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« Reply #225 on: April 14, 2018, 04:34:55 pm »
I'm guilty of finding myself always under verbal assault by more than one person at a time...so EXCUUUUUUUUSE ME please for being defensive.   :patriot:

Lol!   Now... the victim card.   Soooooo predictable.

But by all means.... do carry on.

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« Reply #226 on: April 14, 2018, 04:35:38 pm »
Probably true for Syria, but not anywhere else.  For one thing, they get to partner with Iran, and that's all good as far as Russia is concerned.  I think they want Iran even more than Syria.

Of course they do.....they need seaports to the South.   And don't forget the oil........    :laugh:
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« Reply #227 on: April 14, 2018, 04:35:43 pm »
I think we can agree the "Arab Spring" was probably the worst thing Obama and Hillary ever did, in terms of f foreign policy.  We new it at the time, too, but nobody would listen to us.  What a senseless waste of human life.

This is what we are stuck dealing with now over there.  We have no accurate way of knowing whether Assad's regime actually gassed his own people near Damascus or not.  Secular dictators are always all about themselves and the their own preservation.  Why Assad would be stupid enough to gas civvies right when Trump was going to make an exit out of there - doesn't make logical sense. Islamists like ISIS have no qualms about killing their own women and children to try and pin the blame on their enemies.

I would have given Russia carte blanch to operate in Syria and deal with ISIS themselves in order to preserve Assad as their ally, informing them that if they cannot contain ISIS there that we will be back.  We have no real strategic reason to be involved with Syria. 
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« Reply #228 on: April 14, 2018, 04:37:02 pm »
Lol!   Now... the victim card.   Soooooo predictable.

But by all means.... do carry on.

Were you portraying the "victim" when you cried that I was giving YOU snark? (when it wasn't directed at you personally)    :whistle:
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« Reply #229 on: April 14, 2018, 04:37:58 pm »
This is what we are stuck dealing with now over there.  We have no accurate way of knowing whether Assad's regime actually gassed his own people near Damascus or not.  Secular dictators are always all about themselves and the their own preservation.  Why Assad would be stupid enough to gas civvies right when Trump was going to make an exit out of there - doesn't make logical sense. Islamists like ISIS have no qualms about killing their own women and children to try and pin the blame on their enemies.

I would have given Russia carte blanch to operate in Syria and deal with ISIS themselves in order to preserve Assad as their ally, informing them that if they cannot contain ISIS there that we will be back.  We have no real strategic reason to be involved with Syria.

Except that.... Russia is our real enemy there, and cannot be trusted.... proven over and over again.  Hell, it was Russia that assisted Saddam in moving their WMDs out of Iraq to Syria in the first damned place.  But... that's a whole nuther can of worms thread....lol.

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« Reply #230 on: April 14, 2018, 04:38:30 pm »
Of course they do.....they need seaports to the South.   And don't forget the oil........    :laugh:

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« Reply #231 on: April 14, 2018, 04:39:04 pm »
If Syria uses toxic gas again, U.S. 'locked and loaded': U.N. envoy Haley

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States is "locked and loaded" to strike again if Syria's President Bashar al-Assad's government again uses chemical weapons, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the Security Council on Saturday.

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« Reply #232 on: April 14, 2018, 04:39:52 pm »
Were you portraying the "victim" when you cried that I was giving YOU snark? (when it wasn't directed at you personally)    :whistle:

I didn't take it personally.  I never do.  I was just remarking re: how/why the forum usually devolves into a smelly food-fight when you're around.   :tongue2:  :smokin: :nono:
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« Reply #233 on: April 14, 2018, 04:40:43 pm »
If Syria uses toxic gas again, U.S. 'locked and loaded': U.N. envoy Haley

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States is "locked and loaded" to strike again if Syria's President Bashar al-Assad's government again uses chemical weapons, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the Security Council on Saturday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/syria-uses-toxic-gas-again-u-locked-loaded-154003633.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews

IOW.....it won't take a "week" in the future.

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« Reply #234 on: April 14, 2018, 04:42:43 pm »
I didn't take it personally.  I never do.  I was just remarking re: how/why the forum usually devolves into a smelly food-fight when you're around.   :tongue2:  :smokin: :nono:

Yeah....if the likes of me and @Right_in_Virginia weren't around, this place would be SOOOOO much more interesting.    *****rollingeyes*****

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« Reply #235 on: April 14, 2018, 04:43:00 pm »
If Syria uses toxic gas again, U.S. 'locked and loaded': U.N. envoy Haley

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States is "locked and loaded" to strike again if Syria's President Bashar al-Assad's government again uses chemical weapons, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told the Security Council on Saturday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/syria-uses-toxic-gas-again-u-locked-loaded-154003633.html?.tsrc=bell-brknews

And the patently obvious reality to that is.... the US can't and won't stay "locked and loaded" forever.  That takes money and resources we can ill afford, despite how the spendaholics in DC behave and think.   Anyone wanting to use chemical weapons in Syria again will obviously wait...

until the US "relaxes" that ready stance. 

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« Reply #236 on: April 14, 2018, 04:43:33 pm »
I'm guilty of finding myself always under verbal assault by more than one person at a time...so EXCUUUUUUUUSE ME please for being defensive.   :patriot:

Everybody gets defensive with the level of snark I've seen being tossed around here like manhole covers.  I don't hold that against anybody today, especially my old friends (like you).  Carry on, friend, I've known you for too long!  :beer:
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« Reply #237 on: April 14, 2018, 04:43:38 pm »
I didn't take it personally.  I never do.  I was just remarking re: how/why the forum usually devolves into a smelly food-fight when you're around.   :tongue2:  :smokin: :nono:

So...you admit that you were compelled to remark, thereby starting shit?

