Do you now support military action against Syria's government?
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brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
The political part of the state represents total capital - it does things that go against certain capital interests in order to maintain the wider system. It doesn't get hijacked by one relatively small part of capital. That's the opposite of what it does. Forget arms dealers.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
You're right it is broader than one industry. Perhaps I should have used the word "Corporatist" instead.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
i was planning on asking nicely. that will work, yes?
dylanredefined
Not a house elf a tiger
This while Assads government was bad and is doing some pretty evil stuff the opposition is pretty keen on vengeance and ethnic cleansing and who ever wins a vast amount of people are going to be refugees or made dead
.How the west can help this mess is beyond me. Going in guns blazing on one side or the other is easy neither side could stand up for long against western forces. Then your left with a divided Syria bristling with weapons and a population that hate you, sound familiar?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Accepted, but it would be a mistake to under-estimate the influence held by the military-industrial complex.
Fuchs66
Ring a ding
Yep I sympathised with the Iraqi Kurds too
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Quite so, but symptoms can be problematic and very worrying.
JHE
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There are now reports that the "intervention" will start this Thursday. Uncle Sam will launch cruise missiles.
I don't think you can round up just one individual, so I guess you have a little list of people for humanitarian detention.
I don't think you can round up just one individual, so I guess you have a little list of people for humanitarian detention.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
You mean like blowing the stuff up into the air....
weltweit
Well-Known Member
I could have sworn on the radio this morning a UK Gov spokesperson said he (Assad) had done it about ten times already. Seemed a categorical statement, I did wonder about the evidence.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Well, indeed. But I think a lot of it could be incinerated. [think]
Cameron and his cronies are just like schoolboys talking in a playground. They don't realise that the 'knowledge' they have is completely inadequate. When they start to give out their analysis and opinions to the public as justifications for attacking Syria - or anyone else, they have no idea that there are thousands of people who have wiser heads.
Interestingly Cameron has talked of going ahead without UN approval but not mentioned Russia who would be the stumbling block in the UN and more worryingly able and prepared to defend Assad from missile attacks from the West.
I hope Obama has access to wise advice and is not pushed by Cameron in a direction he clearly doesn't want to go in. What a nerve for the tiny UK to try to influence the powerful US. Our self delusions as a world power are dangerous. The days of "punching above our weight" by virtue of having nuclear weapons are long over. Lots of other countries have nuclear weapons now, and we cannot use them in practice - they only work as a bluff, and when the bluff is called we are beaten.
Interestingly Cameron has talked of going ahead without UN approval but not mentioned Russia who would be the stumbling block in the UN and more worryingly able and prepared to defend Assad from missile attacks from the West.
I hope Obama has access to wise advice and is not pushed by Cameron in a direction he clearly doesn't want to go in. What a nerve for the tiny UK to try to influence the powerful US. Our self delusions as a world power are dangerous. The days of "punching above our weight" by virtue of having nuclear weapons are long over. Lots of other countries have nuclear weapons now, and we cannot use them in practice - they only work as a bluff, and when the bluff is called we are beaten.
Cameron has probably got Blair talking into his ear. Perhaps the Mayans were right but were just a year out in their estimate of the end of the calendar.
Maybe this one will be all over by Christmas. That is to say this world.
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
JHE
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A prison-building programme could be good for employment.
The food had better be good, though, or there'll be a riot.
Fuchs66
Ring a ding
You're a ray of fucking light aren't you?
Don't worry you'll probably get knocked down by a bus tomorrow
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
There isn't any. There's actually no evidence which proves this was actually a chemical attack.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
There's plenty of video footage of innocent people dying. I'm more than willing to stick my neck out & say they were dying from the effects of a nerve agent.
What evidence is there that this was carried out by the Assad regime? Or do we get to see another fabricated Intelligence dossier from America on Thursday?
What evidence is there that this was carried out by the Assad regime? Or do we get to see another fabricated Intelligence dossier from America on Thursday?
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