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JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)
50. Oh I know exactly whereof you speak.
Mon Oct 17, 2016, 03:23 PM
Oct 2016

US planes refuel the Saudi AF, drones bomb various targets killing mainly civilians (since that is what war IS, fullstop), warships support the blockade, the Saudi military is US-armed, all of this converges but nothing's ever related. Everything's packaged in neat fragments, each has its rationalization or accompanying press release from the Pentagon to justify it, which will be faithfully transported here by you and your bud. It's as biased and ludicrous as pretty much any other nationalist distortion of the world's realities.

There is no justification for supporting the Saudis in any way. They are the world's "leading sponsor of terrorism," not Iran.

The US has no moral standing in the Middle East after all its crimes there, and we the people have no interest in determining who wins every factional fight around the globe. That's how you sink into unsolvable messes that you make worse by your "interventions."

Our interest is to get the fuck out and convert to solar and wind before the fracked earth stops yielding oil and gas and the aquifers are are all poisoned. Our interest is in spending these resources at home and being an example of peace and development.

Fuck imperial management in the Middle East, let the Russians sink in and get themselves destroyed instead, if you prefer. It's very mid-20th century thinking, wake up to what time it is.

Captain please have the crew repaint your ship.... whistler162 Oct 2016 #1
Yes. This seems like bullshit. Get them out if there or let them protect thenselves. CentralMass Oct 2016 #2
They are protecting themselves. Mr.Bill Oct 2016 #3
They waited for the second missile attack so they could find their radar. tonyt53 Oct 2016 #4
Yep! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2016 #16
Gulf of Tonkin JackRiddler Oct 2016 #8
Not even close.. EX500rider Oct 2016 #10
Are you seriously accusing President Obama MicaelS Oct 2016 #15
Iran is sending in two warships. I am hoping things calm down. Missn-Hitch Oct 2016 #5
Mason, Light 'em up until they wake up & smell the coffee. Iranians are firing those missiles, 7962 Oct 2016 #6
Iran would be firing Silkworms. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #37
Its not likely that the Houthis have the skills to fire these either. 7962 Oct 2016 #38
Iranian clones of the Silkworm.. EX500rider Oct 2016 #56
Maybe they shouldn't be invading that country? JackRiddler Oct 2016 #9
What invasion? EX500rider Oct 2016 #12
You tell yourself that. JackRiddler Oct 2016 #22
Yes we have been striking at Al-Qaeda camps worldwide... EX500rider Oct 2016 #26
"Al Qaeda camps" JackRiddler Oct 2016 #32
"The Saudi regime exists because of US sponsorship." EX500rider Oct 2016 #34
War isnt pretty & sometimes the innocent get killed. 7962 Oct 2016 #39
Since 2003, millions are dead... JackRiddler Oct 2016 #41
Why can't right-wing fundamentalist rebels be allowed to overthrow governments in peace? oberliner Oct 2016 #20
There have been private forces supported by the US jimmil Oct 2016 #21
Chinese missiles suck - Iran should ask for their money back jpak Oct 2016 #23
And why is the US provoking Yemen? Helen Borg Oct 2016 #24
Yes, forcing them to fire missiles at our navy boats, very cheeky of us...lol EX500rider Oct 2016 #25
They are going to learn not to do that to us. GOLGO 13 Oct 2016 #27
Anyone remember the The Wizard Oct 2016 #28
Except the rebels in Yemen have been firing missiles at ships. EX500rider Oct 2016 #30
Totally unprovoked. Not that anyone fired on them! JackRiddler Oct 2016 #33
The US warship transiting off shore certainly didn't.. EX500rider Oct 2016 #35
Hmm, a US radar ship in a war... JackRiddler Oct 2016 #40
If Arab coalition needs intel it will come from UAV's & satellites & Patriot radar. EX500rider Oct 2016 #42
Sometimes its like talking to a wall....... 7962 Oct 2016 #44
Oh I know exactly whereof you speak. JackRiddler Oct 2016 #50
Iran supports the insurgents trying to overthrow the Yemeni government. 7962 Oct 2016 #52
Chess. FigTree Oct 2016 #31
Whoever is doing this must be suicidal... Blue_Tires Oct 2016 #45
Arleigh Burke Destroyers are nasty Hatemonger Oct 2016 #47
Macho might-makes-right team fan nonsense. JackRiddler Oct 2016 #51
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