August 26, 2013

US Strike on Libya Coming "Within Hours"?
— Ace

Earlier I saw a tweet, specifically reporting a "rumor," that Russians were getting on to their ships and withdrawing from Syria. Russia denies this, but I'm starting to think it's true:


Whoops! Syria, Libya, Yemen. It's hard to keep track of the Nobel Peace Laureate's manifold wars, kinetic actions, and drone assassinations.

I guess Obama got bored reading about Miley Cyrus so he's gonna Bomb Something.


Posted by: Ace at 03:49 PM | Comments (427)
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1 Ummm...Libya again?

Posted by: Vercingetorix at August 26, 2013 03:49 PM (KI5wm)

2 Libya..?  A new version of wag the dog before you cook it?

Posted by: mallfly at August 26, 2013 03:50 PM (bJm7W)

3 So . When's someone gonna question the timing ?

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 26, 2013 03:50 PM (0iJzo)

4 What the hell did Libya do? Is this Benghazi payback?

Posted by: guido at August 26, 2013 03:50 PM (7E276)

5 what difference, at this point, does it make?!

Posted by: mallfly at August 26, 2013 03:50 PM (bJm7W)

6 The kids are playing with matches again...

Posted by: The Third Horseman Of The Apocalypse at August 26, 2013 03:51 PM (Dwehj)

7 This business will get out of control.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at August 26, 2013 03:51 PM (Lq5WC)

8 I'm sure that John Kerry will have an explanation that will clear everything up.

Posted by: mallfly at August 26, 2013 03:51 PM (bJm7W)

9 The headline be wrong.

A strike on Libya, I could actually support at this time, assuming we had some real intelligence on the Benghazi culprits.

On Syria no.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 26, 2013 03:51 PM (d7tB2)

10 They. Just. Can't. Help. Themselves. Even when it means aiding our enemies. They're fascists and tyrants at heart.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 03:52 PM (pginn)

11 And maybe I'm just old, but whenever the Russians officially deny something then I'm 100% sure it happened.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 26, 2013 03:52 PM (d7tB2)

12 When the signal is given. Hordes of giant paper mache Obama heads and drummers will be taking to the streets.

Posted by: YIKES! at August 26, 2013 03:52 PM (mETGQ)

13 too bad she left office, this could have been another one of Hillary!'a extraordinary accomplishments.

Posted by: mallfly at August 26, 2013 03:52 PM (bJm7W)

14 Who'd have thunk that 12 years after 9/11 the US military would be fighting wars to aid those who attacked us. Crazy times...

Posted by: mugiwara at August 26, 2013 03:53 PM (hpYnL)

15 Not what I wanted to hear. The jeff is an farking disaster ... not only him the Arizona wonder and his side kick...

Posted by: ET at August 26, 2013 03:53 PM (YpjaN)

16 Cause nothing says, "I don't know what the fuck I'm doing" like lobbing missiles into the middle of a civil war. With Russians dead smack in the middle.

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 26, 2013 03:53 PM (PrDJQ)

17 don't forget, veterans and tea party members are the real threat

Posted by: mallfly at August 26, 2013 03:53 PM (bJm7W)

18  I  guess Obama's  ratings are in the shitter...so hes bound and determined to bomb (not sure what) in Syria ???

I wish both sides of that civil war could lose.
Whichever one wins we lose.
In order for the Middle East to be a halfway decent place a lot of Arabs will need to die.They seem to be doing a real good job on their own. As sad as  it is we should just let them and stay out of the way.

Posted by: Shifty Bitwise at August 26, 2013 03:53 PM (eSWnx)

19 Operation "overcharge"

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 26, 2013 03:54 PM (PrDJQ)

20 Sirya, Labia - so long as some a-rab extremists get bombed.

Posted by: toodles at August 26, 2013 03:54 PM (InxVQ)

21 Hordes of giant paper mache Obama heads and drummers will be taking to the streets.

And don't forget topless, screeching, droopy-breasted skanks.

Posted by: The Third Horseman Of The Apocalypse at August 26, 2013 03:54 PM (Dwehj)

22 Our best hope is that this sets Assad and the Brotherhood back into a bloody stalemate.

Posted by: toby928© at August 26, 2013 03:55 PM (QupBk)

23 didn't Michael Beschloss tell us in 2009 that Obama might be the most intelligent president we ever had? He must know something, he don't say nothing, he keep on rolling along...

Posted by: mallfly at August 26, 2013 03:55 PM (bJm7W)

24 Um, as far as I know, Syria !=Libya, ace.

Posted by: Chelsea d'afrique, late to the meme as usual at August 26, 2013 03:55 PM (r+7wo)

25 The Muslim Brotherhood is butthurt over Egypt. Ogabe wants to show them some love.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 03:55 PM (pginn)

26 Hey, remember when I said that JEF getting us into a war for oil in Libya was a bad idea and Ace decided that made me a paultard? Yeah, good times.

King Putt has no business sending men to their deaths. He didn't then, and he certainly hasn't improved.

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 26, 2013 03:55 PM (PrDJQ)

27 Ace You have Libya in the title-- The Tweet says-- #Syria

Posted by: tasker at August 26, 2013 03:56 PM (r2PLg)

28 I was against American Force Projection before I was for it...

Thanks for the halp Secretary Kerry

Posted by: Barack Obama at August 26, 2013 03:56 PM (Pr6hk)

29 Well, just give me a another day or two to get groceries stocked up, and a supply of fuel, then giver hell boys. . .  and don't fly on 9/11.

Posted by: exhausted reactionary at August 26, 2013 03:56 PM (7mC3p)

30 Is there a limit where even the LIV will start to abandon the jef ... 

Posted by: ET at August 26, 2013 03:56 PM (YpjaN)

31 Recycling a headline that you had lying around, ace? Very ecologically sound, and a testament to SCOAMF's fecklessness to boot.

Posted by: joncelli at August 26, 2013 03:56 PM (gUizq)

32 Ace, you're posting like a type of weasel on some form of crack.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 26, 2013 03:56 PM (lVPtV)

33 Remember that Syria is 5x bigger than Libya! (The more you know).

Posted by: VP Joe Biden at August 26, 2013 03:57 PM (Dsds2)

34 Sure, why not? Obama's going full FDR.

Posted by: Lauren at August 26, 2013 03:57 PM (ELdpj)

35 Libya. Syria. Whatevs.

Posted by: Barack Obama, 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Winner at August 26, 2013 03:57 PM (li+aS)

36 The hour is getting late, hey

Posted by: toby928© at August 26, 2013 03:57 PM (QupBk)

37 So has anyone figured out who the anagram for the third antichrist, MABUS, stands for yet???

Posted by: Nostradamus at August 26, 2013 03:58 PM (Pr6hk)

38 Lybia wax Obama's OTHER bullshit war.

Posted by: steevy at August 26, 2013 03:58 PM (9XBK2)

39 It gets even better. Kerry and Delaware's Own Joe Biden both voted AGAINST Operation Desert Shield/Storm, then chattered about 'regime change' in Iraq during the Bubba years, and then voted FOR Operation Iraqi Freedom. And now both are cheering on comic opera ops in Libya and now Syria.

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 26, 2013 03:58 PM (PrDJQ)

40 Is there a limit where even the LIV will start to abandon the jef ...

Never!!11!! Because free shit!

Posted by: Low Information Voter at August 26, 2013 03:58 PM (Dwehj)

41 Obama might get a small bump in the polls from following the Brits *spit* into Syria; but it's hardly Kabul-after-9/11, is it?

The Assad clan haven't done anything to us directly. They're allied with the Ayatollah and Hizbollah, who admittedly are our sworn enemies, but if we cared that much then we'd be storming the beaches of Khuzistan.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 26, 2013 03:58 PM (d7tB2)

42 Anyone worried that this an illegal and unconstitutional act of war by our president? Anyone? Buller? Buller?

Posted by: Red at August 26, 2013 03:58 PM (7us0J)

43 Oh, and someone explain to the Russians that the old SAC base 20 miles away is no longer operational. No BUFFs there, no military there, just section 8 housing.

Well, ok, you can nuke the section 8 housing, just use a low yield device, if you don't mind.


Posted by: exhausted reactionary at August 26, 2013 03:58 PM (7mC3p)

44 Without consent of Congress I'm sure....

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at August 26, 2013 03:58 PM (9+ccr)

45 The economy is in the shitter. Obamacare will further ruin it. Unemployment is bad. He's failed on pretty much all of his agenda. Why not bomb Syria?

Posted by: Matt at August 26, 2013 03:58 PM (FuwR5)

46 Sorry, we can't afford a war now. Even a small one. The sequester, you know.

Posted by: The OMB at August 26, 2013 03:58 PM (pginn)

47 Slow down wingnuts ..... this might be shiny , really shiny .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 26, 2013 03:59 PM (0iJzo)

48 Well,the end times are supposed to start in the ME.

Posted by: steevy at August 26, 2013 03:59 PM (9XBK2)

49 37 So has anyone figured out who the anagram for the third antichrist, MABUS, stands for yet??? Posted by: Nostradamus at August 26, 2013 07:58 PM (Pr6hk) Mangy Asshole Broke United States

Posted by: joncelli at August 26, 2013 03:59 PM (gUizq)

50 No funny! You make me nervous Obama grow balls for a second.

Posted by: Goat Fucker in Libya at August 26, 2013 03:59 PM (Aif/5)

51 And don't forget topless, screeching, droopy-breasted skanks.

I wish I could forget.  Don't ever look at a WeaselZippers photo array.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 26, 2013 03:59 PM (4QSOR)

52 Lybia, Syria, What difference at this point does it make ?

Posted by: The Jackhole at August 26, 2013 03:59 PM (nTgAI)

53 We have to bomb them to see what's in them.

Posted by: Nancy pelosi at August 26, 2013 03:59 PM (od/cd)

54 So has anyone figured out who the anagram for the third antichrist, MABUS, stands for yet???

Ah missed mabus again.

