Red Mosquito

cutuphalfdead wrote:

The Establishment always gets its man.

That seems to be how foreign policy plays out. Presidents become their opponents.
McCain said we would be in Iraq for 100 years, or else bad things would happen, and Obama laughed at him. Pres Obama never left Iraq. Bad things happened when he drew down there. We will be in Iraq for 100 years.
Romney said Russia was our number one geopolitical foe, and Obama laughed at him. Putin invaded Ukraine and meddled in the 2016 election. Pres Obama dropped some sanctions on Russia and Russia is a foe.
Clinton called for a no-fly zone and a more robust response in Syria. Trump apparently didn't agree with that. Pres Trump is bombing Assad and I bet a no-fly zone will be announced very soon.

I think Scott Adams actually thinks the gas attack was a hoax

McParadigm wrote:I think Scott Adams actually thinks the gas attack was a hoax

Define hoax.

Gas attack is a rather convenient event in timing.
'Russia probe? Hey look over there! Syrians are being attacked with gas! Look over there!
What Russia probe?'

It was probably Russia dropped the gas

The usual suspects:

ISIS: great way to shake things up. Turn the two sides who are currently exterminating you against each other. 3:1
Russia: I dunno why. Oh yeah, Ruskies are naturally evil. 10:1
Trump: Ratings boost for The Apprentice: Syria I guess? Approval ratingz. 10:1
Israel: Why not? 20:1
Neolibs/Neocons: Screaming for war forever. History of doing this kinda shit. Still looking for WMDs in Iraq. 5:1
Assad: Already winning, finally secure after barely surviving for years. Randomly decides to commit a war crime for some reason. 100:1

BurtReynolds wrote:

McParadigm wrote:I think Scott Adams actually thinks the gas attack was a hoax

Define hoax.

Pretty sure this actually happened.

BurtReynolds wrote:The usual suspects:

ISIS: great way to shake things up. Turn the two sides who are currently exterminating you against each other. 3:1
Russia: I dunno why. Oh yeah, Ruskies are naturally evil. 10:1
Trump: Ratings boost for The Apprentice: Syria I guess? Approval ratingz. 10:1
Israel: Why not? 20:1
Neolibs/Neocons: Screaming for war forever. History of doing this kinda shit. Still looking for WMDs in Iraq. 5:1
Assad: Already winning, finally secure after barely surviving for years. Randomly decides to commit a war crime for some reason. 100:1

Seychelles office of business development?

Spoiler: show

Saudi Arabia via ISIL proxies 3:1

Green Habit wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Seriously, though. If this actually stops w/o tailspinning into WW3, it's going to be a hard action to criticize.

BurtReynolds wrote:The usual suspects:

ISIS: great way to shake things up. Turn the two sides who are currently exterminating you against each other. 3:1
Russia: I dunno why. Oh yeah, Ruskies are naturally evil. 10:1
Trump: Ratings boost for The Apprentice: Syria I guess? Approval ratingz. 10:1
Israel: Why not? 20:1
Neolibs/Neocons: Screaming for war forever. History of doing this kinda shit. Still looking for WMDs in Iraq. 5:1
Assad: Already winning, finally secure after barely surviving for years. Randomly decides to commit a war crime for some reason. 100:1

dimejinky99 wrote:Man I'd say ed I'd piiiiissed.

Letterman though?

McParadigm wrote:

And it begins...

wease wrote:

McParadigm wrote:

And it begins...

Good thing Trump is Putins bitch or this might get out of control.

Bi_3 wrote:

wease wrote:

McParadigm wrote:

And it begins...

Good thing Trump is Putins bitch or this might get out of control.

Yep. You got it all figured out. I'm sure it wasn't a orchestrated attack or anything like that. That's why the airstrip is already in use again and why Syrian and Russian forces were warned of the attack.

B wrote:

Green Habit wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Seriously, though. If this actually stops w/o tailspinning into WW3, it's going to be a hard action to criticize.

It easy to criticize. Investigations into the use of banned weapons take years, even with unrelenting mudslides of evidence. This screams "how do I look stronger than Obama to distract from my abject failure of leadership so far while not actually doing anything of real consequence?"