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War with Syria?

1-This an attempt by war Hawks to trigger a war, to demonstrate American military might.
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12%
2-This is an attempt by the military industrial complex to make money with another war.
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19%
3-This is an attempt to engage in a proxy war with Russia.
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16%
4-This is an attempt to trigger a war with Russia.
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7%
5-Assad is merely evil, and it is our moral duty to take him out.
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21%
6-Assad is evil, but we should stay out of the conflict.
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Total votes : 480

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Postby The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:35 am

Roberto Luongo wrote:
Huntpublic wrote:Didn't Trump just launch a missile and air strikes on chemical weapon warehouses last night?

I honestly hope that this does not escalate to a major war with Russia and Syria


So, when's he getting impeached?

Hopefully the warmongering chickenshit president who lost the pop vote fair and square will gtfo out of the White House soon.

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Postby The Transhuman Union » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:35 am

Aulus Maximus wrote:
Huntpublic wrote:Didn't Trump just launch a missile and air strikes on chemical weapon warehouses last night?

I honestly hope that this does not escalate to a major war with Russia and Syria

Yes. However according to the Russians the facilities were empty and not in use since 2013 or so. Which could be possible - no casualties have been confirmed.


So why the hell did they strike them? To scare Assad?
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Postby Huntpublic » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:35 am

Thermodolia wrote:
Huntpublic wrote:Didn't Trump just launch a missile and air strikes on chemical weapon warehouses last night?

I honestly hope that this does not escalate to a major war with Russia and Syria

Yes Trump, and May, and Macron did.

No it won’t escalate to a major war



Alright, I'll pray for that, whatever happens, I just want our troops out of that area and I don't want any more American deaths in that area. It's really messed up over there.
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Postby Roberto Luongo » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:35 am

Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft wrote:
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Yeah, they mine a portion of it. Maybe not uranium, but other natural resources.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_North_Korea

Well, it's far easier for China to get uranium from its own deposits and Russia for its nukes and power stations (China has nuclear power stations FYI). Everyone's probably sanctioned the hell out of any uranium shipments between China and North Korea.


Well, they do have secret deals that are ongoing even to this day. China absolutely does not want North Korea to be tied up in sanctions and collapse. They want that buffer zone between America and them.

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Postby Thermodolia » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:36 am

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:
Roberto Luongo wrote:
So, when's he getting impeached?

Hopefully the warmongering chickenshit president who lost the pop vote fair and square will gtfo out of the White House soon.

The popular vote means jackshit and you know it. And besides Americans are probably the farthest thing you can get from Pacifists
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Postby Aulus Maximus » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:37 am

The Transhuman Union wrote:
Aulus Maximus wrote:Yes. However according to the Russians the facilities were empty and not in use since 2013 or so. Which could be possible - no casualties have been confirmed.


So why the hell did they strike them? To scare Assad?

Either to make completely sure they wont use those anymore or bad intelligence/fear they were actually still in use.

As far as I know some airfields were attacked - all missiles were intercepted by (relatively) old Soviet Air Defence Systems manned by Syrian personnel.

Might've been a check to see what the Syrians are capable of pulling off.
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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:37 am

Aulus Maximus wrote:
Huntpublic wrote:Didn't Trump just launch a missile and air strikes on chemical weapon warehouses last night?

I honestly hope that this does not escalate to a major war with Russia and Syria

Yes. However according to the Russians the facilities were empty and not in use since 2013 or so. Which could be possible - no casualties have been confirmed.


Everyone's been successfully distracted from Trump's lawyer and other active scandals. So even though no real damage has been done to Assad's ability to use chemical weapons, m i s s i o n a c c o m p l i s h e d
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Postby Thermodolia » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:38 am

The Transhuman Union wrote:
Aulus Maximus wrote:Yes. However according to the Russians the facilities were empty and not in use since 2013 or so. Which could be possible - no casualties have been confirmed.


So why the hell did they strike them? To scare Assad?

Remember this is according to the Russians. They are probably just saying that to make it look like the US and Co failed
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Postby Nettunia » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:38 am

I know this is a bit random, but has anyone else ever thought Assad's head looks like that of an inflatable doll? Makes it very hard to take him seriously.
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Postby Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:39 am

Thermodolia wrote:
The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:Hopefully the warmongering chickenshit president who lost the pop vote fair and square will gtfo out of the White House soon.

The popular vote means jackshit and you know it. And besides Americans are probably the farthest thing you can get from Pacifists

Well, the electoral college does not give votes to states proportionally to their population. If it was proportional, Idaho would have 1 vote instead of 4 and California would have 12 more votes.

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Postby Roberto Luongo » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:39 am

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:
Roberto Luongo wrote:
So, when's he getting impeached?

Hopefully the warmongering chickenshit president who lost the pop vote fair and square will gtfo out of the White House soon.


I'll pray for that to happen.

