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svenkatesh posted:At least Assad gives them their day in court. Bless your heart.
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svenkatesh posted:At least Assad gives them their day in court. Get tae gently caress, you.
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Toplowtech posted:I am not. Show trials are by nature conducted for propagandistic purposes. And it works considering the insane following quote: Yeah, even obvious lies and mockeries of the rule of law go a long way towards giving shills and clueless dumbfucks fuel for their idiotic hot takes. We wouldn't still have people aping that Khan Shaykhun was a false flag if Rus/Assad had admitted they did it, for example. Rule #1 is never admit you're lying.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:There's this bridge in Brooklyn that is just about to hit the market. The owner is going to put it on craigslist, but I can get you an in if you act fast. Not a full withdrawal, but Russia offered a limited Iran withdrawal to Israel if they would back off on Iran sanctions per reports a few days ago. Anyway I don't think it's the death of the Kurds because I assume they'll just line up with Assad. They're stuck between two horrible options, although it's ultimately the right move to withdraw.
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1077253411358326785 Saudi Arabia will be paying either Assad, Erdogan or the salaries of the YPG.
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svenkatesh posted:At least Assad gives them their day in court. this man is right. was probated by the cia
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Wild Horses posted:this man is right. was probated by the cia I think you'll find that ISIS has a robust court system that is by definition staffed by the finest, most upstanding members of the community. 
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As of yesterday US forces were still in Manbij too: http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=110286 Very awkward!
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Throatwarbler posted:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1077253411358326785 There's a fourth option that our Sunni Arab allies have often funded, but you seem to have omitted it.
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Flavahbeast posted:As of yesterday US forces were still in Manbij too: http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=110286 There's going to be a lot of American forces floating around quietly. Ironically the Syrian conflict was where they figured out how to practically do a mid-scale deployment while keeping it almost 100% out of the news (non-wonk news anyways). Trump's Syria withdrawal pretty much dumpstered any credibility he had left even in his own party. The entire tone of public discourse around Trump has shifted substantially since then and good luck finding anyone on either side who will argue that he is actually a good thing for American national security or foreign policy. What I'm saying is lol if the Syrian revolution ends up toppling Trump Herstory Begins Now fucked around with this message at 18:41 on Dec 25, 2018 |
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Herstory Begins Now posted:There's going to be a lot of American forces floating around quietly. Ironically the Syrian conflict was where they figured out how to practically do a mid-scale deployment while keeping it almost 100% out of the news (non-wonk news anyways). On the other hand: lol if you think this will remotely affect Trump in the US.
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https://twitter.com/sfrantzman/status/1077668596611014656 Edit: NYT, welcome to the resistance  https://twitter.com/nytimesworld/status/1077590320441896961 Absurd Alhazred fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Dec 25, 2018 |
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I’ll be in Turkey for the next 10 days. Very curious as to how the Turkish media is covering this whole thing.
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"Beirut mall Santa" seems like a really tough gig.
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Herstory Begins Now posted:What I'm saying is lol if the Syrian revolution ends up toppling Trump I mean, if it ends up toppling one insane leader with dictatorial desires thats gotta count for something.
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Il Federale posted:On the other hand: lol if you think this will remotely affect Trump in the US. The republican establishment has been more visibly shaken by the last week of foreign policy blunders than anything else from the last two years. Totally Reasonable posted:"Beirut mall Santa" seems like a really tough gig. Stealing this for a tinder profile
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Herstory Begins Now posted:The republican establishment has been more visibly shaken by the last week of foreign policy blunders than anything else from the last two years. It is hilarious that the Republican hate golem accidentally stumbled into a good idea and both parties are wailing.
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Rent-A-Cop posted:It's costing them money. Foreverwar is extremely cool and good when you're rich. It would only be costing them money if Trump had cut the military's budget. He did the opposite.
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Fallen Hamprince posted:It would only be costing them money if Trump had cut the military's budget. He did the opposite.
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good lord https://twitter.com/Nitzky89/status/1076926963565113344
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My condolences to anyone who depends on this person for ME or any analysis.
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can I just say how hilairous its been catching up with the thread and pages like 243 - when ppl realized that Trump pulled out b/c of his brain farts. Like deep and dense speculation about the real-politik reasons why the US is doing it versus reality, it's because the guy leading is the modern Mad George.
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Shageletic posted:can I just say how hilairous its been catching up with the thread and pages like 243 - when ppl realized that Trump pulled out b/c of his brain farts. Like deep and dense speculation about the real-politik reasons why the US is doing it versus reality, it's because the guy leading is the modern Mad George. Oh surely not
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I can't imagine Trump dodging the shoe like Dubya did.
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enraged_camel posted:I’ll be in Turkey for the next 10 days. Very curious as to how the Turkish media is covering this whole thing. Ask, and thou shall receive.
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I wonder what it feels like to have your boss lie straight to your face about fighting to get you a ten percent raise that you know full well you never got or will get
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Bohemian Nights posted:Oh god, that thread again. It's such an indescribably depressing read  Just tell yourself each and every one of them was an ISIS that got a free and fair trial. How do people not get how easy this is?
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Edit: NYT, welcome to the resistance It may blow American/West Euro minds, but Middle Eastern Muslims love Christmas in the Japanese sense. Even to Middle Eastern Christians it's kind of celebrated more in that sense, all the pretty Santa and light stuff, since they put MUCH heavier emphasis on Easter. Grape fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Dec 27, 2018 |
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It's a little surprising that people, including some who are supposed to be professionally knowledgeable about politics and foreign policy, are still trying to project a coherent worldview onto Trump. He's an belligerent imbecile with no understanding of how alliance systems or global geopolitics work, making decisions based by his own admission exclusively on his gut instinct and then shouting them at his subordinates. Some days that gets you an immediate withdrawal from Syria, other days it means his defense secretary has to talk him down from ordering a full-scale invasion.
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Satellite imagery of what Israeli bombed in Syria over Christmas: https://twitter.com/AAhronheim/status/1078240228614328322 https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1078245378124926976
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Jagged Jim posted:https://nypost.com/2018/12/27/trump-accidentally-identifies-secret-navy-seal-team-in-video-post/ This is a nothingburger. Navy SEALs are not that secret, the presence of SEALs at that base is not a secret.
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OctaMurk posted:This is a nothingburger. Navy SEALs are not that secret, the presence of SEALs at that base is not a secret. SEALs are obsessed with being CIA secret agents, it's hilarious.
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