Syria

[MAKAVELI]

(Although it's a bit creepy that there's government supplied footage of cruise missiles launching off one or more of our ships - look close, they framed it so you can see our Flag waving in the wind...wtf)

Do you really expect anything different from this
"regime"?

 

[BrownArmy]

Do you really expect anything different from this
"regime"?

Well, settle down.

This 'regime' is acting, in this fashion, as every single 'regime' before it has acted.

It's in the playbook, and it's just jingoistic dick waving.

Doesn't mean it isn't creepy.

 

[Babagounj]

nothing new will come out of this attack

 

[Catatonic]

I was being sarcastic. This was Drumpf's reason for not taking out Assad, before he took office. Anyone with half a brain could see Assad's main goal was not ISIS, but keeping his regime intact and in power.

Over my head. Swoosh!
I don't chime in much on Non USA Domestic issues because it doesn't mean much to me unless they attack us on our soil.
I'm more concerned about my household than what others have or do.

 

[Catatonic]

Do you really expect anything different from this
"regime"?

At least you recognize them as regimes.

 

[BrownArmy]

Lulz: US crude futures jump 2% after news of strikes...

 

[MAKAVELI]

Well, settle down.

This 'regime' is acting, in this fashion, as every single 'regime' before it has acted.

It's in the playbook, and it's just jingoistic dick waving.

Doesn't mean it isn't creepy.

Mission accomplished. "Bring 'em on". Need I say more?

 

[rickyb]

Abby Martin‏Verified account @AbbyMartin 2h2 hours ago




Didn't take long for Trump to abandon "non interventionist" policy to bomb Assad like the impulsive sociopath he is, another neocon puppet

42 replies 314 retweets 545 likes

 

[MAKAVELI]

At least you recognize them as regimes.

What else could this joke of an administration be called?

 

[rickyb]

1. Abby Martin Retweeted
   Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 3 Sep 2013
   
   
   What I am saying is stay out of Syria.
   
   704 replies 9,714 retweets 6,542 likes
   
   
   
   
   
   
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3. 
   Abby Martin‏Verified account @AbbyMartin 3h3 hours ago
   
   
   
   Abby Martin Retweeted Kasie Hunt
   
   Holy . This is terrible.
   
   Abby Martin added,
   
   
   Kasie HuntVerified account @kasie
   NBC NEWS: President Trump has launched over 50 Tomahawk missiles, striking Syria
   88 replies 420 retweets 719 likes
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

[Catatonic]

What else could this joke of an administration be called?

The same as all the others before him ... Regimes.

 

[rickyb]

NOAM CHOMSKY: Syria is a horrible catastrophe. The Assad regime is a moral disgrace. They’re carrying out horrendous acts, the Russians with them.

AMY GOODMAN: Why the Russians with them?

NOAM CHOMSKY: Well, pretty simple reason: Syria is their one ally in the whole region. Not a close ally, but they do have—their one Mediterranean base is in Syria. It’s the one country that’s more or less cooperated with them. And they don’t want to lose their one ally. It’s very ugly, but that’s what’s happening.

Meanwhile, there have been—it’s kind of like the North Korean case we were discussing. There have been possible opportunities to terminate the horrors. In 2012, there was an initiative from the Russians, which was not pursued, so we don’t know how serious it was, but it was a proposal to—for a negotiated settlement, in which Assad would be phased out, not immediately. You know, you can’t tell them, "We’re going to murder you. Please negotiate." That’s not going to work. But some system in which, in the course of negotiations, he would be removed, and some kind of settlement would be made. The West would not accept it, not just the United States. France, England, the United States simply refused to even consider it. At the time, they believed they could overthrow Assad, so they didn’t want to do this, so the war went on. Could it have worked? You never know for sure. But it could have been pursued. Meanwhile, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are supporting jihadi groups, which are not all that different from ISIS. So you have a horror story on all sides. The Syrian people are being decimated.

AMY GOODMAN: And the U.S. now sending 400 more troops to Syria. But if the U.S. has a better relationship with Russia, could that change everything?

NOAM CHOMSKY: It could lead to some kind of accommodation in which a negotiated diplomatic settlement would be implemented, which would by no means be lovely, but it would at least cut down the level of violence, which is critical, because the country is simply being destroyed. It’s descending to suicide.

 

[rickyb]

Glenn Greenwald‏Verified account @ggreenwald 2h2 hours ago



Glenn Greenwald Retweeted Ken Klippenstein

Single most amazing thing about US discourse is how people are continually willing to believe humanitarianism is the goal of new US wars.

Glenn Greenwald added,


Ken KlippensteinVerified account @kenklippenstein
Replying to @kenklippenstein
You know regime change in Syria is rooted in human rights concerns when Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Washington et al. want it.
118 replies 1,360 retweets 1,953 likes

 

[rickyb]

Glenn Greenwald Retweeted
Ken Klippenstein‏Verified account @kenklippenstein 8h8 hours ago




Regime change in... -Iraq: disaster -Libya: disaster -Afghanistan: disaster -Syria: good maybe?

129 replies 2,958 retweets 4,461 likes

 

[BrownArmy]

Mission accomplished. "Bring 'em on". Need I say more?

It's possible you missed my point.

You call this current administration a 'regime', when, in fact, every last administration qualifies as a 'regime', by your own criteria.

The Obama administration was a 'regime'...I could make that exact case using every argument you have against Trump, just by switching words.

But, don't worry about it - neither you or I have a damn bit of say in it.

 

[rickyb]

Glenn Greenwald Retweeted
AFP news agency‏Verified account @AFP 4h4 hours ago




#BREAKING Russia at UN warns US over possible military action in Syria

144 replies 2,119 retweets 1,138 likes

 

[MAKAVELI]

It's possible you missed my point.

You call this current administration a 'regime', when, in fact, every last administration qualifies as a 'regime', by your own criteria.

The Obama administration was a 'regime'...I could make that exact case using every argument you have against Trump, just by switching words.

But, don't worry about it - neither you or I have a damn bit of say in it.

I didn't miss your point. But you may have missed mine. Nothing weird about this regime's use of propaganda. It's what they do.

 

[rickyb]

madness:

Glenn Greenwald‏Verified account @ggreenwald 6h6 hours ago



Glenn Greenwald Retweeted Eric Geller

This sounds totally safe and not at all likely to risk unintentional escalation with multiple powers, both regional and global:

Glenn Greenwald added,

 

[BrownArmy]

I didn't miss your point. But you may have missed mine. Nothing weird about this regime's use of propaganda. It's what they do.

So, you're agreeing with me that every 'regime' uses propaganda?

Obama and Bush and Clinton did the same thing.

Again, it's just dick-waving.

 

[Catatonic]

It's possible you missed my point.

You call this current administration a 'regime', when, in fact, every last administration qualifies as a 'regime', by your own criteria.

The Obama administration was a 'regime'...I could make that exact case using every argument you have against Trump, just by switching words.

But, don't worry about it - neither you or I have a damn bit of say in it.

I understood, therefore my posts.

At least you recognize them as regimes.

The same as all the others before him ... Regimes.