noddy wrote:watching many of the anti war leftists spin the need for permanent war has been fascinating.
progressives and neocons nearly always agree on every issue for the "what", they just make a huge song and dance about the reasons for "why" and make it sound like they are on opposite sides.Ibrahim wrote:noddy wrote:watching many of the anti war leftists spin the need for permanent war has been fascinating.
Militarism is the only issue on which there is a bipartisan consensus. Only the fringe left and certain parts of the fringe right are opposed to endless foreign wars and increased military spending.
Hard to see what the Syrian deployment was supposed to accomplish at this point. Sad to see the US abandoning the Kurds again, though.
Maybe Canada can step up for a change.Ibrahim wrote: Hard to see what the Syrian deployment was supposed to accomplish at this point. Sad to see the US abandoning the Kurds again, though.
Fortunately we have some people who are above the 2 sides, who form a 3rd superior point, and we all know what 3 points make.Simple Minded wrote: yep. consistency is not the strong suit of either side/party over here. half a generation (10 years?) on one side of any issue is about as long as either can stand.
Well, in Euclidean geometry three non-collinear points define a 2D plane, soMr. Perfect wrote:Fortunately we have some people who are above the 2 sides, who form a 3rd superior point, and we all know what 3 points make.Simple Minded wrote: yep. consistency is not the strong suit of either side/party over here. half a generation (10 years?) on one side of any issue is about as long as either can stand.
Well done. Good riddance.Kurdish-led forces pronounced the death of the Islamic State group’s nearly five-year-old “caliphate” Saturday after flushing out diehard jihadists from their very last bastion in eastern Syria.
Fighters of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces raised their yellow flag in Baghouz, the remote riverside village where diehard jihadists of a variety of nationalities made a desperate, dramatic last stand.
A wounded president is prone to making bad decisions. That’s the only explanation for Donald Trump’s blatant sellout of the Kurds in northern Syria.
His move is being condemned in Europe and the United States, with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and former UN ambassador and leading Republican Nikki Haley leading the charge. Graham says he will move a resolution in the US Senate, which is likely to garner strong bipartisan support. But it won’t matter because Senate resolutions don’t bind the president.
Except Trump is not disabled but rather on the offense, and leaving Syria is a great step forward for America. This is nothing but the neocon wailing and gnashing of teeth.noddy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:26 am https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/10/artic ... ing-kurds/
A wounded president is prone to making bad decisions. That’s the only explanation for Donald Trump’s blatant sellout of the Kurds in northern Syria.
His move is being condemned in Europe and the United States, with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and former UN ambassador and leading Republican Nikki Haley leading the charge. Graham says he will move a resolution in the US Senate, which is likely to garner strong bipartisan support. But it won’t matter because Senate resolutions don’t bind the president.
Trump's stated reason for sending US troops into Syria: Destroy the Islamic state. It has been destroyed. But I guess Trump lost the endless war monger vote.Nonc Hilaire wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 5:54 pmExcept Trump is not disabled but rather on the offense, and leaving Syria is a great step forward for America. This is nothing but the neocon wailing and gnashing of teeth.noddy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 9:26 am https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/10/artic ... ing-kurds/
A wounded president is prone to making bad decisions. That’s the only explanation for Donald Trump’s blatant sellout of the Kurds in northern Syria.
His move is being condemned in Europe and the United States, with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and former UN ambassador and leading Republican Nikki Haley leading the charge. Graham says he will move a resolution in the US Senate, which is likely to garner strong bipartisan support. But it won’t matter because Senate resolutions don’t bind the president.
The Kurds’ commander in chief explains why his forces are finally ready to partner with Assad and Putin...
No-fly zone over NE Syria enforced by Russians and Syrians to keep Turkey gvt and jihadis out? Can imagine the Kurds would like that.kmich wrote: ↑Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:14 pm If We Have to Choose Between Compromise and Genocide, We Will Choose Our People
The Kurds’ commander in chief explains why his forces are finally ready to partner with Assad and Putin...
Trump has removed 50 US troops from along the 20 mile wide strip in Syria that borders Turkey. While leaving those troops and around 950 others that were in Syria before the pull back. IE Trump has not abandon the Kurds. Despite what MSM outlets like ABC which the other day showed video of the carnage in Syria because of Trump's terible decision to pull out of Syria That video it turns out was from a rifle range in Kentucky Amazing how far and wide Trump's decision to "Pull out of Syria" is when it causes carnage in the middle of the US 10,000 miles away.kmich wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:27 pm Kurdish General Slams U.S.-Syria Policy; Gen. Petraeus Calls Withdrawal 'A Betrayal'
After 500,000 dead and millions of refugees from a failed Obama Regime Change to remove Assad:
Assad is "The One" the neo liberal war hawks have been waiting for.As depressing as it is to write this sentence, the best course of action today is for President Bashar al-Assad’s regime to regain control over northern Syria. Assad is a war criminal whose forces killed more than half a million of his compatriots and produced several million refugees.
So when do the war crimes trials for Hillary and Obama begin? (not to mention the many at Foreign Policy DOT com that actively pushed for this slaughter)In a perfect world, he would be on trial at The Hague instead of ruling in Damascus. But we do not live in a perfect world, and the question we face today is how to make the best of a horrible situation.
