Thread: Strike against Syria

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Originally Posted by animalwithin

Wouldn't surprise me, although who knows what that will cause. World War III, reinstating the draft, etc.

No worrys about being drafted,the whole thing will be over in two hours

Haha that's funny and sad at the same time

Originally Posted by animalwithin

Wow, so could this lead to a war with Russia as well?

Not at all. Russia is simply looking after its own geopolitical interests, and getting involved in an outright war with US is absolutely not in the cards. Putin as every other politician has his own internal politics to mind, and they include high price of natural gas, but more importantly keeping the status quo of long-term contracts with pricing tied to the price of oil. Of course they'd also prefer no alternative pipelines, but that's not as important, and Saudi Arabia has already been blocking the Qatar gas flow for many decades for their own political calculations to the extent that Qatari's former ruler had to take the risk of huge debt to build the world's biggest infrastructure for LNG.
And Russia is most definitely not interested in simply handing to US their spheres of influence across the middle east. That's the back yard of Russia while US has reached over two oceans to meddle in there.
Certainly there is some of the cold war mentality in the mix, but that's on both sides.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

No worrys about being drafted,the whole thing will be over in two hours

It's good to be 60+ and a Vietnam-era vet (with a still-functional memory)

Poll: Majority Of Americans Approve Of Sending Congress To Syria

Now that's about the only thing I've understood in this whole thread!

James.

Wait we are not IN world war 3 ? What would you call it. World confrontations 1 ? What exactly is the definition of a world war anyway? Oh yeah here it is...." a war engaged in by all or most of the principal nations of the world " . Now the efforts of each nation may not be coordinated and the conflicts not shared in every other conflict but dare I say we have been in a world war for a long time. It just hasn't been declared.

You're in a war when the Murdoch press tell you you are.

James.

Originally Posted by JBHoren

It's good to be 60+ and a Vietnam-era vet (with a still-functional memory)

You got me!!!

I was just about to post that song! See you in an hour and a half!

Touche'....well played sir!

I wonder if the reference to, "send me a salami" is to Katz's Delicatessen in NYC, where they sent soldiers salami's overseas, and have done so for every conflict to date. It's also famed for the deli scene in, "Where Harry met Sally".

The Onion (satirical news website)

Poll: Majority Of Americans Approve Of Sending Congress To Syria

Poll: Majority Of Americans Approve Of Sending Congress To Syria | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

WASHINGTON—As President Obama continues to push for a plan of limited military intervention in Syria, a new poll of Americans has found that though the nation remains wary over the prospect of becoming involved in another Middle Eastern war, the vast majority of U.S. citizens strongly approve of sending Congress to Syria.