Trump's Wag the Dog Moment; Syrian chemical attack was a false flag!

ttystikk

Well-Known Member
No wonder the Russians disconnected the 'deconfliction' line- it had been used to set them up.

Goddamn, this adminstration is stupid.
 

Padawanbater2

Well-Known Member
They were wrong in 2013, too.

Funny how a 'mass chemical attack' has vanished from the news so quickly.
"American diplomacy, backed by the threat of force, is why Syria’s chemical weapons are being eliminated. (Applause.) And we will continue to work with the international community to usher in the future the Syrian people deserve — a future free of dictatorship, terror and fear." -Barack Obama, State of the Union address, 2014

@ 51:42


"We got 100% of those weapons out, and they don't have access to those extraordinary weapons." -
John Kerry on Charlie Rose March 10, 2014


 

socalcoolmx

Well-Known Member
There aren't any moderate rebels all there is after
Assad is head chopping terrorist is that what the Syrian people want
I don't think so
 

Padawanbater2

Well-Known Member
There aren't any moderate rebels all there is after
Assad is head chopping terrorist is that what the Syrian people want
I don't think so
Sure there are rebels, but the rebels are ISIS. So it's Assad, essentially a dictator, v. ISIS, terrorists. There is no good guy in this civil war. We help Assad defeat ISIS, we help a dictator, we help the rebels defeat Assad, we help ISIS.

Why are we there again?
 

ttystikk

Well-Known Member
Sure there are rebels, but the rebels are ISIS. So it's Assad, essentially a dictator, v. ISIS, terrorists. There is no good guy in this civil war. We help Assad defeat ISIS, we help a dictator, we help the rebels defeat Assad, we help ISIS.

Why are we there again?
Not all rebels are ISIS.

It does make things more confusing.
 

SneekyNinja

Well-Known Member
Not all rebels are ISIS.

It does make things more confusing.
The vast majority either are or at least side ideologically with them.

Well, I slightly over generalise but huge swathes of the Rebel forces did defect or at least provide direct material support to either ISIS, Al Nusra or Al Queda.
 

ttystikk

Well-Known Member
The vast majority either are or at least side ideologically with them.

Well, I slightly over generalise but huge swathes of the Rebel forces did defect or at least provide direct material support to either ISIS, Al Nusra or Al Queda.
You just named three DIFFERENT groups!
 

ttystikk

Well-Known Member
Do you think we should be in Syria?
We've been there for years and we've managed to fuck it up as only we can.

We've had no plan there, so we've been blown willy nilly about, pushed by the latest headlines. That's no way to achieve any objective other than throwing away money.

But it's taxpayer money, and the defense industry and military contractors are feasting. So who cares?

That's the cynical view, dangerously close to reality.

If we want to be in Syria, we need to do something drastically different than anything we've done as a nation since the end of WWII; actually help the people. If we aren't willing to commit to doing that, we have no business there.

Of course, when has that ever stopped us?
 
Top