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originally posted by: xuenchen
Putin is protecting the perpetual war in the Middle East that guarantees Russia's continuing natural gas sales to Europe go unchallenged by new pipelines.
Everything else is secondary.
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
Putin is a warmonger like the rest of them...
They're treating the Middle East like a testing site...
Let's not pretend he wants to fight ISIS for altruistic reasons.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: CharlieSpeirs
Or maybe you did and we are now stuck in a loop.
Must. Resist. Urge. To. Be. More. Sarcastic.
So on topic, I say let him take a crack at ISIS if they want to, no skin off our back.
originally posted by: Sublimecraft
a reply to: Willtell
Which bright spark put the thought in Putins head that bombs and bullets will defeat an ideology?
Nevermind, I think I know this music - manufacture perpetual war against the terrorist. Bombs over Baghdad.
The only way to defeat ISIS is to prove to them all that they have been grossly mislead by their dogma - that's the only way.
Putin Calls for International Coalition to defeat ISIS
originally posted by: tsurfer2000h
Putin Calls for International Coalition to defeat ISIS
Okay the big question is why now and not before?
Is it because they bombed the Russian embassy, or are they just trying to keep their last real ally in Syria in power?
I just find it interesting that Russia is now trying to be the leader when Assad is losing more ground than he has in the past, and Russia wasn't worried then but they are now...seems very coincidental if you ask me.
originally posted by: Marlborough Red
Turn the whole area into glass.
Only way to be sure.....
BY RUSS BAKER
I was among the unfortunately small numbers of journalists warning about the rush to war with Saddam Hussein, and pointing out how virtually the entire US establishment was complicit in this charade, thus justifying a war based on counterfeit claims. Shortly after the hostilities, I wrote about the role of The New York Times in stoking the machine, principally via its star reporter, Judith Miller.
But that colossal gamble was just for starters.
After creating a disaster in Iraq that has continued to the present day and has helped create the monster that became ISIS, the US went right on launching invasions based on fake justifications.
WhoWhatWhy argued at the time that, yes, even a Democratic president could be made to wage an aggressive war for self-serving purposes. And, yes, a Hillary Clinton could be a key cheerleader for that war. That was the “humanitarian” mission against Muammar Qaddafi in Libya. No mention of Goldman Sachs’s feud with Qaddafi or any of a plethora of other reasons this independent-minded figure “had to go.”
Then, not long after, those same Democrats, under pressure from the same coalition of interests — Middle Eastern allies, fossil fuel and financial corporations, the voracious military-industrial complex, and others — targeted Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
originally posted by: djz3ro
a reply to: theultimatebelgianjoke
Wow, so 82% or Syrians asked believe the US is behind Islamic State? That surprised me, I didn't expect that to be so high. I can see why they think that, don't know if it's true or not to be honest.