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@Builder,

http://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/05/syrias-circle-of-hell-barrel-bombs-in-aleppo/
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Syrian_Civil_War_barrel_bomb_attacks

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@oralloy,

Typical propaganda from an incursion force.

There's no evidence of Assad's involvement.

I'm guessing you still believe Gadaffi was a tyrant.

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@Builder,

Your denial of atrocities is truly appalling.

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@oralloy,

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Your denial of atrocities is truly appalling.

Your inability to understand reality is astounding.

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@Builder,

I understand reality perfectly. Your support for Assad's atrocities is monstrous. Shame on you!

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Republican lawmaker doubts government workers live paycheck to paycheck.

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) said a government shutdown would not truly impact employees and scoffed at the idea that a federal worker would need their next paycheck to make ends meet.

A 2017 survey found that 78 percent of full-time workers live paycheck to paycheck, with 56 percent saying they were overwhelmed by debt.

There was no differentiation for federal employees.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-lawmaker-doubts-government-workers-live-paycheck-to-paycheck/ar-BBRfjcz?ocid=UE13DHP

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@revelette1,

We did get it, but people never really watched it, it's very American, and a lot of what they discussed wasn't of interest to anyone outside of America. Then companies who advertised with them faced a consumer boycott so it just packed up and went away. Money is the baseline and it just wasn't making any.

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@lmur,

He is so ignorant. The only news channel censored by the government and taken off air is Iran's Press TV.

Which btw, never broadcast in America.

Will Coldjoint rail against that assault on free speech?

Will he ****.

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@Lash,

Lash wrote:

People from around the world have been asking for an end to the Syrian genocide for 7 years.

I think it’s time. How many children starve to death every day?

So Assad should be given enough time to end the genocide like Hitler could have ended the Holocaust if he was given enough time.

Bottom line is American troops are protecting Kurds and their withdrawal will lead to more deaths.

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@izzythepush,

I seldom agree with you, but I do this time. You said that perfectly.

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@izzythepush,

American intervention re Kurds:

The US has an atrocious history regarding the Kurds. In the 90s, Clinton admin was funneling major weapons to Turkey that were knowingly being used to slaughter Kurds en mass. The US provided weapons and intel to Saddam at height of his brutality against Kurds in the 80s.

—Jeremy Scahill

We need to stop dabbling unilaterally in the ME, form and support a strong diplomatic alliance with peaceful nation-states and be a strong ally for peace and a diplomatic bludgeon against genocidal war.

We always leave a bloody disastrous mess. Follow the Hippocratic oath: first, do no harm.

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@Lash,

From past-WW I onward, throughout the 20th century the USA has alternated between supporting and ignoring the Kurds.
While the United States supported Kurdish guerilla factions in an attempt to overthrow Iraq’s Ba’ath party in the 1970’s, it abruptly broke off relations in the early 1980’s, which eventually led to Saddam Hussein’s brutal repression of the Kurds during the An-Anfal campaign.

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1972/1973 - Iraq's Ba'ath party has become a threat in the eyes of the U.S. government. President Nixon and Iran's shah begin to fund the Kurdish pesh merga guerrillas and support their claims for autonomy. In 1972, Saddam Hussein had signed a "Friendship and Cooperation" treaty with the USSR.

1975 - After the surprising Algiers Agreement between Iran and Iraq is reached, the U.S. stops its support for the Kurdish rebels which causes the fragmentation of the opposition and an increased vulnerability to Saddam Hussein's renewed attacks. While he exacts brutal revenge on the Kurds (including a catastrophic chemical weapons attack in 1988 that kills thousands) the U.S. breaks off all official relations to the opposition it previously backed.

The long, winding history of American dealings with Iraq’s Kurds (WaPo)

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@Walter Hinteler,

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This Trump Justice Department scandal could derail the Mueller probe, and you probably missed it

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@izzythepush,

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The only news channel censored by the government and taken off air is Iran's Press TV.

That is probably the one you want to watch. If your government has decided the people are not intelligent enough to handle both sides of an issue that kind of sums it up. Nazi like techniques and control and you approve them.

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@revelette1,

U.S. envoy to coalition fighting ISIS resigns in protest of Trump’s Syria decision

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Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the international coalition fighting the Islamic State, has resigned in protest of President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

His resignation, confirmed by a State Department official familiar with the matter, comes on the heels of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’s announced departure this week because of differences with White House foreign policy, noticeably in Syria. McGurk’s departure is effective December 31.

Earlier this month, McGurk said that the Islamic State was far from defeated despite its loss of territory. “Nobody working on these issues day to day is complacent. Nobody is declaring a mission ... ... ...

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'You know what? It's yours': Trump reportedly threw his hands up on Syria during phone call with the Turkish president

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The Associated Press reported that members of Trump's national-security team, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Mattis, wrote out talking points to dissuade Turkey from bringing troops into northern Syria and attacking Turkish Kurds, which would put US forces at risk. The US is allied with the Turkish Kurds in Syria, providing them with supplies and training in the fight against the Islamic State.

But both The Post and the AP explain that Trump went rogue.

BI

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@Walter Hinteler,

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U.S. envoy to coalition fighting ISIS resigns in protest of Trump’s Syria decision

That is certainly not unexpected. There will be more resignations and a new policy will emerge. That is what happens. Whether Trump's approach is right or wrong our soldiers will not be dying while we make up our minds. There are military families out there and I am sure some are thanking God that their spouse will be out of harms way.

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Anyone like to rebut what he said?

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@Real Music,

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with 56 percent saying they were overwhelmed by debt.

Irresponsible behavior has consequences.

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