^ Proceeds to ignore everything I said to move the "goal post".
I really do hope trump ends the world
What point is there in giving a serious reply to anyone who says that?
After reading the actual report I can find no "anti-semitism".
It claims using the term "Zionist Entity" to refer to Israel is anti-semitic. It also claims it is "anti-semitic" to accuse Israel of religious or ethnically motivated discrimination....
Unsurprisingly these individuals are conflating anti-Zionism with anti-semitism
Do a CTRL+F "Jew". It's bad.
..."treason and deception are part of the Jew's attributes," as are "violation of treaties and breaching promises."68 Syrian students are taught one single play written by Shakespeare during their studies: The Merchant of Venice. According to their Arabic language textbook, "the play shamefully reveals the depths of a Jewish usurer, and the greed and avarice he pursues by every possible means.
Russia and Iran using Syria to spring board "International agression"
Jordan on the brink of collapse because of refugees
Turkey invading Afrin to stop refugees.
Turkey making a pragmatic short term alliance with Assad
She wants to constrain the Kurdish elements of the SDF while strengthening the Arab elements. She calls these reforms, I call them delusions.
Assad's brutality is what drives the global terror insurgency? Weird, I thought it was decades of American imperialism. Assad is reconciling militants and providing amnesty for those who lay down their arms, that alone is more than America ever did in their series of endless wars
Assad's tactics are starvation? Economic sanctions starve more Syrians than any siege, and western backed warlords withholding food from locals is what causes starvation.
Not even going to address chemical weapons, the recent OPCW report does that well enough.
Shes thinks AQ will lead the insurgency when Assad wins the war. Look at terror attacks in Iraq vs. Syria and tell me this is not pure fantasy.
Her solution is to arm more rebels but this time hope they will work together to unify the country. If you read between the lines, shes saying lets keep the conflict going by doing the same thing we've been doing since the start. Her goal is not to end the suffering of the Syrian people but to satisfy her pocket by writing what can only be described as SCW fan fiction for her donors.
The craziest part in all this by far has to be her suggestion to ignore international diplomacy. Holy shit.
So yes, funding does not always mean that the article is bad. In this case, it absolutely fucking does.
Russia and Iran using Syria to spring board "International agression"
Like it or not, or whether or not the aggression is justified, this is a factual statement.
Jordan on the brink of collapse because of refugees
You literally just removed the word "possibly" from this sentence because it furthers your argument.
Turkey invading Afrin to stop refugees.
Yeah ok I get you there.
Turkey making a pragmatic short term alliance with Assad
Again, what kind of problem do you have with this? It's just a factual sentence. Erdogan openly has talked about removing Assad but right now they have an agreement.
Assad's brutality is what drives the global terror insurgency?
You didn't even read this sentence. Where did you get the word global from? Again, you're editing her words to make it seem like you have a better argument than you actually do. In context, she very clearly is talking about only Syrian insurgents.
Assad's tactics are starvation? Economic sanctions starve more Syrians than any siege, and western backed warlords withholding food from locals is what causes starvation.
Both can be true.
Shes thinks AQ will lead the insurgency when Assad wins the war.
There likely will be underground AQ insurgents once Assad officially takes back the land they currently occupy. It's pretty obvious that HTS is the best fighting force among the various rebel groups. And also likely the group least likely to make a deal with the regime.
shes saying lets keep the conflict going by doing the same thing we've been doing since the start.
She openly admits to this. This is from the last paragraph: "The steps outlined here would neither solve the Syrian war nor force Assad to negotiate."
whether or not the aggression is justified, this is a factual statement.
Nobody in Russia and probably Iran too views their actions in Syria as aggression. It's the opposite, it's defense.
You literally just removed the word "possibly" from this sentence because it furthers your argument.
"Possibly" means "I couldn't be bothered to research it in detail".
Again, what kind of problem do you have with this? It's just a factual sentence.
"Alliance" is something far more than "fine, you may not go". Using the word is dishonest.
Nobody in Russia and probably Iran too views their actions in Syria as aggression. It's the opposite, it's defense.
There are at least 2 nations between Russia and Syria. They only thing they're defending is their own interests. Most Americans viewed toppling Saddam was a defensive move but that doesn't make them right.
"Possibly" means "I couldn't be bothered to research it in detail".
No it does not. You made that up and you're projecting it onto this author to further your pre-held beliefs.
"Alliance" is something far more than "fine, you may not go". Using the word is dishonest.
This is the full quote from the article: "Despite its support for rebel proxies, Turkey is pragmatically aligned in the short term with Assad and his backers to fight the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)"
I think it's pretty obvious the difference between outright "alliance" and "pragmatically aligned in the short term".
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Without the "coalition" countrys sending of cash and weapons in support of the Islamists uprising, there would have been no ISIS at all.
Declassified Pentagon reports from summer 2012 describe how western countries see the possibility of establishing a "declared radical Salafist entity" in Eastern Syria in order to fight the Syrian State.
They knew what the billions of dollars, the thousands of tons of weapons, the hollywood production isis videos would be for.
When the western coalition started to "officially" fight against ISIS they were just doing cosmetic attacks, a year of efforts were going in nowhere, isis was just increasing and expanding under western coalition "efforts".
It was only when Russia came and took on ISIS that they started to lose ground. But nobody in this War had more martyrs, more sacrifizes, more fighting against isis then the Soldiers of the Syrian Army.
The whole isis was supported to defeat the Syrian Army, that was there sole reason they got funded and armed by Turkey, the Gulf States, the West, this is not only the opinion of Syrians, this is according to officially declassified CIA reports. The western coaltion even gave ISIS aerial support in there offensives in Der Ez Zor.
54,000 houses in Mosul and surrounding areas lie in ruin, 383,934 people, or 63,989 families,are displaced inside and around Mosul, 80% of youth are unemployed, $874 million is needed to repair the basic infrastructure of the city, 62 schools are completely destroyed and 207 damaged
twitter.com/MosulE...I will agree with people who say that iraqi gov turned their back on them and that's why isis was able to roll through but they supported isis actions and some even kept yezidi as slaves referencing twisted isis ideologies. War is bad but for these people it is what it is.
In what world are modern statist, pro regulation leftists “liberal”?
Liberalism has always been about personal liberty and equality. If you want women to have equal rights as men, you have to have regulations.
Abraham Lincoln regulated the slave market, but since it's a move that furthered personal liberty, I'd say it's one of the most "liberal" regulations in American history.
Liberty is liberty, as in freedom for everyone particularly from government oppression. By definition, regulations decrease freedom. Once upon a time there were laws codifying oppression against women e.g. not having the right to vote. But taxing people significantly, forcing employers to abide by your rules, that isn't freedom, that is government intervention and statism, expressly anti-liberal.
Liberalism doesn't mean equality of outcome. It's just a hands off approach societally and economically, which is why Libertarians resemble classic liberals way more than modern statist "liberals", it's an antiquated term.
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if they were happy, they would not have tried to enact the Yinon plan in Syria with the help of the US/NATO
There's a huge difference in the situation that happened in the 30 years between that plan and when the war began. I mean, the population of Israel more than doubled in that time.
so its just a coincidence that everything northeast of the euphrates is in the hands of another group trying to make their own state? the plan called for everything up to the west bank of the euphrates in Syria to be taken by Israel. and everything west to be taken away from the Syrian govt. it would of came together if Russia didn't make a stand. they Syrian state would of ceased to exist then NATO/US/Israel would of came in and planted their flag under the guise bringing stability and destroying terrorist groups in the region.
so its just a coincidence that everything northeast of the euphrates is in the hands of another group
Yup. The river is the only natural barrier in the area. You do know the USA made the deal with the Syrian gov't to split the land that way, right? If the plan were still to give that land to Israel, why the hell would they agree with the SAA and Russia taking that side of the river?
make their own state
They're literally having meetings with the regime to reconcile and become a part of Syria again. No idea where you got this from.
west bank of the euphrates in Syria to be taken by Israel.
This would have required Israel to invade Syria. Outside of bombing some Iranian/Hezbollah targets, they haven't even come close to invading.
it would of came together if Russia didn't make a stand
Not true at all. Russia's biggest move in this war was the massive push to get Aleppo back (not trying to downplay how huge that was). If any one country is to get credit for preventing Assad from losing power, it's Iran.
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After Idlib they can go all the way to Afrin and Azaz and finish FSA once it for all.
The T in TFSA makes a huge difference.
The map is misleading cause when you say white most people don’t envision Hispanics
But legally speaking, that is the case.
Why does race matter so much in US politics? Or at least the Media and certain politicians want it to be a very important subject.
How do you keep the poor brown man and the poor white man from teaming up on the rich man?
Look there's a lot of propaganda on all sides, but there are literal US and Israeli funded terrorist groups in Iran like MEK and Jundallah.
but there are literal US and Israeli funded terrorist groups in Iran like MEK and Jundallah.
And what would you call Hamas? It's two sides of the same coin on that one.
Hamas isnt in Israel its in Gaza
Do you really believe that because they're headquartered in Gaza means they're not operating in Israel?
pepper spray is considered a chemical weapon and ive ate when i was in the military and ppl eat peppers
So you think pepper spray is a chemical weapon, but somehow chlorine gas isn't? This is hilarious.
OPCW says pepper spray is a chemical weapon and thats is its main use for police and military to subdue people. Chlorine gas wasnt made for the purpose of killing or subduing ppl
lmao
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Syrian lives and peace matter more than American credibility.
Actually, just about everything matters more than American credibility. What level of American-centrism is this.
Syrian lives and peace matter more than American credibility.
I wholeheartedly agree, but why does that mean you can't write an article about this topic?
Honestly there's a good chance he never left Mosul. The only place he'd be at risk of a drone strike is in ISIS held territory, so I think it's highly unlikely he's in any of those pockets. I'm sure there's still plenty of safe places he can hide in west Iraq.
I dont think so. It will be a surprise how fast will be. Mark my words.
It shouldn't be that surprising. Outside of rebels quickly consolidating under one leader, with how flat and rural Idlib is, they don't stand a chance. Idlib's fate is pretty much in Turkey's hands.
Maariv's Alon Ben David:"Senior Israeli officials who met Putin described with street language what Israel would do to the Iranians if they entrenched themselves in Syria. The Russian president grinned from ear to ear: Putin has no problem with Israel kicking Iran out of Syria
twitter.com/OferZa...Ignoring the fact that this tweet reads like a meme, objectively speaking Iran being pushed out of Syria is a huge positive to Russia.
Why split influence over Assad in post-war Syria with Iran when you can have that influence all to yourself?
Even though any sort of large-scale Western involvement is already highly unlikely, without Iran, the chances are even lower.
Israel has been able to delay military operations against rebels by striking Iranian targets in Syria that were factored into their military planning.
It'll be interesting to see how this affects northwest Syria. I have a hunch that Iran is far more against the Turkish presence than Russia is.
Nothing says self-defense like bombing forces of a government whose country is 3600 km away from your home country.
If you bothered to read the article you'd know that isn't even close to what they're talking about when they say "self-defense".
I'm guessing the original post was referring to statements like this.. Or this one.
The president of the United States claimed Russian intervention was a "recipe for disaster" and that Russia would inevitably get "bogged down" in a bloodbath for Russian forces. He clearly thought it would be Russia's Vietnam (or Afghan War). This was not a controversial claim in the West.
So, Obama saying "Russia will get bogged down in Syria" after Russia had already intervened means that Putin "did the unthinkable"?
And just because he said "with Afghanistan in the mind" doesn't mean he's equating the two. He's just making political statements.
You've made it clear you don't agree with it, though based on his grammar and flair I would guess English is not his first language. Not really sure what you're hoping to accomplish here beyond registering your dislike of his word choice.
Don't try to make me out to be some sort of bigot. This sub has a tendency to blatantly glorify Putin. That's all this is about.
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The response of the SAA and its allies will not be limited to airstrikes, in the case of large attack on al-fu'ah and kafriya. The source stressed that all military options are on the table, including breaking the siege of the two towns and securing their perimeter.
twitter.com/Within...Breaking the siege looks impossible to me at the moment.
Yeah, it's a good ~25km between Fuah and Aleppo. It's a lot of small towns and farms, but if there's a quick full-blown response they would have to bomb the crap out of Idlib to move that fast.
I doubt idlib rebels can unite on anything. They're too busy being at each others throat. For devout religious bunch they sure act like heathans.
That's still a lot of ground to cover and even if you shot at the pocket like a needle leaving your flanks completely exposed we're still talking clearing 6 to 8 towns.
To be fair, Idlib province does not look good for natural defense in the slightest. And you're right, all we see about Idlib is assassinations and infighting, no one really knows what will happen if/when this battle takes place if they will remain fractured or they will finally turn on a common enemy instead.
I hope the citizens can get out safe. Can't imagine their lives the past few years.
http://www.pewforum.org/2013/10/01/jewish-american-beliefs-attitudes-culture-survey/
This is in the U.S., but if I had more time I could maybe find one for Israel? Regardless, you can look into it some as well and if you can't find anything I'd bet I could.
My bad, I think I see what you're trying to say. I read it as you saying most Jews view it as an ethnicity and not a religion. But, do you mean like they self-identify as ethnically Jewish but nonreligious? If so, that makes sense. I think nonreligious is the fastest growing religion in America, so that would just follow the trend. But I have a hard time believing that any ethnic Jew would claim "Jewish" isn't a religion, hence why I asked. My bad.
Is not Syrian policy to deny entry to non-Arabs on the basis of ethnicity. And what % is Israeli ethnically Jewish, not looking at religion? Most Jews view being Jewish as an ethnic thing as opposed to a religious thing according to polls.
ethnic thing as opposed to a religious thing according to polls.
Care to find one of these polls?
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I imagine had Russia not gotten involved, Iran invests a lot more into Syria. Would definitely be a very different war though.
What about the other 9 seconds?
Be real you're gonna touch your balls no matter what for those 9 minutes anyways
Basketball fan who lives in LA attends basketball game in LA. More at 11.
The dude is on a fucking LAKE.
How much more obvious does it have to be for you people.
So he's going to the original location of the Lakers where there are actually lakes? Pls be what u meant.
We have Adam and Eve to thank because Kawhi wouldn't exist without them
ATHEISTS HATE HIM
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Probably because children are dying. Are you seriously more upset about the reporting of children dying than you are children dying?
You’re right and I’ll admit that was bad taste and insensitive on my part but you have to admit the media usually has a slant and double standard when it comes to these things.
You still sound more upset about journalism than you do children dying.
The Syrian government, which is backed militarily by Russia, has repeatedly denied ever using chemical weapons.
So why would they not support the power to assign blame on the rebels...?
At this rate they need to have an emergency mini season this summer for everything going on.
Definitely should be a free agency season. And a season for the draft.
You know what? There should only be one season and it just happens once a week forever.
US taxpayers money at work. Salaries, weapons, ammunition so that those guys can have some fun.
guys can have some fun.
Haha, there is way more at play here. The future of al-Tanf could have major geopolitical ramifications.
Russian Supreme Court finds no grounds for asylum from Syria, describing the situation as a ‘counter-terrorist operation rather than a classical war with a clear frontline’, thus Syrian civilians cannot be subjected to ‘targeted persecution and inhumane treatment’
kommersant.ru/doc/36...You use too many buzzwords.There is no need for this.Yes this is not classical war - it is proxy war.Shouldnt be even called Syrian civil war imo.There are too many foreign actors engaged
not classical war - it is proxy war.
Historically, this makes no sense when you consider how many wars have been proxy wars. But, how would that change the reality on the ground for Syrian civilians? You think they seriously sit there watch their homes get blown up and think "well hey at least it's not a classical war"?
That's odd, how is Afrin doing now? The kurds should of taken Assad's magnanimous deal.
War starts
SAA abandons Afrin
YPG takes over Afrin following lack of government
YPG fights off ISIS and rebels for 6 continuous years
SAA demands a full surrender from YPG as a "thank you for preventing rebels/ISIS taking Afrin"
magnanimous
???
Yes, surrender. Surrender so students can go to school and women can choose whether or not to cover their head. What’s wrong with blaming them for not averting the current situation when they could?
That's like saying a child could've avoided becoming a rape victim by being forced into a child marriage with a different man.
If you want students to go to school and women to have a choice to dress, shouldn't you blame the organization that's preventing children from going to school and preventing women from wearing whatever they want? YPG lost lives protecting those freedoms.
YPG had 3 options:
Surrender to Turkey. Ain't gonna happen for obvious reasons.
Surrender to the regime. The same regime that completely abandoned Afrin the moment this war turned to crap. And now, you have to lay down your arms, put on the camouflage of the very army that abandoned you, and go fight in Daraa.
Fight. Hope that the TFSA is still the disorganized mess that they were when they were trying to take Al-Bab, and prevent them from entering the city using the mountains as a defense mechanism.
Not even pro regime forces mark large land masses with Putin's face or the Russian flag.
Silly Turkish proxies.
They put them in cities: https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/03/000_MM1UT1-e1490040321737.jpg
All of this cult of personality stuff is pure trash.
Wow kings FO are stupid as fuck confirmed
To pick the guy who is 6'11 and shoots 40% from 3?
Probably not Sanaa, but US can take hodeidah without too much trouble.
Definitely Sanaa. The Houthis make up for their poor weaponry and lack of training with their ability to fight in the mountains. In an urban environment, there wouldn't be much of a fight. It'd be Afghanistan, where the US exerts control over Kabul, but the taliban is able to take advantage of the rural mountainous areas for small scale attacks that come at little cost to the Taliban.
There are mountains in between the coalition territory and Sanaa. Besides US army is not in position to move into Yemen that quickly, though the air force and navy will be able to support the coalition forces.
Maybe a week was a bit of a stretch, but it would not take long at all. Kabul took one month after invasion and there are a lot of factors that suggest Sana'a would be even faster.
The US has military bases already surrounding Yemen, unlike Afghanistan at the time.
Yemen is not landlocked, allowing the US to use their Navy, which is unmatched in the world.
