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Cnn reporting us moving to intercept iranian ships, apparently to search for weapons. Cnn reporting intercepting 7-9 iranian ships, unkown if intent to board. If they enter yemeni territory will be borded. Im seeing this closed caption at the gym, anyone got some info
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Nuclear weapons and arming rebels called separate issues by state dep
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Apr 21, 2015 00:05
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who is D&D backing
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Apr 21, 2015 00:12
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In'sallah we will bathe the middle east in cleansing nuclear hellfire regardless
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Apr 21, 2015 00:19
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Shooting Blanks posted:Get the popcorn, ISIS and Taliban declared jihad on each other supposedly. No matter who you root for, you feel guilty!
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Apr 21, 2015 00:30
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Kiryen posted:No matter who you root for, you feel guilty! Senator Harry S. Truman posted:If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia, and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible although I don't want to see Hitler victorious under any circumstances.
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Apr 21, 2015 00:35
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go3 posted:who is D&D backing The oppressed Muslims
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Apr 21, 2015 00:44
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Well this is interesting: http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/20/politics/iran-united-states-warships-monitoring/ So Iran wants to arm the Houthis, and we are backing the Saudis?
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Apr 21, 2015 01:45
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Frosted Flake posted:Well this is interesting: Have you not been following this thread or news aside from fox news?
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Apr 21, 2015 01:56
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Frosted Flake posted:Well this is interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X05XBgHMkSc
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Apr 21, 2015 02:16
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I just didn't think the US would intervene. I know there's the whole Sunni-Shia proxy war, but I thought there was a general hands-off policy, in light of the deal with Iran.
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Apr 21, 2015 02:28
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Boy how bout that Iran deal though
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Apr 21, 2015 02:52
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Shooting Blanks posted:Get the popcorn, ISIS and Taliban declared jihad on each other supposedly. Hot drat. 
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Apr 21, 2015 03:30
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go3 posted:who is D&D backing Anmerica
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Apr 21, 2015 04:40
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Fister Roboto posted:Earlier this month. Cadet was found wounded in his room, he died in the hospital, and they said it didn't look like suicide. Then they basically said "nope, it's totally suicide, nothing to see here, move along". Don't forget there's been something like 3 or 4 "attacks" on some of the running trails so the leadership basically ordered everyone to use the buddy system at all times outside the actual campus or cadet areas or whatever. Best Friends posted:The funniest ideological conflict in the world today is between the houthis, who hold 9/11 being a Jewish American plot to destroy Muslims as their core foundational belief, versus al Qaeda , who believe they did 9/11. Yemen right now is a giant war about who really hates America and Israel more with both sides considering the other to be effectively Mossad agents. It's like if a conspiracy message board became an active, Allah loving conflict zone. I posted several weeks ago that our policy in Yemen now should be sit back and watch AQAP/the Sunnis and the Houthis kill each other. We should just make sure to drone whoever appears to be getting the upper hand so as to keep the conflict going for as long as possible. But then the loving Saudis had to get involved and now we're helping them in their war on Shi'a because IRAN or something. And of course by "helping" I mean we're providing the bombs, fuel, and all the intel as well as tanking, C2, and CSAR support...so basically we're doing everything except physically dropping the bombs. But nope, we're not fighting a war in Yemen, we're just providing "logistical and intelligence support." I'm really looking forward to the leaps in logic they have to use to justify not going as hard after AQAP once they've put the Houthis down. Frosted Flake posted:I just didn't think the US would intervene. I know there's the whole Sunni-Shia proxy war, but I thought there was a general hands-off policy, in light of the deal with Iran. Like I said, we are literally waging a full blown air war in Yemen other than the fact that Saudi airplanes are doing the actual bomb dropping. I would say that also we're not directly involved in the blockade because that's a Saudi/Egyptian show but welp e: Frontline did a feature on Yemen a week or two ago that's pretty well done. Nothing mind blowing if you've been following the conflict(s) in any sort of detail over the last several months/years but if you're looking for a primer on where things sit and how we got to now it's about the best thing out there in common media. I watched it with my dad, and afterwards we were having a discussion about the history of Yemen and how it's had more than a few conflicts (I was specifically talking about the Egyptian intervention that went so badly for them that one historian said something along the lines of "Vietnam could have very well been called 'America's Yemen.'") Anyway, I googled "Yemeni Civil War" to look up some details on that specific conflict and holy loving lol iyaayas01 fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Apr 21, 2015 |
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Apr 21, 2015 05:01
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our policy should be just buy oil from whatever wacko currently controls it let them use the money to kill each other
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Apr 21, 2015 05:05
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iyaayas01 posted:Don't forget there's been something like 3 or 4 "attacks" on some of the running trails so the leadership basically ordered everyone to use the buddy system at all times outside the actual campus or cadet areas or whatever. It's kind of bizarre reading Academy cadets talk about it. There's a lot of "we're not supposed to talk or speculate about things" going on that seems fairly out of the ordinary. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but why then is the Academy having such a hard time stating clearly what's happened? If it's a random attack then why are they saying the cadet was "found injured", and if it was a suicide then why aren't they calling it a terrible tragedy and announcing all calls and counseling? Tiny Timbs fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Apr 21, 2015 |
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Apr 21, 2015 05:15
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There's probably an ongoing investigation.
