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Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


yeah erdogan is definitely not a dumb dude

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StashAugustine
Mar 24, 2013

Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

It's Time To Admit That Recep Tayyip Erdogan Is An Extraordinarily Talented Politician

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

Erdogan has stayed in power for almost two decades and has helped transform Turkish politics. He beat a coup attempt by going on Facetime. He tried to get a former US general to kidnap former ally and a religious leader living in Pennsylvania. He also made a terrible mistake in thinking he could overthrow President Assad.

In conclusion Erdogan is a man of contrasts

Ramrod Hotshot
May 30, 2003

Is the US preparing for a strike on Iran? What is actually the play here, because I doubt its fear of an "attack"?

Spergin Morlock
Aug 8, 2009

Ramrod Hotshot posted:

Is the US preparing for a strike on Iran? What is actually the play here, because I doubt its fear of an "attack"?

trump admin desperately wants to wag the dog to distract from his legal woes, doesn't care if thousands die in the process

Azathoth
Apr 3, 2001

Ramrod Hotshot posted:

Is the US preparing for a strike on Iran? What is actually the play here, because I doubt its fear of an "attack"?

They're trying to build a public case for airstrikes and possibly more, just like they've been trying to do with Venezuela. Only they're so blisteringly incompetent that even our lapdog media is largely indifferent, so they ordered a carrier to move somewhere else, because that's the kind of thing that the media can't help but play up.

But once again the blistering incompetence means they can't generate enough bullshit stories to keep the media focused, so it falls off the radar until sometime next week when they'll try to start all this up again.

thatfatkid
Feb 20, 2011

by Azathoth
Looks like the Syrian govt forces are gearing up for a renewal of the Idlib campaign. Been a fair bit of aerial bombardment and ground skirmishes recently.

paul_soccer10
Mar 28, 2016

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://twitter.com/Khaaasteh/status/1125990879133601792

RaySmuckles
Oct 14, 2009


:vapes:
Grimey Drawer

hell yeah

its the smartest thing they can do

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
the double-negative is tripping me up: not committing to observing restrictions means they are going to stockpile enriched uranium and heavy water?

Main Paineframe
Oct 27, 2010

gradenko_2000 posted:

the double-negative is tripping me up: not committing to observing restrictions means they are going to stockpile enriched uranium and heavy water?

they might, they might not

what they're saying is that they're no longer going to follow the agreement they signed that said they couldn't stockpile that stuff

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
I'm shocked

https://twitter.com/NegarMortazavi/status/1125954758865559554

Kurtofan
Feb 16, 2011

hon hon hon

America...lying??

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014



Toplowtech
Aug 31, 2004

The real twist is that no one is surprised.

Pryor on Fire
May 14, 2013

they don't know all alien abduction experiences can be explained by people thinking saving private ryan was a documentary

Is this just happening because some people's feelings are really hurt over the fact that they seem to be too incompetent to stage a coup in Venezuela anymore, and this is so maddening to them it's just like hey lets go bomb Iran then goddammit I have to do SOMETHING hawkish.

All of my buddies from Harvard law are gonna tease me soooo much if I don't bomb any new countries. Obama bombed seven new countries in his tenure and we don't even have one new one what the fuuuuuuk.

Pryor on Fire has issued a correction as of 14:10 on May 8, 2019

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


Pryor on Fire posted:

Is this just happening because some people's feelings are really hurt over the fact that they seem to be too incompetent to stage a coup in Venezuela anymore, and this is so maddening to them it's just like hey lets go bomb Iran then goddammit I have to do SOMETHING hawkish.

All of my buddies from Harvard law are gonna tease me soooo much if I don't bomb any new countries. Obama bombed seven new countries in his tenure and we don't even have one new one what the fuuuuuuk.

bolton is a war crime elemental and desperately lusts for blood

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011


bolton is getting too ridiculous for even the daily beast, a cia propaganda site when it comes to foreign affairs

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 22 days!)


no poo poo, huh?

Sheng-Ji Yang
Mar 5, 2014


took this yesterday.



huge banner in front of the hagia sophia. think it was for some sort of rally i missed, there was an army of cops. seems a bit bold considering what they just did lol

also you just know CHP people just boil at seeing erdogan up there with ataturk

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 22 days!)

https://twitter.com/Lyobserver/status/1127516309439356930

Zedhe Khoja
Nov 10, 2017

sürgünden selamlar
yıkıcılar ulusuna

Sheng-Ji Yang posted:

took this yesterday.



huge banner in front of the hagia sophia. think it was for some sort of rally i missed, there was an army of cops. seems a bit bold considering what they just did lol

also you just know CHP people just boil at seeing erdogan up there with ataturk

The Hippodrome is a pretty bad place for a rally even with the reduced tourism, so I doubt there was anything like that there. All the political poo poo happens over by Gezi Park, in the shadow of Erdogans hideous monument to Islamism's triumph over secularism.

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

Sheng-Ji Yang posted:

took this yesterday.



huge banner in front of the hagia sophia. think it was for some sort of rally i missed, there was an army of cops. seems a bit bold considering what they just did lol

also you just know CHP people just boil at seeing erdogan up there with ataturk

did you get apple tea from one of the guys that looks like a janissary ghostbuster

thatfatkid
Feb 20, 2011

by Azathoth
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1127779159365816322

Gulf of Tonkin v2.0 is on it's way

Fast Luck
Feb 2, 1988

https://twitter.com/dingrahawords/status/1128079133454548992?s=21

Fuligin
Oct 27, 2010

wait what the fuck??


That'd be my guess too, but the story doesnt seem to have gotten any traction today. Maybe im looking in the wrong places

Atrocious Joe
Sep 2, 2011

It made the evening network news in the US

lol apparently CAP met with some old Iranian monarchs last month
https://twitter.com/PahlaviReza/status/1122270308466032640

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

Atrocious Joe posted:


lol apparently CAP met with some old Iranian monarchs last month
https://twitter.com/PahlaviReza/status/1122270308466032640

aaaaaaaahahaha

Smirking_Serpent
Aug 27, 2009

Kamala Harris is gonna get tricked into supporting a restoration of the Habsburg monarchy by the end of the year

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1128246762106445824

Spergin Morlock
Aug 8, 2009


We should invade Saudi Arabia to stop this from happening.

Fast Luck
Feb 2, 1988

https://twitter.com/henrykrinkie/status/1128419366360498176?s=21
Even so, does this incident merit deploying 150,000 troops to Iran? Who can say

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 22 days!)

Fast Luck posted:

https://twitter.com/henrykrinkie/status/1128419366360498176?s=21
Even so, does this incident merit deploying 150,000 troops to Iran? Who can say

goddamn lmao

Spergin Morlock
Aug 8, 2009

Wait so Saudi Arabia and the US just made it up? I find this difficult to believe.

Pener Kropoopkin
Jan 30, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

(and can't post for 22 days!)

can't even be bothered to do a real false flag

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/RaytheonGamers/status/1128395411234988038

Smirking_Serpent
Aug 27, 2009

it's gonna be loving awesome when whatever remains of John Bolton reimerges in 2040 to argue for a war against Syria

Willie Tomg
Feb 2, 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzLHU6S4oic

Doktor Avalanche
Dec 30, 2008

Spergin Morlock posted:

Wait so Saudi Arabia and the US just made it up? I find this difficult to believe.

especially from the venerable new york times

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Spergin Morlock
Aug 8, 2009

they would never just completely make up a reason to start a war. thats absurd

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