we just made a severely reckless mistake | ||
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LegalLord
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Falling
Canada11397 Posts
On April 07 2017 13:08 iPlaY.NettleS wrote: The crazy thing is April 6, 1917 is when the US officially entered WW1.Exactly 100 years. Facebook comments on the Syria situation on Trumps page are at least heartening.Nobody is buying this anymore. I was actually talking about something like this to a fellow social studies teacher, or rather that both the 20th Century and the 19th Century with massive wars (the Napoleonic wars being the next 'best' thing to a world war) will we go down the same path again? Or does Pax Americana still stand? (You gas your people, we blow up your airbase/ world police?) | ||
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