Sorry, but I'm not old enough, alutard. Would
I get you endorsement if I ran in a few years? What if I was to appoint txtittyfan as Treasury Secretary?
Seems they don't do shit. I could spend my time going to strip clubs, watching football and eating Taco Bell. An occasional state funeral, but hey, need a reason to shave occasionally.
How in hell's name are USA national interests threatened by what is happening in Syria?
What is the big deal about 1000+ people killed by chemical weapons when nothing was made of the previous 100,000 people killed by bullets and bombs?
USA can depend on Israel to keep the Syrian military in order. Israel has the intelligence, the capability, and the political will.
Really, it is in the West's best interests to let this revolution run its course. Hezbollah (and Shias in general) are backing the probable ultimate loser and Iran is looking very unhappy with al-Hassad as well.
Do you guys actually think that we would do something differently with a Republican in office? We're going to lob some cruise missiles at the Syrians so we feel good that we've done something and have flexed our imperial might and if you thing it is a liberal thing or a conservative thing your naive.
Like a Smurf.
So get back to enjoying life. This shit is going to happen. And it isn't because Obama or Kerry are "stupid" or even because the want it to happen. It is because America has locked itself into doing this shit. And you can vote for whoever you want but it won't change anything. So don't worry 'bout it.
I agree, zippy, lob a dozen or so cruise missiles, thump our chests and declare victory is the most likely outcome. (Then a few months later Assad does it again, and, we???)
I give it a 20% chance Obama puts it before Congress though and they, correctly, vote it down by saying "Syria's problem", and we're done with it.
The one thing I know is if he did run he would do no worse.
The stupid twat that is now our "UN ambassador" is treating her job like a college class and lectures the other ambassadors while they laugh at her and misses meetings whenever she feels like it because she is a "tenured professor" and has a job for life despite how badly she fucks up. Kerry has to sit down to pee as his witch lib wife cut off his teenie tiny dick years ago and keeps it in a jar next to her toilet. What a wus. They have waited so long on Syria that intervention now would be nothing but a political move to mollify local critics but would do nothing to help the Syrian population.
What do you guys think? Will it pass Congress? I think it will be close but 55% chance it doesn't. Even if it does it will just be "lob a dozen cruise missiles at nothing targets them go home".
What will become of the party in power if they go into Syria and discover that the WMD, gas, was that manufactured in Iraq and hidden in Syria? If I were Oduma I wouldn't go there, but alas, he isn't the brightest bulb.
C'mon guys. Let's take bets. I have. Congress approves. We lob about 20-50 cruise missiles ($600K to $1.4M per missile, plus costs for deployment of naval assets necessary for action). Declare victory. Assad will do this again if he feels it is necessary. Then we'll repeat. Still better than invading.
You know what would have happened if Mitt Romney had won? Assad would use chem weapons. Congress would have approved.. We would lob about 20-50 cruise missiles ($600K to $1.4M per, plus costs for deployment of naval assets necessary for action). We would declare victory. Assad will use chemical again if he feels it is necessary. Then we would repeat.
I don't get the Obama hate. He is no worse than any other option. No better...no worse. Problem is that the realistic options suck, not that Obama is paricularly bad. And if you actually think somebody fundamentally better than Obama is going to get elected you're stupid and/or naive.
If they do approve, I agree with your scenario zippy. Except only twelve cruise missiles. 12's a lucky number after all an only luck will keep Assad from doing the exact same thing within a few months.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I agree with Dougster on this. I feel like I'm seeing the ghost of Jimmy Carter now.
Now they are even talking about a deal whereby Syria purportedly puts all of its chemical weapons under international control in exchange for avoiding a missile strike. What a joke. Assad has been claiming all along that Syria doesn't have chemical weapons, so even if he coughs some up there is no way that we can know if he is handing over everything. This also doesn't bring back the people who died horribly from the last chemical attack.
What a message we are sending to Iran, Korea and others. Cross the line and we'll make a lot of threatening noise at you, boy will we be angry, followed by...nothing.
