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- platypusREX, on 10/26/2008, -29/+378This is some ***** up *****.
- writie, on 10/26/2008, -5/+173Cut and pasted from another site: "Out of our depth in Afghanistan, out of our depth in Iraq. Powerless against Russia. Practically bankrupt at home. Sure, let’s bring Syria into the equation just when they have started considering peace talks with Israel. That sounds like a good republican thought process."
It's true that Turkey is currently brokering tentative talks between Syria and Israel. Who in the name of Smurf authorized an attack inside Syria? - 10photons, on 10/26/2008, -36/+203This is just #$%^ Bush trying to stir up as much trouble as possible before Barack takes over in January.
GOP = the party of lies and war - sheeplescareme, on 10/26/2008, -9/+172another article:
"The Pentagon is refusing to comment on reports that US troops have killed eight people in an attack on a Syrian village not far from the border with Iraq.
Syrian media is reporting that four American helicopters flew across the border and landed US soldiers, who attacked a civilian building under construction, firing at the workmen inside. Syria says eight people, all civilians, were killed."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/27/2401 ... - inactive, on 10/26/2008, -14/+152NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/NSPD 51
HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/HSPD-20
- emailowndme, on 10/27/2008, -16/+139***** this warmongering, and this pathetic attempt to bolster McCain's campaign.'
When Obama get's elected lets hope the Syrians understand our appology,
"Sorry about your broken ***** Syria, we had an idiot driving the nation..." - charlottehughes, on 10/26/2008, -3/+87Pretend they got Bin Laden?
- inactive, on 10/26/2008, -18/+98Well, I don't know what this means. Is this supposed to be the pretext for:
A - declaration of martial law
B - suspending the election
C - putting us in the FEMA camps
D - culling the population
E - re-organizing the borders of the states
F - letting aliens in without restriction
G - starting the use of the Amero currency
F - joining the New World Order with European Union domination
It is so hard to keep track of these things. - ciaran036, on 10/27/2008, -8/+86As if Afghanistan wasn't enough, they attacked Iraq, if that wasn't enough they attacked Pakistan, if still that wasn't enough they attack Syria. Not to mention US training and funding the Georgian army in their assault on South Ossetia (80% Russian population).
I can't imagine the amount of seriously pissed off people that will have resulted. Literally hundreds of thousands of innocent people. Do you know how many families and friends of those killed will be joining rebel groups to fight off the invading foreign forces? Or even heading abroad to carry out counter-attacks inside Europe/USA? - AgahniMalebogia, on 10/27/2008, -10/+82I knew he'd do something stupid right before the election and here it is. I feel like he'll do just one more stupid thing before he's through.. just a hunch.
- rawnzilla, on 10/27/2008, -10/+72The Bush/McCain Iraq Exit Strategy: Go through Syria.
- sheeplescareme, on 10/26/2008, -9/+66@basicben-
if confirmed, it would be the first time that american forces had carried out an attack on syrian soil. not exactly a good thing considering the dislike for the us in the middle east or how thinly our troops are spread. - duckley, on 10/26/2008, -14/+67ALSO !!!
TODAY - US Drone aircraft attacks Pakistan.
McCain says he (and Bush) can guarantee a Win on Nov 4th.
Guess how they will do it? - inactive, on 10/27/2008, -3/+55Was it inside Syria? Because when I read the article I am pretty sure it says:
"A government statement carried by the official Syrian Arab News Agency said Sunday's attack was on the Sukkariyeh Farm near the town of Abu Kamal, five miles inside the Syrian border. "
If Mexico bombed a suspected "terrorist" camp 5 miles inside CA, you'd be screaming, "MEXICO ATTACKED THE USA." Why should it be any different for the Syrians? Don't their borders and sovereignty count? Or do you and bush decide where to draw the territorial lines, and what or what doesn't constitute an attack? Last time I looked I didn't see "Dougem" on any ballets and that you're not currently an elected official. - Seann7656, on 10/27/2008, -10/+59You guys are so ridiculous. Calm down before you get riled up and make drastic assumptions. I dislike Bush just as much as the next person. But the difference is I don't automatically assume everything is a conspiracy or has some evil motive behind it... I'm concerned for the population who are so Judgmental and angry.