Posted by: Bubba Clinton at August 26, 2013 04:00 PM (Dwehj)

55 If you average the American deaths in Libya and the American deaths in Chicago, we are already at war with Libya.

Posted by: White House Economists at August 26, 2013 04:00 PM (CeNUw)

56 Oh, and lets "leak" that we are going to attack in hours...

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at August 26, 2013 04:00 PM (9+ccr)

57 MABUS = "My, Ain't Barak [an] Unlikely Savior?

Posted by: Sharkman at August 26, 2013 04:00 PM (7Dbui)

58 Kerry-- his skills at diplomacy are zero. If you questioned the chemical attack videos even though there have been fake reports from the Middle East before-- you should check your humanity or morality. How does that help get China, and Russia--there fore the UN on board? Remember how important UN approval use to be? Also-- *if* it was so patently obvious the videos were real-- why did it take almost a week for kerry to come pout and say so? Ghee--maybe because he waited for more confirmation--than just what he thought he saw? It's not as if people do not stage things-- like throwing their Silver Star away--and then admitting decades later that it was all a fake out.

Posted by: tasker at August 26, 2013 04:00 PM (r2PLg)

59 Mabus is a lousy SecNav.

Posted by: steevy at August 26, 2013 04:01 PM (9XBK2)

60 Seriously, Rand Paul needs to force this as a vote in the Senate. Get all the other Republicans on record.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 26, 2013 04:01 PM (d7tB2)

61 Gee. We're bombing Assad, and we were told by the Hildabeast that he was a reformer. Can't wait to see what 'we' do to the reactionaries.

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 26, 2013 04:01 PM (PrDJQ)

62 The LIV's will stand by Obama until the free shit stops flowing. Until then, it's Heil Obama all the way to the end.

Posted by: Lauren at August 26, 2013 04:01 PM (ELdpj)

63

Might just as well bomb Libya for all the good it's going to  do.

 

As to Syria, Assad announced he would fire rockets on Israel if we acted against him.  

That was all ObamaKhalidi needed to hear.

Posted by: garrett at August 26, 2013 04:01 PM (Np4pc)

64 Guardian (http://tinyurl.com/nxj79c2):

Warplanes and military transporters have begun arriving at Britain's Akrotiri airbase on Cyprus, less than 100 miles from the Syrian coast, in a sign of increasing preparations for a military strike against the Assad regime in Syria.

Two commercial pilots who regularly fly from Larnaca on Monday told the Guardian that they had seen C-130 transport planes from their cockpit windows as well as small formations of fighter jets on their radar screens, which they believe had flown from Europe.

Residents near the British airfield, a sovereign base since 1960, also say activity there has been much higher than normal over the past 48 hours.

If an order to attack targets in Syria is given, Cyprus is likely to be a hub of the air campaign. The arrival of warplanes suggests that advanced readiness – at the very least – has been ordered by Whitehall as David Cameron, Barack Obama and European leaders step up their rhetoric against Bashar al-Assad, whose armed forces they accuse of carrying out the chemical weapons attack last Wednesday that killed many hundreds in eastern Damascus.


Posted by: LC LaWedgie at August 26, 2013 04:01 PM (6xhLc)

65 I love Damascus in the Spring.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 26, 2013 04:01 PM (8ZskC)

66 Posted by: Red at August 26, 2013 07:58 PM (7us0J) Presidents have routinely operated on the theory that they have the power to act as they see fit as C-in-C Congress tried to reign them in with the War Powers Act, which basically says you can go for 90 days but then you have to get our approval. Which presidents have routinely ignored.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 04:01 PM (pginn)

67 Sorry, we can't afford a war now. Even a small one.
The sequester, you know.

Posted by: The OMB

You don't know business like we do. We can save on volume.

Posted by: Sherrif Joe Joe Biden [/i] [/b] at August 26, 2013 04:02 PM (62Vup)

68 Well it looks like he may have exceeded his authority and transmitted the go code for Wing Attack Plan R

Posted by: General Buck Turgidson at August 26, 2013 04:02 PM (Pr6hk)

69 Posted by: Nostradamus at August 26, 2013 07:58 PM (Pr6hk)

Well, Ray Mabus is SECNAV, and it's Navy ships that are about to lob some Tomahawks, so maybe it's not an anagram.

Posted by: Country Singer at August 26, 2013 04:02 PM (T1R3G)

70 Oh, pretty pretty script...

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at August 26, 2013 04:02 PM (9+ccr)

71 Yeah, lets hit Libya again. However, I'm totally opposed to attacking Syria.

Posted by: rickl at August 26, 2013 04:03 PM (sdi6R)

72 we were told by the Hildabeast that he was a reformer

Seriously? *googles*

yup- http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/03/ hillary-clinton-says-no-syrian-intervention-because-killer-assad-is-a-reformer/

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 26, 2013 04:03 PM (d7tB2)

73

This being a smart military blog and all, I expect Ace is trying not to compromise the mission with an accurate Headline.

Posted by: garrett at August 26, 2013 04:03 PM (Np4pc)

74 more like Hurricane LaBARREL

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 26, 2013 04:03 PM (d7tB2)

75 I was for bombing middle eastern countries before I was against bombing middle eastern countries. Oh, now? I'm for it again. Let me know when the bombing starts. I will be on my yacht. So to sum it up. For, against, for, so you see on balance I've always been for bombing middle eastern countries.

Posted by: Secretary of lurch at August 26, 2013 04:04 PM (od/cd)

76 So how come we care about these victims? We seem to ignore them in other parts of the World... Why here?

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at August 26, 2013 04:04 PM (9+ccr)

77 61 Gee. We're bombing Assad, and we were told by the Hildabeast that he was a reformer. Can't wait to see what 'we' do to the reactionaries. I dismantled my WMDs after Iraq. Look what happened to me.

Posted by: Col Crazy Qaddafi at August 26, 2013 04:04 PM (Dsds2)

78 See!

Ol' Sheriff Joe stops 'em cold. We got this.

Posted by: Sherrif Joe Joe Biden [/i] [/b] at August 26, 2013 04:04 PM (62Vup)

79 Phony Wars

Posted by: Tutu at August 26, 2013 04:04 PM (CpWI4)

80 Harry "The Surge Has Failed" Reid: Why are you letting Teh JEF attack Syria?

Posted by: Arbalest at August 26, 2013 04:05 PM (FlRtG)

81 Obama doesn't give a shit what the American people think or about the Constitution.He's acting as dictator.

Posted by: steevy at August 26, 2013 04:05 PM (9XBK2)

82 This being a smart military blog and all, I expect Ace is trying not to compromise the mission with an accurate Headline.

John has a long mustache.

Posted by: AoS Double Naught Spy at August 26, 2013 04:05 PM (Dwehj)

83

is it too much to ask that we at least know who we're going after?

I'm afraid that OBama just wants to get on the Catholic Church burning.

It is funny how Uncle Bill and company likes to reminiscence about burning churches in 'murica but really doesn't care about it overseas.

Posted by: joeindc44 at August 26, 2013 04:05 PM (Jl9aq)

84 We'll make an example of Libya to show Syria what can happen if you cross a red line and DON'T have weapons of mass destruction.

Posted by: OCBill at August 26, 2013 04:05 PM (rFipM)

85 It's not my fault (should anything go wrong) Valerie Jarrett told me to do it. Blame her!

Posted by: President Reverse King Midas at August 26, 2013 04:05 PM (mETGQ)

86 Remember when candidate/Senator Barack Hussein Obama shot his mouth off about "bombing villages and stuff"? Yeah, funny how the useful idiots forgot it.

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 26, 2013 04:05 PM (PrDJQ)

87 The tail, she wag the dog, yes?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at August 26, 2013 04:05 PM (HDgX3)

88 Must bomb something the shit about my "phony" scandals were about to hit the fan... General O

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at August 26, 2013 04:05 PM (9+ccr)

89 Third Anti-Christ? Sorry, that's me, but my supervillain costume is still at the dry cleaners. Maybe after Labor Day

MABUS? anagram? Baums! It's them damn Jews again (back to me.)

Posted by: mallfly at August 26, 2013 04:05 PM (bJm7W)

90

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16 Cause nothing says, "I don't know what the fuck I'm doing" like lobbing missiles into the middle of a civil war. With Russians dead smack in the middle. Posted by: Blue Hen at August 26, 2013 07:53 PM

=====

 

 Bingo.

 

Armageddon scenarios are now on the table, kids.

Posted by: Warren Bonesteel at August 26, 2013 04:06 PM (klGLB)

91

ummmm, I doubt this

I've been through a few launches in my time and even a snapshot takes more time than a few hours

plus there's the ice cream social, can't have tasking without a ice cream social

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 26, 2013 04:06 PM (djLPp)

92 Hurricane Lafawndah, please report to The Barrel.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 26, 2013 04:06 PM (lVPtV)

93 Leave Britney Miley Libya alone!

Posted by: Crispian at August 26, 2013 04:06 PM (y5vFC)

94 Shit, if we're launching TLAMs tonight, something must be coming out tomorrow that is *really* bad. Joe DiGenova? Joe? Paging Joe? White courtesy telephone, STAT.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at August 26, 2013 04:06 PM (4p5/2)

95 Everyone else catch ace's head fake?  Fookin' BRILLIANT!  The Syrians won't know what hit them. 

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at August 26, 2013 04:06 PM (jucos)

96 Survival Kit contents check. In them you will find: one 45 caliber automatic, two boxes of ammunition, four days concentrated emergency rations, one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills, one miniature combination Rooshan phrase book and Bible, one hundred dollars in rubles, one hundred dollars in gold, nine packs of chewing gum, one issue of prophylactics, three lipsticks, three pair of nylon stockings -- shoot, a fellah could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff....

Posted by: Slim Pickens at August 26, 2013 04:06 PM (Pr6hk)

97 Bush lied. There are no wmd's in Syria. The Russian's did not have semi trucks full of chemical weapons moved into Syria from Iraq. Never mind what satelite photos confirmed, the msm told me Bush lied. There were no wmd's in Iraq!

Posted by: billygoatpuke at August 26, 2013 04:06 PM (J3N44)

98 If the Brits are coordinating then they've obviously had a plan on the burner for week. Just waiting for the unambiguous red line to be crossed. Bets Obama will ignore Congress again?

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 04:06 PM (pginn)

99 joeindc44: http://www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2013/08/16/ coptic-monastery-set-alight-fate-of-coptic-manuscripts-unknown/

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 26, 2013 04:06 PM (d7tB2)

100 Wonder if they will be sending in manned bombers ... hope not, it would be a cryin shame if anyone were to be shot down for this horse shit.

