"Terrorist, terrorist, terrorist, terrorist terrorist terrorist. Terrorist terrorist.
Terrorist."
Terrorist."
Quote: (08-29-2013 01:51 AM)LeBeau Wrote:
Quote: (08-29-2013 12:43 AM)TheRookie Wrote:
Surprisingly, Putin and Assad come across as rational and honorable statesmen in this conflict.
I understand the need for examining all different viewpoints, but lets not get carried away with the Western criticism to the point where we're calling guys like that "honorable".
The West has a lot of problems right now but there's nothing honorable about Assad in general, even if you were to disregard this current conflict and just look at how he ran Syria in the past.
Scorpion's post summed up a lot of my thinking, but at the same time, most of us posting here won a genetic lottery being able to be raised in countries where we at least had basic freedoms, even if some of them are currently eroding.
I read Zerohedge as well, but take their non-market commentary with a grain of salt, and keep in mind what kind of audience they're satisfying.
Quote: (08-31-2013 03:14 AM)Handsome Creepy Eel Wrote:
Quote:Kosko Wrote:
As Scorpion has noted the USA has zero credibility. They are completely irrational and full of it.
Amen.
That said, I don't believe that this is being done for oil, or that even Libya or Iraq were. It's mostly about honest delusion, stupidity and the massive male hamster of the leaders of USA. I believe that Obama really believes in the ridiculous notion of having to intervene not because of lives lost but because of chemical weapons, or that oppression of women inspired more people to cheer war for Aghanistan than the removal of danger from terrorists did. If these people were motivated by anything concrete like oil, they would surely use more efficient means than attracting the hatred of the entire world to gain it. Instead, they're all behaving like Joker.
Quote: (09-02-2013 12:03 PM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:
Looks like Russia to the rescue. They are sending a parliamentary delegation to the US to speak with the Congress.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-...z2dks0Aqah
Quote: (09-02-2013 01:06 PM)Quintus Curtius Wrote:
Hope they'll be able to run some interference, but I'm afraid that the pro-Israel lobbying groups have more power, together with the usual warmongering thinktanks, hawks, and profiteers in DC. The Saudis have also spread a lot of money around to try to buy off everyone, as they do at the Arab League. Whole thing is pathetic...
In so many ways I wish the old Soviet Union was back. Back in the day, the Kremlin could act as a real deterrent to US warmongering. They could tell the US (like they did in the 1973 war): hands off the Middle East, or we land paratroops in Damascus and it's all out war.
That's the only language these warmongers understand.
Quote: (09-02-2013 01:44 PM)Damedius Wrote:
Quote: (09-02-2013 01:06 PM)Quintus Curtius Wrote:
Hope they'll be able to run some interference, but I'm afraid that the pro-Israel lobbying groups have more power, together with the usual warmongering thinktanks, hawks, and profiteers in DC. The Saudis have also spread a lot of money around to try to buy off everyone, as they do at the Arab League. Whole thing is pathetic...
In so many ways I wish the old Soviet Union was back. Back in the day, the Kremlin could act as a real deterrent to US warmongering. They could tell the US (like they did in the 1973 war): hands off the Middle East, or we land paratroops in Damascus and it's all out war.
That's the only language these warmongers understand.
Did you this SNL skit? Supposedly the ADL when apeshit and it never aired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjB2Lr3Mrco
Quote: (09-02-2013 02:08 PM)Quintus Curtius Wrote:It's really bad in Canada. CBC is our national channel. They ran a story on their website about Rome Dallaire pulling out of a speaking engagement. The story had few details but alluded to anti-semtism. I made a comment about the Jewish lobby and it managed to get through but it got pulled about 5 minutes later.
Quote: (09-02-2013 01:44 PM)Damedius Wrote:
Quote: (09-02-2013 01:06 PM)Quintus Curtius Wrote:
Hope they'll be able to run some interference, but I'm afraid that the pro-Israel lobbying groups have more power, together with the usual warmongering thinktanks, hawks, and profiteers in DC. The Saudis have also spread a lot of money around to try to buy off everyone, as they do at the Arab League. Whole thing is pathetic...
In so many ways I wish the old Soviet Union was back. Back in the day, the Kremlin could act as a real deterrent to US warmongering. They could tell the US (like they did in the 1973 war): hands off the Middle East, or we land paratroops in Damascus and it's all out war.