- Dumbledorito, on 10/27/2008, -2/+45"It would be strategically asinine for us to randomly attack civilians in a foreign country."
You forgot to add "anymore." - inactive, on 10/27/2008, -5/+48According to Haaretz: A U.S. military official confirmed late Sunday an American helicopter attack in an area along Syria's border with Iraq, which left 8 people dead and three people wounded.
Syria condemned the attack, which it called "serious aggression."
A resident of the nearby village of Hwijeh, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information, said the aircraft flew along the Euphrates River into the area of farms and several brick factories.
Some of the helicopters landed and troops exiting the aircraft fired on a building, he said, adding that at least one of the dead was a construction worker.
Iraqi travelers making their way home across the border reported hearing many explosions, said Farhan al-Mahalawi, mayor of the Iraqi border town of Qaim.
The Syrian government said there were civilians among the dead, including four children.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1031568.html - trillions, on 10/27/2008, -29/+66Dear Barack Obama,
PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS IMMEDIATELY.
Sincerely,
Concerned American Citizen - publiclurker, on 10/27/2008, -12/+48Killing families is not killing terrorist, it's making them you pathetic excuse of a being.
- writie, on 10/26/2008, -5/+40BBC: "Whatever the local military factors involved in this US operation, it would be unthinkable to imagine that an incursion into Syria would not require a policy decision at a high-level."
- Phylter, on 10/26/2008, -17/+51Why would anybody shift their vote to these murderous thugs, for invading more countries and murdering more people? Who do you know that would do this?
They want to have the world in flames for Obama to deal with, calculating that he will be forced to prosecute their illegal wars. The flies in this ointment are money: there is none; and the army: it's being destroyed by them.
How many people have to die before we purge the government of these evil bastards? - Rememberthe0511, on 10/27/2008, -17/+51I can't tell you how many Christians I know that feel like they HAVE to vote for John McCain because he is pro-life. John McCain is not pro life, He is pro death. He will leave as many dead in his wake as he has to, to enlarge the American Empire. Starting and following thru with a completely unjust war with completely greedy motives and causes the deaths and murders of untold humans is far far worse then a teenage girl aborting her child for selfish reasons. He gives lip service to being anti-abortion just to win votes, the republicans will never ever make abortion illegal, then the hope of it getting over turned would be gone and they would no longer be able to force the vote of Christians. John McDeath only cares (and he's lieing about that) about the life of the unborn, everyone 18+ is fair game to be killed in the name of greed.
- warrenterr, on 10/27/2008, -9/+42Americah, ***** yeah!
- FadieZ, on 10/27/2008, -17/+49***** you Bush, ***** YOU.
- isayre020888, on 10/27/2008, -3/+30I have a theory that there will be a large number of mail in ballots to go missing. I was at the post office and someone noticed their ballot envelope had no return address, which had the teller worried because they mass print those envelopes. Meaning if one person's was like that, all might be.
And when a republican candidate came to my door and after finding out I was going to vote for Obama he asked if I was voting by mail, I replied "no I'm going to the polls".
Very fishy... - TheDougem, on 10/27/2008, -5/+32Gonna respond to all of you here.
The situation along the Iraqi Syrian border has been an issue for nearly half a decade - this whole time we've been in Iraq we haven't taken it that seriously, even though the flow of armaments and enemy manpower comes from the Syrian (and iranian) borders.
This first started becoming an issue roughly 6 months to a year after invasion. The single, biggest reason, I am ticked off at Bush, is his lack of action. If he had directly talked to Iran, and Syria, right when the material began to flow - we would have had the direct moral standing and authority to say 'hey, watch your borders'. But no. Shape charges began to show up, powerful, sophisticated explosive devices that could not be assembled by make-shift bomb factories. They needed better facilities, that had been around longer, Hence, cells in Syria and Iran.
