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djeternal
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9/4/2013 7:23:31 PM

ndmetcal
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I've paid zero attention to this whole ordeal (I blame Jon Stewart for taking a break from the Daily Show)

So what's their deal? They doing some ethnic cleansing or collecting nukes or is their current dictator not as good as the one we want to rule them?

Give me the cliff notes of this nonsense



[Edited on September 5, 2013 at 9:00 PM. Reason : /]

9/5/2013 8:59:20 PM

Fermat
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someone who relies on the comedy channel for their world view isn't informed

please donate

9/5/2013 10:36:07 PM

0EPII1
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They are doing ethnic washing
They are collecting nukular material
And their current dictator is a puppet of Russia

So yeah, all of it.






















9/5/2013 11:41:35 PM

Kiwi
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So now Obama says we don't needing authorization because they're twiddling their thumbs. Are we fucking ourselves over hEre? Wtf

9/6/2013 10:25:18 AM

Elwood
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how about we sit this out ok. or are we trying to hit for the cycle in bombing middle eastern countries?

9/6/2013 10:39:54 AM

Kiwi
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I guess looking for an excuse to bomb Iran? I am not jealous of the president right now. He's getting republicans and democrats to hate him.

9/6/2013 12:08:29 PM

TreeTwista10
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Obama gon' bomb Surrria

9/10/2013 9:08:03 PM

Jeepin4x4
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UN

SHAKEABLE

SHUPPORT

9/10/2013 9:12:05 PM

ncstatetke
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I'm a pacifist, but I say bomb that motherfucker

9/10/2013 9:12:22 PM

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"I'm a pacifist, but I say bomb that motherfucker"


what

9/10/2013 9:13:52 PM

TreeTwista10
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lol at UN inspectors finding anything

9/10/2013 9:14:40 PM

ncstatetke
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there's no other choice

9/10/2013 9:14:40 PM

Førte
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fucksyria.com

9/10/2013 9:15:55 PM

EMCE
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shit's syrious,, my bros.

9/10/2013 9:19:11 PM

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9/13/2013 8:00:47 PM

EMCE
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Those alleged torture photos showing the Syrian regimes horrendous acts are pretty brutal, G

1/20/2014 2:38:08 PM

Bullet
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Pro-Assad forces kill 175 rebels in ambush: Syrian state media

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/26/us-syria-crisis-ambush-idUSBREA1P0TP20140226

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"Forces loyal to Syria's president killed at least 175 Islamist rebel fighters, most of them foreigners, in an ambush in insurgent-held eastern outskirts of Damascus, state media said on Wednesday.

The attack was led by the Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, which has joined the government in a increasingly sectarian conflict that is pulling in fighters from across the region and destabilizing Syria's neighbors, said activists."

2/26/2014 3:49:52 PM

Bullet
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In keeping with transferring chit-chat to soap box, i figured i'd post this here and bump this thread.

OEP posted this in the Soap Box, a very informative comic on the origins of the Syrian Civil War

http://yearsoflivingdangerously.tumblr.com/post/86898140738/this-comic-was-produced-in-partnership-by-years-of

9/11/2015 11:41:40 AM

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holy shit, OEP posted something worthwhile

9/11/2015 1:32:51 PM

Bullet
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Russia's setting up a base there, B.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/15/middleeast/syria-russia-military-buildup/index.html

9/15/2015 3:08:18 PM

0EPII1
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Russia launches airstrikes using its fighter jets in Syria

Ends up killing 34 civilians

9/30/2015 5:54:16 PM

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And bombing a majority of other rebel groups that are fighting ISIS.

10/1/2015 7:51:07 AM

justinh524
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so basically we're fighting a war with russia in syria, right? only it's just syrians dying.

10/1/2015 9:52:42 AM

Bullet
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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/russia-pouring-gasoline-on-the-fire-in-syria-as-airstrikes-hit-cia-backed-rebels-us-officials-2015-10-01

10/1/2015 11:20:33 AM

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Quote :
"so basically we're fighting a [proxy] war with russia in syria"


but i don't know how much we're helped the rebels, and if we still are/will continue to do so.

10/1/2015 11:30:44 AM

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I dont think Russia's mitary is capable of having the impact on ISIS they think they will.

I also dont think, politically, the US can afford to be upstaged by Putin in this arena. They simply will not let that happen. They also will not allow Putin to prop up Assad when this is all said and done.

