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Scot Dutchy · **#11661** by **Scot Dutchy** » Apr 11, 2018 9:52 am

The hawks are having a great time. This could turn really serious. A coincidence?

Russia will shoot down US missiles fired at Syria and retaliate against launch sites, says ambassador

Former head of UK's Joint Forces Command warns Moscow risking 'war'

Mike_L · **#11662** by **Mike_L** » Apr 11, 2018 12:11 pm

Oh well, here we go...

Trump: Get ready Russia, missiles will be coming at Syria, nice and new and ‘smart’!
11 Apr, 2018

Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!
(Trump on Twitter)

https://www.rt.com/usa/423802-trump-get-ready-russia-missiles/

aliihsanasl · **#11663** by **aliihsanasl** » Apr 11, 2018 12:41 pm

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has retaliated to the US President's latest tweets, claiming relations with Moscow were worse than during the Cold War, and threatening a direct strike on Assad forces following an alleged chemical attack in Douma.
"Smart missiles must strike terrorists, not the legitimate government that has been fighting international terrorism on its territory for several years," Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova took to Facebook to respond to Donald Trump's latest tweets on a possible military strike on Syria.

Zakharova went on to say that any strike could be a possible attempt to cover up the evidence proving there had been no chemical attack in Douma

https://sputniknews.com/world/201804111 ... sia-syria/

Thomas Eshuis · **#11664** by **Thomas Eshuis** » Apr 11, 2018 12:47 pm

Another step closer to a not so cold war. FFS.

Animavore · **#11665** by **Animavore** » Apr 11, 2018 12:53 pm

Watch the Trump supporters who were critical of "war-mongering" Hilary and believed she'd start WW3 suddenly find attacking Syria acceptable.

Mike_L · **#11666** by **Mike_L** » Apr 11, 2018 1:01 pm

His Excellency, the Right Honorable President Trump will do what he must to end the Syrian threat to global democracy.

SafeAsMilk · **#11667** by **SafeAsMilk** » Apr 11, 2018 1:05 pm

Warren Dew wrote:
SafeAsMilk wrote:
Warren Dew wrote:
Spinozasgalt wrote:Dershowitz complained that the ACLU was silent, but their response can be found here.

The ad layer soliciting money to fight Trump tells you all you need to know. The ACLU isn't worried about civil liberties any more; they're just political partisans now.

Oh I see, so you only care about Trump's rights that are allegedly being trampled, and fuck all the people whose rights he's trampling.

If you're going to accuse othersof being political partisans, don't be one yourself.

I've contributed to the ACLU for years to defend everyone's rights, including Trump's, and including "alleged" rights since the job of a civil liberties advocacy organization is to take as expansive a view of rights as possible. It's sad to see a formerly nonpartisan civil liberties organization devolve to partisanship.

"As expansive a view as possible" does not mean "defend the indefensible". If you'd read the ACLU's post, you'd see they've cited the crime-fraud exception themselves. At some point, you'll have to come to terms with the fact that multiple Trump appointees signed off on this, and what that means in terms of the evidence that is, in all likelihood, at their disposal. It's not the ACLU's job to ignore what's right in front of their faces.

Scot Dutchy · **#11668** by **Scot Dutchy** » Apr 11, 2018 2:29 pm

Even May has seen sense.

Warren Dew · **#11669** by **Warren Dew** » Apr 11, 2018 7:06 pm

Animavore wrote:Watch the Trump supporters who were critical of "war-mongering" Hilary and believed she'd start WW3 suddenly find attacking Syria acceptable.

It's within the President's power to refrain from attacking Russia. It's not within the President's power to countermand a Russian attack on us.

willhud9 · **#11670** by **willhud9** » Apr 11, 2018 8:03 pm

Reread what Animavore wrote, maybe?

Arjan Dirkse · **#11671** by **Arjan Dirkse** » Apr 11, 2018 8:49 pm

Mike_L wrote:Oh well, here we go...