That's the only language these warmongers understand.
Did you this SNL skit? Supposedly the ADL when apeshit and it never aired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjB2Lr3Mrco
Thanks, Damedius, for sharing that. We all know who the real powers behind the scenes are. Of course, we're not allowed to criticize or question them in any way. Certain people are raised and conditioned to believe that they're victims, and that the world is out to get them. I've seen it in other countries as well.
They want to control the region completely. As Chomsky's writings have demonstrated, any power that even MIGHT be a threat (Iran, Syria, Lebanon) has to be destroyed. It's a very sick mentality, and they have nothing to offer the people of the area. They actually thrive on living in a climate of hatred. They have nothing to offer but a neurotic, paranoid vision of their own superiority. They don't respect their neighbors, and never have.
If there was any doubt about it, I think it's beyond question that deterrence works. The weak (e.g., Syria, Lebanon, Iran) get picked on and destroyed. If I was an Iranian leader, to me the lesson would be clear: we'd better get something so that these people don't mess with us.
Quote: (09-01-2013 02:56 PM)TheRookie Wrote:
Suspicions of a false flag may be true. This is an early report and must be taken with a grain of salt. That said it rings true and makes more sense than Assad randomly gassing an outer suburb. This report basically states that the Saudis funneled sarin gas to rebels in the outskirts of Damascus. The rebels either mishandled the weapons and they blew up, or perhaps the Saudis planned to blow them up to create the false flag.
Here is the link. The reporters are an AP freelancer and a reporter on the ground in Syria. They interviewed Syrian rebels on the ground who were upset that the Saudis gave them weapons without telling them they were volatile and chemical in nature.
The report rings true but has not been independently verified.
Quote: (09-02-2013 01:44 PM)Damedius Wrote:
Quote: (09-02-2013 01:06 PM)Quintus Curtius Wrote:
Hope they'll be able to run some interference, but I'm afraid that the pro-Israel lobbying groups have more power, together with the usual warmongering thinktanks, hawks, and profiteers in DC. The Saudis have also spread a lot of money around to try to buy off everyone, as they do at the Arab League. Whole thing is pathetic...
In so many ways I wish the old Soviet Union was back. Back in the day, the Kremlin could act as a real deterrent to US warmongering. They could tell the US (like they did in the 1973 war): hands off the Middle East, or we land paratroops in Damascus and it's all out war.
That's the only language these warmongers understand.
Did you this SNL skit? Supposedly the ADL when apeshit and it never aired.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjB2Lr3Mrco
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JERUSALEM/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Israel tested a U.S.-backed missile system in the Mediterranean on Tuesday but did not announce the launch in advance, prompting a disclosure by Russia that kept the world on edge as the United States weighed an attack on Syria.
The morning launch was first reported by Moscow media that quoted Russian defense officials as saying two ballistic "objects" had been fired eastward from the center of the sea - roughly in the direction of Syria.
Quote: (09-03-2013 11:57 AM)scorpion Wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/russia-says-ballis...28639.html
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JERUSALEM/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Israel tested a U.S.-backed missile system in the Mediterranean on Tuesday but did not announce the launch in advance, prompting a disclosure by Russia that kept the world on edge as the United States weighed an attack on Syria.
The morning launch was first reported by Moscow media that quoted Russian defense officials as saying two ballistic "objects" had been fired eastward from the center of the sea - roughly in the direction of Syria.
They're really going out of their way at this point to make sure this thing blows up well beyond Syria. Pure insanity.
Also, it looks like the Republican Congressional leadership is supporting a Syrian attack. The spineless Democrats will go along with whatever Obama wants, so the only hope is that there are enough Tea Party style Republicans who will go against their leadership and vote no.
Of course, the administration has already said that the vote is "non-binding" and that Obama might strike anyway even if it doesn't pass. Incredible, right? This whole thing is a farce.
I ask: if they aren't intentionally trying to blow this thing up into a regional or even global war...then what the fuck are they doing? Is it really possible that they could be this reckless through sheer stupidity and ineptitude? I just don't see how. This is deliberate. There are some very powerful interests who for one reason or another want to destabilize the Middle East.
The strike on Syria will be throwing a burning match into a powder keg.