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Deteriorata posted:Who is going to disqualify him? Trump won't care (in fact, he'd consider it an asset) and the Senate is going to rubber-stamp everything. I'm not quite as confident that the Senate will rubber stamp appointments. The Republican majority is super slim, so all it takes is a couple old Cold Warriors to stand up and make a fuss and if the Dems stand firm it's goodbye to anyone who got too cozy to Putin.
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3peat posted:Rebel footage Abu Hajaar's spirit lives on
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3peat posted:This gimmick is extremely boring. The "moderate rebel" meme on the other hand is new and exciting. MikeCrotch posted:Not sure if you've been paying attention but the Iraqi army of 2016 is quite a bit different to the Iraqi army of 2014 ISIS didn't take Mosul because they were good at fighting. They took it because the Sunnis in the Iraqi army had no interest in fighting them.
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Middle East Thread of Despair : I'm so tired of all these rear end struggles.
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Update from the weird twitter warfighter https://twitter.com/ckilpatrick/status/797129909911035904
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Atrocious Joe posted:Update from the weird twitter warfighter https://twitter.com/PissPigGranddad/status/794782564258959360 
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Well, I've learned via PMs that the perma is going through for me, so this will my last post with this account.
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That guy rules.
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fade5 posted:Well, I've learned via PMs that the perma is going through for me, so this will my last post with this account. Godspeed, and welcome fade6
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fade5 posted:Well, I've learned via PMs that the perma is going through for me, so this will my last post with this account.  Thanks for all the good posts
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Friendly Humour posted:Somebody should buy him an account. why is Caro not a mod?
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fade5 posted:Well, I've learned via PMs that the perma is going through for me, so this will my last post with this account. F
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married but discreet posted:Godspeed, and welcome fade6 Greetings everyone.  Linking to my last post for future reference for me any everyone else. It's only my old account that's perma'd; I've got the okay, I don't have to pretend I'm someone new. E: I have to give a huge shout-out to Fizzil, who has been super awesome and made this new account possible. Thanks dude. Saladin Rising fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Nov 20, 2016 |
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Saladin Rising posted:I thought about that, but I decided that's not a very inventive name, is it? I wanted something a little more fitting of my ME thread posting. Better name, it'll do.
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The YPG is awesome and the best M.E. faction and gently caress all the others.
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pisspiginperson https://twitter.com/DefenceUnits/status/796670099960791040
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Gonna giggle and giggle if Mosul and Raqqa fall before the Trumpscension. 
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GreyjoyBastard posted:Gonna giggle and giggle if Mosul and Raqqa fall before the Trumpscension. Saladin Rising fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Nov 12, 2016 |
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Saladin Rising posted:In retrospect, Obama probably wanted Mosul and Raqqa in motion before he got out of office just in case something bad popped up, although he probably didn't expect "Trump was elected president" to be the something bad that popped up. Yeah, Trump has tons of bad ideas, but I do not think he actually wants the US to lose in Iraq and Syria. If we are winning Mosul and Raqqa, he'll follow through.
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WoodrowSkillson posted:Yeah, Trump has tons of bad ideas, but I do not think he actually wants the US to lose in Iraq and Syria. If we are winning Mosul and Raqqa, he'll follow through. His big foreign policy point during the campaign was to "work with Russia" on defeating ISIS. I assume that is also going also include JaN (which the US is now targeting under Obama btw). I guess we have to see what Trump actually does at this point since it is still very vague even after the election. Will Trump follow the course he set for himself or fall inline with the DC establishment he railed so hard against?
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Ardennes posted:His big foreign policy point during the campaign was to "work with Russia" on defeating ISIS. I assume that is also going also include JaN (which the US is now targeting under Obama btw). During the campaign, Pence said in an interview that they were going to be looking to establish a no fly zone in Syria. They brought that up to Trump and he said no that's not true, we're not going to do that. On the other hand, the people he has brought on board so far are the same old school neocons you'd see in any establishment Republican administration. Personally, I think when it comes to foreign policy, Michael Flynn is going to be Trump's go to guy, so that should give you an idea of the type of platform he will have, but at this point it's all speculation.
