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  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Hey professor Steve, that shits crazy! And I'm def NOT surprised! When will the fucking world FInally wake the fuck up! I hope it's not too late.....
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Jason P wrote:
    Russia is sending attack choppers to Syria.

    The leader of a UN inspection team described the country to be in full-scale civil war at this point.

    Bad times.


    that should balance out the CIA intervention reported as helping the rebels.


    you know i am all for countries dealing with their own shit. america and her allies do not need to involve themselves in another war.. and this one is a civil war(if any war can be called civil). i know it sucks that the syrian govt doesnt have the best inteerst of her people at heart and therefore can not take the magnanimous step to stand aside and allow the people to speak.. but thats the way it goes. i do not support intervention in this situation. as tough as it is, let syria sort herself out. lets support the US and her allies not being the policemen of the world.
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  • Jason P
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    catefrances wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    Russia is sending attack choppers to Syria.

    The leader of a UN inspection team described the country to be in full-scale civil war at this point.

    Bad times.


    that should balance out the CIA intervention reported as helping the rebels.


    you know i am all for countries dealing with their own shit. america and her allies do not need to involve themselves in another war.. and this one is a civil war(if any war can be called civil). i know it sucks that the syrian govt doesnt have the best inteerst of her people at heart and therefore can not take the magnanimous step to stand aside and allow the people to speak.. but thats the way it goes. i do not support intervention in this situation. as tough as it is, let syria sort herself out. lets support the US and her allies not being the policemen of the world.
    It can't be all bad what the U.S. is doing. A Noble Peace Prize winner is making that decision after all. :)
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Jason P wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    Russia is sending attack choppers to Syria.

    The leader of a UN inspection team described the country to be in full-scale civil war at this point.

    Bad times.


    that should balance out the CIA intervention reported as helping the rebels.


    you know i am all for countries dealing with their own shit. america and her allies do not need to involve themselves in another war.. and this one is a civil war(if any war can be called civil). i know it sucks that the syrian govt doesnt have the best inteerst of her people at heart and therefore can not take the magnanimous step to stand aside and allow the people to speak.. but thats the way it goes. i do not support intervention in this situation. as tough as it is, let syria sort herself out. lets support the US and her allies not being the policemen of the world.
    It can't be all bad what the U.S. is doing. A Noble Peace Prize winner is making that decision after all. :)

    one should always ask why rather than accept the what. and i have to say that nobel peace prize winner would need all his faculties and more to convince me that what he supports is a good thing.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    catefrances wrote:
    one should always ask why rather than accept the what. and i have to say that nobel peace prize winner would need all his faculties and more to convince me that what he supports is a good thing.
    Indeed. I'll admit, the only things I know about Syria are from a so-so George Clooney movie and an episode of Top Gear.

    But the US has chosen a side, and probably what they foresee as the winning side.

    By the way, did you see Libya opened their first Cinnabon this week?
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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    badbrains wrote:
    Hey professor Steve, that shits crazy! And I'm def NOT surprised! When will the fucking world FInally wake the fuck up! I hope it's not too late.....

    People have been letting themselves get screwed by these fish-bellies for a very long time.
    I suppose it may be the case that most people prefer to be lead by the nose, regardless of who's leading them, and of where they're being lead.

    And I don't see anything changing anytime soon.
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    So fucken sad. What a beautiful country with such kind hearted people. My heart aches for them all. I've been there a few times and can honestly say I miss the people and country there. Have many friends there. I can't wait till my next trip there. Plz god let that country survive. :(
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    badbrains wrote:
    So fucken sad. What a beautiful country with such kind hearted people. My heart aches for them all. I've been there a few times and can honestly say I miss the people and country there. Have many friends there. I can't wait till my next trip there. Plz god let that country survive. :(


    it is sad when a country rips itself apart. the syrian embassy has just been closed here in australia and i will admit that my first thoutgh was selfish.. i thought can they sort it out before the end of next year so i dont have to worry about covering my arse... then i took ahold of myself and thought that my convenience isnt the issue here. i want to travel to syria and sure id rather do it when i wanted to but you know i want the people of syria to be safe..that is the priority... a people shouldnt feel threatened by their government.
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  • Jason P
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    Turkey authorizes military operations in Syria

    AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's Parliament authorized military operations against Syria on Thursday and its military fired on targets there for a second day after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.

    For its part, Syria admitted it was responsible for the shelling that killed five people in Turkey and formally apologized for the deaths, a top Turkish official said.

    Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said Syria has reassured the U.N. that "such an incident will not occur again."
    The border violence has added a dangerous new dimension to Syria's civil war, dragging Syria's neighbors deeper into a conflict that activists say has already killed 30,000 people since an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March 2011.

    Atalay said Parliament's authorization was not declaration of war on Syria but gives Turkey the right to respond to any future attacks from Syria.

