You trust those polls? Come on man jeeesus.
I will attempt to dissect this piece by piece as contrasted as possible. The Ba'ath Party won over 70%+ of the vote. The Brexit vote won 52%. Some in this nation are big enough to say "that's the choice". Places 2 and 3 came nowhere. They weren't polls either (as my trust in them is 0). This was a vote. The usual nations cried foul, while other nations who also oversaw the elections including India as an example said it was transparent.
Are they backing isis or fighting them? The bombs smashing their trucks and technicals looks like fighting them to me, I mean, you only have to look at your signature to realise what kind of person you are, infact I remember you saying saddam was justified in trying to annex kuwait.
The US are funding them. The US are providing weapons. They do so covertly. We are awaiting Wikileaks release of US finance through I believe (according to my sources) Qatar who knowingly sent this to an ISIS affiliate. This is sadly at this point evidence pending. But it has been alluded to several times.
My signature? Please continue....
I never said he was justified in the annexation of Kuwait, rather the invasion. Its clear that here there is a void in the situation as is reported and thus knowledge has holes. Saddam invaded due to reneges on agreements and Kuwait drilling (slant) into Iraqi oilfields (Ramallah if memory serves). He warned them to stop, they did not. Why did he set fire to oil fields when returning to Iraq? It makes perfect sense to destroy the very things stealing your wealth.
Alas I of course disagree
Hitchens is talking about Galloway here, but his name could be replaced with yours quite easily.
Well, given I respect both of these men, I find it odd that Hitchens is used as an example to encompass not just one point but several. We don't forget that Hitchens biggest mistake was backing the Iraq War (aka a war based on fabrication)
So true.
"I cannot log onto the internet nor read any website without seeing some snarky and broken-down orator making pro-Assad/Russian statements, meanwhile dismissing any US/NATO action as imperial (which they invariably get from RussiaToday, go figure). But then again, this is the world we now live in; anti-Americanism is the hippest thing on the block and all the cool kids do it."
Not so. We talk of pro-Assad for the moment. Al-Assad has kept a nation together (I have no objection saying in many cases by force and wrongly so), but surely even an idiot would have a preference to that regime than what is happening now. Sven256 earlier in this very thread posted facebook images of restaurants in govt areas and not just one but multiple showing a far more peaceable and even "western" appearance.
Posters cried foul on that, denouncing them as frauds (until he posted the facebook), they then said it was just one (so he posted more), they then cried the images must be from before the civil war, to which they were less than a few days. And more they complained, more they ignored and more they made themselves appear foolish. Good on Sven.
I'll turn to Russian statements. Am I pro Russian? Or is it I am pro (based on my belief) pro right? What do I disagree with regarding Russia: The pressure they put on the smaller Baltic nations and particularly the Estonian border guard who I believe is still held (kidnapped). There is likely more I would afford no praise if it was reasonably presented and the contrast (alternative) is a preference.
The reality is that Russia is there in Syria by invitation/request. From the moment they entered the war they highlighted Turkey as a nation implicitly and unarguably in league with ISIS. I believe two journalists (including a British woman) were murdered for finding such a thing out.
With regard to imperialism, I suggest one of two things: 1) find a map of NATO countries and notice their placement in relation to Russia. 2) find the countries the US has military bases. Now come back here accepting of the fact imperialism is clearly evident.
We have seen governments overthrown in the name of US imperialism constantly and consistently. CARs are all US backed. Brazil is under a US sponsored coup, Venezuela etc.
Anti-Americanism is hip for one reason and I should never need to explain why.
As a visitor to the US, the people are the people... The leadership no longer cares for its people but its own avarice.
I trust this is more understandable?
Hillary/Trump will stand up and take the credit no doubt.