I think Russia will fail to dislodge ISIS without putting boots on the ground, and they will be unwilling to do so while fighting a shadow battle in the Ukraine. Meanwhile, after the 2016 election is over, the US might go into Syria with more support with the understanding that Assad cannot remain.

10/1/2015 11:48:01 AM

Bullet
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Another narrative of how this whole thing got started

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"It all starts with graffiti"


http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/08/middleeast/syria-war-how-we-got-here/

10/9/2015 1:15:13 PM

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So has the proxy war officially begun, my Gs?

Is it generally accepted that Russia is propping up Assad, and targeting Rebels as well as ISIL?

WWIII, my bros. WWIII

10/13/2015 12:28:59 PM

EMCE
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WW3

11/13/2015 11:22:51 PM

laxman490
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Anyone think there is a chance that the world (including the west, middle east, Russia) will unite to take on isis?

There would have to be some plan for Syria after isis is gone to fill that vacuum. That is when the real proxy war will begin.

11/14/2015 9:20:50 AM

Sandman
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maybe theyll give it to all of the displaced muslims of the world

11/14/2015 9:47:42 AM

justinh524
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couldn't they just give syria to the jews?

11/14/2015 11:12:49 AM

Sandman
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seems to always work out well

11/14/2015 11:24:09 AM

The E Man
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isis won't go away until the politics of the region are solved. you'll prolly just have to give "isis" a sunni state between iraq and syria.

11/14/2015 1:41:44 PM

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The region won't be solved until there's a side that finances the fighting or provides the troops that are expended and can't or won't fight no more and do unconditional surrender.

So get back to us in 5 years.

Meanwhile, neutrals have to put up with the bullshit. Be they in Damascus or Paris.

[Edited on November 14, 2015 at 2:24 PM. Reason : /]

11/14/2015 2:23:12 PM

HUR
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So does ISIS have anYou're set on any allies that our actual countries?

11/14/2015 2:53:25 PM

dtownral
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huh?

11/14/2015 3:13:49 PM

Smath74
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Quote :
"huh?"

11/14/2015 3:24:44 PM

rjrumfel
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Even if we were somehow able to kill every single member of ISIS, without exacting a huge number of civilian casualties as they use occupied populations as human shields, there would just be another group pop up in a few years doing the same thing.

If countries were to go to actual war to try an end ISIS, an agreement will have to be made about much collateral damage can and will be done.

11/14/2015 3:32:56 PM

dtownral
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our best bet would be to try to stop their money, but that would piss off our "allies" who fund them

11/14/2015 3:35:32 PM

moron
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^^ that's the big problem... DoD has released at least 1 study, possibly more, that conventional military action draws more people into the fight, not less-- it creates more terrorism because the Internet allows Isis to package the graphic images to forment anti-Western rage.

In my fantasy world, we can wash our hands of any involvement, tell the regional players (Iran, Iraq, Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Europe, even Russia) it's their problem to solve... we forfeit our political and economic interests in the region and just be done with it. We've sunk up to $4 trillion dollars into this, that's $4 trillion that could have been used for addressing the housing crisis, or student loan debt crisis, healthcare reform, research, could have used towards addressing inequality, or growing child poverty, could have gone to building nuclear power plants or solar arrays, could have been used towards a Mars mission, now lost because of a completely optional, preemptive war that is the direct predecessor to the creation of Isis.

11/14/2015 5:59:38 PM

BridgetSPK
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It also ruined a bunch of people's lives.

11/14/2015 6:23:41 PM

budlight2256
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So, much shit is going on ...

11/14/2015 6:46:16 PM

EMCE
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^ exactly, my G. So much going on, in that entire region. And other nations are getting pulled in.

Start of WW3

11/14/2015 7:08:19 PM

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"our best bet would be to try to stop their money, but that would piss off our "allies" who fund them"


Names?

11/14/2015 9:19:32 PM

Smath74
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neutron bombs.

11/14/2015 9:31:01 PM

The E Man
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turkey
saudi arabia

11/14/2015 9:37:20 PM

TreeTwista10
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Crazy how backwards, uncivilized and uneducated societies often are in that part of the world. How can we hand-hold them into the 20th century so we can eventually lead them into the present?

11/14/2015 9:38:31 PM

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could you confirm thats sarcasm. i've had a few drinks already

11/14/2015 9:40:17 PM

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