The Syria Thread: Everything you wanted to know or say about it

[EagleSmack]

At any rate... Syria is a slow painful grind. The worst humanitarian event going. Ironic seeing them turn on each other with such violence and many in here saying "Let them be!"

I have to agree... all we'd be doing is mixing the rubble up anyways.

I know... that is our opposition in here. WTF are we doing?

 

[B00Mer]

Clearly you did not read my post.

I thought I did, huh you're on a Canadian forum, maybe you should learn to speak Canadian there immigrant.

Huh? No! Nations agreed to not use them after they saw how the wind could change direction and mustard-gas could blow back on Germans.

Huh, WTF??

Geneva Protocol

Geneva Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

At any rate... Syria is a slow painful grind. The worst humanitarian event going. Ironic seeing them turn on each other with such violence and many in here saying "Let them be!"

I have to agree... all we'd be doing is mixing the rubble up anyways.



I know... that is our opposition in here. WTF are we doing?

I run into this a lot. I call it the If I Don't Like It It Must Be Illegal Rule.

 

[Omicron]

Okay, so, you posted this in response to my statement that nations agreed to not use gas-attacks in war as a result of watching things like musterd-gas, launched by Germans, blow back on the Germans.

What was wrong with that?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Okay, so, you posted this in response to my statement that nations agreed to not use gas-attacks in war as a result of watching things like musterd-gas, launched by Germans, blow back on the Germans.

What was wrong with that?

It wasn't that specific. Actually, I should have put it right after you first said "chemical agent."

 

[Locutus]

president



obama.

:lol:

 

[B00Mer]

president



obama.

:lol:

Little pale, he should get out golfing more often..

 

[Locutus]

 

[B00Mer]

 

[JLM]

Well, Afghanistan fell into a state of civil war without Taliban, and a f*ck of a lot of good it did for Canada to be there!

If there's a pattern, it might be that the more bastardly the existing regime, the more likely the place is to collapse into civil war without it.

Some time ago now, perhaps two or three years ago, I did hear Afghan citizens interviews that said how much they appreciated the Canadian presence in Afghanistan and the help and education they were providing.

 

[PoliticalNick]

Some time ago now, perhaps two or three years ago, I did hear Afghan citizens interviews that said how much they appreciated the Canadian presence in Afghanistan and the help and education they were providing.

Were either paid or planted. Just think for a minute. If 3 or 4 nations came into Canada and blew up most of the infrastructure including a few entire villages and killed a couple of hundred thousand people indiscriminately would you really praise them for building a makeshift school?

 

[JLM]

Were either paid or planted. Just think for a minute. If 3 or 4 nations came into Canada and blew up most of the infrastructure including a few entire villages and killed a couple of hundred thousand people indiscriminately would you really praise them for building a makeshift school?

Hold on Nick, where are you getting the "couple of hundred thousand" from?

 

[Goober]

Obama has a chance to step back from bombing Syria. He should grab it | National Post

On Sept. 4, Obama made a lame attempt to back away from his red-line language. “I didn’t set a red line,” he said at a news conference in Stockholm. “The world set a red line.” The suggestion was that Obama’s August, 2012 declaration was not made as a president, but as a sort of emissary from the human race itself. No one bought it.

But two developments could give Obama an honourable out.

First, Congress seems set to reject the President’s force-authorization request: In recent weeks, legislators have had time to survey their constituents on the Syria question, and the response has been decidedly negative. Once the vote is held, and Obama loses, he can deliver an I’m-more-disappointed-than-angry speech, bow to the will of the people, and blame democracy for his inaction.

But what’s to be done with Syria’s chemical weapons? Cue the Russians, who now say they have a “concrete” plan to place Syrian chemical agents under international control — a plan that Syria itself said it would accept.

 

[Spade]

Over 70% of American citizens are against a Syrian strike. We shall see if Congress is an example of representative democracy.
The Russian proposal is an excellent opportunity to diffuse tensions. War leads to chaos.

 

[Mowich]

Re: War-monger Prez goes on offense

The whole world laughs at American confusion and irresolution.

This is one citizen of the world who is not laughing at the United States right now. I applaud the American people for sending a constant and unwavering message to the President that they do not want their country involved in Syria. Results from the latest NY Times/CBS News poll show that 6 out of 10 people do not support air strikes in Syria - further over 62% of those polled do not want the US to take a leading role in any foreign conflict. Asked whether the US should intervene to help over turn dictatorships, 72% said no.

 

[hunboldt]

Over 70% of American citizens are against a Syrian strike. We shall see if Congress is an example of representative democracy.
The Russian proposal is an excellent opportunity to diffuse tensions. War leads to chaos.

But is Putin serious? the Assad's have run a terror regime for over fourty years.
Yea, Bashir looks 'good in an interview'.:roll:

Remember, the US has been cutting him and Poppa Assad four decades of slack.

 

[Spade]

But is Putin serious? the Assad's have run a terror regime for over fourty years.
Yea, Bashir looks 'good in an interview'.:roll:

Remember, the US has been cutting him and Poppa Assad four decades of slack.

War is a sane alternative? Killing people who are killing people who are killing people? No one knows the consequences of rash decisions.

 

[Goober]

Over 70% of American citizens are against a Syrian strike. We shall see if Congress is an example of representative democracy.
The Russian proposal is an excellent opportunity to diffuse tensions. War leads to chaos.

The Devil will be in the details - The French propose using Article 7 if Syria is non compliant.
Russians are against that.
But as we have seen with the threat of US attack set to the set for now, Syrian air power, artillery and tanks that were dispersed are now being used.

 

[hunboldt]

Like sorting flyshxt from pepper at times.

I think the whole thing is a setup.

 

[Goober]

Interesting article - good read.
Can Obama Afford Not to Bomb Syria? - By Aaron David Miller | Foreign Policy