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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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Thanks-I do not have the stomach to trawl that sewage.
Mc Master says the strike in Syria did not stop Assad's ability to carry out future attacks: https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/850177474365448196
Basically they see America's Middle-eastern wars as a way for Jews/globalists to profit by weakening the surrounding powers and enemies of Israel.
In their heads, the US is a complete cuck to Israel because of the globalists/Jews.
So another middle-eastern war is proof they were fooled.
The really just want to leave the middle-east to its own devices even if that means more of them die because they don't care about helping Muslims out. It's a waste of resources and manpower to them.
A lot of people in my Twitter feed (bubble, I know) get the feeling that Trump did this as a way of rebuffing the "Russiagate" stuff. Because everyone assumes that Russia wouldn't be cool with the strike and Russia is maintaining that pretense publicly, so now Trump can argue that there's no credibility in the idea he's a Russian puppet and a lot of people will believe him.
edited 6th Apr '17 8:28:13 PM by Hodor2
edited 6th Apr '17 8:31:12 PM by Eschaton
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Honestly, probably not. Throwing Syria to the dogs is a small price to pay if it means their principle geopolitical rival ends up even more of an international pariah than Russia already is. Even better would be if that rival takes down the other most significant long term rival of Russia's (China) with it.
edited 6th Apr '17 8:32:09 PM by CaptainCapsase
That buyer's remorse started setting in awhile ago. For a long time during the election RT and other such channels were constantly blaring about how Trump was the one man who had a chance of fixing the US and were fawning over him, but that started to get pretty ragged as of late January and had died out entirely sometimes last month, at least according to what I hear.
| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |@Eschaton TBF, HRC never said she would never do something like this during her campaign.
@Cap Except Syria is pretty much their only ally in that region. They need Assad. They know it and Assad knows it. At least, that what's Knit Tie from the Russia thread believes.
edited 6th Apr '17 8:34:17 PM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedWell thank you guys for informing me I was wrong about Trump supporters reactions. I'm happy to be wrong in this case.
edited 6th Apr '17 8:34:18 PM by Wildcard
Now seems like the perfect time to pull out this Tom Lehrer classic, to cheer everybody up.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TIoBrob3bjI
edited 6th Apr '17 8:37:59 PM by megaeliz
Kinda have to agree with that. Trump's entire platform has been about what he's going to do domestically, a lot of the people who voted for him want their lives to get better and that's pretty much it, they don't care about what happens in Syria or elsewhere.
edited 6th Apr '17 8:35:51 PM by Draghinazzo
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If Trump doesn't escalate things further, they'll settle down and decide it was Trump and Putin's secret plan all along. Which isn't entirely impossible; Syria gets punished for hiding chemical weapons from Russian inspectors without Russia having to bloody its hands, it provides good cover for diplomatic overtures towards the arch enemy of the Arab world (Israel), and mitigates the accusations that Trump has an inappropriate relationship with Russia.
edited 6th Apr '17 8:37:30 PM by CaptainCapsase
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We're all glad that you're wrong, not that we have anything against you.
Then again, there are still 3 Years until the 2020 Election. A lot can change. All we're saying is that this move doesn't appear to be one that would make him win.
Yeah, weakening the one Group that is actively fighting "The Terrorists" is such a smart move on Trump and Putin's part. (/s)
They'd have to spin really hard to say that that is a good thing. And I don't think they're that desperate to spin this.
edited 6th Apr '17 8:39:21 PM by DingoWalley1
I have a question. Does Populism have any relationship with the concept of Utopia or any high forms of optimism in general?
edited 6th Apr '17 8:40:41 PM by MorningStar1337
And Assad isn't going anywhere, he's got his teeth kicked in for getting a bit to rabid and that's it. Assad being forced to keep his crimes against humanity to the conventional weapons theatre isn't a negative for Russia, if anything it's a positive.
If this turns into something serious like the removal fo Assad then we can say that Russia has lost control, but we're not there yet.
βAnd the Bunny nails it!β ~ Gabrael βIf the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.β ~ Cyran
