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

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B00Mer

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Putin greets Obama with Syria threat

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr7wb5hwMIc

LOL Obama has egg on his face, NSA spying in Mexico and Brazil and drawing a Red Line in Syria then back tracking saying he didn't.

The Obama Government has to be the most dishonest government in history.. turns a lot of people against the USA.

Obama policies are turning the world and other nations against the USA. If there is another 9/11 most people will be saying; "you brought it on yourself."
 

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Putin greets Obama with Syria threat



LOL Obama has egg on his face, NSA spying in Mexico and Brazil and drawing a Red Line in Syria then back tracking saying he didn't.

The Obama Government has to be the most dishonest government in history.. turns a lot of people against the USA.

Obama policies are turning the world and other nations against the USA. If there is another 9/11 most people will be saying; "you brought it on yourself."

You have a very short memory, or you're just blinded by your hate of Obama.

The Bush administration lied about Iraq, Clinton lied on the stand about Lewinski, Reagan lied about Iran-Contra, Nixon lied about Watergate and Johnson lied about the Gulf of Tonkin.

US image in the world reached its nadir soon after the invasion of Iraq.
 

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For example... Afghanistan, you say US lost but it is a coalition. Desert Storm you call it a coalition victory. See the hypocrisy in that? If you want to say the US lost in Afghanistan then Canada has lost as well.
I agree, All those who joined the US in the illegal invasion of a sovereign nation lost. The Taliban are still around and actually gaining power, Al-Queda still operates in regions of the country, the majority of citizens want the US and allies gone from their country.....It was and is a big fat LOSS!
And Iraq Part 2... The US had a coalition there... totally routed the Iraqi Army... Hussein found himself at the end of a rope as well as many of his henchmen ... a government was installed with US approval... the insurgency was finished... the US left at the request of the new Iraqi government. I know it must have hurt to see a US win there.
Oh yea,a coalition of the US, UK and 12 other countries whose military couldn't fill out a baseball roster. The US spent billions and there is still an insurgency, the puppet govt gave the US the boot and is following in Saddam's footsteps and the citizens support Al-Queda. You must have a different definition of winning than the rest of the world cause it looks to me like you wasted a ton of money and still got butt-fu*ked!
WWII... what a complete asinine statement... according to US History books the US claims to have won the whole war by itself. So you have no facts so you just make it up? FAIL
All your propaganda claims the war was lost by the allies until big, bad America came to the rescue. What a crock of sh*t! Maybe if the US bankers weren't financing Hitler the allies would have won a lot quicker and without US involvement.
WWI... The French-English were bled white... the US turned the tide.
It was a stalemate on the western front and the Germans were getting their a$$es handed to them on the eastern front. In time the Germans would have lost whether the US entered or not. It just finished a year or 2 sooner is all.
Korea... N. Korea invades... the US chases them all the way to China... China enters the war... the US stops them and holds them at the DMZ. N. Korea fails... US wins!
LOL! The borders are the same as when it started, the north is still communist and hates America and a lot of other Asian nations either hate or don't trust the US. Maybe that is a win in your mind but not in reality.
And your ignorance shows again with the American Indian Wars... Spears and Bows? American Indians picked up the rifle as soon as the tech was available.
I see, 300 mounted cavalry with cannons against an Indian village of 40 with 6 rifles between them is a fair fight and something to brag about, especially when they would slaughter or enslave the women and children after raping them. If that's the best you got for a win you might want to rethink your predilection for boasting.

Now I will forgive you for your ignorance because I am well aware you yanks are taught a skewed version of history and brainwashed with national pride and unwarranted ego.
 

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You have a very short memory, or you're just blinded by your hate of Obama.

The Bush administration lied about Iraq, Clinton lied on the stand about Lewinski, Reagan lied about Iran-Contra, Nixon lied about Watergate and Johnson lied about the Gulf of Tonkin.

US image in the world reached its nadir soon after the invasion of Iraq.

Bush went into Iraq after the USA was attacked on 9/11, what is Obama's provocation, a Red Line??

Clinton, does what every man does.. gets a little on the side and he got caught.. big deal.

Reagan, we knew who was the bad guy in the world in those days, it was the Communist.. different world, different times.. they tried to bribe a government to release hostages.

Nixon got impeached.

Johnson... I was just "daddies little squirt at that time" not even born.
 

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you didn't read what you quoted..

Bush went into Iraq after the USA was attacked on 9/11, what is Obama's provocation, a Red Line??