    .....

    http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-authorizes-military-operations-syria-115920854.html
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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Jason P wrote:
    Turkey authorizes military operations in Syria

    AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's Parliament authorized military operations against Syria on Thursday and its military fired on targets there for a second day after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town.

    For its part, Syria admitted it was responsible for the shelling that killed five people in Turkey and formally apologized for the deaths, a top Turkish official said.

    Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said Syria has reassured the U.N. that "such an incident will not occur again."
    The border violence has added a dangerous new dimension to Syria's civil war, dragging Syria's neighbors deeper into a conflict that activists say has already killed 30,000 people since an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in March 2011.

    Atalay said Parliament's authorization was not declaration of war on Syria but gives Turkey the right to respond to any future attacks from Syria.

    .....

    http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-authorizes-military-operations-syria-115920854.html

    Time to go on Twitter and see what the Syrians are saying.
  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    A new war. Turkey and a European nation or 2 will lead the effort. Russia will talk big but do nothing; China will abstain; Iran...who knows?

    It needs to be resolved quickly though.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Israeli war planes struck a convey heading from Syria into Lebenon.

    I think we are heading for a situation like Libya / Mali where a dictator w/ lots of weapons loses control and the crazies get them.
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  • IrishGuy
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    link?
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    IrishGuy wrote:
    link?
    Israel hits target in Syria border area: sources

    http://news.yahoo.com/israel-hits-target-syria-border-area-sources-113955592.html

    LONDON (Reuters) - Israeli forces attacked a convoy on the Syrian-Lebanese border overnight, a Western diplomat and regional security sources said on Wednesday, as concern has grown in the Jewish state over the fate of Syrian chemical and advanced conventional weapons.

    The sources, four in total, all of whom declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, had no further information about what the vehicles may have been carrying, what forces were used or where precisely the attack happened.

    In the run-up to the raid, Israeli officials have been warning very publicly of a threat of high-tech anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles reaching Israel's enemies in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah from Syria. They have also echoed U.S. concerns about Syria's presumed chemical weapons arsenal.

    The Lebanese army reported a heavy presence of Israeli jets over its territory throughout the night.

    "There was definitely a hit in the border area," one security source said. A Western diplomat in the region who asked about the strike said "something has happened", without elaborating.

    An activist in Syria who works with a network of opposition groups around the country said that she had heard of a strike in southern Syria from her colleagues but could not confirm it. A strike just inside Lebanon would appear a less diplomatically explosive option for Israel to avoid provoking Syrian ally Iran.

    Israeli Vice Premier Silvan Shalom said on Sunday that any sign that Syria's grip on its chemical weapons was slipping, as President Bashar al-Assad fights rebels trying to overthrow him, could trigger Israeli intervention.
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  • JC29856
    JC29856 Posts: 9,617
    well i guess its not long before israels little bitch boy country gets involved now...if i were a cartoonist i would draw bubba (israel) in stripes looking at mikey (us) also in stripes in such a way that says okay im getting that feeling boy its time...but im not a cartoonist so
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,005
    we are going to get involved in some way.

    israel went on offense and now they are going to ask us to protect them in case assad turns his weapons towards them. israel did not have to intervene. they chose to get involved, let them fight their own battles.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,005
    for all we know, the cia is already there in the war zone and already has plans...
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    we are going to get involved in some way.

    israel went on offense and now they are going to ask us to protect them in case assad turns his weapons towards them. israel did not have to intervene. they chose to get involved, let them fight their own battles.


    if theres one country that doesnt need protection, its israel. theyre armed to the teeth and are nuclear capable. unfortunately the irony is using those nuclear weapons may be the end of them as well. and i dont mean by retaliation... radiation travels and syria is way too close.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,005
    catefrances wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    we are going to get involved in some way.

    israel went on offense and now they are going to ask us to protect them in case assad turns his weapons towards them. israel did not have to intervene. they chose to get involved, let them fight their own battles.


    if theres one country that doesnt need protection, its israel. theyre armed to the teeth and are nuclear capable. unfortunately the irony is using those nuclear weapons may be the end of them as well. and i dont mean by retaliation... radiation travels and syria is way too close.
    they would nuke iran before they nuke syria.

    israel has the best air force in the region. they would most likely not even need ground forces to defeat iran.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    we are going to get involved in some way.

    israel went on offense and now they are going to ask us to protect them in case assad turns his weapons towards them. israel did not have to intervene. they chose to get involved, let them fight their own battles.


    if theres one country that doesnt need protection, its israel. theyre armed to the teeth and are nuclear capable. unfortunately the irony is using those nuclear weapons may be the end of them as well. and i dont mean by retaliation... radiation travels and syria is way too close.
    they would nuke iran before they nuke syria.

    israel has the best air force in the region. they would most likely not even need ground forces to defeat iran.


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