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Postby Dumb Ideologies » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:40 am

Nettunia wrote:I know this is a bit random, but has anyone else ever thought Assad's head looks like that of an inflatable doll? Makes it very hard to take him seriously.


maybe that's why he keeps leaking gas everywhere
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Postby Geneviev » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:40 am

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Aulus Maximus wrote:Yes. However according to the Russians the facilities were empty and not in use since 2013 or so. Which could be possible - no casualties have been confirmed.


Everyone's been successfully distracted from Trump's lawyer and other active scandals. So even though no real damage has been done to Assad's ability to use chemical weapons, m i s s i o n a c c o m p l i s h e d

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Postby Pilarcraft » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:40 am

Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:The popular vote means jackshit and you know it. And besides Americans are probably the farthest thing you can get from Pacifists

Well, the electoral college does not give votes to states proportionally to their population. If it was proportional, Idaho would have 1 vote instead of 4 and California would have 12 more votes.
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Postby The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:40 am

Thermodolia wrote:
The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:Hopefully the warmongering chickenshit president who lost the pop vote fair and square will gtfo out of the White House soon.

The popular vote means jackshit and you know it. And besides Americans are probably the farthest thing you can get from Pacifists

And?

He still lost it and if it meant jackshit then why does Trump make a big stink about the supposed four million "Illegal" voters?

He is leading his country to war despite chickening out of Vietnam.

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Postby Thermodolia » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:40 am

Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:The popular vote means jackshit and you know it. And besides Americans are probably the farthest thing you can get from Pacifists

Well, the electoral college does not give votes to states proportionally to their population. If it was proportional, Idaho would have 1 vote instead of 4 and California would have 12 more votes.

And that detracts from my post how? It means absolutely nothing
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Postby Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:40 am

Nettunia wrote:I know this is a bit random, but has anyone else ever thought Assad's head looks like that of an inflatable doll? Makes it very hard to take him seriously.

I heard somewhere a few months ago that someone in Turkey got jailed for pointing out Erdogan kind of looks like Gollum.

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Postby Aulus Maximus » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:41 am

Thermodolia wrote:
The Transhuman Union wrote:
So why the hell did they strike them? To scare Assad?

Remember this is according to the Russians. They are probably just saying that to make it look like the US and Co failed

No casualties have been confirmed by all sides.
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Postby Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:41 am

Thermodolia wrote:
Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft wrote:Well, the electoral college does not give votes to states proportionally to their population. If it was proportional, Idaho would have 1 vote instead of 4 and California would have 12 more votes.

And that detracts from my post how? It means absolutely nothing

The electoral college is biased towards lower-population states, aka Republican states.

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Postby Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:41 am

Aulus Maximus wrote:
Thermodolia wrote: Remember this is according to the Russians. They are probably just saying that to make it look like the US and Co failed

No casualties have been confirmed by all sides.

3 civilians were wounded

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Postby The Transhuman Union » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:41 am

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:The popular vote means jackshit and you know it. And besides Americans are probably the farthest thing you can get from Pacifists

And?

He still lost it and if it meant jackshit then why does Trump make a big stink about the supposed four million "Illegal" voters?

He is leading his country to war despite chickening out of Vietnam.


He actually criticized the Electoral College in his old tweet.
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Postby Roberto Luongo » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:42 am

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:The popular vote means jackshit and you know it. And besides Americans are probably the farthest thing you can get from Pacifists

And?

He still lost it and if it meant jackshit then why does Trump make a big stink about the supposed four million "Illegal" voters?

He is leading his country to war despite chickening out of Vietnam.


War is not business, Trump.

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Postby Thermodolia » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:43 am

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:
Thermodolia wrote:The popular vote means jackshit and you know it. And besides Americans are probably the farthest thing you can get from Pacifists

And?

He still lost it and if it meant jackshit then why does Trump make a big stink about the supposed four million "Illegal" voters?

He is leading his country to war despite chickening out of Vietnam.

Because he’s Trump? He picks stupid things to be pissed about? Don’t know why thats news to some people.

We aren’t in a war. And serving in the military isn’t a requirement to go to war
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Postby United Muscovite Nations » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:44 am

Thermodolia wrote:
The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:And?

He still lost it and if it meant jackshit then why does Trump make a big stink about the supposed four million "Illegal" voters?

He is leading his country to war despite chickening out of Vietnam.

Because he’s Trump? He picks stupid things to be pissed about? Don’t know why thats news to some people.

We aren’t in a war. And serving in the military isn’t a requirement to go to war

If we aren't in a war, then why are American troops in various countries fighting various armed groups?
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Postby Aulus Maximus » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:44 am

Constitutional Technocracy of Minecraft wrote:
Aulus Maximus wrote:No casualties have been confirmed by all sides.

3 civilians were wounded

Cheers for the headsup, I'm amazed by the low amount of casualties still.
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