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[Old Campaigner]

Who should we be barracking for in Syria?

Think of it like a Carlton vs Collingwood game

 

[boncer34]

Think of it like a Carlton vs Collingwood game

I don't mind Carlton some of the time

 

[faible]

Who should we be barracking for in Syria?

None of the above as far as I can tell. It’s a lose:lose situation.

 

[Vander18]

My take

Think of it like a Carlton vs Collingwood game

That’s the Middle East in a nutshell. Everyone wants to believe one side is good and the other bad. The reality is….they are all batshit crazy.

I say this as someone with Jewish ancestry on one side and Arab on the other.

 

[Call Me Cake]

I don't mind Carlton some of the time

Avatar checks out

 

[BrunoV]

Jesus, another geopolitical earthquake provoked during the lame duck period.

Got to love those 'good guys'.

 

[Old Campaigner]

Honestly I think US involvement was likely fairly minor unless you think the CIA was running around the desert bribing Syrian soldiers to run away or something.

 

[dank420_]

you can't be Syrias

 

[jannissary]

Jesus, another geopolitical earthquake provoked during the lame duck period.

Got to love those 'good guys'.

who’s fault is this one i wonder

 

[Kong]

Jesus, another geopolitical earthquake provoked during the lame duck period.

Got to love those 'good guys'.

¿Qué dijo?

 

[Old Campaigner]

who’s fault is this one i wonder

Unless more info comes out you'd have to think Turkey would be high on the list of suspects since they've been arming groups like this for a while now. Either way they're probably the biggest beneficiaries.

Whether or not it was intentional I'm not sure we'll ever know but Israel bombing the shit out of Hezbollah and distracting Iran was certainly a massive factor.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Actual footage of Assad hitting “little Syria” in downtown Moscow last night

 

[BrunoV]

who’s fault is this one i wonder

Happy to read your thoughts.

 

[jannissary]

Happy to read your thoughts.

i've asked you mate. don't stress, take your time

 

[BrunoV]

i've asked you mate. don't stress, take your time

It's obviously Princess Leia and her band of merry rebels.

It's always the merry rebels.

 

[faible]

And Bruno wonders why no one takes him seriously on this stuff.

 

[Old Campaigner]

i've asked you mate. don't stress, take your time

Gotta wait for the US conservative influencers to decide whether it’s good or bad for Russia first

 

[BrunoV]

And Bruno wonders why no one takes him seriously on this stuff.

Obviously. You don't have and have never displayed any intention to engage in a substantive debate. I'm just making snide remarks like you do, the key difference is that I know what I'm talking about.


So you can add the former Al Qaeda lead group which is now in control in Syria to the list of merry rebel bands who take power when western interests destabilise countries in the Middle East. It's a good list, full of humanitarians, including the Mujahideen / Taliban in Afghanistan, the Muslim Brotherhood, the current roots for the Iranian regime and the collective of lunatics who became ISIS and ISIL.

They're always called 'rebels' at the start. It's so that people like you are triggered by images of 'the Rebels' in Star Wars. But look when happens when, what we are told would classify as a merry band of rebels gathers together in the US capital, they are called 'insurrectionists'. You don't have to be overthrowing a 'democracy' to be an insurrectionist.

 

[BrunoV]

Gotta wait for the US conservative influencers to decide whether it’s good or bad for Russia first

Always with the projection. I gave you a list of people I follow on geopolitics. Unsurprisingly you have no idea who they are.

And then there is the irony that 10 years ago you would have been making the same comment about liberal / progressive / left influencers or otherwise agreeing with me because that's the political team you follow.

The principles never changed. That's why there are still great lefty geopolitical commentators. The positions of the principle-less have changed.

 

[dank420_]

Persian Love Cake

Legend has it that a Persian lady madly in love with a Prince made this cake with magical powers. I can't promise magical power but I CAN promise you will love this! {Gluten free cake}

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[faible]

You don't

like you

So you

people like you

Seems to be heavy on personal commentary

 

[boncer34]

Nobody is coming out of this discussion looking good let alone rational.

 

[Beerfish]

Seems to be heavy on personal commentary

Sometimes I think people are just trying to get banned so they can claim censorship/victim status.

 

[ant555]

Obviously. You don't have and have never displayed any intention to engage in a substantive debate. I'm just making snide remarks like you do, the key difference is that I know what I'm talking about.


So you can add the former Al Qaeda lead group which is now in control in Syria to the list of merry rebel bands who take power when western interests destabilise countries in the Middle East. It's a good list, full of humanitarians, including the Mujahideen / Taliban in Afghanistan, the Muslim Brotherhood, the current roots for the Iranian regime and the collective of lunatics who became ISIS and ISIL.

They're always called 'rebels' at the start. It's so that people like you are triggered by images of 'the Rebels' in Star Wars. But look when happens when, what we are told would classify as a merry band of rebels gathers together in the US capital, they are called 'insurrectionists'. You don't have to be overthrowing a 'democracy' to be an insurrectionist.

What debate. You just tell everyone they are wrong and who they should be reading. Why would they bother.

 

[Darealrath]

2024 and it's not safe for Jews in many Western cities. Do the useful idiots and their antisemitic allies on the far left and right not realise they are just making the case why Israel must exist?