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Count Roland posted:The real question is is what if anything KSA does in response. They're going to let literally zero food and medical supplies into Yemen instead of a trickle and wait for their little war to resolve itself.
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Nov 6, 2017 22:37
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https://twitter.com/AJENews/status/927787425488924674 I'm glad that Sisi is so committed to the rule of law. Truly, a great man that everyone in the ME can look up to. I wonder what bootlicker he has lined up to be his totally legitimately elected successor.
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Nov 7, 2017 11:20
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Welp, time for a real war.
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Nov 9, 2017 15:54
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Have to agree with Bibi here https://mobile.twitter.com/AFP/status/939886373665951747 Bombing an ethnic group because you don't want them to have any political power in your country is bad.
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Dec 10, 2017 17:05
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Really loving this ongoing slapfight between Bibi and Erdogan.  https://twitter.com/AFP/status/9408...genumber%3D1483 He's not wrong, etc. e: oh hey he elaborated a bit http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42335751?ocid=socialflow_twitter Sultan Erdogan posted:Addressing a summit of the Organisation for Islamic Co-operation, he said the US decision to recognise the city as Israel's capital was "null and void". Still not wrong. Godlessdonut fucked around with this message at 11:24 on Dec 13, 2017 |
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Dec 13, 2017 11:17
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Sinteres posted:Erdogan has reason to be upset, but he's (at best) flirting with blood libel here. "I heard that they use the blood of
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Dec 13, 2017 16:50
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Volkerball posted:Oh yeah I forgot to post this. It's hilarious. THE FRIGATE - BUILT FOR SPEED goes 14 knots
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Dec 20, 2017 12:58
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Cat Mattress posted:They're too busy colliding with fishing vessels, tankers, container ships, tugboats, and the shore to be allowed near a busy sea lane. Colliding with commercial ships would make for a pretty effective blockade. Until you ran out of navy ships, of course.
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Dec 20, 2017 18:34
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Sinteres posted:Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, dear thread of horrors. Glad to see the rest of the world is celebrating Christmas again 
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Dec 26, 2017 15:50
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Trabisnikof posted:So less horrific than if the SEALs had been there instead? The pilot wasn't an 8 year old girl so he'd have been safe from SEALs.
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Dec 27, 2017 15:07
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Yeah executing him is technically a war crime but this is an extremely brutal civil war and as a pilot it is very likely that he personally bombed a number of civilian targets on purpose. Plus he's ok with working for a murderous fascist dictator that gassed his own people. In that context I couldn't give less of a poo poo if he died in combat or was executed after capture.
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Dec 27, 2017 15:35
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Thug Lessons posted:Personally I'm opposed to war crimes period, and don't have any time for these self-serving rationalizations where he's probably a bad guy anyway so who cares. But even if were I would be disturbed that these would-be liberators are willing, even gleeful, to commit war crimes right out in the open. I wouldn't want anyone like that running a country. Their victory could only lead to more death and suffering. Some war crimes are worse than others. Intentionally bombing a hospital and killing 50 people is worse than executing a captured soldier who was probably forcibly conscripted. And executing that conscript is worse than executing a pilot that has probably bombed a few hospitals himself. It's really low on my hierarchy of giving a poo poo. Also would it really make you feel better if HTS had given a super obvious lie? Like if they had said, "oh we just found him like that, he must have slit his own throat to avoid capture  " would it make a difference?Sinteres posted:Speaking of Iraq, ISIS seems to be transitioning back into an insurgency there, which isn't a great surprise but is still sad. I'm sure the ongoing tension between the Kurds and the government isn't helping anything, but some level of continuing jihadist threat was probably inevitable. I imagine they're heading back to the pre-ISIS situation where the shiite dominated government shits on the sunnis, which makes them more receptive to the next insurgent group that shows up. Godlessdonut fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Dec 27, 2017 |
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Dec 27, 2017 16:46
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Thug Lessons posted:When you have to start excusing war crimes by telling yourself stories about how the victims of those crimes personally and deliberately bombed multiple hospitals it's probably time to sit down and re-evaluate your assumptions. Boy I guess it's a good thing I didn't excuse it!