Remember the fits that the Dems were throwing when GW was talking about WMD's in Iraq? When one of their own is violating civil liberties, war mongering, deporting illegal aliens at a greater rate than GW, and authorizing 4 times the drone strikes than GW, they're quiet.
<i>Remember the fits that the Dems were throwing when GW was talking about WMD's in Iraq? When one of their own is violating civil liberties, war mongering, deporting illegal aliens at a greater rate than GW, and authorizing 4 times the drone strikes than GW, they're quiet. </i>
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The anti-war groups have lost total influence with me. They weren't protesting war, they were protesting republicans.
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I get you endorsement if I ran in a few years? What if I was to appoint txtittyfan as Treasury Secretary?
The jestie-girl can be my Minister of Transportation
and alutard my Minister of (Mental) Health.
They're coming to America
Got a dream they came to share
They're coming to America"
Can't remember any Arab dancers either though I'm sure Arab girls dance somewhere.
Seems they don't do shit. I could spend my time going to strip clubs, watching football and eating Taco Bell. An occasional state funeral, but hey, need a reason to shave occasionally.
If Obama really wants out he can put it up to a vote on congress and then blame it on them.
What is the big deal about 1000+ people killed by chemical weapons when nothing was made of the previous 100,000 people killed by bullets and bombs?
USA can depend on Israel to keep the Syrian military in order. Israel has the intelligence, the capability, and the political will.
Really, it is in the West's best interests to let this revolution run its course. Hezbollah (and Shias in general) are backing the probable ultimate loser and Iran is looking very unhappy with al-Hassad as well.
Like a Smurf.
So get back to enjoying life. This shit is going to happen. And it isn't because Obama or Kerry are "stupid" or even because the want it to happen. It is because America has locked itself into doing this shit. And you can vote for whoever you want but it won't change anything. So don't worry 'bout it.
Like a Smurf.
I give it a 20% chance Obama puts it before Congress though and they, correctly, vote it down by saying "Syria's problem", and we're done with it.
The stupid twat that is now our "UN ambassador" is treating her job like a college class and lectures the other ambassadors while they laugh at her and misses meetings whenever she feels like it because she is a "tenured professor" and has a job for life despite how badly she fucks up. Kerry has to sit down to pee as his witch lib wife cut off his teenie tiny dick years ago and keeps it in a jar next to her toilet. What a wus. They have waited so long on Syria that intervention now would be nothing but a political move to mollify local critics but would do nothing to help the Syrian population.
You know what would have happened if Mitt Romney had won? Assad would use chem weapons. Congress would have approved.. We would lob about 20-50 cruise missiles ($600K to $1.4M per, plus costs for deployment of naval assets necessary for action). We would declare victory. Assad will use chemical again if he feels it is necessary. Then we would repeat.
I don't get the Obama hate. He is no worse than any other option. No better...no worse. Problem is that the realistic options suck, not that Obama is paricularly bad. And if you actually think somebody fundamentally better than Obama is going to get elected you're stupid and/or naive.
Like a Smurf.
Now they are even talking about a deal whereby Syria purportedly puts all of its chemical weapons under international control in exchange for avoiding a missile strike. What a joke. Assad has been claiming all along that Syria doesn't have chemical weapons, so even if he coughs some up there is no way that we can know if he is handing over everything. This also doesn't bring back the people who died horribly from the last chemical attack.
What a message we are sending to Iran, Korea and others. Cross the line and we'll make a lot of threatening noise at you, boy will we be angry, followed by...nothing.
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The anti-war groups have lost total influence with me. They weren't protesting war, they were protesting republicans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl…
Dougster “I bet Putin was laughing so hard on this one that Vodka was coming out if his nose.â€
Putin has been playing multi-dimensional chess while obama tried to figure out how to use his sippy cup.
now Putin is just pissing on the smoldering ashes of obama’s presidency (and guaranteed he is laughing his fucking ass off about it):
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinio…