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got called a racist and told that i "wouldn't be out here if it was bush" today for organizing against the war on syria, lol
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*sighs, draws katana, tries to build socialism*
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5g0P1w12LCA
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Activist: ISIS fighters keep low profile

An activist from Raqqa, who uses the pseudonym Maher al-Ahmad, told CNN he'd gone back to the town after the airstrikes.

"It's the first time I didn't see ISIS in the streets, that I was able to walk around, because I am wanted by them," said al-Ahmad, who moves between Raqqa and Turkey's Gaziantep province.

He said people who were there during the strikes described them as feeling like earthquakes.

Some 20 to 25 vehicles filled with ISIS fighters, including people he believes were senior leadership because of the level of security around them, left the city within hours of the attacks, the activist said.

After keeping a low profile during the day, the ISIS fighters were out in the streets again by Tuesday evening but in lower numbers than usual, he said.

ISIS fighters began moving into the homes of civilians in the past two to three weeks, al-Ahmad said, raising fears that the civilians may be used as human shields or fall victim to future airstrikes.

Hassan al-Halabi, an activist from Aleppo, voiced similar fears, saying residents there have two main concerns about upcoming strikes in Syria.

"The first is that they are afraid of having civilian casualties because ISIS members and fighters are among civilians," al-Halabi said.

"And the second concern is that what will happen after that? Who will replace ISIS, especially that the regime is ready to take control of ISIS' areas?"
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tpaine posted:

i keep seeing ads for lady gaga's album with tony bennet and there's no way that isn't most abhorrent shit imaginable by a human being



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daddyholes posted:

http://i.ur.com/EnhPkTI.png



Meanwhile....

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daddyholes posted:

ISIS fighters began moving into the homes of civilians in the past two to three weeks, al-Ahmad said, raising fears that the civilians may be used as human shields



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#52
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is there any chance of isis fighting us or israeli solders ?
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Lion Assad
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political car tune
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*hefts rucksack* yeah, I served 4 tours with LF. AMA
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Front page LA times article about F-22 being finally used in combat, making it a success lmao
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using stealth fighter planes to bomb civilians in areas with no air defenses: success.
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discipline posted:

guys I Feel like we've been through so many wars together...



i genuinely had a feeling of deja vu reading this thread

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using stealth fighter planes to bomb civilians in areas with no air defenses: success.

it's definitely a success... for my stock portfolio! *hearty guffaws echo throughout the clubhouse*

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i'm seeing countless articles now coming from the liberal media about how we should expect this next war to continue for the next one, two, three decades maybe even ~forever~ lol

they are softening up the liberals to the prospects of continued war, forever, in the levant
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"prospects"
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"we should not shy away from the current prospects of military involvement in the middle east," the Prime Minister said, as he emerged from his mother's womb and then constantly for the rest of his life on earth
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We went into a just war—as everyone knows, it was Just—but now we have to come to terms with the fact that it's time to get our hands dirty. We abhor War— War is never the answer—But, sometimes, it is necessary. Sometimes we need to use War to stop the bad men. We know ISIL are bad. We also know Assad is badman, and the cause of ISIL—which is totally who we're bombing. However, since we're already here, in Syria, dropping bombs a *tinnsy* bit north of that Dictator, it wouldn't be too much of a difference if we... bombed a bit south on his location as well. We have to understand, while War is bad, the action of War is like removing tape stuck on the skin: best done in one fell Shock and Awe swoop, that removes it en totalis. It may be unpleasant, but ultimately it's for the best—it's for Democracy. If you want to build a democracy, you've got to kill everyone who may have reservation. That's just how it goes. Thank you, and here are some Vice videos that will hellp congeal these ideas through an iphone filter. God bless.
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reading liberal blogs has become real fun lately, as they all begin to curl up and scream about how the "news about Syria" is preventing them from talking about all sorts of important domestic police brutality stories that they forgot they had just lying around the place
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what are some liberal blogs? i wanna incoherently yell at some imperialists
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postposting posted:

what are some liberal blogs? i wanna incoherently yell at some imperialists



538
Angry Black Lady Chronicles
Atrios and Co.
August J. Pollak
Avedon
Balloon Juice
Barry Eisler
Calculated Risk
Charles Pierce
Cleek
Critters by Britty
Crooked Timber
Crooks and Liars
Daily Kos
Dan Savage
Digby
Driftglass
Emily Hauser In Your Base Killing Your Doodz
Emptywheel
Eunomia
Evelyn DeHais
Ezra Klein and Vox Media
Gin and Tacos
Greg Sargent
John Scalzi
Jonathan Turley
Kevin Drum
Kung Fu Monkey
Lawyers, Guns, and Money
League of Ordinary Gentleman
Mahablog
Matt Yglesias at Vox media
MaxSpeak, YOU LISTEN!
Nature Newsblog
Ned Raggett
No More Mister Nice Blog
Obsidian Wings
Outside the Beltway
Pharyngula
Real Climate
Roy Edroso
Rump Roast
Sadly, No!
Sarah, Proud and Tall
ScienceNOW
Skippy
Steve Benen
Stiftung Leo Strauss
Talk Left
Talking Points Memo
TBOGG
The Accidental Environmentalist
The Booman Tribune
The Daily Howler
The Field
The Impolitic
The Incidental Economist
The Moderate Voice
The Panda’s Thumb
The Raw Story
The Slacktivist
The Street
The World According to Meh!
Tiny Revolution
Tom Levenson
TRBC (Mark Kleiman and Co.)
Unqualified Offerings
Way of Cats
Wil Wheaton
Wonkette
Zandar Versus The Stupid

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its Interesting.

a lot of it is very obviously guided by the White House press office trickled down through like three levels of more important people to these various retired failed authors, but itstill kind of makes me hopeful because I Remember The 90s and there were also liberal politics on the Internet back then with a lot of the same poeple and they were running wall to wall "Hero Clinton smashes the vile Slav" stories. bbbut the same folks Folks have a moderately rebellious 2014 Congressional heart attack if you even bring up the "S" country right now because .....what about, like, Fer..g...that town in Mississippi(??) thats got to be everyones main focus right now for uh some reason.......
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another Cool Tool being deployed is the "will conservatives never be satisfied?!?!".

Where we will onlyu talk about the things we agree on like all the ways that deftly shredding Syrian kids signifies Things about superior Democratic campaign messaging and the Electoral college and important posts of the day on Eric the Red Republican guy Site where they dont "get" that carpet bombing families is better than War, which is bad. its sort of an idiot joy showland
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yall herd it here first all you decrepit Leg Day neglecting incels ..oyu can Troll american liberals just by bringing up Syria and talking about it, even just on the internet. is this not LF??? *blows on stack of ur old posts and they sparkle audibly*
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http://jobs.halliburton.com/iq/erbil-jobs
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so is empowering the Iraqi Kurdish authorities a big part of the plan here? i've always heard they were among the most pro-US in the region.
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postposting posted:

what are some liberal blogs? i wanna incoherently yell at some imperialists


https://samkriss.wordpress.com/

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HenryKrinkle posted:

so is empowering the Iraqi Kurdish authorities a big part of the plan here? i've always heard they were among the most pro-US in the region.



It seems to be an integral part of the yinon/bush/biden plan to partition and balkanize the ME

The way conservatives talk about them, it reminds me of the 80s propaganda regarding the contras. They are also reactionary as hell + ally of israel.

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