Thanks for playing.   :laugh:
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« Reply #238 on: April 14, 2018, 04:44:13 pm »
Yeah....if the likes of me and @Right_in_Virginia weren't around, this place would be SOOOOO much more interesting.    *****rollingeyes*****

Oh...so... now you're implying that we are boring????  Harumph!   22222frying pan
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« Reply #239 on: April 14, 2018, 04:44:19 pm »
Everybody gets defensive with the level of snark I've seen being tossed around here like manhole covers.  I don't hold that against anybody today, especially my old friends (like you).  Carry on, friend, I've known you for too long!  :beer:

Thanks buddy.....had more patience 10 years ago.   Not anymore.   :shrug:
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« Reply #240 on: April 14, 2018, 04:44:53 pm »
Oh...so... now you're implying that we are boring????  Harumph!   22222frying pan

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« Reply #241 on: April 14, 2018, 04:45:17 pm »
So...you admit that you were compelled to remark, thereby starting shit?

Thanks for playing.   :laugh:

Well....

somebody had to say it!    :whistle:
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« Reply #242 on: April 14, 2018, 04:45:54 pm »
Except that.... Russia is our real enemy there, and cannot be trusted.... proven over and over again.  Hell, it was Russia that assisted Saddam in moving their WMDs out of Iraq to Syria in the first damned place.  But... that's a whole nuther can of worms thread....lol.

I didn't say anything about 'trusting Russia'.  However, Assad is their puppet - and preserving him means they have to help him put down ISIS, which is the only reason we have need to be there.

On top of the fact that we are BROKE, in debt to the tune of trillions and the world is beginning to move away from the US dollar as a reserve currency.  Petrol dollars in Yuan is beginning to make big moves.  We run the risk of collapsing like the Soviets did in terms of being able to maintain a projection of power.  Not to mention that critical hardware technologies that power our defense systems and the smartphone technologies we are dependent upon all come from a nation that just said they were willing to join up with Russia to thwart us.
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« Reply #243 on: April 14, 2018, 04:46:57 pm »
Thanks buddy.....had more patience 10 years ago.   Not anymore.   :shrug:

Ten years ago the country wasn't severely damaged by a rogue Muslim President.  I think a lot of patience has been worn thin.
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« Reply #244 on: April 14, 2018, 04:50:31 pm »
I didn't say anything about 'trusting Russia'.  However, Assad is their puppet - and preserving him means they have to help him put down ISIS, which is the only reason we have need to be there.

On top of the fact that we are BROKE, in debt to the tune of trillions and the world is beginning to move away from the US dollar as a reserve currency.  Petrol dollars in Yuan is beginning to make big moves.  We run the risk of collapsing like the Soviets did in terms of being able to maintain a projection of power.  Not to mention that critical hardware technologies that power our defense systems and the smartphone technologies we are dependent upon all come from a nation that just said they were willing to join up with Russia to thwart us.

Well... then.... giving Russia "carte blanche" in Syria wouldn't be a good idea.  Right?

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I would have given Russia carte blanch to operate in Syria and deal with ISIS themselves ...

We have already given Russia too much wiggle room in the Middle East. They (along with Iran) are the unstablizing force, IMO.   Sure, we can't exactly stop them without a full-on (probably nuclear) war.  But acting as if they were actually doing something positive in the region is foolhardy and wrong.... and more of the same stupidity.  Just sayin....


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« Reply #245 on: April 14, 2018, 04:55:44 pm »
Ten years ago the country wasn't severely damaged by a rogue Muslim President.  I think a lot of patience has been worn thin.

Bathhouse Barry damaged race relations more than any "enemy without" ever could have.  And he is still working his Soros dark magic from the sidelines.  We will probably never know the full impact of what he has done TO America.  But we know enough.

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« Reply #246 on: April 14, 2018, 05:06:42 pm »
Except that.... Russia is our real enemy there, and cannot be trusted.... proven over and over again.  Hell, it was Russia that assisted Saddam in moving their WMDs out of Iraq to Syria in the first damned place.  But... that's a whole nuther can of worms thread....lol.

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« Reply #247 on: April 14, 2018, 05:09:04 pm »
Thanks buddy.....had more patience 10 years ago.   Not anymore.   :shrug:

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« Reply #248 on: April 14, 2018, 05:09:30 pm »
Well... then.... giving Russia "carte blanche" in Syria wouldn't be a good idea.  Right?

We have no strategic interests in Syria.  Assad is Putin's bitch.  His preservation is to their benefit.  An ISIS theocracy is not.

Why wouldn't we let the Russkies do what they need to to prop up their client state?  It serves both our interests.  Ours, because we have none there except eradicating ISIS and bleeding Hezbollah and the zeal for a Caliphate.

We have already given Russia too much wiggle room in the Middle East. They (along with Iran) are the unstablizing force, IMO.   Sure, we can't exactly stop them without a full-on (probably nuclear) war.  But acting as if they were actually doing something positive in the region is foolhardy and wrong.... and more of the same stupidity.  Just sayin....

Iran and Turkey are going to be a much bigger problem for the world in the future.  The Arabs to the South already know and see this.  We cannot undo decades of stupidity there, especially the irreversible damage Obama and Hillary wrought and the stupid tidily winks played with the Palestinians and the Israelis.


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« Reply #249 on: April 14, 2018, 05:17:03 pm »
Thanks buddy.....had more patience 10 years ago.   Not anymore.   :shrug:

Did you lose patience because of a malpractice suit?