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Dec 27, 2017 17:41
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Thug Lessons posted:You were at the very least minimizing it and basically saying it doesn't matter. You don't give a poo poo, and the guy deserved it anyway. That's a kind of excuse-making. I've acknowledged that it's a war crime, you're just mad that I'm not sufficiently outraged. Thug Lessons posted:It's not that far from believing every USAF pilot has personally and deliberately bombed multiple Afghan weddings. If there had been a systematic campaign of bombing every wedding in Afghanistan, then this wouldn't be a terrible assumption.
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Dec 27, 2017 18:04
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spaceships posted:nevermind the fact the shah was a tyrant Minor details. Same for his secret police. E: maybe they don't count his son as a tyrant because he never got the chance to rule as one? 
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Jan 1, 2018 14:28
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GreyjoyBastard posted:1) The independence and influence of the American "deep state" may be a bit weaker than those you are personally familiar with. Yeah, I'd say it's more of a neocon thing. The sorts of people who are now the  serious people in the Trump administration (i.e. Mattis).
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Jan 2, 2018 18:18
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Tokamak posted:I hate Erdogan because Turks make worse kebabs than Lebanese. Inshallah. Putting mayo on my Turkish kebabs to trigger the libs.
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Jan 22, 2018 13:23
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Ah, you must be new here. thatfatkid is an idiot tankie that backs Assad "because imperialism."
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Feb 6, 2018 13:56
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Making me agree with Tom Brady is a war crime.
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Feb 6, 2018 15:05
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Saladin Rising posted:
I bet this was an easy sell to Trump. Half the money is going to "border security."
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Feb 13, 2018 12:50
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https://mobile.twitter.com/BBCSteveR/status/963676464423071744 "They died for the Motherland and an idea..."
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Feb 14, 2018 15:06
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It's super weird seeing him call for free presidential elections.
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Feb 21, 2018 17:27
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Goon Danton posted:Does the army let you enlist when you're underage, or do we have to wait until next year to send troops in who weren't even alive when we invaded? You can sign up when you're 17 (with parental permission) but I'm pretty sure you have to be 18 by the time you finish your initial entry training.
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Feb 28, 2018 15:42
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MbS bringing some positive change to Yemen 
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Feb 28, 2018 16:12
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Cucked by Erdogan 
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Mar 7, 2018 17:42
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lollontee posted:Looks like I'm gonna have to re-workshop my plans for chemical cocktail bomber party. You don't really see multiple chemical weapons being used concurrently, do you? Multiple chemical weapons can be used (and have been used that way in WWI), but they're going to be in separate containers.
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Apr 10, 2018 15:06
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Al-Saqr posted:the jordanian ambassador thinks that saudi is on it's way to geopolitical disaster and doesnt know what the gently caress its doing. Even if the leak is fake, this part is still accurate.
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Apr 17, 2018 12:20
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Maybe tomorrow the new King will announce it was all no big deal.
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Apr 21, 2018 21:18
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Coup is the more interesting theory, but it could also be that the palace guards are kinda bad at shooting down drones and needed to spend a couple
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Apr 22, 2018 00:56
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OhFunny posted:https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/988388696813719553?s=19 You can probably blame US intelligence for this one.
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Apr 23, 2018 19:44
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https://mobile.twitter.com/joshledermanAP/status/988724018013528064 Just lmao at the idea of some redneck in Nebraska buying this thing for $13 at the local Wal-Mart.
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Apr 24, 2018 12:39
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Blut posted:It was posted in the thread before. I was under the impression it was being given out free though - are they charging for it? Whatever about people picking it up for free and flicking through it I can't see many Americans randomly deciding to actually spend money on the thing. The new part is that the Saudi embassy got an advance copy. Also yes this thing costs money quote:And at $13.99 a copy and with no advertisements, the publication seems unlikely to be a money-maker. The publisher claims they'll make a profit, but I think that's BS. It's likely that the Saudis paid for all of this as a PR campaign.
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Apr 25, 2018 14:27
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Office Pig posted:Ahahah Pretty impressive anime collection tbh.
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Apr 30, 2018 19:00
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Frond posted:The Syrian Opposition are a bunch of useless frauds. FRAUDS. FRONDS.
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Jul 7, 2018 23:08
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