I am not saying the governments of Syria and Iran directly support Terrorism (Though Iran does have worrying ties.) Syria doesn't like the cells in their country, but haven't made any aggressive attempts to flush them out for fear of inflaming their populace. Syria's problem is that it's neglected the issue, and let them spread like a cancer. Moderates living along the border have been kicked out, replaced with insurgents, and their homes become safe houses. (From the BBC roughly a year ago)
Bush has waited nearly 4 years to act on this. My point is that the action is justified - but it has come FAR too late. It should've been an aggressive partnership to flush out the insurgents with Syria, and maybe Iran - but no. I feel that a severe amount of war profiteering has gone on in Iraq, and that bush is responsible for enabling it. So there you go. - inactive, on 10/27/2008, -3/+29"when has the us randomly attacked civilians"
Vietnam, Cambodia, Somalia, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Korea, Guatemala, Egypt, Lebanon, Laos, Panama, Indonesia, Dominican Republic (during an election campaign, no less), the USA (Kent State), Oman, Chile, El Salvador, Grenada, Libya, Bolivia, Virgin Islands, Kuwait, Bosnia, Zaire, Liberia, Sudan, Yugoslavia, Philipines, Yemen, Haiti and Pakistan.
Starting from the 50's, when you went insane with blood thirst because of communism. - swrostmore, on 10/27/2008, -3/+29Did you already forget the incident in Pakistan like 3 weeks ago?
- inactive, on 10/27/2008, -7/+32What the ***** does Waco have to do with the state of affairs today? These desperate attempts to change the focus and take attention away from the moron President we have, or the moron President the Republicans want to elect are laughable.
- avengingturnip, on 10/26/2008, -17/+42Al Qeida? Like al Qaida only from Syria now. I thought they were sneaking in from Iran. Damned mooslims and ayrabs, they just keep sneaking into a country we conquered fair and square and killing our boys (and girls) in uniform.
And no, it is not a surprise. Not with this crew. - MaTT2011, on 10/27/2008, -5/+29So the country of syria is an official enemy? So we are sure that the government is run by terrorists and that it has been actively attacking US forces? So we are sure that it isnt rogue groups inside the country, not acting on behalf of the country of syria, and that it is the whole country thats attacking us?
So are we "WMD's in Iraq" for sure? Or just "Iraq = 9/11" kind of sure?
So many questions....so many stupid answers to come. - AgahniMalebogia, on 10/27/2008, -1/+22The terrorists who did 9/11 were not from Iraq. The middle east is made up of lots of countries, retard. Hippies don't count as Americans? Either you're a total moron or just a troll. So what is an American? Humor me. And my money will not be supporting the war in Iraq for long because Obama is going to win whether you like it or not. : )
I personally think leaving the country would be a coward's way out. Voting in a president closer to my belief system would be more efficient. And it's about to happen. - BohicaTwentyTwo, on 10/27/2008, -6/+27He attacked Syria, not Seattle.
- Naieve, on 10/27/2008, -5/+24Actually this war against the terrorists crossing from Syria has been happening for quite a while.
It's just the media hasn't been reporting it... - LukeUlrich, on 10/27/2008, -7/+25Syria won't attack back, this is not an October surprise.
- unknownpoltroon, on 10/27/2008, -4/+22Cause 51% of the country are ***** idiots.
- SuperVepr308, on 10/27/2008, -3/+21If you do the research on Waco (I have read countless books, seen docs, etc) you will see it was one of the most heinous examples of government abuse ever seen in the US. Whether you are Lib or Conservative, it should make your skin crawl as it did mine. It doesn't matter who was in that compound because under the right circumstances it could have been any American. Think about that.
- inactive, on 10/27/2008, -4/+21Hey, starting WW3 is multi-faceted, hard work. Just ask our dictator, it's his favorite thing to say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReoKQlOF4XY&eurl - Naieve, on 10/27/2008, -4/+21I see people are digging you down for being a voice of reason.
They are all suddenly screaming at the sky about something that has been occurring for the last 5 years.
The only difference being, the Media didn't think it newsworthy till the Presidential election, and those screaming bloody murder never cared enough to learn about it.
