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    That little boy.

    His poor family.

    Few things make me overcome with emotions of sadness, grief, and despair. This is one of them.

    And the real life Game of Thrones continues to the detriment of the 99.99%.

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    As Syria continues and another attempt is made by the west to intervene against Assad using this poor boy as an excuse (false flag time: remember the YouTube videos of Assad unleashing chemical weapons against Syrians? Yeah: staged), read this:


    Warmongers in government and the media are perversely but predictably trying to conscript Aylan’s corpse into their march to escalation. They are contending that Aylan died because the West has not intervened against Syria’s dictator Bashar al-Assad, and that it must do so now to spare other children the same fate.

    Um, no, Aylan’s family were Kurdish refugees from Kobani who had to flee that city when it was besieged, not by Assad, but by Assad’s enemy: ISIS.

    And ISIS is running rampant in that part of Syria only because the US-led West and its regional allies have given them cover by supporting and arming the jihadist-dominated uprising against Assad.

    The West has been intervening in Syria heavily since at least 2012. Indeed, it is Western intervention that has exacerbated and prolonged the conflict, which has now claimed a quarter of a million lives.

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-0...rt-another-war

    Don't ever forget that Syria is about a pipeline to relinquish Russian dominance over energy in Europe and further line the pockets of Saudi Arabia.

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    • #3
      I wish there was a country which did not care about fucking money and profit.

      Freaking politicians are worried about immigrant crisis, how about yall step up and stop this war?

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      • #4
        rocwell wrote: View Post
        I wish there was a country which did not care about fucking money and profit.

        Freaking politicians are worried about immigrant crisis, how about yall step up and stop this war?
        Son you have heard the phrase " Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

        If you have ever wondered how Europe and North America turned their collective backs on the fate of European Jewry at the hands of Hitler and the Nazi's you can now see it unfold in front of your eyes yet again with the not so dissimilar fate of Syrian refugees.
        No state wants these poor unfortunate people and no state is prepared to let their young men die in Syria to stop it. Say what you will but this is the cold reality of realpolitik at work. Decades from now people will ask the same questions on Syria we ask about the holocaust today. How could the the west let this outcome come to be. Now you know how and have a glimpse of what happened in 1930's Europe.

        This is not a condemnation of the west's actions nor an endorsement. Its simply an observation with history as a backdrop.
        Last edited by Demographic Shift; Tue Sep 8, 2015, 04:49 PM.
        There's no such thing as a 2nd round bust.
        - TGO

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        • #5
          Demographic Shift wrote: View Post
          Son you have heard the phrase " Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

          If you have ever wondered how Europe and North America turned their collective backs on the fate of European Jewry at the hands of Hitler and the Nazi's you can now see it unfold in front of your eyes yet again with the not so dissimilar fate of Syrian refugees.
          No state wants these poor unfortunate people and no state is prepared to let their young men die in Syria to stop it. Say what you will but this is the cold reality of realpolitik at work. Decades from now people will ask the same questions on Syria we ask about the holocaust today. How could the the west let this outcome come to be. Now you know how and have a glimpse of what happened in 1930's Europe.
          The west (including Canada) let this outcome come to be by not stepping up in opposition of insane and asinine US foreign policy.

          The last 40 years in the Middle East is one conflict after another with formerly friendly US-armed 'forces' now the enemy. ISIS just happens to be the latest group to defy US instruction after being armed and funded. They were moderate rebels less than 2 years ago, after all. Thank goodness they weren't extremists.

          Assad isn't a good guy (most dictators aren't) but, like Hussein, Gaddafi, etc. before him, he kept the religious fanatics in check and the majority of people went about their day to day lives.

          There is very little difference between ISiS and Saudi Arabia yet one is 'friend' and the other foe.

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          • #6
            rocwell wrote: View Post
            I wish there was a country which did not care about fucking money and profit.

            Freaking politicians are worried about immigrant crisis, how about yall step up and stop this war?
            If they stopped fighting Assad this would have been over a long time ago.

            Strangely enough Russia has been the most sane country for the last 4-5 years.

            Putin has repeatedly told US to stop being world 'policeman' and stop interfering/undermining/toppling foreign governments in the pursuit of their own interests.


            Self interests is what this is all about. There is no good or bad like in the good ol' Hulk vs Sgt. Slaughter days. Everyone is looking out for themselves. Russia isn't helping Assad because of the Syrian people just like the US isn't trying to overthrow Assad because of the Syrian people.

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            • #7
              mcHAPPY wrote: View Post
              If they stopped fighting Assad this would have been over a long time ago.

              Strangely enough Russia has been the most sane country for the last 4-5 years.

              Putin has repeatedly told US to stop being world 'policeman' and stop interfering/undermining/toppling foreign governments in the pursuit of their own interests.


              Self interests is what this is all about. There is no good or bad like in the good ol' Hulk vs Sgt. Slaughter days. Everyone is looking out for themselves. Russia isn't helping Assad because of the Syrian people just like the US isn't trying to overthrow Assad because of the Syrian people.
              Putin is really good leader. Every leader should be like him. He got my respect, but still Russia is no better than USA.

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              • #8
                mcHAPPY wrote: View Post
                The west (including Canada) let this outcome come to be by not stepping up in opposition of insane and asinine US foreign policy.