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Volkerball posted:During the campaign, Pence said in an interview that they were going to be looking to establish a no fly zone in Syria. They brought that up to Trump and he said no that's not true, we're not going to do that. On the other hand, the people he has brought on board so far are the same old school neocons you'd see in any establishment Republican administration. Personally, I think when it comes to foreign policy, Michael Flynn is going to be Trump's go to guy, so that should give you an idea of the type of platform he will have, but at this point it's all speculation. Yeah, who I've seen listed (Bannon and Flynn, Bolton and Gingrich) are so wildly opposed to possible policies on Syria it's just completely up in the air at this point.
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Aliquid posted:Yeah, who I've seen listed (Bannon and Flynn, Bolton and Gingrich) are so wildly opposed to possible policies on Syria it's just completely up in the air at this point. Yeah it is going to be interesting to see how the Russophiles get along with the neo-cons at this point especially since it is difficult to see a workable middle ground between two different factions.
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Yeah that Russophile stuff has p much zero support in the US govt. Russophiles in the US tend to be waaay into the alternative media world and are generally dedicated non-voters. They might have backed Trump, but I'll be really surprised if US policy under Trump is meaningfully aligns with Russian aims.
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Herstory Begins Now posted:Yeah that Russophile stuff has p much zero support in the US govt. Russophiles in the US tend to be waaay into the alternative media world and are generally dedicated non-voters. They might have backed Trump, but I'll be really surprised if US policy under Trump is meaningfully aligns with Russian aims. Granted, there is also still a general fatigue of interventionism among the US population and Trump had harnessed that fatigue. Also Trump doesn't need to necessary openly align with Russian aims, but step back from interventionism. At the end of the day, foreign policy is what Trump has the most power over. Of course, we just have to see how it works out since announcements haven't been made yet.
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Bagram Airfield was just suicide bombed during a Veterans Day run. https://www.google.com/amp/www.nbcnews.com/news/world/amp/suicide-bomber-attacks-bagram-airfield-afghanistan-n682866 American service members were killed.
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Ardennes posted:Granted, there is also still a general fatigue of interventionism among the US population and Trump had harnessed that fatigue. Also Trump doesn't need to necessary openly align with Russian aims, but step back from interventionism. I agree that Trump has control over overt foreign policy, but he's such an outsider that he's going to have abnormally little control or understanding of the three letter agencies and what they do and how they work and how to influence them. I'd fully expect them to actually work against Trump if he got too passive towards Russian interests.
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Darkman Fanpage posted:Anybody got an ID on this vehicle? Some sort of MRAP (perhaps a Casspir?) with extra armour panelling and a BMP turret attached to the top.
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I'm glad that @PissPigGranddad is getting more attention http://theweek.com/speedreads/661581/florist-from-california-driving-homemade-tank-battle-isis-syria
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Ghost of Babyhead posted:Some sort of MRAP (perhaps a Casspir?) with extra armour panelling and a BMP turret attached to the top. Thanks! Also I hope PPG doesn't die.
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Mainstream media reports are trickling in that new American admin will likely be pro-Assad. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/world/middleeast/donald-trump-syria.html?smid=tw-share http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...g-a7413346.html
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Darkman Fanpage posted:Anybody got an ID on this vehicle? It's the ME, so there's probably a Hilux in there somewhere.
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Throatwarbler posted:Mainstream media reports are trickling in that new American admin will likely be pro-Assad. Everything's coming up Assad!
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Horns of Hattin posted:Everything's coming up Assad! It's like the universe refuses to poo poo on these little tinpot dictators. Come on.
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Assad is the preferred victor, a secularist Shi'ite versus well. . . So congrats, Bashar.
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Apparently one Iranian (pro regime) journalist died today in Minyan https://twitter.com/RomainCaillet/status/797498865985482752
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Throatwarbler posted:Mainstream media reports are trickling in that new American admin will likely be pro-Assad. Enjoy 4+ years of well deserved terrorist attacks America! You've earned it!
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