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Please guys, stay on topic.

This thread is about the situation in Iraq and Syria.
lastpuritan
Profile Joined December 2014
United States540 Posts
April 04 2017 21:39 GMT
#7821
Right after Tillerson said Assad can stay.

+18 tweet flood here
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
April 04 2017 21:43 GMT
#7822
I love how Trump and his people felt Assad was a good option. Ignoring the clear problem that supporting him will just lead to a different brand of terrorist just as harmful as ISIS.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
TL+ Member
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United States13779 Posts
April 04 2017 21:48 GMT
#7823
On April 05 2017 06:43 Plansix wrote:
I love how Trump and his people felt Assad was a good option. Ignoring the clear problem that supporting him will just lead to a different brand of terrorist just as harmful as ISIS.

Got a succession plan in mind or just "Assad must go" as usual?
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-04 21:54:04
April 04 2017 21:53 GMT
#7824
On April 05 2017 06:48 LegalLord wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2017 06:43 Plansix wrote:
I love how Trump and his people felt Assad was a good option. Ignoring the clear problem that supporting him will just lead to a different brand of terrorist just as harmful as ISIS.

Got a succession plan in mind or just "Assad must go" as usual?

Nope. Everyone is fucked. There are no good solutions beyond getting their much earlier. To bad our congress is a bunch of spineless clowns that would rather blame it all on Obama.

Supporting Assad is just kicking the can down the road. My niece and nephew will have to deal with the terrorist we create with that choice. But no one has the endurance for nation building, or the budget. So this is our reality for the foreseeable future.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
TL+ Member
AssyrianKing
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia2117 Posts
April 05 2017 00:47 GMT
#7825
I thought people already realised what happens when you remove a legitimate government... Iraq? Libya? anyone? Or do you all want to see the world burn and let jihadists have their day...
John 15:13
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14155 Posts
April 05 2017 01:12 GMT
#7826
On April 05 2017 06:53 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2017 06:48 LegalLord wrote:
On April 05 2017 06:43 Plansix wrote:
I love how Trump and his people felt Assad was a good option. Ignoring the clear problem that supporting him will just lead to a different brand of terrorist just as harmful as ISIS.

Got a succession plan in mind or just "Assad must go" as usual?

Nope. Everyone is fucked. There are no good solutions beyond getting their much earlier. To bad our congress is a bunch of spineless clowns that would rather blame it all on Obama.

Supporting Assad is just kicking the can down the road. My niece and nephew will have to deal with the terrorist we create with that choice. But no one has the endurance for nation building, or the budget. So this is our reality for the foreseeable future.

You say that the only way to fix it was for obama to have fixed it and then you complain about congress blaming Obama for not fixing it.

But yeah. this is america not being world police anymore and everyone's just going to have to swallow it in this new world.
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-05 01:25:35
April 05 2017 01:25 GMT
#7827
On April 05 2017 10:12 Sermokala wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2017 06:53 Plansix wrote:
On April 05 2017 06:48 LegalLord wrote:
On April 05 2017 06:43 Plansix wrote:
I love how Trump and his people felt Assad was a good option. Ignoring the clear problem that supporting him will just lead to a different brand of terrorist just as harmful as ISIS.

Got a succession plan in mind or just "Assad must go" as usual?

Nope. Everyone is fucked. There are no good solutions beyond getting their much earlier. To bad our congress is a bunch of spineless clowns that would rather blame it all on Obama.

Supporting Assad is just kicking the can down the road. My niece and nephew will have to deal with the terrorist we create with that choice. But no one has the endurance for nation building, or the budget. So this is our reality for the foreseeable future.

You say that the only way to fix it was for obama to have fixed it and then you complain about congress blaming Obama for not fixing it.

But yeah. this is america not being world police anymore and everyone's just going to have to swallow it in this new world.

They should fixed it together. But now we have a unstable government with chemical weapons willing to gas kids with them. It doesn't really matter who we blame, we are all less safe now and will be for the next 30 years.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
TL+ Member
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14155 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-05 02:21:05
April 05 2017 02:18 GMT
#7828
On April 05 2017 10:25 Plansix wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2017 10:12 Sermokala wrote:
On April 05 2017 06:53 Plansix wrote:
On April 05 2017 06:48 LegalLord wrote:
On April 05 2017 06:43 Plansix wrote:
I love how Trump and his people felt Assad was a good option. Ignoring the clear problem that supporting him will just lead to a different brand of terrorist just as harmful as ISIS.

Got a succession plan in mind or just "Assad must go" as usual?

Nope. Everyone is fucked. There are no good solutions beyond getting their much earlier. To bad our congress is a bunch of spineless clowns that would rather blame it all on Obama.

Supporting Assad is just kicking the can down the road. My niece and nephew will have to deal with the terrorist we create with that choice. But no one has the endurance for nation building, or the budget. So this is our reality for the foreseeable future.

You say that the only way to fix it was for obama to have fixed it and then you complain about congress blaming Obama for not fixing it.

But yeah. this is america not being world police anymore and everyone's just going to have to swallow it in this new world.

They should fixed it together. But now we have a unstable government with chemical weapons willing to gas kids with them. It doesn't really matter who we blame, we are all less safe now and will be for the next 30 years.