Posted by: ET at August 26, 2013 04:06 PM (YpjaN)

101 Hey guys?  Who's up for some  hands of Spades?

Posted by: The Choomiest C-In-C at August 26, 2013 04:06 PM (BAS5M)

102 Third antichrist? Where do people come up with this stuff?

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 26, 2013 04:07 PM (/tk/V)

103 So, who's skipping The Barrel?  Are there new rules now?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 26, 2013 04:07 PM (lVPtV)

104 Hey, do we get to play all night tonight like with bengazi?

Posted by: reggies love pole at August 26, 2013 04:07 PM (od/cd)

105 Let the barbarians fight it themselves! Where is that United Nations? Let them help humanitarian aid.

Posted by: CarolT at August 26, 2013 04:07 PM (z4WKX)

106 I guess it's time to get caught up on end of times prophesy..... brb

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at August 26, 2013 04:07 PM (jucos)

107 re 84: old joke.

teacher send home a note that Melvin is repeatedly misbehaving in class.
Mother writes back, "next time Melvin misbehaves, smack the child next to Melvin. This will frighten Melvin."

Posted by: mallfly at August 26, 2013 04:08 PM (bJm7W)

108 You f#cked up, you trusted us

Posted by: Eric Straton at August 26, 2013 04:08 PM (Pr6hk)

109

So, watching CNN. They showed a video purportedly of victims of the attacks. Little kids . . . but their hands were tied together. Struck me as odd.

Posted by: Emile Antoon Khadaji at August 26, 2013 04:08 PM (BVTtz)

110 ikokki writes in the comments to that article - There are blog posts on the Greek internet, probably reflecting the opinion of the intelligence service and perhaps the ministry of foreign affairs, that there is an organized plan by Muslim fundamentalists to exterminate the Christian communities of the Middle East so as to impose an Islamist state. The burning of churches in Egypt or the kidnappings and beheadings of Christians in Syria which are posted on Youtube serve this purpose, there is even the note that the online beheadings are not there so much to scare the Christians but to show their backers in the Persian Gulf that they are doing the job they were paid to do

Hmm.

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at August 26, 2013 04:08 PM (d7tB2)

111 So topless day at AoShq has been called off?

Posted by: Victor/Victoria at August 26, 2013 04:09 PM (FnJUz)

112 111 Noooooooo!Damn you Baraka!!

Posted by: steevy at August 26, 2013 04:09 PM (9XBK2)

113 Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 26, 2013 08:06 PM (lVPtV) I obviously post too infrequently around here to get that reference. Pls explain.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 04:09 PM (pginn)

114
Seriously, Rand Paul needs to force this as a vote in the Senate. Get all the other Republicans on record.
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo




Congress is out on vacation --- oh sorry --- "Constituent Work Weeks" -- until Sept 7th.  And then there's Rosha Something right after they get back.

Republicans ain't voting on jack, in the slim chance they wanted to.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 26, 2013 04:10 PM (kdS6q)

115 To bad their isn't any playoff brackets for the scoamf to fuck with instead of dealing with this shit.

Posted by: YIKES! at August 26, 2013 04:10 PM (mETGQ)

Posted by: Guy who said 'war is not the answer' in 2002 at August 26, 2013 04:10 PM (Pr6hk)

117 i'm not clear on why yemen still exists.....that should have been erased from the map along long time ago

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at August 26, 2013 04:10 PM (8JJ6O)

118 Well Obama does have the minus touch... Everything he attempts ends up like shit.... And yes I meant minus...

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at August 26, 2013 04:10 PM (9+ccr)

119 Can we conjure up some giant paper mache heads real quick?

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at August 26, 2013 04:11 PM (jucos)

120 Why does the term "Gulf of Tonkin" keep coming to mind?

Posted by: Zombie Dean Rusk at August 26, 2013 04:11 PM (Vk2pI)

121 I guess Obama got bored reading about Miley Cyrus so he's gonna Bomb Something. ************* You know....i Miley Cyrus did a show--peace in the Middle East due to *shock* could last almost three days.

Posted by: tasker at August 26, 2013 04:11 PM (r2PLg)

122 al Qaeda is on the run...we'll  need to hurry to catch up to them.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama: Leading from Behind Kal Penn at August 26, 2013 04:11 PM (Np4pc)

123 Well... at least our stopped clock still works!

Posted by: the Ronulans who said 'war is not the answer' in 2002 at August 26, 2013 04:11 PM (d7tB2)

124 >>>This being a smart military blog and all, I expect Ace is trying not to compromise the mission with an accurate Headline.

You need to open a PR firm.  You're wasting your talents elsewhere.


Posted by: ace at August 26, 2013 04:11 PM (/IWYB)

125 Oh, come on. Obama isn't going to really attack Syria. That's silly talk. Just think of it as a kinetic twerking.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 26, 2013 04:11 PM (xSegX)

126
Nobel. Peace. Prize.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 26, 2013 04:11 PM (lnFK0)

127 41 Assad clan didn't do anything to us? What about all the support they gave al-Qaida in Iraq?

Posted by: BornLib at August 26, 2013 04:12 PM (zpNwC)

128 Uh-oh. Going to war without the approval of the UN. The press will certainly go down--I mean get down on Him for that.

Posted by: Caliban at August 26, 2013 04:12 PM (2ArJQ)

129 Nostradamus gave the Third Antichrist the following code name. HeÂ’s Mabus. A number of notorious contemporary figures, still living or recently dead from the Middle East can see their names spelled in the Mabus code.

Posted by: Guy who watches History Channel at August 26, 2013 04:13 PM (Pr6hk)

130 How's about some Muslim countries take this one, huh? Haven't we served as their Great Satan long enough?

Muslim on Muslim war. Obama policy: Let's attack Muslims. That'll help us with the Muslims.

Good Lord the man has no math skills at all. And neither does ValJar. We'll spare Biden this time because we are a gracious people.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 26, 2013 04:13 PM (eHIJJ)

131 What is it with Democrats and wars in former French colonies?

Posted by: AmishDude at August 26, 2013 04:13 PM (xSegX)

132
 "Our assignment is to knock out the nuclear-weapons plant here at Falafel Heights. The plant goes on line in 12 hours and is heavily defended."

"Now, if you have trouble hitting your objective, your secondary targets are here and here: an accordion factory and a mime school. Good luck, gentlemen. "

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 26, 2013 04:13 PM (kdS6q)

133 OMFG. Okay, this is so bad, I'm willing to sacrifice myself to create a publicity entanglement to prevent it. ... I will sleep with Miley Cyrus.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:14 PM (qyfb5)

134 Inexplicably, none of my lefty friends who freaked the fuck out about 'Bush's illegal war!!!!!' aren't even acknowledging this. Must not have been featured on the daily show yet.

Posted by: Ms Choksondik at August 26, 2013 04:14 PM (YOZSv)

135 Kerry walked out after announcing anyone who didn't accept it all as FACT was-- amoral--without any questions from the press. When the media becomes the lap dog, they give up the watch dog position.

Posted by: tasker at August 26, 2013 04:14 PM (r2PLg)

136

You need to open a PR firm. You're wasting your talents elsewhere.

 

 

No time. 

'Friends' is on.

Posted by: garrett at August 26, 2013 04:14 PM (Np4pc)

137 If I had a war, it would look like Libya Syria

Posted by: Barack Obummer at August 26, 2013 04:14 PM (Pr6hk)

138 113 Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 26, 2013 08:06 PM (lVPtV)

I obviously post too infrequently around here to get that reference. Pls explain.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 08:09 PM (pginn)




When you don't close your italics and it affects the next post, it's a turn in The Barrel.



Srsly?  You never heard of the barrel?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 26, 2013 04:14 PM (lVPtV)

139 I wonder when the msm is going to start asking where Syria got all those WMD in the first place. Ok, not really wondering.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 26, 2013 04:15 PM (g1DWB)

140 Oh I give up.

Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at August 26, 2013 04:15 PM (Gk3SS)

141 Could be this is how Obama gets Iran to bomb Israel for him.

Posted by: obsidian at August 26, 2013 04:15 PM (RrfSA)

142 Bammy lied people died.

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at August 26, 2013 04:15 PM (9+ccr)

143 So, what happened to the UN inspectors? What did they find? Not that it matters since the assholes in charge decided that they were going to attack syria no matter what.

Posted by: Victor/Victoria at August 26, 2013 04:15 PM (FnJUz)

144 A sharply creased pant from the president should be enough warning to Assad.

Posted by: Dvid Brooks at August 26, 2013 04:15 PM (mETGQ)

145 Wait a tic. Jack Bauer from CTU will come up with evidence the chemical weapons used in Syria were dispensed by the Russians who hold the oil rights in the Caspian Sea and by starting this action, stand to reap large financial gain through our attack.

Planes are in the air.

Biden and TFG's cabinet invoked the 25th amendment and Biden's been carrying the football for two hours now. No worries, Jack. Is. On. It. Any minute now....

Posted by: comfortably numb at August 26, 2013 04:15 PM (CUo5I)

146 Bomb, bomb, bomb Bomb, bomb, Iran Heh heh. My friendsh.

Posted by: John "The Jokeman" McCain at August 26, 2013 04:15 PM (GXKTh)

147 You poor slobs don't get it: Obama, Bush, Congress, Military all take orders from Israel.  It doesn't matter that 9% of Americans support military action against Syria....Israel wants Hezbollah destroyed...Syria supports Hezbollah...Iran supports Hezbollah...Iran and Hezbollah dare to stand up against Israel......you idiots are too focused on Obama to realize the entire country elite are traitors to their own people....you and me

Posted by: Walter at August 26, 2013 04:15 PM (Rri2G)

148 Can I hear some more about illegal, imperialist wars.... anyone?

Posted by: The Chicken at August 26, 2013 04:16 PM (Pr6hk)

149 Oh, sh*t. Obama's in a tail-wagging mood. Everyone to your bunker!

Posted by: Peruvia at August 26, 2013 04:16 PM (eHIJJ)

150 I wonder when the msm is going to start asking where Syria got all those WMD in the first place. Ok, not really wondering. Posted by: JackStraw at August 26, 2013 08:15 PM (g1DWB) Why, hello there!

Posted by: Sarin Gas Fairy at August 26, 2013 04:16 PM (Vk2pI)

151 OK, suppose I were to believe the Assad regime had chemical weapons. And they were the ones that used them on the rebels. I want to know how the current action is supposed to produce a better outcome. The irony(?) here is that Obama has to do this to maintain any credibility. He said there was a "red line". If he does nothing, then he's weak. That's what this is all about. They called his bluff.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 26, 2013 04:16 PM (xSegX)

152 When you don't close your italics and it affects the next post, it's a turn in The Barrel. Srsly? You never heard of the barrel? Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 26, 2013 08:14 PM (lVPtV) someone only reads the post and not the comments.....ever

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at August 26, 2013 04:17 PM (8JJ6O)

153 OK, Obama is going to attack Syria? My next question is what "Fuck-Up, Scandal, Lie, or Very Bad Economic News" is about to hit the news stands? I don't trust this SOB at all. I trust Ho Chi Minh, Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro and Vlad Lenin more then our Chocolate Jesus.......Something really stinks in DC tonight if this is true !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Frogger McGhee at August 26, 2013 04:17 PM (3Z1wn)

154 If we are going to war, this may be the last opportunity for someone here to make me a sammie.

Posted by: Victor/Victoria at August 26, 2013 04:17 PM (FnJUz)

155 Posted by: Walter at August 26, 2013 08:15 PM (Rri2G)

Sir, place the crack pipe on the ground and slowly back away from it.

Posted by: Country Singer at August 26, 2013 04:17 PM (T1R3G)

156 Let me be clear! Nobel Peace Prize because middle class!

Posted by: ranger_99 at August 26, 2013 04:17 PM (QE+vA)

157 Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 26, 2013 08:14 PM (lVPtV Oh, crap. Sry. I'll make up for it with extra snark on my next comment

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 04:17 PM (pginn)

158 Leading from behind, means you are always going to be behind. Right? The stupid is soo strong.

Posted by: Billy Bob, Psuedo Intelectual at August 26, 2013 04:17 PM (wR+pz)

159 Ron Paul!!

Posted by: toby928© at August 26, 2013 04:17 PM (QupBk)

160 Can't wait to see what happens to the first person who hangs the preznit in effigy like the lefties did with Bushitler

Posted by: Benghazi Video Guy at August 26, 2013 04:17 PM (Pr6hk)

161 Chickenhawk!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 26, 2013 04:17 PM (uxi9i)

162 Affirmative action Jackson

Posted by: ET at August 26, 2013 04:18 PM (YpjaN)

163 someone only reads the post and not the comments.....ever Ladies and gentlemen, an AoSHQ first!

Posted by: jakeman at August 26, 2013 04:18 PM (GXKTh)

164 140 Oh I give up. Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at August 26, 2013 08:15 PM (Gk3SS) There's a good girl.

Posted by: The Honorable Filthy Filner at August 26, 2013 04:18 PM (GEICT)

165 Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at August 26, 2013 08:17 PM (8JJ6O Not true, I laugh my ass off over the comments. Except yours.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 04:18 PM (pginn)

166 Posted by: Walter at August 26, 2013 08:15 PM (Rri2G) Joo is the new boo.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:18 PM (qyfb5)

167 41 Here is what I'm talking about: http://tinyurl.com/mdrnhfj Al Qaeda ‘rat lineÂ’ from Syria to Iraq turns back against Assad "Syrian President Bashar Assad’s anti-U.S. strategy during the 2003-11 Iraq War has come back to bite him. Mr. Assad allowed al Qaeda operatives to set up a "rat line"; through his country and into northeastern Iraq. Hundreds of young terrorists, many recruited from North Africa, took airline flights into Damascus and joined networks ready to sneak them across the border. Assad's objective: to keep the U.S. occupation off balance by helping al Qaeda kill Americans."

Posted by: BornLib at August 26, 2013 04:18 PM (zpNwC)

168 So topless day at AoShq has been called off?

Posted by: Victor/Victoria at August 26, 2013 08:09 PM (FnJUz)


Shit. I hope not. I just got my macbew calibrated to view the proceedings.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 26, 2013 04:18 PM (60Q+L)

169 Da Joooooossssss!!!!!

Posted by: wAlter at August 26, 2013 04:18 PM (Aif/5)

170 So he finally found a way to wag the dog and put our country at additional risk. Fantastic.

Since he's a big supporter of women in combat, when will the Obama girls be signing up?

Posted by: Marcus at August 26, 2013 04:19 PM (2sGFg)

171 Oh dear ,I hope they wrap this up before Wednesday when Obama gives his version of the MLK "I have a Dream speech " at the Lincoln Memorial .I'm all atwitter waiting for that

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at August 26, 2013 04:19 PM (9+ccr)

172 The kids are playing with matches again... Posted by: The Third Horseman Of The Apocalypse at August 26, 2013 07:51 PM (Dwehj) Thread winner. Best comment I expect to see in the entire string.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 04:19 PM (bb5+k)

173 At least none of this sh!t will stick to me

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 26, 2013 04:19 PM (Pr6hk)

174 He said there was a "red line". The Yosemite Sam Presidency™.

Posted by: jakeman at August 26, 2013 04:19 PM (GXKTh)

175 At least I only *jumped* the shark.  I think Miley thinks she can have shark babies.

Posted by: Fonzie at August 26, 2013 04:21 PM (rFipM)

176

well to work I go

and enjoy the OBAMA'S BOMBING!!!! over-reaction

 

seriously guys, it takes more than a few hours for a TLAM strike

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 26, 2013 04:21 PM (djLPp)

177 This will be the most noble war ever fought in the history of mankind

Posted by: MSM at August 26, 2013 04:21 PM (Pr6hk)

178 They should have a Twitter just for Liberals, with none of that distracting dissent. They could call it Litter.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:21 PM (qyfb5)

179 Posted by: Walter at August 26, 2013 08:15 PM (Rri2G) It's the international juice conspiracy.

Posted by: Luap Nor at August 26, 2013 04:21 PM (mETGQ)

180 165 Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at August 26, 2013 08:17 PM (8JJ6O) Come to think of it, I'm wondering if you might not be a liberal troll. Why else would you accuse me of not reading the comments, when I asked Jane why she commented that I was in the Barrel, hmm, riddle me that? Answer: Liberal logic.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 04:21 PM (pginn)

181 >>Iran supports Hezbollah...Iran and Hezbollah dare to stand up against Israel......you idiots are too focused on Obama to realize the entire country elite are traitors to their own people....you and me You might have missed it what with all the tin foil but Iran has been pretty much telling us to show it up our ass for years. And guess what? They are still spinning those centrifuges. I don't think nukes give a damn whether you are an elite or not. How impressed do you think they have been with Obama's shiny bright lines?

Posted by: JackStraw at August 26, 2013 04:21 PM (g1DWB)

182 Nostradamus? Ok. Whew. For a bit there they had me thinking someone had managed to come up with three antichrists from Biblical prophecy.

Posted by: nothinglefttolose at August 26, 2013 04:21 PM (J+V/o)

183 Well, if the strike is against "Syria" (i.e. the whole damn thing, as opposed to a select few targets located within Syria) then I guess that's ok.

Posted by: Petrus at August 26, 2013 04:21 PM (ZSflp)

184 And Ace, dude, you've become a Twitter whore.

Posted by: Marcus at August 26, 2013 04:22 PM (2sGFg)

185 It. Was. The. Joos.

Posted by: Walter Mitty at August 26, 2013 04:22 PM (Dwehj)

186 It's a sad day when I come to the realization that I trust Putin more than I do the US government.

Posted by: billiygoatpuke at August 26, 2013 04:22 PM (jFaZl)

187 The Yosemite Sam Presidency™. Yeah, and Putin is Bugs Bunny. Except a lot less comical. Kind of like Heath Ledger as Bugs Bunny in Christopher Nolan's version of Looney Tunes.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 26, 2013 04:22 PM (xSegX)

188 If they have more prove or reasons why the videos are believable--why can't they share that with the country? After all I am sure Kerry gathered more evidence--and didn't want to end up looking like he was -- rick rolled. Instead he waits almost a week and then lectures the world, the UN Security Council about their lack of morality. All the while his credibility is based on gaining the limelight by fake throwing his war hero medals. Ironic as hell.

Posted by: tasker at August 26, 2013 04:23 PM (r2PLg)

189 Don't worry Barry, we can launch the cruise missiles and then hit the self-destruct button before they get to Syria... Win-win

Posted by: Valerie Jarret at August 26, 2013 04:23 PM (Pr6hk)

190

Dear Night Watchman at the Syrian baby milk factory:

You may want to call in sick for your next shift.  Just saying.

Posted by: Albert Recordes at August 26, 2013 04:23 PM (eMcW8)

191 Come to think of it, I'm wondering if you might not be a liberal troll. Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 08:21 PM (pginn) So, you show up, don't know the local customs, and attack the natives. You should work for the State Department.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:23 PM (qyfb5)

192 Bring it, Mom Jeans.

Posted by: Bashar al Assad at August 26, 2013 04:23 PM (Np4pc)

193 You might have missed it what with all the tin foil but Iran has been pretty much telling us to show it up our ass for years. And guess what? They are still spinning those centrifuges. I don't think nukes give a damn whether you are an elite or not. How impressed do you think they have been with Obama's shiny bright lines? Posted by: JackStraw at August 26, 2013 08:21 PM (g1DWB) We should have beat the Dog shit out of Iran in 1979.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 04:24 PM (bb5+k)

194 Somebody wanna see my Libya?

Posted by: Miley at August 26, 2013 04:25 PM (rFipM)

195 Today, another historic moment for President Barack Obama, who now holds the record for most wars started by a Nobel Peace Prize Winner


Posted by: Charlie Gibson at August 26, 2013 04:25 PM (Pr6hk)

196 147 You misspelled "France"

Posted by: BornLib at August 26, 2013 04:25 PM (zpNwC)

197 "Red, Red Line" - UB44 (2012)

Posted by: garrett at August 26, 2013 04:25 PM (Np4pc)

198 Come to think of it, I'm wondering if you might not be a liberal troll. Why else would you accuse me of not reading the comments, when I asked Jane why she commented that I was in the Barrel, hmm, riddle me that?

Answer: Liberal logic.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 08:21 PM (pginn)


You are out of line. Phoenixgirl is a real person, and a 24 karat sweetheart. Better get your head screwed on straight, or go back to kos.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 26, 2013 04:26 PM (60Q+L)

199 Yeah, and Putin is Bugs Bunny. Except a lot less comical. Kind of like Heath Ledger as Bugs Bunny in Christopher Nolan's version of Looney Tunes. There was a great theory I read a few years ago--heck, it might have been here--that used Looney Tunes as a generational commentary. Basics of it were that Baby Boomers empathized with the Road Runner, while GenXers empathized with the Coyote, which at 46 is exactly how I feel.

Posted by: jakeman at August 26, 2013 04:26 PM (GXKTh)

200

I really don't think some understand.... my absolute horror, and disgust...

 

 

We are now about to use US military power, to Aid the EXACT same people who killed Marines I knew in Lebanon in 1983.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 04:26 PM (lZBBB)

201 176 well to work I go and enjoy the OBAMA'S BOMBING!!!! over-reaction seriously guys, it takes more than a few hours for a TLAM strike Posted by: navycopjoe at August 26, 2013 08:21 PM (djLPp) **************** I'm sure some of us won't believe it till we see it.

Posted by: tasker at August 26, 2013 04:26 PM (r2PLg)

202 Jackstraw, you fucking idiot, Iran would be as stupid as you to NOT develop nukes....US overthrew their democratically elected leader in 1953 then gave Saddam poison gas to gas them (and the Iraqi Kurds) in 1980.... its called self-preservation, but you are incapable of the simple human qualtity called logic

Posted by: Walter at August 26, 2013 04:26 PM (Rri2G)

203 It would make sense to conquer Syria if we had kept control of Iraq and had pacified Afghanistan.

Oh, that's right, we're not going in there to conquer Syria, or even to bring down Assad, this is just a punishment raid, right? Drop some bombs, blow stuff up, and then what? Call it a week, and have a bbq back stateside?

What's the exit strategy? What's the mission? What's the victory conditions?

Country Joe and the Fish "Vietnam Song"
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.


Posted by: exhausted reactionary at August 26, 2013 04:26 PM (7mC3p)

204 What the hell does bombing Syria have to do with physical work ?

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 26, 2013 04:27 PM (0iJzo)

205 The irony(?) here is that Obama has to do this to maintain any credibility. He said there was a "red line". If he does nothing, then he's weak. That's what this is all about. They called his bluff. Posted by: AmishDude at August 26, 2013 08:16 PM (xSegX) I do not believe there is a single petty dictator anywhere in the world that thinks Obama is tough. He is a world wide laughing stock.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 04:27 PM (bb5+k)

206 Posted by: Walter at August 26, 2013 08:26 PM (Rri2G)


I see ValJar is in the house...

Posted by: Country Singer at August 26, 2013 04:27 PM (T1R3G)

207 It's wagyu the dog!

Posted by: president o'bumbles at August 26, 2013 04:27 PM (uH46F)

208 Who's the good guy and bad guy in Syria again?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at August 26, 2013 04:28 PM (HDgX3)

209 I'll make it easy on the MSM... Bush did it! Phew we dodged a bullet! What? Bush isn't President now... Oh, a ,well, a,What a heroic move by President Obama....

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at August 26, 2013 04:28 PM (9+ccr)

210 If they have more *proof* Jezzuz the Drudge Cyrus pics have screwed up my English.

Posted by: tasker at August 26, 2013 04:28 PM (r2PLg)

211 Da derp dee derp... derp dee terp tiddle dee tum

Posted by: Wallter at August 26, 2013 04:28 PM (WMsq+)

212 Barak honey, come back to bed, no one is going to think you any more weak if you don't bomb.

Posted by: reggies love pole at August 26, 2013 04:28 PM (od/cd)

213 >>Jackstraw, you fucking idiot, Iran would be as stupid as you to NOT develop nukes....US overthrew their democratically elected leader in 1953 then gave Saddam poison gas to gas them (and the Iraqi Kurds) in 1980.... its called self-preservation, but you are incapable of the simple human qualtity called logic If you really want to impress me then tell me why we and the Brits took out the elected leader of Iran and put the Shah in charge. Hurry up, I can't wait for you to google all night.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 26, 2013 04:28 PM (g1DWB)

214 Hey - Shia/Allowis keeling Sunni - win Hezbollah keeling Al Qeada - win Sunni keeling Shia/Allowis - win Al Qeada keeling Hezbollah - win ummm, why would we want to stop this?

Posted by: Mike at August 26, 2013 04:29 PM (5/BV3)

215 Give the Generals and Admirals a week to do what thy think is proper, let Obama play Spades.

Posted by: Lincolntf at August 26, 2013 04:29 PM (ZshNr)

216 The Russians weren't gonna die on this hill and do WWIII. They were only looking to get paid for some weapons and civil engineering projects and they figured Assad would pay them eventually.  The rebels?  Probable not so much.

If Obama agreed to help out with those bills they'd cut Assad loose in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Chelsea Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 26, 2013 04:29 PM (2BHYC)

217 I guess it's time to get caught up on end of times prophesy..... brb Posted by: Truck Monkey Just look up Walid Shoebat and lectures about the antichrist on youtube. You'll be more than up to date. Oh and Shoebat has a charity that tries to save persecuted Christians in islamic nations.

Posted by: Jade Sea at August 26, 2013 04:29 PM (+AX4H)

218

If you really want to impress me then tell me why we and the Brits took out the elected leader of Iran and put the Shah in charge.

 

 

That Shah  really tied the room together.

Posted by: Walter at August 26, 2013 04:30 PM (Np4pc)

219 Anyone remember when B*sh was President, and killing little brown people was a bad thing?

Yeah, me neither.

Posted by: cool arrow at August 26, 2013 04:30 PM (WMsq+)

220 Jackstraw, you fucking idiot, Iran would be as stupid as you to NOT develop nukes....US overthrew their democratically elected leader in 1953 then gave Saddam poison gas to gas them (and the Iraqi Kurds) in 1980.... its called self-preservation, but you are incapable of the simple human qualtity called logic Posted by: Walter at August 26, 2013 08:26 PM (Rri2G) Yeah, that's why they keep talking about wiping Israel off the face of the earth. They want nukes for DEFENSIVE purposes.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 04:31 PM (bb5+k)

221 Hurry up, I can't wait for you to google all night. If you want an answer , you will .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 26, 2013 04:31 PM (0iJzo)

222 Don't know if that has something to do with it, but I haven't heard from daughter the elder in about two weeks and she normally calls me twice a week. She is stationed in Stuttgart Germany, where all these commands are and works for them. I don't hear from her, usually something is up

Posted by: Ma Bell at August 26, 2013 04:31 PM (RLdcX)

223 215 Give the Generals and Admirals a week to do what thy think is proper, let Obama play Spades. Posted by: Lincolntf at August 26, 2013 08:29 PM (ZshNr) *********** That reminds me there is suppose to be a summit in Jordan IIRC-- Dempsey is going. Can't remember when.

Posted by: tasker at August 26, 2013 04:31 PM (r2PLg)

224 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 26, 2013 08:26 PM (60Q+L) That may be true, and you may be the Queen of England. And now she knows what a false accusation feels like.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 04:31 PM (pginn)

225 I am lead to believe that there are 2 SSGNs in the vicinity.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:31 PM (9Xc5j)

226 We are now about to use US military power, to Aid the EXACT same people who killed Marines I knew in Lebanon in 1983. Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 08:26 PM (lZBBB) It's nuts, isn't it?

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 04:31 PM (bb5+k)

227 I hope they post pictures of all the kids with limbs blown off from our bombs and missiles so we can see how much more humane this is than chemical weapons.

Posted by: Andrew at August 26, 2013 04:32 PM (HS3dy)

228 Did Festus Haggen have a cousin Mabus?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 26, 2013 04:32 PM (JsN1O)

229 Give the Generals and Admirals a week to do what thy think is proper, let Obama play Spades.

***

SPADES?

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACIST!1!1!!!11!

Posted by: cool arrow at August 26, 2013 04:32 PM (WMsq+)

230 http://wapo.st/12FLbVC Nine percent of this country wants to hit Syria per Pravda on the Potomac. Nine.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at August 26, 2013 04:32 PM (4p5/2)

231 Joint Chiefs chairman heads to Jordan for security talks By Carlo Muñoz - 08/25/13 05:53 PM ET Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey is in Jordan to discuss possible U.S. military action in neighboring Syria. The four-star general will meet with his Jordanian counterparts and other regional defense chiefs during the two-day summit, focusing on the ongoing "dynamic security environment" in the region, according to a Pentagon spokeswoman. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon- hill/policy-and-strategy/318679-dempsey-in- jordan-as-pentagon-weighs-military-action-in- syria-#ixzz2d7oYTPEt

Posted by: tasker at August 26, 2013 04:32 PM (r2PLg)

232 That Shah really tied the room together. Well played sir , well played .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at August 26, 2013 04:33 PM (0iJzo)

233 you are incapable of the simple human qualtity called logic

I nominate that for the AoSHQ Bammy Awards, Best Irony and Projection category.

Posted by: The Third Horseman Of The Apocalypse at August 26, 2013 04:33 PM (Dwehj)

234 Posted by: Lincolntf at August 26, 2013 08:29 PM (ZshNr)


The problem with that approach is that the present crop of flag officers have their political/careerist heads shoved so far up Barky's ass they can't make a decision like that on their own.

Posted by: Country Singer at August 26, 2013 04:33 PM (T1R3G)

235 195 Today, another historic moment for President Barack Obama, who now holds the record for most wars started by a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Posted by: Charlie Gibson at August 26, 2013 08:25 PM (Pr6hk) Son of a bitch.

Posted by: Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini at August 26, 2013 04:33 PM (zpNwC)

236 Because Mossadegh was a fool, who relied on the Tudeh, (Communists)
because he was stupid enough to tick off the Mullahs and the Bazaaris (merchant class) same stupid thing, the Shah did a quarter century later.

Posted by: Marty McFly at August 26, 2013 04:33 PM (Jsiw/)

237

Well, what's the worst possible outcome?  

 

Because, and I'm profiling here, that's what we can expect.

Posted by: garrett at August 26, 2013 04:33 PM (Np4pc)

238 In Walter's mind, there's always a casus belli in which either Israel or America can be blamed. Once it is found, one need not look any further.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 26, 2013 04:33 PM (xSegX)

239 That Shah really tied the room together.

Posted by: Walter at August 26, 2013 08:30 PM (Np4pc)


The Shah's greatest failing was in looking for Reds under every bed, and blissfully ignoring the islamist elephant in the room. If he had had khomeini whacked instead of exiling his hairy ass to France, the world would be a much better place.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 26, 2013 04:33 PM (60Q+L)

240 It really is a terribly uncomfortable feeling having a bunch of ignorant, arrogant, amateurs at America's helm.

Posted by: George Washington at 14,000 RPM at August 26, 2013 04:33 PM (Qt/4j)

241 You should work for the State Department. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 26, 2013 08:23 PM (qyfb5)


*slides over brownie*

Oh.   Wait.


*sprays whipped cream all over it*


That's better.

Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at August 26, 2013 04:33 PM (Gk3SS)

242 Israeli Gas Mask Distribution Ramps Up Amid Syria Escalation, Suspected Chemical Weapons Use by Oren Kessler | 08.26.13 11:54 am Israelis are rushing to equip themselves and their families with gas masks, amid an escalation in the Syrian crisis and the widely suspected use of chemical weapons by the Bashar al-Assad regime. Syria has one of the world’s largest chemical-weapons arsenals, containing roughly 1,000 tons of nerve agents. The Israel Postal Company, which provides the masks through a call-in service, has registered a fourfold rise in gas masks requests nationwide. Sixty-two percent of Tel Aviv residents are already equipped with the masks, compared to three-quarters in Israel’s northernmost city Kiryat Shmona. In Jerusalem the number is just 30 percent. In the capital’s Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood, a member of the Sanz Hasidic community picked up nine gas masks for his large family. He told the Hebrew edition of Yedioth Ahronoth that while he “pray to God to protect the Nation of Israel,” he believes that “to pray without taking a mask is like buying a lottery ticket without buying a ticket.” All told, the Israel Postal Service has thus far distributed at least 4.8 million gas masks, accounting for six in ten Israelis.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:33 PM (9Xc5j)

243 That may be true, and you may be the Queen of England. And now she knows what a false accusation feels like. Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 08:31 PM (pginn) It was an inncouous comment base don a running joke here, that Breitbart always read the comments and never the articles, and Ace read the articles and never the comments. And you overreacted like a 7-year-old meth addict on a bender and attacked her personally. We *all* learned something, and it wasn't about PG.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:33 PM (qyfb5)

244 Should have held out for another couple of weeks

Posted by: Mayor Bob Filner at August 26, 2013 04:34 PM (Pr6hk)

245

It's nuts, isn't it?

 




 

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 08:31 PM (bb5+k)

 

 

And no one knows whose side anyone is really on...

 

Parts of Hez are supporting Assad.... but theres now a bombing war going on in Lebanon too...

 

And where is the House of Saud in all this?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 04:34 PM (lZBBB)

246 It is DUCK season, comrade!

Posted by: bugs putin at August 26, 2013 04:35 PM (uH46F)

247 If we are going to just lob a few cruise missiles in there, I don't really give a fuck. If this is a full on air campaign then what the hell??

Posted by: Eton Cox at August 26, 2013 04:35 PM (q177U)

248 The problem with that approach is that the present crop of flag officers have their political/careerist heads shoved so far up Barky's ass they can't make a decision like that on their own. Posted by: Country Singer at August 26, 2013 08:33 PM (T1R3G) This is what I see as well. The Military are afraid of him. I regard the whole situation as ominous.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 04:35 PM (bb5+k)

249 And where is the House of Saud in all this? Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 08:34 PM (lZBBB) Hiding under their beds...

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at August 26, 2013 04:35 PM (9+ccr)

250 Waiting for Not in our name, ANSWER and the walking. talking vaginas to weigh in here. 
Wait one. Walter showed up, so the talking vaginas have spoken.

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 26, 2013 04:35 PM (PrDJQ)

251 What you weren't expecting me ?

Posted by: 4th Horseman of the Apocalypse ( Yes I Have Arrived) at August 26, 2013 04:35 PM (KuZ6A)

252 We *all* learned something, and it wasn't about PG. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 26, 2013 08:33 PM (qyfb5) That derp's gonna derp?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 26, 2013 04:35 PM (GEICT)

253 I'm glad we have that Republican Chuck Hagel to pin this on if things go wrong

Posted by: SoS John Kerry at August 26, 2013 04:35 PM (Pr6hk)

254 OT: You can now get sued for "crimed against humanity" the United States for disagreeing with homosexuality: http://tinyurl.com/khwpfut

Posted by: The Political Hat at August 26, 2013 04:35 PM (Vk2pI)

255 That's better. Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at August 26, 2013 08:33 PM (Gk3SS) Thanks! Have this coupon for free Cinnamon and Merlot Timbits.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:36 PM (qyfb5)

256 Guys, guys, guys. It's all under control. I'm sure the Guilford Connecticut Peace Alliance will be out there with their homemade banner this Saturday morning at the town green (the corner across from Cilantro's Cafe) to protest any US-propagated mid-east violence. These folks are peace professionals. And they do fine work.

Posted by: Nobel Piece of Shit Prize at August 26, 2013 04:36 PM (hemD9)

257 And where is the House of Saud in all this? Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 08:34 PM (lZBBB) They are providing financial support for the syrian opposition. Alliances in the Middle East are totally fucked up

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:36 PM (9Xc5j)

258 Can we shoot some submunitions at Israel?

Posted by: Samantha Power is out of the office at August 26, 2013 04:36 PM (sOtz/)

259 Nine.

 

 

Posted by: akula51 at August 26, 2013 08:32 PM (4p5/2)

 

 

More people than that have not only seen Elvis... but have been abducted by Aliens...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 04:37 PM (lZBBB)

260 254 I'm glad we have that Republican Chuck Hagel to pin this on if things go wrong The thing about Hagel is that he's SO incompetent that he'll be bypassed entirely. It's sort of a Peter, Paul AND Mary principle.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 26, 2013 04:37 PM (xSegX)

261 In Walter's mind, there's always a casus belli in which either Israel or America can be blamed. Once it is found, one need not look any further. Posted by: AmishDude at August 26, 2013 08:33 PM (xSegX) Not familiar with him. After that message he posted, I count that as a plus.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 04:37 PM (bb5+k)

262 anyone know where Mary from Brattleboro is???

Posted by: phreshone at August 26, 2013 04:37 PM (Pr6hk)

263 I'm sure Assad is safely in a bunker somewhere, so who is gonna feel the brunt of the attack?Be ready for all the pictures of the dead Children....

Posted by: hello, it's me also a creep-assed cracka.. at August 26, 2013 04:37 PM (9+ccr)

264 No shit, even Congress can muster 15% support according to RCP Averages... Nine percent.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at August 26, 2013 04:37 PM (4p5/2)

265 That derp's gonna derp? Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 26, 2013 08:35 PM (GEICT) *nods* That is one way of putting it. *shares brownie*

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:37 PM (qyfb5)

266 The Shah's greatest failing was in looking for Reds under every bed, and blissfully ignoring the islamist elephant in the room. If he had had khomeini whacked instead of exiling his hairy ass to France, the world would be a much better place. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 26, 2013 08:33 PM (60Q+L) Yup.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 04:37 PM (bb5+k)

267 If we are going to just lob a few cruise missiles in there, I don't really give a fuck. If this is a full on air campaign then what the hell?? Posted by: Eton Cox at August 26, 2013 08:35 PM (q177U) Cruise missiles but we have hundreds parked just off shore

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:38 PM (9Xc5j)

268 Thanks!

Have this coupon for free Cinnamon and Merlot Timbits. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 26, 2013 08:36 PM (qyfb5)

Ohhhhhh.  *clutches to bosom*

Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at August 26, 2013 04:38 PM (Gk3SS)

269 A good guide to whether or not the President is going to take action is if he would fatally lose influence with the jihadis fighting in a nation, and with their sympathizers. In this case, allowing Assad to use chemical weapons would end any ability to be taken as a friend. He must therefore act. That is the King's interest in the matter. The nation gas none.

Posted by: "Burke" at August 26, 2013 04:38 PM (BL1q8)

270 This is the way you go to war... with your power-glutes sticking out

Posted by: Andi Sullivain at August 26, 2013 04:38 PM (Pr6hk)

271 *nods* That is one way of putting it. *shares brownie* Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 26, 2013 08:37 PM (qyfb5) *nom* Thank you oh Dark One.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at August 26, 2013 04:38 PM (GEICT)

272 If this is a full on air campaign then what the hell?

The Syrians got a pretty bitchin air defense system.  I doubt we'd do that.

Posted by: Chelsea Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 26, 2013 04:38 PM (2BHYC)

273 anyone know where Mary from Brattleboro is??? Posted by: phreshone at August 26, 2013 08:37 PM (Pr6hk) (quietly closes basement trap door and slide carpet back into place) No.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:39 PM (qyfb5)

274 Rock the Casbah!

Posted by: The Clash at August 26, 2013 04:39 PM (BAS5M)

275 Women and  Children have nothing to fear  from the Cruise Missile.

Posted by: Tom Cruise at August 26, 2013 04:39 PM (Np4pc)

276 Reminds me of a three stooges episode ... larry, moe and curly were in a row boat taking on water ... moe and larry were bailing the boat out when moe turned around to see curly drilling holes into the bottom of the boat ... moe said somehting like "hey muttin head what are ya doin"... curley said "I'm lettin the water out"... thats it, the jef is "lettin the water out", you'll see it's all gonna be just fine.

Posted by: ET at August 26, 2013 04:39 PM (YpjaN)

277 This is the way you go to war... with your power-glutes sticking out

***

And Obuttsex... excuse me, PRESIDENT Obuttsex knows a thing or two about power glutes.

Posted by: cool arrow at August 26, 2013 04:39 PM (WMsq+)

278 Meanwhile if you baseball fans have not heard: Met super rookie Harvey has ligament damage- done for season- will probably need Tommy John surgery. Talk about the luck of the mets

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:39 PM (9Xc5j)

279 Me and Barry been practicin' wag the dog for a long time, longer than we be playing spades. Choom on brother smoke em der ass-odd homies.

Posted by: Reggie Love at August 26, 2013 04:40 PM (4ypfR)

280 Drag the Fag or Flog the Dog?

Oh that's right, Jugears quit the butt habit, but he did get a new pet.

Talk about The Wrong War.

But then there's been Zero Right about this Scandalous Phony from the get go.

What Am I worrying about, Boehner, McCornered and McStain will intercede in behalf of sanity.

Putin must be rubbing his hands in anticipation.     


Posted by: ontherocks at August 26, 2013 04:40 PM (r6ygj)

281 Anyone who is against this action is raycessed

Posted by: Colin Powell, rider of Norman's Coattails at August 26, 2013 04:40 PM (Pr6hk)

282 The Shah's greatest failing was in looking for Reds under every bed,
That was his job.

Posted by: CIA at August 26, 2013 04:40 PM (JsN1O)

283 Ohhhhhh. *clutches to bosom* Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at August 26, 2013 08:38 PM (Gk3SS) *smiles slightly, plan worked, eyes perceived as following coupon's movement*

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:40 PM (qyfb5)

284 The Syrians got a pretty bitchin air defense system. I doubt we'd do that. Posted by: Chelsea Purp at August 26, 2013 08:38 PM (2BHYC) Well that's not really true. The Israelis fly over Syria at will. We would not have much trouble what so ever, but with sequestration not sure if we have the fuel?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:41 PM (9Xc5j)

285 I like my police actions long and uncut...

Posted by: andi sullivan at August 26, 2013 04:41 PM (uH46F)

286 Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 08:31 PM (bb5+k) Nothing done by this administration has made any sense from the perspective of an American citizen, so why expect a course change now!

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 26, 2013 04:41 PM (XdnQT)

287 Parts of Hez are supporting Assad.... but theres now a bombing war going on in Lebanon too... And where is the House of Saud in all this? Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 08:34 PM (lZBBB) It is because of shit like this that the US needs to increase the development of natural gas as a transport fuel. I can think of no faster way to cut off the money to that part of the world. Make them irrelevant, and we won't care what they do.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 04:41 PM (bb5+k)

288 Shit, if we were raining steel down on Pock-ee-ston, I'd be okay wit' dat.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 26, 2013 04:41 PM (uxi9i)

289 Jugears quit the butt habit

***

No, that's one habit he'll never quit.

IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: cool arrow at August 26, 2013 04:41 PM (WMsq+)

290 We're out...bring it.

Posted by: V Putin at August 26, 2013 04:42 PM (kyAWi)

291 Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 08:41 PM (9Xc5j) It's the green fuel requirement and the sequester funding that will be the problem!

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 26, 2013 04:42 PM (XdnQT)

292 You can now get sued for "crimed against humanity" the United States for disagreeing with homosexuality: http://tinyurl.com/khwpfut Posted by: The Political Hat at August 26, 2013 08:35 PM (Vk2pI) Burn it down. Scatter the Stones. Salt the Earth where it stood.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 04:42 PM (bb5+k)

293 The Syrians got a pretty bitchin air defense system. Israel seems to be able to walk in pretty much at will when shit needs destroying.

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 26, 2013 04:42 PM (YHK+q)

294 What exactly does he plan on Tomahawking?

Posted by: UWP at August 26, 2013 04:43 PM (r98SZ)

295 BTW Someone drop kick Walter into the dumpster out back, don't make me come down off this horse!

Posted by: 4th Horseman of the Apocalypse ( Yes I Have Arrived) at August 26, 2013 04:43 PM (KuZ6A)

296

Jugears quit the butt habit

 

 

He can't quit me.

Posted by: Reggie Love at August 26, 2013 04:43 PM (Np4pc)

297 An interesting detail, that even Saddam, didn't go after Khomeini when he was living in Najaf and Karbala, for most of the 16 years, he was exiled there,

Posted by: Marty McFly at August 26, 2013 04:43 PM (Jsiw/)

298 I guess I picked the wrong week to come out of the bathtub

Posted by: Kweef Olbermann at August 26, 2013 04:43 PM (Pr6hk)

299 Intelligence community and the Brits confirm WMDs. How can you argue with that?

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 26, 2013 04:43 PM (uxi9i)

300 They are providing financial support for the syrian opposition. Alliances in the Middle East are totally fucked up Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 08:36 PM (9Xc5j) I kinda assumed they were supporting whoever was against Iran.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 04:43 PM (bb5+k)

301 Could this video be proof of the Loch Ness Monster? http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2013/08/video-could-this-video-be-proof-of-loch.html

Posted by: Steve at August 26, 2013 04:43 PM (xZPp3)

302 Cruise missiles but we have hundreds parked just off shore

 

 

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 08:38 PM (9Xc5j)

 

Yes... because with the Sequester, we will SO be able to afford to replenish those stocks... at 1.2 million per Harpoon, and 1.4 million per Tomahawk.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 04:43 PM (lZBBB)

303 (quietly closes basement trap door and slide carpet back into place)

No.
---
mmppff!!  *thump* * thump* *rattle*

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 04:44 PM (SxI9Z)

304 What exactly does he plan on Tomahawking? Posted by: UWP at August 26, 2013 08:43 PM (r98SZ) The nickname "Redskins"-- having you been reading the papers?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:44 PM (9Xc5j)

305 Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 08:41 PM (9Xc5j)

Oh, Barry said he was just going to buy all they needed for this little excursion from us.  At $20 a gallon.  Because Green Energy Stimulus.  And the middle class.

Posted by: Bio Jet Fuel Companies at August 26, 2013 04:44 PM (T1R3G)

306 Yes... because with the Sequester, we will SO be able to afford to replenish those stocks... at 1.2 million per Harpoon, and 1.4 million per Tomahawk. Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 08:43 PM (lZBBB) Yup.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:45 PM (9Xc5j)

307 300 Intelligence community and the Brits confirm WMDs. How can you argue with that?    

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 26, 2013 08:43 PM (uxi9i)

 

 

Well.... ya gotta be a little careful there....

Posted by: George W... playing wheres Waldo with WMDs at August 26, 2013 04:45 PM (lZBBB)

308 Sure it was a few missile that blew up that building where weapons where held at one time but the Syrian government will not let the UN weapons inspectors in to confirm who sent it and who even made it. The Shock and Awe will not be Shock and Awe if the CNN cameras where not in the hotel across the river.

Posted by: Trevor (@TJexcite) at August 26, 2013 04:45 PM (jc2uI)

309 Could this video be proof of the Loch Ness Monster?

***

No.

Posted by: cool arrow at August 26, 2013 04:46 PM (WMsq+)

310 Unless the destroyers are going in close to peck away with the five inch gun, or plan to attack Syria with torpedoes, cruise missile strike is the only option in the news. Four destroyers without the rest of the USN means Tomahawks. Wonder if the Syrians shoot any down. Slow and big missile.

Posted by: Beagle at August 26, 2013 04:46 PM (sOtz/)

311 He's an Uncle Tomahawk!

Posted by: UWP at August 26, 2013 04:46 PM (r98SZ)

312 Israel seems to be able to walk in pretty much at will when shit needs destroying.

They never talk about their losses though.

If you're willing to accept losses, you can hit anything.

Posted by: Chelsea Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 26, 2013 04:46 PM (2BHYC)

313 Could this video be proof of the Loch Ness Monster? Posted by: Steve at August 26, 2013 08:43 PM (xZPp3) No. I'm not even a "debunker/denier" on such things. I consider many strange things to be possible. But that dinky water motion doesn't prove anything in particular.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:46 PM (qyfb5)

314 I kinda assumed they were supporting whoever was against Iran. Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 08:43 PM (bb5+k) Iran is playing both sides of the street in some of this. But Syria is aligned with Iran so that is why the Saudi's are with the opposition

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:46 PM (9Xc5j)

315 281 You only think he quit the butt habit

Posted by: reggies love pole at August 26, 2013 04:46 PM (od/cd)

316 I thought they banned the tomahawk chop?

Posted by: Chief Knockahoma at August 26, 2013 04:47 PM (Pr6hk)

317 Yes... because with the Sequester, we will SO be able to afford to replenish those stocks... at 1.2 million per Harpoon, and 1.4 million per Tomahawk. Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 08:43 PM (lZBBB) Just lay back and think of this as unilateral disarmament with the bonus twist that the US will be even more disrespected in the ME, and US treasure (in dollars now, and blood later) will be expended for naught!

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 26, 2013 04:47 PM (XdnQT)

318 293 Burn it down. Scatter the Stones. Salt the Earth where it stood. Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 08:42 PM (bb5+k) How would the Stones breaking up help this situation?

Posted by: rickl at August 26, 2013 04:47 PM (sdi6R)

319 Israel seems to be able to walk in pretty much at will when shit needs destroying. They never talk about their losses though. If you're willing to accept losses, you can hit anything. Posted by: Chelsea Purp at August 26, 2013 08:46 PM (2BHYC) Because they haven't taken any loses yet

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:47 PM (9Xc5j)

320 Nothing done by this administration has made any sense from the perspective of an American citizen, so why expect a course change now! Posted by: Hrothgar at August 26, 2013 08:41 PM (XdnQT) As you no doubt know, it has always been my opinion that he isn't really an American Citizen. (Well, at least not a Natural born citizen.) He is EXACTLY the sort of Foreign rotter the founders wanted to exclude from the office. He is foreign in spirit if not in fact.

Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 04:47 PM (bb5+k)

Posted by: Chief Knockahoma at August 26, 2013 04:48 PM (Pr6hk)

322 They never talk about their losses though. Syria would be crowing about their Great Victory if they ever managed to hit anything.

Posted by: Waterhouse at August 26, 2013 04:48 PM (YHK+q)

323 Four destroyers without the rest of the USN means Tomahawks. There are 2 SSGNs in the area also

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:48 PM (9Xc5j)

324 Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 26, 2013 08:33 PM (qyfb5) No, you overreacted to my pointing out the logical inconsistency in her "funny" comment. Which didn't make it funny, it just made it sound stupid. I'm sure that she is perfectly capable of defending her motivations herself. Otherwise, she shouldn't be commenting in this electronic frat house. Who exactly is oversensitive here, rushing to "defend" a stranger against---what? In conclusion, piss off.

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 04:48 PM (pginn)

325 We have nothing to fear from a President Barack Obama

Posted by: Juan McLame at August 26, 2013 04:49 PM (Pr6hk)

326 Who exactly is oversensitive here, rushing to "defend" a stranger against---what? Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 08:48 PM (pginn) Yeah, I suspected it was you.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:49 PM (qyfb5)

327 He is foreign in spirit if not in fact. Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 08:47 PM (bb5+k) Most excellent summary!