They already have a foothold in the country through their military allies, unlike in Afghanistan where they made peace with the Northern Alliance before entering the nation.
The mountains in Afghanistan are generally taller than in Yemen. But to be fair, that alone does not determine navigability and Sana'a is higher than Kabul.
The US military after Afghanistan has a lot of military experience fighting a very similar war in a very similar environment.
Believe it or not, Bush at the time was not exactly a military guy. Shocking that 2 years later he came out with that "God told me to invade Iraq" bullshit that sounds like it came out of al-Baghdadi's mouth. For real, this is a quote from him: "If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, then we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road. And I'm going to prevent that."
Something tells me Donald "You have to go after their families" Trump would not be so careful.
Kabul has more people, albeit not by as much as I thought.
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I used to like marcus smart. This made me love marcus smart.
That's a smart decision.
You got quoted in an article for this lmao
"If I was Adam Silver I would be wanting a sit down with Nick Young yesterday," one commenter wrote on the NBA subreddit. "This looks bad."
If only editing his comment would change it in the article like that one gif from r/nfl
I see people debating whether it should be legalized or not, but my least favorite part is his comment where he suggests everyone should do it.
Many kids look up to NBA players as role models, and statements like that will leave kids thinking there aren't any reprecussions to taking it. Just look at how man we're willing to accept the world is flat.
I've heard people say "everyone should try shrooms/LSD" cause there's supposedly some change in your view of the world after you try it. But i mean wtf everyone doing cocaine would be a terrible world. Economy would boom like a mother fucker for about 2 months and then there would be a civil war and everything would go to shit.
When you can't decide between a pizza, calzone or lasagna so you make all 3 at once.
Hopefully the vast majority 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey will finally go back to their country after their homes in Kobani, Haseke, Qamishli and Manbij are liberated from YPG.
The combined prewar population of the 4 cities you listed is like 500,000.
It's like you haven't been paying any attention to any posts in this subreddit,but are rather here to push an agenda...
Are you trying to say the majority of posters in this sub aren't trying to push an agenda?
The Los Angeles Climate Change
Definitely does not sound that badass.
I think "LA failed actors" has a nice ring to it
Edit: Lmao nvm I'm an idiot.
And Watt is white while Ingram is actually black
Whoa.
wtf is that beard?? I think he's past his peak now...
Whoa. This beard just shows he still hasn't even begun to peak. Everyone in Philly will feel it when he peaks.
Please let this die.
/u/saltywings is beside himself. Driving around downtown /r/nba begging (in comments) other users for meme-free threads.
Probably one of those FLIP cameras
I just looked it up. They got acquired for $590 million in 2009 and the company that bought them shut down Flip in 2011. Kinda like how Cuban made his money lmao.
Is Crimea counted under Russia or Ukraine?
If you look closely it's blatantly been edited lmao
[Deveney] Couple things from poking around on @Timberwolves 1. Jimmy Butler (up for extension) is not a fan of playing w Wiggins. 2. Tyus Jones met w Thibs last month, considered requesting a trade. But TJ was assured he'd get more opportunity w Crawford gone.
mobile.twitter.com/SeanDe...You’re absolutely correct but don’t tell r/Timberwolves that. Thibs decides to dump the second best defender on the team for Jeff Teague and pays him $5 million more a year and the guy can’t defend a stick.
Except for one ridiculous steal a game.
you said it yourself. Douma lost the farms and the pockets were densely populated. The insurgents didn't want to watch their families die of hunger under total siege.
Thermobaric weapons do wonders in tunnels. But they weren't needed as hunger did most of the work.
You seriously believe they didn't prepare/store any food for the inevitable beguilement of Douma? They built an insanely complex tunnel system, but didn't have any time to harvest some extra grain?
Some extra grain doesn’t feed thousands over months. The cause is lost. They aren’t getting any more help from outside. What’s the point of prolonging the inevitable? Suffer hunger and disease over months. I don’t think you know what it means. The civilians in the area were already suffering malnutrition. If they let the civilians go then they open themsdelves to an interminable barrage of bombs. If they hold on to them then they have death and disease all around them with the risk of an uprising. This is not a game. This is real life.
Some extra grain doesn’t feed thousands over months.
That's entirely dependent on how many thousands and how much grain. Unless you know all the specifics, which you don't, it's entirely possible to store that much food away.
I don’t think you know what it means.
Save the condescending attitude pal.
If they hold on to them then they have death and disease all around them with the risk of an uprising. This is not a game. This is real life.
So you're saying that in order to avoid disease they choose to drop sarin gas on themselves?
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Weather forecasts are wrong all the time
Lol my god man you really have to go this far to defend Assad where even a joke is too much?
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