Gotta love when a mult ropes someone into an argument.

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I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Pretty sure HawaiiYou is a real guy. And a good one.

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Damascus (AFP) - Syria's armed forces were warned about the threat of American military action hours before the US strike on the Shayrat airbase on Friday, a military source said.

"We learned of the American threat and the expected military bombardment on Syrian territory," the source told AFP.

"We took precautions in more than one military point, including in the Shayrat airbase. We moved a number of airplanes towards other areas," the official said, adding they were forewarned "hours" before the strike.

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GO BEARS!!!

We forewarned the Russians and the Russians forwarned the Syrians.

It was more of a political bombing it seems.

Lets see what happens to what trump 'lets get together (russia/syria) to defeat isis first' promise.

Jeez, everybody was warned beforehand. Pentagon told reporters not to go home after work because big news was coming. I think even Duterte got a call.

"why do birds sing so gay"--Frankie Lymon
"one guy lays the pipe, the other guy smokes it"--Clint Eastwood
"you know the White Helmets are FakeNews, right?"--Jesus


#DuckOfDeath
#Kofi

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And dead cops.

"One guy lays the pipe, the other guy smokes it"--Clint Eastwood

I never knew there were so many trump cock suckers on this board

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I am the liquor Randy

Nothing more than red meat for his base. He's got balls!

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Watching Nikki Haley on Meet the Press now.

I'm a fan.

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-Hank Kingsley

Is Brian Williams still beating off to footage of stuff blowing up?

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I don't know. Lindsey Graham said "eff you" when describing Trump's actions toward Syria.

That's all I got.

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-Hank Kingsley

Politics as usual. Who didn't know that we were about to start bombing?

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GO BEARS!!!

Nobody knew that foreign policy was difficult.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Uh-oh. Looks like Syria might be testing Trump here.

Syrian forces used nerve gas in four recent attacks: HRW

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Syrian government forces used deadly nerve gas in Khan Sheikhun and in three other recent attacks, Human Rights Watch said Monday, describing a "clear pattern" of chemical weapons use that could amount to crimes against humanity.

President Bashar al-Assad's forces are also stepping up chlorine gas attacks and have begun using surface-fired rockets filled with chlorine in fighting near Damascus, the US-based rights group said in a new report.

"The government's use of nerve agents is a deadly escalation -- and part of a clear pattern," said Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch's executive director.

"In the last six months, the government has used warplanes, helicopters, and ground forces to deliver chlorine and sarin in Damascus, Hama, Idlib and Aleppo."

"That's widespread and systematic use of chemical weapons," he said.

Last month, Assad told AFP in an interview that the suspected sarin attack in Khan Sheikhun was "100 percent" fabricated, serving as a pretext for US missile strikes on a Syrian air field.

Human Rights Watch interviewed 60 witnesses and collected photos and videos providing information on the suspected April 4 attack, and on three other alleged uses of nerve gases in December 2016 and March 2017.

The rights group said at least 92 people including 30 children died from exposure to sarin in Khan Sheikhun and hundreds more were injured. The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights has put the death toll at 88.

Residents said a first bomb believed to be carrying the deadly agent sarin was dropped near the town's central bakery and was followed by three or four high-explosive bombs a few minutes later, the report said.

Dozens of photos and videos provided by residents of a crater from the first bomb showed a green-colored metal fragment that Human Rights Watch said was likely the Soviet-produced KhAB-250 bomb.

- Three suspected attacks in Hama -

Human Rights Watch said 64 people died from exposure to nerve agents after warplanes attacked territory controlled by the Islamic State group in eastern Hama on December 11 and December 12.

Activists and local residents provided names of the victims, while Human Rights Watch interviewed four witnesses and two medical personnel about the alleged attacks.

A third suspected nerve agent attack in northern Hama on March 30 caused no deaths but injured dozens of civilians and combatants, according to residents and medical personnel, the report said.

All four suspected nerve agent attacks were in areas where anti-government fighters were threatening Assad's military air bases, according to Human Rights Watch.

The alleged attacks were systematic and in some cases directed against civilians, which would meet the legal criteria to be characterized as crimes against humanity, the rights group said.

HRW's Roth told a news conference that the string of suspected attacks cast doubt over Syrian and Russian claims that toxic agents were released in Khan Sheikhun after a bomb struck a chemical weapons depot on the ground.

It would be "utterly impossible" for warplanes to hit chemical caches repeatedly across the country, Roth said.

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has said its experts were investigating 45 cases of alleged use of toxic gases in Syria since late last year.

Citing mounting evidence of repeated chemical weapons use, Human Rights Watch said the UN Security Council should once again ask the International Criminal Court to open a war crimes investigation.

Such a move by the council in 2014 was blocked by Russia, Assad's top ally, and China.

I guess we can expect Part II later this week, although the French and possibly the British and Saudis will be joining in. Most likely, all parties will launch multi-million dollar cruise missiles at empty targets and claim to have done something

This is a good site for live updates:

https://syria.liveuamap.com

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

don't worry, they will only fire at empty targets so Trump can wag the dog. Bill Clinton did the same thing in 1998

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So Assad almost has ISIS defeated. The US is set to withdraw, and then *boom* he gasses his own people for no strategic gain.

FFS it can't be more obvious this is a ploy by Neocons/Israel to draw us into another middle east conflict.

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Local time in the region is just before 2 am so if it is happening tonight, it will be in the next few hours.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

I love maps and that's a way cool map with gizmos.

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from one of the gizmos:

Syrian state TV just finished a panel discussion about the looming US air strikes. Guests all believed Pres Trump will only respond with an ineffective pin prick strike like last year.

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Yeah, Baby

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Did you forget your login for "Bootraps Max"?

What happened to the pic?

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Elections have consequences.

If The military wants to really take out an airbase,will take more than Tomahawks. You need to destroy the runway.
The two best weapons for that are the French Durandul and the British JP233 but the latter has been retired from service.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

I do not know. I resized it. Just a pic from the site Olgie put up. It was a pic of 4 Iranians who were killed in Syria this week which included images of the Nazis running Iran.

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I think you're misreading the situation. Trump's base doesn't support endless war. In fact he specifically ran against it. And now you have Ann Coulter and others who were his strongest supporters running around slamming him.

War in the Middle East is what the Washington Establishment, the Deep State, McCain, Graham, the Clinton wing wants. It appears they've gotten spineless and clueless Trump to go along.

Would it really surprise you if the CIA was behind the gas attack?

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

The Middle East? What about the destruction in our own backyard?

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Is that a Werejew?

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Of course the wolf flies.

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Trump truly is great!

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!