I read it just fine. I just can't believe you're serious. Iraq had bugger all to do with 9/11. Osama and Saddam were [edit] NOT best buds. There was no connection. Bush went into Iraq because of WMD, which turned out to be a pile of crap. In doing so he driopped th ball on 9/11, because Osama was in Afghanistan and then Pakistan, not Iraq.

But again, these days you just can't reason with the rabid right. theya re so blinded by their obama-hate that they simply cannot see anything even remotely objectively.
 
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US image in the world reached its nadir soon after the invasion of Iraq.

No, the US image is still on the way down even among their closest allies. They have done nothing but waste billions of dollars and countless human lives to achieve the least amount of respect and geo-political support in their history.
 

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I read it just fine. I just can't believe you're serious. Iraq had bugger all to do with 9/11. Osama and Saddam were best buds. There was no connection. Bush went into Iraq because of WMD, which turned out to be a pile of crap. In doing so he driopped th ball on 9/11, because Osama was in Afghanistan and then Pakistan, not Iraq.

But again, these days you just can't reason with the rabid right. theya re so blinded by their obama-hate that they simply cannot see anything even remotely objectively.

Saddam gave material support to Al Qaeda.

Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda link allegations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

No, the US image is still on the way down even among their closest allies. They have done nothing but waste billions of dollars and countless human lives to achieve the least amount of respect and geo-political support in their history.



My hero!!
 

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Qatar bankrolls Syrian revolt with cash and arms - FT.com

The tiny gas-rich state of Qatar has spent as much as $3bn over the past two years supporting the rebellion in Syria, far exceeding any other government, but is now being nudged aside by Saudi Arabia as the prime source of arms to rebels.

The cost of Qatar’s intervention, its latest push to back an Arab revolt, amounts to a fraction of its international investment portfolio. But its financial support for the revolution that has turned into a vicious civil war dramatically overshadows western backing for the opposition.

In dozens of interviews with the FT conducted in recent weeks, rebel leaders both abroad and within Syria as well as regional and western officials detailed Qatar’s role in the Syrian conflict, a source of mounting controversy.
 

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Because they crossed Obama's red line of using Poison Gas on citizens (still debatable who used them) and they may use them against Israel which is a threat to the USA.

Just stating his reasoning. Not that I agree with it.
 

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Qatar sands!!!


In September, many rebels in Syria’s Aleppo province received a one off monthly salary of $150 courtesy of Qatar. Sources close to the Qatari government say total spending has reached as much as $3bn, while rebel and diplomatic sources put the figure at $1bn at most.

For Qatar, owner of the world’s third-largest gas reserves, its intervention in Syria is part of an aggressive quest for global recognition and is merely the latest chapter in its attempt to establish itself as a major player in the region, following its backing of Libya’s rebels who overthrew Muammer Gaddafi in 2011.
 

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No, the US image is still on the way down even among their closest allies. They have done nothing but waste billions of dollars and countless human lives to achieve the least amount of respect and geo-political support in their history.

America’s Global Image Remains More Positive than China’s | Pew Global Attitudes Project

America’s improved image is coincident with Barack Obama assuming the
presidency in 2009. Obama has largely received more positive ratings than his
predecessor, George W. Bush. Today, at least half of those polled in 24 of 39
nations say they have confidence in the American president to do the right thing
in world affairs. Eight-in-ten or more hold this view in Germany (88%), the
Philippines (84%), France (83%), Canada (81%) and Kenya (81%).

Even so, Obama’s ratings are lower now than when he first took office. The
decline has been especially steep in China, where confidence in the American
president today (31%) is half of what it was in 2009 (62%).

America’s International Image Slipping | Pew Global Attitudes Project

In the fifth year of the Obama presidency, the United States’ image remains
strong around the world compared with the last years of the administration of
President George W. Bush. Still, pro-America sentiment is slipping.

America’s Image in the World: Findings from the Pew Global Attitudes Project | Pew Global Attitudes Project
December 2002 – America’s image slips, although goodwill towards the U.S.
remains

June 2003 – U.S. image plunges in the wake of the Iraq war


March 2004 – No improvement in U.S. image, some worsening in Europe


June 2005 – U.S. image improves slightly, although still negative in most
places; and anti-Americanism is becoming increasingly entrenched

June 2006 – Show little further progress – in fact some back sliding. Even
as the publics of the world concurred with the Americans on many global
problems.