dumb ass trying to be a smart ass

[giblets]

You're saying that's ok now? Interesting.

I'm saying you're an idiot. Now just now, but always.

[Wiglaf]

I want to cuddle you.

You would not last ten seconds in a fight with me. I would destroy your ass

[Docfeelgood]

This. It's not the US's fight, just like Libya wasn't the US's fight, or Egypt. Gosh, I'm noticing a trend here. Obama invading various countries to install puppets.

THANK YOU

[Docfeelgood]

What? I think she knows that. What did she say that suggests she doesn't know that? The only reason she said Allah is because it's the Arabic word for God. You are showing something worse than ignorance, which is that you are a total ******.



There is no argument in favor of giving weapons to barbaric Muslims who gut people alive. We should wait until they are done fighting and bomb them from above.

THANK YOU

[Wiglaf]

[Wiglaf]

JON MILLER

[DaShi]

It's nice to see that she's writing her own material.

[Elok]

I would say that, historically, rebel leaders have fallen into one of three categories:

A. Intelligent, well-educated and genuinely idealistic people, typically of the upper-middle class, who may or may not be effective but have a definite plan and a sincere desire to help their country.

B. Intelligent people who lack principles, may or may not be educated, but have the sense to recognize their own best interests and are competent to keep a country stable/functional enough to enable a life of luxury for themselves.

C. People who excel at the kind of sudden, brutal, decisive violence required to attain power, are motivated by a narrow-minded ideology if they believe in anything at all, have no other skill to speak of, and would not know genuine leadership if it bit them on the ass.

The Syrian rebels, from all I've heard, belong squarely in group C. I can't fathom why it should be in our nation's interests, or anyone's, to support them.

[Elok]

Seriously: while lots of people I know have bemoaned the evil of the rebels' ongoing persecution of Christians and Allawites (probably others too), I haven't heard anybody note how very ill it bodes for their competence. Religious persecution is dumb and unproductive at the best of times; that they are wasting time and lives on pogroms now, while fighting for their survival, means they either have no control over their men or have their heads so far up their butts that they can see their tonsils.

This, of course, is not intended to downplay the moral repugnance of their actions. But I don't believe we've ever had a genuinely moral foreign policy, and it would be naive to expect one now.

[Dr Strangelove]

This. It's not the US's fight, just like Libya wasn't the US's fight, or Egypt. Gosh, I'm noticing a trend here. Obama invading various countries to install puppets.

I don't recall the US invading either Libya or Egypt. If we did it must have been over in a blink of an eye, unlike the 9 year affair in Iraq.

I would say that, historically, rebel leaders have fallen into one of three categories:

A. Intelligent, well-educated and genuinely idealistic people, typically of the upper-middle class, who may or may not be effective but have a definite plan and a sincere desire to help their country.

B. Intelligent people who lack principles, may or may not be educated, but have the sense to recognize their own best interests and are competent to keep a country stable/functional enough to enable a life of luxury for themselves.

C. People who excel at the kind of sudden, brutal, decisive violence required to attain power, are motivated by a narrow-minded ideology if they believe in anything at all, have no other skill to speak of, and would not know genuine leadership if it bit them on the ass.

The Syrian rebels, from all I've heard, belong squarely in group C. I can't fathom why it should be in our nation's interests, or anyone's, to support them.

The problem is that the Syrian rebel groups are a mixed bag, with some falling into category A, some falling into category B and some falling into category C. Guerilla warfare being a brutal endeavor, those falling into category C are gaining street cred because they appear to be better at getting the job done.

[Elok]

The problem is that the Syrian rebel groups are a mixed bag, with some falling into category A, some falling into category B and some falling into category C. Guerilla warfare being a brutal endeavor, those falling into category C are gaining street cred because they appear to be better at getting the job done.

Do we have any hope of A or even B taking charge, either independently or via our intervention? I guess I could see B taking over, but that's basically Assad all over again, no? Only Assad has spilled too much blood to continue at this point; the best we can hope for is a reset to earlier conditions. Assuming the country isn't already wrecked past repair.

[Dr Strangelove]

Do we have any hope of A or even B taking charge, either independently or via our intervention? I guess I could see B taking over, but that's basically Assad all over again, no? Only Assad has spilled too much blood to continue at this point; the best we can hope for is a reset to earlier conditions. Assuming the country isn't already wrecked past repair.

Unfortunately no, when Assad falls C will take over. Israel has vowed to enter Syria and retreive Assad's nastier weapons, which supposedly are distributed around Syria in 50 different storage sites, so lool forward to an intervention that will double the civilian casualty rate. God only know who will take over the country afterwards.
Oh, and any arms we send to Syria will likely be used against the Israelis

[Sava]

I don't recall the US invading either Libya or Egypt.

Maybe because it only happened in BK's sick little child raping mind.

[Dinner]

What do you want to bet there is a video of Palin, just a month or two ago, demanding we invade Syria? They woman is like syphilis; the gift which keeps on giving.

[Wiglaf]

Remember: While you make fun of Sarah Palin, who has not held political office for several years, Obama is giving the people who cut that guy's head off state-of-the-art weaponry.