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Spicy Guacamole posted:There's probably an ongoing investigation. Then say there's an on-going investigation. We aren't making it up when we say that USAFA's public statements on the matter were literally "well a cadet was injured and then died and it seems a little odd" followed by "IT WAS A SUICIDE--NOSHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENED" followed by silence. I mean this isn't surprising considering it's a) the AF and b) USAFA but still
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Apr 21, 2015 05:24
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Spicy Guacamole posted:There's probably an ongoing investigation. The articles are saying it's not a criminal one, apparently, which makes it weird in the context of the "attacks" going on unless they're completely unrelated. I dunno why I'm so curious about this, I guess I just get the feeling they found the kid in the center of a blood pentagram or something. How much investigation does a suicide need?
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Apr 21, 2015 05:25
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gentlemen this could be it, we may be thru the looking glass here when the bombs start falling, just know it was an honor posting with you all 
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Apr 21, 2015 06:39
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Airborne aaaand...?
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Apr 21, 2015 07:23
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Ukrainian Army.
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Apr 21, 2015 07:37
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iyaayas01 posted:Don't forget there's been something like 3 or 4 "attacks" on some of the running trails so the leadership basically ordered everyone to use the buddy system at all times outside the actual campus or cadet areas or whatever. The whole thing has just been an enormous clusterfuck. A friend of mine who teaches at the Academy said that the funeral service was atrocious, with the chaplain saying wonderful things to the parents like "I know your pain, my daughter died too" and "don't blame yourselves".
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Apr 21, 2015 07:45
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:gentlemen this could be it, we may be thru the looking glass here 
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Jesus loving Christ, and we are just stuffing our dicks into this hornets nest? The Orgasm Sanction fucked around with this message at 16:12 on Apr 21, 2015 |
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Apr 21, 2015 16:09
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Intel5 posted:Jesus loving Christ, and we are just stuffing our dicks into this hornets nest? Because nobody wants to be responsible for ignoring the formation of the next 9-11 producing Al Qaeda hosting Islamic extremist state.
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Apr 21, 2015 16:22
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That looks like the parade field from the joint multinational training facility near Kiev. The 173rd has been participating in yearly joint exercises there for years. I went myself years ago. Edit: phone posting quoted the wrong post Jarmak fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Apr 21, 2015 |
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Apr 21, 2015 16:22
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Waroduce posted:Nuclear weapons and arming rebels called separate issues by state dep ...until proven otherwise.
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Apr 21, 2015 16:25
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Godholio posted:Airborne aaaand...? Kazinsal posted:Ukrainian Army. In Ukraine.
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Apr 21, 2015 16:27
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it's never your ukraine, it's a ukraine
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Apr 21, 2015 17:16
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Don't worry, Canadian troops will be there soon too! Because apparently we LOVE cockwaving as of late!
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Intel5 posted:Jesus loving Christ, and we are just stuffing our dicks into this hornets nest? we love the crazies
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Apr 21, 2015 17:42
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MA-Horus posted:Don't worry, Canadian troops will be there soon too! Ugh, I know. Harper better not get another five years in 24 Sussex. If someone has to fire the first shot of WW3 I hope it's a Canadian, just to mix it up a bit and make everyone go "wait, what?" before we receive the all-loving thermonuclear hug.
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Apr 21, 2015 18:14
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Kazinsal posted:all-loving thermonuclear hug. Namechange pls.
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Apr 21, 2015 18:43
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Will you guys apologize right before all the nukes go off?
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Apr 21, 2015 18:45
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We'll set up a Tim's like we did at Kandahar so everyone has a nice place to watch the fireworks from.
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Apr 21, 2015 19:04
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Sweet, I know where I'm going for front row seats to the apocalypse.
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Mike-o posted:Will you guys apologize right before all the nukes go off? "Uhh. Mr. Putin, I have a communique from the ambassador from Canada." "Let me see it pleb." *Dear Mr. Putin, I regret to inform you that the great nation of Canada has elected to expend our nuclear arsenal on various targets within the Russian locale. I'm terribly sorry to do this to you, but you might want to get into your bunker. The first missile will reach Moscow in 5 minutes. Again, my sincerest of apologies Mr. Putin. Your Buddy, The Canadian Ambassador to Russia*
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I just don't get why we're going to Ukraine. It's like having a cock-waving contest between Mandingo and Doug McKenzie.
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