I mean that would have required them to take the time to research this stuff, and we all know that is far too much work for them. - ratherstupid, on 10/27/2008, -1/+18I have a sneaking suspicion that all this talk of "American freedom" by those politicians is really just referring to our "freedom" to attack sovereign nations that don't do something we want.
- schroeder, on 10/27/2008, -2/+19You can't just waltz into a country, blow ***** up and say "It's ok, it was just some terrorists. See ya later"! As far as Syria is concerned this could be considered an act of war. If Syria doesn't want to cooperate with America, news flash, they don't have to. Unless the US plans on starting a war with a nation, an attack should never be made within their borders without permission. Imagine if there were terrorists in America that were attacking another country. Imagine that the US was unable to find and stop these people. Are you saying it would be ok for a nation to come in and do whatever they want to catch these terrorists WITHOUT permission? People aren't upset that terrorists are getting killed. People are upset that America is using an axe when it should be using a scalpel and pissing off more countries in the middle east and creating more anti-American sentiment that will create MORE terrorists. The whole war has done nothing to make things better. Sure Saddam in no longer in power or a threat. But more people are dead now than would have been if the war never happened. And there are still terrorists. You can't win a war on terror and you can't create peace in the middle east.
- unknownpoltroon, on 10/27/2008, -3/+18Not untill something gets blown up and "Syrian terrarists" are to blame.
- Archos, on 10/27/2008, -4/+19"What is at stake is more than one small country, it is a big idea—a new world order, where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind."
"[The war in Iraq is] a rare opportunity to move toward an historic period of cooperation. Out of these troubled times...a new world order can emerge."
-- GEORGE H.W. BUSH, 9/11/1990
"The Grand Chessboard"
“Finally, i have no illusions about World Government emerging in our lifetime. . . We cannot leap into World Government though one quick step. . . The precondition for eventual and genuine Globalization is progressive Regionalization because by that we move towards larger, more stable, more cooperative unites.”
-- ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSINKI, security advisor of H.W. Bush, now that of Obama
(Brez. here with Bin Laden: http://mprofaca.cro.net/brzezinski_bin_laden_aka_t ... )
"The problem of the Bush presidency will be the emergence of a New World Order."
-- HENRY KISSINGER, foreign policy advisor of McCain
“How I Learned to Love the New World Order“ (1992)
“On the Threshold of the New World Order: A Rebirth for the United Nations,”
"Thus, in setting an American agenda for a new world order, we must begin with a profound alteration in traditional thought,"
-- JOE BIDEN, vice president under Obama - inactive, on 10/27/2008, -0/+15So when are you signing up, Rambo?
- eternalfuture, on 10/27/2008, -4/+19Save your breath. He can respond but he won't be able to do much to undo the damage.
- Ciryon, on 10/27/2008, -9/+23First Pakistan (not first, but you know what I mean..) and now Syria? Whats next, Iran? How nice.
- publiclurker, on 10/27/2008, -11/+25No terrorist were killed, just civilians you pathetic excuse of a man. Of course you probably consider anyone who isn't as white as a sheet to automatically be a terrorist, even if it's a three year old girl. Just because cowardly disgraces like you find killing foreigners helpful to compensate for your failed manliness does not make it right.
Do the world a favor and crawl back into your cowardly hole and shut the ***** up. Your very existence is a stain on the lives of every decent person not only in the USA, but on the entire planet. - life036, on 10/27/2008, -5/+18How the ***** do you know that? Were you there on the border monitoring these people who got killed? Who are you to say that they were insurgents, instead of construction workers like the Syrian government said?
- writie, on 10/26/2008, -6/+19NL: They hit a house inside Syria. Think about what that implies. You might want to check with the Syrians what they think of a violation of airspace by military helicopters followed by a ground force attacking a building inside Syria. If they don't think that qualifies as an attack, I'm cool with it.
- inactive, on 12/08/2008, -10/+23This was totally politically motivated. Bush seems to think he can "help out" McCain by making national security the topic of the day instead of the economy. Too bad he waited until after McCain showed himself for the unstable warmonger that he is. I don't see this changing the outcome of the election.
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