How should they have fixed it? The only way to end the civil war in Syria is to either side with assad or out assad. Neither is good and both mean that we're going to either have to half ass it and throw two trillion into it like Iraq or go full occupation like the only times we ever actually succeeded with nation building.

People don't want the US to be the world police. this is what you get without a world police. This probably happened before WW2 and I guess we're just going back to that age.
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
April 05 2017 02:40 GMT
#7829
You are right. We should simply pull back, not attempt to police the world as you call it. Then any resulting violence will not be cause by the US, but by the power vacuum created by our withdraw. And then after that violence has run its course, then the next violence won't be our fault. And I will have likely died of old age.

None of that is really better, it is just different. Just like Syria, which isn't any better off because the US didn't get involved. The Middle East still gets fucked with if the US pulls out in every way.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
TL+ Member
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United States13779 Posts
April 05 2017 02:50 GMT
#7830
The extent of the US non-involvement in Syria includes all of the terrorist groups that they armed to the teeth and then sent the CIA to train.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
April 05 2017 03:02 GMT
#7831
Yep. A half assed attempt to play king maker that back fired, like it always does. Just like the attempts to prop up Assad will bit us all in the ass down the line. It is just a question of how many more times does Assad gas his people. Or what happens if he loses control.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
TL+ Member
Sermokala
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States14155 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-05 03:06:07
April 05 2017 03:05 GMT
#7832
On April 05 2017 11:40 Plansix wrote:
You are right. We should simply pull back, not attempt to police the world as you call it. Then any resulting violence will not be cause by the US, but by the power vacuum created by our withdraw. And then after that violence has run its course, then the next violence won't be our fault. And I will have likely died of old age.

None of that is really better, it is just different. Just like Syria, which isn't any better off because the US didn't get involved. The Middle East still gets fucked with if the US pulls out in every way.

We either pull out of syria or we go in all the way. The only middle ground simply pushes the same problem down the road another generation. Either we solve the problem or let the problem solve itself. Assad represents a semi stable middle ground that staunches the bleeding and helps the people out the best way short term that they're going to get.
A wise man will say that he knows nothing. We're gona party like its 2752 Hail Dark Brandon
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United States13779 Posts
April 05 2017 03:08 GMT
#7833
Assad's government is definitely better than perpetual civil war, I'll tell you that much.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-05 03:13:19
April 05 2017 03:09 GMT
#7834
On April 05 2017 12:05 Sermokala wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 05 2017 11:40 Plansix wrote:
You are right. We should simply pull back, not attempt to police the world as you call it. Then any resulting violence will not be cause by the US, but by the power vacuum created by our withdraw. And then after that violence has run its course, then the next violence won't be our fault. And I will have likely died of old age.

None of that is really better, it is just different. Just like Syria, which isn't any better off because the US didn't get involved. The Middle East still gets fucked with if the US pulls out in every way.

We either pull out of syria or we go in all the way. The only middle ground simply pushes the same problem down the road another generation. Either we solve the problem or let the problem solve itself.

I could not agree more. It is all in, full nation building and hope we get it right. Or we sit back, go full hands off and watch millions of people suffer for 10-15 years. Deal with millions of refugees and the political fall out from that as well. We will be hated either way. Inaction does not absolve us and more than action. There are no good options, just different flavors of terrible ones.

On April 05 2017 12:08 LegalLord wrote:
Assad's government is definitely better than perpetual civil war, I'll tell you that much.


He lost control once. That is how this all started. Him being in charge again just resets the house of card. All the refugees could try to go home, make lives and this could all flare up again. There is no magic wand that restores his former power. His country is still devastated.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
TL+ Member
Wrath
Profile Blog Joined July 2014
3174 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-05 03:19:12
April 05 2017 03:15 GMT
#7835
It is kinda ironic that in 2003 Iraq was invaded for weapons of mass destruction but found nothing in the end and now Assad is using Sarin gas against his own people and everyone is like "Hey don't use that, just keep using the usual air strikes, no gas weapons allowed!"

Assad's government is definitely better than perpetual civil war, I'll tell you that much.


lol

Assad turned a revolution against him into a sectarian war lead by Iran. Nothing can go worse than it is now.
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United States13779 Posts
April 05 2017 03:16 GMT
#7836
We need to invade Syria for weapons of mass destruction. Is that the lesson you want us to learn from this?
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
April 05 2017 03:21 GMT
#7837
It is about as shitty a plan as propping up a failed dictator in the hopes he will kill the mean terrorist for you. Mind you, that won't stop the wealthy in Iran from funding other terrorist.

And to be clear, bombing Iran will not make the terrorist go away either.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
TL+ Member
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United States13779 Posts
April 05 2017 03:23 GMT
#7838
Instead we should prop up the mean terrorist because they will kill the failed dictator for you. Flawless!
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Wrath
Profile Blog Joined July 2014
3174 Posts
April 05 2017 03:26 GMT
#7839
If both ends seem equally shitty why did you say that having Assad government is better?
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
April 05 2017 03:27 GMT
#7840
Yes, LL both of our nations have and had deeply stupid plans that are doomed to failure.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
TL+ Member
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