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by Saint of Killers » Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:05 pm

lex-man wrote:Globalist doesn't seem like much of an insult IMO


Neither is sticking a load of parentheses around someone's name but they can't just go saying what they want to out loud while in public, you know?

A shame Banon didn't die of *cringe* when uttering cuck out loud :lol: Cuckservative.

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by Lex-Man » Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:11 pm

I wouldn't be offended if somebody called me a jew either.

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Kanbei » Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:28 pm

The tell all books on this administration are going to be incredible :lol:

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Garth » Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:38 pm

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Go on Trump, stop using Twitter in response - just click the delete account button, go on :nod:

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Garth » Fri Apr 07, 2017 1:02 am

Trump and friends have changed their minds and decided that they do want to see regime change in Syria after all:

twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/850061385555824640


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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Garth » Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:31 am

The US has launched over 50 missiles into Syria:
The U.S. military has launched more than 50 missiles aimed at Syria, NBC News reported.

A U.S. military official told NBC that 59 tomahawks had been fired, which hit an airfield near Homs.

The missiles hit aircraft and infrastructure including the runway, NBC reported. There is no word on casualties yet, but no people were targeted, the official told NBC.

One U.S. official told NBC that the Russians were warned ahead of the strike. Additionally, no Russian assets were targeted, according to the report.

Earlier Thursday, Reuters reported that a British diplomat had said the United Nations Security Council would not vote on Thursday on a draft resolution to condemn a deadly gas attack on Tuesday in a rebel-held area of northern Syria, but will continue negotiations.

Russia's deputy U.N. envoy, Vladimir Safronkov, warned that day of "negative consequences" if the U.S. carried out military strikes on Syria over the attack.

"We have to think about negative consequences, negative consequences, and all the responsibility if military action occurred will be on shoulders of those who initiated such doubtful and tragic enterprise," Safronkov told reporters when asked about possible U.S. strikes, adding that such consequences could be seen in Iraq and Libya.

Western countries have blamed President Bashar al-Assad's armed forces for Tuesday's attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in a rebel-held area of northern Syria hit by government air strikes. Syria's government has denied responsibility.

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio appeared to be tweeting about an American offensive action in Syria, posting at 8:44 p.m. ET, "'Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished' Proverbs 11:21 # SyriaChemicalAttack"

The United States, Britain and France proposed a draft U.N. resolution on Tuesday to condemn the attack and press Syria to cooperate with international investigators. Russia said the text was unacceptable and proposed a rival draft.

In February, Syrian ally Russia, backed by China, cast its seventh veto to protect Assad's government from council action, blocking a bid by Western powers to impose sanctions over accusations of chemical weapons attacks. China has vetoed six resolutions on Syria.

A Security Council resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the United States, Britain, France, Russia or China to pass.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/06/us-milit ... -news.html

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Garth » Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:34 am

Of course:
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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Alvin Flummux » Fri Apr 07, 2017 2:38 am

Another distraction from the Russia investigation, diving headlong into the quagmire that Bush became ensnared by, which no doubt will fuel ISIS propaganda for years to come.

I also seem to recall Trump or his fans accusing Clinton of wanting to start a (proxy?) war with Russia via the implementation of a No Fly Zone over Syria.

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Garth » Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:53 am

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Moggy » Fri Apr 07, 2017 7:27 am

Garth wrote:Image


The beautiful thing about Twitter is just how easy it is to show people up as the hypocritical arsewipes that they really are. :lol:

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Hexx » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:12 am

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by captain red dog » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:32 am

I think that's Trump one term and done then. You can't stand on an anti establishment platform and then spend the first couple of months doing exactly what the establishment has always done.

Im hoping this strike was just a one off retaliatory measure but it looks to me like another disastrous continued destabilisation of the middle east.

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by DML » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:39 am

captain red dog wrote:I think that's Trump one term and done then. You can't stand on an anti establishment platform and then spend the first couple of months doing exactly what the establishment has always done.

Im hoping this strike was just a one off retaliatory measure but it looks to me like another disastrous continued destabilisation of the middle east.


He'll be removed before then. Its just a long painful process of pinning the Russia stuff on him. After that his days are numbered. I would be amazed if he made one term, and it would be a massive failure of law if he does.

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Saint of Killers » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:40 am

Hexx wrote:

twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/255784560904773633



:lol: Love it.

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Saint of Killers » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:54 am

Have any political commentators suggested how this attack may be a poorly disguised way to try and throw people off the Trump+Putin trail?

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Meep » Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:04 am

Let's just hope and pray there were no Russian personnel at that airbase.

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by Alvin Flummux » Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:07 pm

Meep wrote:Let's just hope and pray there were no Russian personnel at that airbase.


There were. No casualties though, IIRC.

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Harry Ola » Fri Apr 07, 2017 1:18 pm

Trump will probably get a bump from this. After all most people like bombing johnny foreigners and he has looked decisive in this.

But, there is a reason Obama declared a red line and then did nothing. It's not the initial bombing raid that is the problem, it is what comes next. And the situation is arguably more complex than 2013 when Obama could have intervened. All administrations face an early military test. Syria, for Trump, is almost certainly now going to run and run.

The Russians have stopped the agreement between them and the US concerning air attacks, making possible incidents more likely:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-russia-air-strikes-syria-suspend-agreement-memorandum-direct-conflict-military-donald-trump-putin-a7671631.html

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by Lex-Man » Fri Apr 07, 2017 1:37 pm

Has the world ended yet?

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PostRe: The American Politics Thread
by KK » Fri Apr 07, 2017 1:40 pm

Well clearly something had to be done, but we've been down this well trodden path already with leaders far more competent than Donald Trump. Blowing gooseberry fool up is relatively easy, it's what you do after that and the chain of events that then continue on from that.

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