Trump: Get ready Russia, missiles will be coming at Syria, nice and new and ‘smart’!
11 Apr, 2018

Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!
(Trump on Twitter)

https://www.rt.com/usa/423802-trump-get-ready-russia-missiles/

If I had to bet I'd say it won't happen. Or maybe there will be some small symbolic missile strike. Trump is a looney, but he isn't that crazy.

KeenIdiot · **#11672** by **KeenIdiot** » Apr 11, 2018 9:22 pm

It's been... Interesting, I guess. Watching how "The Dems" has grown to include Republicans and Trump appointees.

Calilasseia · **#11673** by **Calilasseia** » Apr 11, 2018 10:12 pm

Oh deep joy ...

Made all the more scary courtesy of John Bolton playing The Deacon to Trump's Johnny Cyclops. (Those unfamiliar with this, pick up the Whoops Apocalypse book from the 80s).

Alan C · **#11674** by **Alan C** » Apr 12, 2018 1:02 am

Animavore wrote:Watch the Trump supporters who were critical of "war-mongering" Hilary and believed she'd start WW3 suddenly find attacking Syria acceptable.

The mental gymnastics involved could be bemusing to behold.

Just A Theory · **#11675** by **Just A Theory** » Apr 12, 2018 1:50 am

Warren Dew wrote:
Just A Theory wrote:
laklak wrote:

Dirty politics is dirty politics, whether you agree with the aim of the investigation or not.

It will play out as it will play out, but don't be surprised when a Republican administration uses the precedent in the future. LIke I said, be very, very careful.

But this isn't dirty politics. Mueller is a registered Republican appointed by a Republican on the recommendation of another Republican to investigate a Republican president.

It's quite naive to think that one's political party entirely determines one's outlook. Among the strongest critics of Trump are the "nevertrump" Republicans.

You mean the ones that are blocking impeachment votes or the ones that are suppressing bills designed to protect the special counsel? Just trying to clarify which Republicans we're talking about here.

And I never claimed that political party determines a person's outlook. Just that it's a bit rich to claim "dirty politics" when the entirety of the investigation leadership consists of registered Republicans investigating another Republican.

Warren Dew · **#11676** by **Warren Dew** » Apr 12, 2018 3:59 am

willhud9 wrote:Reread what Animavore wrote, maybe?

Maybe you should reread?

willhud9 · **#11677** by **willhud9** » Apr 12, 2018 4:13 am

I have. Several times.

Your statement is a non-sequitor of the statement you are responding to. No one is talking about Russia. In fact, the initial response was how a lot of people who voted for Trump did so because Clinton was too hawkish and would go to war with Syria. Now Trump is being hawkish and is threatening military action against Syria. That is it.

Your statement does not follow the course of the conversation in which you responded.

Warren Dew · **#11678** by **Warren Dew** » Apr 12, 2018 4:37 am

willhud9 wrote:I have. Several times.

Your statement is a non-sequitor of the statement you are responding to. No one is talking about Russia. In fact, the initial response was how a lot of people who voted for Trump did so because Clinton was too hawkish and would go to war with Syria. Now Trump is being hawkish and is threatening military action against Syria. That is it.

Your statement does not follow the course of the conversation in which you responded.

You're incorrect about people who voted for Trump. We didn't think Clinton was too hawkish because she'd go to war with Syria. We thought she was too hawkish because she said she'd attack Russia militarily in response to Russian cyber attacks.

In retrospect, possibly Animavore made the same mistake you did, but that wasn't obvious from the post.

Animavore · **#11679** by **Animavore** » Apr 12, 2018 6:23 am

Plenty of Trumplings were shrieking that Hilary would start WW3 by attacking Syria. Many specifically creaming their pants in terror as she suggested no fly zones over Syria and saying don't vote her.

Not that your version of paranoid, fear-mongering is any better. :lol:

Of course this was all an act because the reasons they gave for disliking Hilary were never what they claimed; otherwise they would never have voted Trump either.

OlivierK · **#11680** by **OlivierK** » Apr 12, 2018 7:56 am

Animavore wrote:Plenty of Trumplings were shrieking that Hilary would start WW3 by attacking Syria.

Not just Trumplings, but Trump himself...

https://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/25/poli ... index.html

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