Syria

[CarewsEyebrowDesigner]

There is no solution to hundreds of years of sectarian violence save sticking all their kids in secular schools and waiting for a generation to come up and sort it out from the inside.

[bickster]

The only ones having a go at the USA for not bombing are the "rebels"

 

Not just bombing, people are still looking to America to provide a diplomatic solution and complaining that they are not doing it fast enough.

Do you actually have any examples of this underground movement?

[LondonLax]

 

 

The only ones having a go at the USA for not bombing are the "rebels"

 

Not just bombing, people are still looking to America to provide a diplomatic solution and complaining that they are not doing it fast enough.

 

Do you actually have any examples of this underground movement?

 

I read the Guardian comment section for my sins. 

[maqroll]

FOX News idiots talking about how the bombing of Damascus could actually be Biblical prophecy signaling the "End Times"

 

[tonyh29]

Isaiah 17-1 FTW Shame Damascus has been reduced to ruins 2 or 3 times already since the bible was made up

Edited September 10, 2013 by tonyh29

[DanishVillan]

Help kickstart World War III

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-sdO6pwVHQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-sdO6pwVHQ

[peterms]

 

 

 

The only ones having a go at the USA for not bombing are the "rebels"

 

Not just bombing, people are still looking to America to provide a diplomatic solution and complaining that they are not doing it fast enough.

 

Do you actually have any examples of this underground movement?

 

I read the Guardian comment section for my sins. 

 

 

So do you mean these guys, or these guys?

[peterms]

I'm not sure who would disagree with this, outside the White House or the Knesset:

 

 

QUESTION: Mr President, everybody’s talking about Syria, chemical weapons and bringing Syria’s chemical arsenal under international control. We have just received a report from Washington saying you discussed this matter with President Obama at the G20 summit in St Petersburg. Is it true? Did you talk about this? And if so, whose idea was it, President Obama’s or yours? And how realistic do you think this proposal is?

 

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: It is a well-known fact that Syria has a chemical weapons arsenal, and Syrians have always regarded it as a counterbalance to Israel’s nuclear stockpile.

 

Russia’s position on the issue is well-known: we are against the proliferation of any weapons of mass destruction, including both chemical and nuclear weapons.

 

Given the current situation in Syria, this issue is particularly pressing, and we did discuss this matter on the margins of the G20 summit in St Petersburg.

 

In fact, the matter of bringing Syria’s chemical weapons under international control has long been a subject of discussion by experts and politicians.

 

And, like I said, the US president and myself also talked about this on the margins of the summit.

 

We agreed to step up these efforts and instruct the Secretary of State and the Russian Foreign Minister to work together and see if they can achieve some progress in this regard.

 

On September 9, we heard US Secretary of State John Kerry saying in a public statement in London that the US thinks this is extremely important for the resolution of the Syrian crisis. We, too, think this is a serious matter which requires thorough consideration.

 

With the foreign minister of Syria currently on a visit to Moscow, our Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov talked to him, and he then talked to his country’s leadership, and we hear that Syria responded positively to this proposal.

 

Not only do we think this is a viable option, but we really hope that our friends in Syria take this responsible decision and agree not only to bring their chemical weapons under international control but also to have them destroyed, and we hope Syria joins the international convention banning chemical weapons.

 

I think this will be a big step forward in resolving the Syrian crisis. Of course, all of this will only mean anything if the United States and other nations supporting it tell us that they're giving up their plan to use force against Syria.

 

You can’t really ask Syria, or any other country, to disarm unilaterally while military action against it is being contemplated.

 

We will work together with Syrians and our US partners, and, like I said, I hope this will be a big step forwards towards a peaceful resolution to the Syrian crisis.

 

[AVFCforever1991]

Help kickstart World War III

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That was brilliant.

[blandy]

Putin writes in the NYT

http://mmflint.me/14H9t4P

Well worth a read. Interesting step to take, too.

[Jon]

Putin writes in the NYT

http://mmflint.me/14H9t4P

Well worth a read. Interesting step to take, too.

Yep, good article that. Again, as with the mountie's piece from Putin above, it's hard to disgree with it. It's a position i'd want to adopt, rather than the 'gung-ho' approach the Yanks (the hawks) seem to prefer. The blast them all into submission or blast them into our way of thinking has been shown on so many occassions to be folly, yet is still pursued by the States.

 

Who'd a thought that it would be Putes and the Ruskys being the 'leavel headed' nation? It is an interesting step though, writing an article to the people of the USA. A smart move too, IMO. It's like starting a multi national dialogue between nations usually diametrically opposed. People are People, after all, so why should US and Russian people always get along so awfully?

[peterms]

Who'd a thought that it would be Putes and the Ruskys being the 'leavel headed' nation? It is an interesting step though, writing an article to the people of the USA. A smart move too, IMO. It's like starting a multi national dialogue between nations usually diametrically opposed. People are People, after all, so why should US and Russian people always get along so awfully?

Nonsense.  It is an act of aggression, attempting to undermine President Obama and the whole american way of life, by insinuating vile propaganda into their media, stretching out to manipulate their thoughts even at the breakfast table.  Such acts must be punished, or who knows where it will lead.  I suggest limited, precision, surgical nuclear strikes on every Russian settlement of more than 30 people.  Only firm action can bring this barbaric tyrant to the negotiating table.

[CarewsEyebrowDesigner]

I find it a bit rich that Putin is lecturing on 'the law is the law'.

 

Also

 

"We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal."

 

Unless you're gay, eh?

 

clearing in the woods.

[LondonLax]

I find it a bit rich that Putin is lecturing on 'the law is the law'.

Also

"We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal."

Unless you're gay, eh?

clearing in the woods.

Yeah, the guy's a prick but he knows how to work the whole situation to Russia's advantage a lot better than Obama does.

[Risso]

 

Putin writes in the NYT

http://mmflint.me/14H9t4P

Well worth a read. Interesting step to take, too.

Yep, good article that. Again, as with the mountie's piece from Putin above, it's hard to disgree with it. It's a position i'd want to adopt, rather than the 'gung-ho' approach the Yanks (the hawks) seem to prefer. The blast them all into submission or blast them into our way of thinking has been shown on so many occassions to be folly, yet is still pursued by the States.

 

Who'd a thought that it would be Putes and the Ruskys being the 'leavel headed' nation? It is an interesting step though, writing an article to the people of the USA. A smart move too, IMO. It's like starting a multi national dialogue between nations usually diametrically opposed. People are People, after all, so why should US and Russian people always get along so awfully?

 

 

Surely the Jonboy nickname for Vladimir should be 'Ra-Ra Ras"?  Open goal missed there I reckon.

[Awol]

 

I find it a bit rich that Putin is lecturing on 'the law is the law'.

Also

"We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal."

Unless you're gay, eh?

clearing in the woods.

Yeah, the guy's a prick but he knows how to work the whole situation to Russia's advantage a lot better than Obama does.

 

Agreed, Russia is transporting arms to Assad as fast as their ships can carry them but somehow Putin's a peace maker?  Behave!

 

As for rule of law, tell that to the civilians of Grozny who were pulverised with fuel-air explosives and, it is believed, chemical nerve agents... Oh the irony.

 

Vlad is thug and a gangster, I find it hard to believe anyone would be taken in by him.

Edited September 12, 2013 by Awol

[Jon]

 

 

Putin writes in the NYT

http://mmflint.me/14H9t4P

Well worth a read. Interesting step to take, too.

Yep, good article that. Again, as with the mountie's piece from Putin above, it's hard to disgree with it. It's a position i'd want to adopt, rather than the 'gung-ho' approach the Yanks (the hawks) seem to prefer. The blast them all into submission or blast them into our way of thinking has been shown on so many occassions to be folly, yet is still pursued by the States.

 

Who'd a thought that it would be Putes and the Ruskys being the 'leavel headed' nation? It is an interesting step though, writing an article to the people of the USA. A smart move too, IMO. It's like starting a multi national dialogue between nations usually diametrically opposed. People are People, after all, so why should US and Russian people always get along so awfully?

 

 

Surely the Jonboy nickname for Vladimir should be 'Ra-Ra Ras"?  Open goal missed there I reckon.

 

Bugger.

 

 

Vlad the Peace Maker?

 

Ra Ra Ras is better.

[Jon]

 

 

Vlad is thug and a gangster, I find it hard to believe anyone would be taken in by him.

 

Whilst this is true, I prefer his line of peace loving 'confidence trick' to the yanks' global red line one. I alos think he's played his cards quite bwell here, realising the people of the west are not really up for a conflict, and capitalising on that.

[Risso]

Agreed Jon, he's played Obama (and to a lesser extent Cameron) like a violin.

[Awol]

Agreed Jon, he's played Obama (and to a lesser extent Cameron) like a violin.

He has indeed, but then Obama and Cameron are both mugs so it's to be expected.