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Aug 1, 2010

Saladin Rising posted:

Basically, Turkey better restart the water flow soon or they're gonna have the combined anger of Assad, the SDF, ISIL, and Iraq all gunning for them.

Is there a part of Erdogan still left that would prevent him from doubling down on this incredibly awful idea?

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Aug 1, 2010


While I am not surprised that Flynn's motivation was to root out Gulen in a paranoid conspiracist witch-hunt, I am slightly concerned that Flynn was paid to root out Gulen in a paranoid conspiracist witch-hunt.

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Aug 1, 2010

https://twitter.com/spettypi/status/843912693186772996

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Aug 1, 2010

WarpedNaba posted:

Dang, just what we need.

This is what Trump and Bannon are actually saying to themselves, for the record.

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Aug 1, 2010

Sinteres posted:

They said the same thing about North Korea yesterday, so i guess we're starting a new Axis of Evil or something.

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/849765243538489344

"All options are on the table."

*nothing happens*

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Aug 1, 2010

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/850047696337608704

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Aug 1, 2010

Grouchio posted:

Wouldn't invading Assad and Syria piss Putin the gently caress off?

This would piss him off even more:

https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/850094186321895424

Also, read this paragraph

quote:

One U.S. military official said the decision to allow the strikes, which would kill Russians, signals a significant change in policy by the Trump administration. A decision by Trump to go forward with the plan would be a reversal from the Obama administration, which denied multiple air strike proposals that would likely cause Russian personnel casualties in Syria.

And think very carefully about other military actions undertaken by the Trump administration.

ded redd
Aug 1, 2010

Firing off a bunch of missiles at nothing so Trump could feel good about himself. Super.

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Aug 1, 2010

Count Roland posted:

CNN is saying there were Russians at the base, according to some US official.

I sincerely hope when the administration says they 'informed' Russia about the attack, they didn't mean right as the attacks were going out.

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Aug 1, 2010


Check the time, this was before he got scolded.

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Aug 1, 2010

https://twitter.com/Charles_Lister/status/850381365963096064

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Aug 1, 2010

Sergg posted:

I need to use my critical thinking skills and listen to the guy who complained about gay frogs. He definitely has a handle on things, and people who believe him certainly aren't stupid loving morons.

- someone in the White House

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Aug 1, 2010

HelloSailorSign posted:

I saw some posts referring to additional chemical weapon attacks after the US strike on the airbase. I haven't been able to find anything good in my searches since everything in the general internet is a bunch of stuff about the airstrike or crazy people (or both!).

Have there been chemical weapons used in Syria after the airbase strike?

There was some unverified reporting of chlorine attacks east of Ghouta, which has yet to be corroborated.

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Aug 1, 2010

https://twitter.com/KThomasDC/status/851512728766251009

I still have no idea what to make of this.

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Aug 1, 2010

Al-Saqr posted:

the government here is making a huuuuge deal online and in real life about the upcoming summit, titled "RIADH SUMMIT 2017" I'm currently being swamped with ads about multi-racial diversity and love and peace with all men and tolerance and this summit and riyadh summit 2017 will be a defining moment for civilization to bring people together and look at all these smiling multi-racial people and american football players for some reason what the gently caress is going on SOMEBODY PLEASE END THIS lovely TIMELINE I WANT OUT.

https://www.riyadhsummit2017.org/

SOMEONE



KILL ME PLEASE I BEG YOU.

For what it's worth that lightning bolt looks kind of like a noose.

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Aug 1, 2010

Volkerball posted:

Letting Western soldiers storm the kaaba is one thing, but if the Saudi government tried to protect Trump from extradition that might be the end of the house of Saud.

Not to mention how insane it would be for a populist dimwit who ran on an openly anti-Islam platform to pull a Farage and lodge with the Saudis because he hosed everything up back home.

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Aug 1, 2010

Al-Saqr posted:

lol Bannon is in saudi hoooooooollyyyy shiiiit.


Also does anybody have a clear picture of who he's sitting next to? Because that guy isn't wearing the black rings in his head, which you never ever do in a high official setting unless you're a member of the religious establishment which is super funny considering that Bannon is sitting next to him.

Scuttlebutt says it's Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh.

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Aug 1, 2010

https://twitter.com/AP/status/866309338486509568

So is there any debate that invading Iran would be anything other than catastrophically insane?

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Aug 1, 2010

Saladin Rising posted:

The US could possibly carve out Iranian Kurdistan US-friendly Kurdish client state(let) #3 from an invasion.
An invasion of Iran is still a 100% buckfuck insane idea that should never, ever be done.

And for those idiots who thought Trump would "shake up the establishment", lol Trump is already kotowing to the standard foreign policy line less than 6 months in.

Yeah, it sounds crazy to me to. It's like hiring a guy who draws out a plan to partition Libya on a cocktail napkin and installing him into a high-level post within your national security apparatus.

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Aug 1, 2010

OhFunny posted:

Remember how Trump's Cabinet had to argue with him for almost a hour to make him sign off on the certification that Iran was following the nuclear deal? He didn't like that.

He didn't like that so much that it's not going to happen again.

He's sidelined Tillerson and the State Department and created a task force to push for reasons to decertificy Iran at the next review. Guess who two of the members are? Bannon and Gorka.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/21/trump-assigns-white-house-team-to-target-iran-nuclear-deal-sidelining-state-department/

Oh, so that's where the rumors about Tillerson quitting are coming from.

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Aug 1, 2010

Oh, boy.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/927325658975494144

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Aug 1, 2010

Al-Saqr posted:

How is this different than what was already going on? Or are they shutting off even food shipments?

While I'd assume that, it's hard to find any details right now. Suppose this is a prelude to something even more insane happening in the near future?

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