Syria conflict: 'Chemical attacks kill hundreds'

[Armistead]

Originally Posted by Oberon

One of these days I will invest in a Wolferz to English dictionary...

I've known him for years and seldom understand him, but Wern usually can translate his gibberish.

[Tchocky]

It's a very poor argument to say we shouldn't do anything now because we didn't act in similar situations in the past.

[Sammi79]

Just heard on Al-Jazeera English live stream, Sweden will grant permanent residency to ALL Syrian refugees who make it there. Can't find a link anywhere else yet it was an interview with a humanitarian worker.

So at least one nation is following a 'moral imperative' as Aktungbby put it.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Oberon

One of these days I will invest in a Wolferz to English dictionary...

The new edition has an appendix with Skybird grammar.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Sammi79

Just heard on Al-Jazeera English live stream, Sweden will grant permanent residency to ALL Syrian refugees who make it there.

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[MH]

....rabidly militant Israel

If you people keep guns just because someone might steal your TV and deny you watching soap operas or exciting news on Syria wonder how militant you would get in ME east.

Seriously though ...What?



back to headlines....

[MH]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Inverse Godwins law and standard Godwins law aside. The following things are now known.

Obama has changed his langauge from hitting chemical weapons to 'degrading Assads military capabilities', which indicates that he will be looking to hit not only chemical weapons sites and delivery systems but also other key military systems such as command and control capabilities and airfields. This is likely in response to the knowledge that he will not be able to hit mobile launchers and assets so he's focusing on what he can hit with TLAMs and stand off air launched missiles, which is static targets. Senator McCain and another senator seems to have approved this, and it seems that Obama has won over key figures in the Senate.
This has increased the likelihood that the Senate vote, when it goes ahead (does anyone know when that will be?) will grant Obama permission to engage Syria.
The British, meanwhile, will very likely not be coming. Our opposition is trying to backtrack and ask the government under what circumstances it would consider a revote, but the government is not changing its position on the matter, and in a recent poll it was shown that third quarters of all those questioned supported the governments decision not to get involved.
As such, British military officials have been frozen out of the preparations for the strike, because we'd be a security risk otherwise.
The French are still eager to go, Hollande obviously thinks he can get a bit of that Sarkozy spirit, harvesting some successfull poll numbers from military action, however the French public opinion so far runs counter to his expectations.
Israel has launched a missile test in preparation for the possibility that Syria or Iran will retaliate at Israel when the US attacks, and the UN has announced that the situation in Syria has caused the worst humanitarian crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide, displacing over two million people.

On the other hand though, with the modern camera technology available and the internet to upload it on, there is a fascinating view of T-72 operations available:


As well as the dangers of operating in urban areas without infantry support whilst buttoned up:


Remember, when in doubt, Allahu Ackbar.

Yes- this is one piss game.

[Sammi79]

Originally Posted by Skybird

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OK some of the papers have it now, Sky.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=11119144

http://www.canada.com/news/Sweden+re...607/story.html

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Sammi79

OK some of the papers have it now, Sky.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=11119144

http://www.canada.com/news/Sweden+re...607/story.html

How the heck are the poor sods who cross the border with nowt but the shirt on their backs going to make it all the way across Europe to Sweden if not by a shady man who will stuff them in the back of a lorry and suffocate them before they get there and/or sell them into prostitution when they get there?

[Sammi79]

Originally Posted by Oberon

How the heck are the poor sods who cross the border with nowt but the shirt on their backs going to make it all the way across Europe to Sweden if not by a shady man who will stuff them in the back of a lorry and suffocate them before they get there and/or sell them into prostitution when they get there?

I don't know, but they have ~50,000 already apparently.

[edit] Hey! maybe we could use our army trucks and troops to transport them! or would that be too sensible...

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Sammi79

I don't know, but they have ~50,000 already apparently.

[edit] Hey! maybe we could use our army trucks and troops to transport them! or would that be too sensible...

What trucks?

[Sammi79]

Originally Posted by Oberon

What trucks?

We still have horses, right? ... right?

[Oberon]

Kerry - "In the hundred years since we united against Chemical weapons, only two tyrants have crossed that glowing line, and now Assad has become the third..."

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Sammi79

We still have horses, right? ... right?

We have more horses than we have tanks - And that's a fact.

[Sammi79]

Originally Posted by Oberon

We have more horses than we have tanks - And that's a fact.

Ok then, an emergency conscription of sheep, could carry a small person or pull a small cart...

We have plenty of sheep. (still a bit irradiated granted, but probably safer than depleted uranium rounds)