                The last 40 years in the Middle East is one conflict after another with formerly friendly US-armed 'forces' now the enemy. ISIS just happens to be the latest group to defy US instruction after being armed and funded. They were moderate rebels less than 2 years ago, after all. Thank goodness they weren't extremists.

                Assad isn't a good guy (most dictators aren't) but, like Hussein, Gaddafi, etc. before him, he kept the religious fanatics in check and the majority of people went about their day to day lives.

                There is very little difference between ISiS and Saudi Arabia yet one is 'friend' and the other foe.
                How would you propose we as a nation alter US foreign policy in the Middle East ? Stand up to them in what way ? Stop trade with them ? Close our borders to US Nationals ? End natural gas shipments ? Have Ottawa in the person of the PM or Minsister of External Affairs say we are really really pissed with you and how you are going about things ? We can't even influence the approval of a single oil pipeline in a nation where you can't drive 50 kilometers without seeing an oil pipeline of some sort.

                The outcomes of this policy of destabilization are heart rendering. That picture you posted needs no words to convey the misery these people have endured. Yet misery is forever in the world and no state will send its own young men to die for the misery of others unless that misery is about to land squarely in their laps.

                Again.. this is not an endorsement of US policy nor a condemnation of it. Just a somewhat cynical observation of how shit happens.
                There's no such thing as a 2nd round bust.
                - TGO

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                • #9
                  Demographic Shift wrote: View Post
                  How would you propose we as a nation alter US foreign policy in the Middle East ? Stand up to them in what way ? Stop trade with them ? Close our borders to US Nationals ? End natural gas shipments ? Have Ottawa in the person of the PM or Minsister of External Affairs say we are really really pissed with you and how you are going about things ? We can't even influence the approval of a single oil pipeline in a nation where you can't drive 50 kilometers without seeing an oil pipeline of some sort.

                  The outcomes of this policy of destabilization are heart rendering. That picture you posted needs no words to convey the misery these people have endured. Yet misery is forever in the world and no state will send its own young men to die for the misery of others unless that misery is about to land squarely in their laps.

                  Again.. this is not an endorsement of US policy nor a condemnation of it. Just a somewhat cynical observation of how shit happens.
                  Yes, no, maybe, no, yes. Problem solved

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                  • #10
                    Demographic Shift wrote: View Post
                    How would you propose we as a nation alter US foreign policy in the Middle East ? Stand up to them in what way ? Stop trade with them ? Close our borders to US Nationals ? End natural gas shipments ? Have Ottawa in the person of the PM or Minsister of External Affairs say we are really really pissed with you and how you are going about things ? We can't even influence the approval of a single oil pipeline in a nation where you can't drive 50 kilometers without seeing an oil pipeline of some sort.

                    The outcomes of this policy of destabilization are heart rendering. That picture you posted needs no words to convey the misery these people have endured. Yet misery is forever in the world and no state will send its own young men to die for the misery of others unless that misery is about to land squarely in their laps.

                    Again.. this is not an endorsement of US policy nor a condemnation of it. Just a somewhat cynical observation of how shit happens.
                    You publicly oppose their contributions to instability.

                    You don't commit military and monetary resources to aid conflicts which only create instability and are pursued for ulterior motives or gains.


                    Canada has fallen a long way in the last 20+ years, in my opinion.

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                    • #11
                      mcHAPPY wrote: View Post
                      You publicly oppose their contributions to instability.

                      You don't commit military and monetary resources to aid conflicts which only create instability and are pursued for ulterior motives or gains.


                      Canada has fallen a long way in the last 20+ years, in my opinion.
                      Canadian Foreign Policy over the years does precisely that. It offers everything short of real tangible help.
                      :-)
                      There's no such thing as a 2nd round bust.
                      - TGO

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                      • #12
                        rocwell wrote: View Post
                        Putin is really good leader. Every leader should be like him. He got my respect, but still Russia is no better than USA.
                        Yeah, I am not condoning Russia.

                        They have done many things US has done.

                        Problem is US has their citizens, Joe Six Pack, brainwashed that they are fighting for democracy and they live in land of the free, home of the brave.

                        Russia is pretty much what you see is what you get.

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                        • #13
                          Demographic Shift wrote: View Post
                          Canadian Foreign Policy over the years does precisely that. It offers everything short of real tangible help.
                          :-)
                          There was a time when Canada only pursued humanitarian aid and relief.

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                          • #14
                            mcHAPPY wrote: View Post
                            There was a time when Canada only pursued humanitarian aid and relief.
                            Prefer that then the government raising taxes and adding service charges to everything.

                            Bring back foreign aid and UN peacekeepers 🙌

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                            • #15
                              mcHAPPY wrote: View Post
                              There was a time when Canada only pursued humanitarian aid and relief.
                              You take the high road on this debate. Others do not. Within 24 hours of that photo coming out to public view some bottom feeder running for the NDP (Finn Donnelly) in Vancouver tried to shamelessly use this childs death to advance his own agenda by trying to say Canadian Immigration caused his death by their failure to act on a year old refugee claim. This piece of self serving flotsam is why I try to stick with sports now.

                              21 Days till Raps training camp opens. Jays looking good for the post season. Canada could advance to the Olympics in Rio with a couple more wins at FIBA.
                              There's no such thing as a 2nd round bust.
                              - TGO

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