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Syria is moving hardware and troops around Syria. They obviously think it is a go. (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2013 OP
they certainly aren't waiting to find out Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #1
The last time I watched CNN dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #2
I fell for Colin Powell's speech. I was glued to the tv that night. I thought it would applegrove Aug 2013 #3
I guess in a way I was lucky I was raised by assholes magical thyme Aug 2013 #4
Colour you wise. applegrove Aug 2013 #5
The good news is dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #6
Yes, for sure. The spider sences go off applegrove Aug 2013 #8
This would be suicide for Syria. They seem to be stuck with Soviet era weaponry... Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #7
I doubt they're preparing for an attack from the US. joshcryer Aug 2013 #9

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
2. The last time I watched CNN
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 10:19 PM
Aug 2013

was just before "shock and Awe" which CNN was advertising like a coming attraction movie, pointing out where their cameras would be , what the audience would see.
Totally disgusting.

applegrove

(118,696 posts)
3. I fell for Colin Powell's speech. I was glued to the tv that night. I thought it would
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 10:35 PM
Aug 2013

be a cakewalk with no civilian deaths, only Bathists loyal to Saddam would be killed. I can be unbelievably trusting at times. I didn't have assholes in my life till I was a young adult.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
4. I guess in a way I was lucky I was raised by assholes
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 10:44 PM
Aug 2013

I knew it was a clusterfuck of a catastrophe from the get go, just as I knew it was about oil from excuse one on through the string of them. I was shocked at how very many people fell for, what were to me painfully obvious, the lies.

Just color me cynical.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. The good news is
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 11:57 PM
Aug 2013

you and a lot of us were given us some history to learn from!

Which is why so many are skeptical of the Syria WMD angle.

See? We has a learning curve.....

Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)
7. This would be suicide for Syria. They seem to be stuck with Soviet era weaponry...
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 12:02 AM
Aug 2013

We have a blue-water navy that can bring our entire arsenal to their front porch.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
9. I doubt they're preparing for an attack from the US.
Thu Aug 29, 2013, 12:37 AM
Aug 2013

They're preparing to attack the last remnants of the rebels. And they're going to use the US strikes as a pretext.

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