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 26, 2013 04:49 PM (XdnQT)

328 Who exactly is oversensitive here, rushing to "defend" a stranger against---what? In conclusion, piss off. ----------- That you DAve?

Posted by: Adam at August 26, 2013 04:49 PM (Aif/5)

329 Breaking News: Peruvia is denying the U.S. overflight rights for attacks aimed at Skittles factories.

Posted by: dan rather at August 26, 2013 04:49 PM (uH46F)

330 I would like to be the first to say, Kerry lied, People died.

Posted by: mikulin at August 26, 2013 04:50 PM (vmyXX)

331 Syria, Libya...Same rags different heads.

Posted by: howcome at August 26, 2013 04:50 PM (agRlL)

332 Well the Saudis are backing the Sunnis, who are the majority, instead of the noisome minority that they are in Iraq, the head of Nusra front, the leading group of rebels, apprenticed under Zarquawi,

Posted by: Marty McFly at August 26, 2013 04:50 PM (Jsiw/)

333 Wait a minute.... I thought Chocolate Jesus said we have to furlough government workers and cannot upgrade the military because of the sequester. Now Choom Boy is saying no big deal we can start another war because the DoD is OK....I just lied to make a political point and there is plenty of DoD money to fly me and my fat ass wife and the little commies to Martha's Vineyard. So once again it is Bush's fault and also the bad economic news is because Bush lied 5 years ago..................SOB

Posted by: Frogger McGhee at August 26, 2013 04:50 PM (3Z1wn)

334

Whichever contractor builds cruise missiles LOVES Democratic administrations.  They know a shit ton are going to be deployed in order to serve as distractions.  Dem scandals are like a high-tech jobs program in that way.

 

 

Posted by: Reactionary at August 26, 2013 04:51 PM (jfeoD)

335

Intelligence community and the Brits confirm WMDs. How can you argue with that?

 

Because they initially tried to claim that the WMDs were being hidden in the apartment of the analyst's ex-girlfriend.

Posted by: Colorado Alex at August 26, 2013 04:52 PM (lr3d7)

336 I would like to be the first to say, Kerry lied, People died. Posted by: mikulin at August 26, 2013 08:50 PM (vmyXX) You may be the first, but somehow, I don't think you will be the last!

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 26, 2013 04:52 PM (XdnQT)

337

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 08:48 PM (9Xc5j)

 

Unless this has been planned for a couple of weeks... those destroyers don't have many Surface to surface assets loaded out...

 

Unless they recently made a port visit, in.... oh... Naples... to reload?

 

Its not a simple procedure to change your load out mid cruise on a vertical launcher system...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 04:52 PM (lZBBB)

338 Who exactly is oversensitive here, rushing to "defend" a stranger against---what?

In conclusion, piss off.




Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 08:48 PM (pginn)


First rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 26, 2013 04:52 PM (60Q+L)

339

Posted by: Hurricane LaFawnduh at August 26, 2013 08:48 PM (pginn)

 

 

Fawn Liebowitz?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 26, 2013 04:52 PM (BAS5M)

340 Don't buy into Russian propaganda on their air defense systems.They suck.

Posted by: steevy at August 26, 2013 04:52 PM (9XBK2)

341 That you DAve? Posted by: Adam at August 26, 2013 08:49 PM (Aif/5) HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:52 PM (qyfb5)

342 The T-word cruise missile

Posted by: Slate at August 26, 2013 04:52 PM (sOtz/)

343 There are 2 SSGNs in the area also Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 08:48 PM (9Xc5j) Ahh, "Death Blossom".

Posted by: Grig at August 26, 2013 04:53 PM (BL1q8)

344 He should at least give some time for human shields (that voted for him?) to fly over and get into place.

Posted by: UWP at August 26, 2013 04:53 PM (r98SZ)

345 320 Israel seems to be able to walk in pretty much at will when shit needs destroying. They never talk about their losses though. If you're willing to accept losses, you can hit anything. Posted by: Chelsea Purp at August 26, 2013 08:46 PM (2BHYC) Because they haven't taken any loses yet Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 08:47 PM (9Xc5j) ****************** Correct. And Israel has done that several times-- attacked targets in Syria--when Syria was united and not weakened by a civil war.

Posted by: tasker at August 26, 2013 04:53 PM (r2PLg)

346 129 Nostradamus gave the Third Antichrist the following code name. HeÂ’s Mabus. A number of notorious contemporary figures, still living or recently dead from the Middle East can see their names spelled in the Mabus code. Posted by: Guy who watches History Channel at August 26, 2013 08:13 PM (Pr6hk) 'Bam of the US.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 04:53 PM (Tnlh/)

347 Global Warming is the world's biggest threat to peace

Posted by: Al Gore at August 26, 2013 04:53 PM (Pr6hk)

348 First rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 26, 2013 08:52 PM (60Q+L) Not until they're 10,000 feet in the air over India digging clouds.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:53 PM (qyfb5)

349 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 26, 2013 08:52 PM (60Q+L) Spot on. Where is that troll blocking script when you really need it?

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 26, 2013 04:53 PM (XdnQT)

350 We have a monster here in our local Lake Candlewood, too. We call her "Candy." She only comes out AT NIGHT.

Posted by: Caliban at August 26, 2013 04:53 PM (2ArJQ)

351 Sorry ATC got tired of waiting on SMOD.

Posted by: 4th Horseman of the Apocalypse ( Yes I Have Arrived) at August 26, 2013 04:54 PM (KuZ6A)

352 'Bam of the US.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 26, 2013 08:53 PM (Tnlh/)



That's what I've thought since '08


Posted by: Tuco at August 26, 2013 04:54 PM (Pr6hk)

353 Two of the four Ohio SSGNs are forward deployed?

Well that is 154 Tomahawks x 2 = 308 different pinpricks of hurt.

Each Burke has 96 VLS but boast a mix of SM-2s, Tomahawks, and Harpoon.

Hope no one plans to shoot all those assets dry.

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 04:54 PM (SxI9Z)

354 In conclusion, piss off.

The Butthurt is strong with this one.

Posted by: Yoda at August 26, 2013 04:54 PM (Dwehj)

355 News Flash: Don't really need the Navy for B2s and precision ordinance delivery via JDAM. Why in the hell would we advertise which way we're coming from? Even this Administration isn't *that* dumb, are they?. (See First Gulf War, Seaborne Invasion 'Theory').

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at August 26, 2013 04:54 PM (4p5/2)

356 hurricane lamefanda, congratulations on that idiotic post. You have earned your pineapple

Posted by: AoSHQ Welcome commitee at August 26, 2013 04:55 PM (PrDJQ)

357
Libya...?
Posted by: Vercingetorix




"It was a pun."

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 26, 2013 04:55 PM (kdS6q)

358 Syria + Libya = Sybian! War on women!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 26, 2013 04:55 PM (WjLUf)

359 I keep telling you Ray Mabus is the secretary of the Navy...

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 04:55 PM (SxI9Z)

360 Sorry ATC got tired of waiting on SMOD. Posted by: 4th Horseman of the Apocalypse ( Yes I Have Arrived)


ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn



Posted by: alexthechick - Team SMOD at August 26, 2013 04:55 PM (Gk3SS)

361 Unless this has been planned for a couple of weeks... those destroyers don't have many Surface to surface assets loaded out... Unless they recently made a port visit, in.... oh... Naples... to reload? Its not a simple procedure to change your load out mid cruise on a vertical launcher system... Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 08:52 PM (lZBBB) Yeah I don't know what their supplies are like. But I do know those 2 SSGNs have over 300 between them probably

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 04:56 PM (9Xc5j)

362 Obama has a 100% perfect record for picking winners. I'm sure he has a handle on picking a winner here too.

Posted by: bob from table9 at August 26, 2013 04:56 PM (H7qrs)

363 Syria + Libya = Sybian!

***

Has anyone seen that porn chick riding the Sybian on Howard Stern's show?  I hate Stern but that was some entertaining shit.

Posted by: cool arrow at August 26, 2013 04:56 PM (WMsq+)

364 We have two families from Syria in our church and I keep thinking of their loved ones they left behind. My husband's family is from Lebanon, but no kin in that country survived the 1970's. I feel so sorry for these people.

Posted by: Justamom at August 26, 2013 04:56 PM (Sptt8)

365 I forgot all about the asshole human shields. They were pathetic; they didn't block for shit

Posted by: Blue Hen at August 26, 2013 04:57 PM (PrDJQ)

366 361 ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn Thanks, I was trying to remember what that was they said before Still Life on Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind.

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at August 26, 2013 04:57 PM (4p5/2)

367 I keep telling you Ray Mabus is the secretary of the Navy... Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 08:55 PM (SxI9Z) I about shit (to use a delicate cacophemism) when I saw that one.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 04:57 PM (qyfb5)

368 Support our international union brotherhood against greedy syrian bread capitalis...wha?

Posted by: adams diverse food court porn at August 26, 2013 04:58 PM (gQKHE)

369 @SenatorReid : Harry "The Surge Has Failed" Reid: Why are you now letting BHO attack Syria? @piersmorgan Speak Truth to Power. Ask Truth of Power.

Posted by: Obsidian Smith at August 26, 2013 04:59 PM (FlRtG)

370 Mabus used to be the Dem governor of Mississippi.  Then he was the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia for Bill Clinton.  And now Gaylord has him as the Sec. of the Navy.

To borrow a sign used when Mabus ran for re-election for governor, "Save Us from Mabus"

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 04:59 PM (SxI9Z)

371 I want to say that I sincerely hope that American sailors, Marines, and airmen are not killed or injured by the JEF's adventurism in Syria. Nor Russian servicemen, for that matter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 26, 2013 04:59 PM (60Q+L)

372 I guess their burning the midnight oil in certain offices all over Israel tonight

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 05:00 PM (9Xc5j)

373 so yeah, again, just to be sure, Obama's not going to be bombing the remaining Christians in the ME, right?  Small victories!

Posted by: joeindc44 at August 26, 2013 05:00 PM (Jl9aq)

374 He is foreign in spirit if not in fact.
Posted by: Diogenes' Lamp at August 26, 2013 08:47 PM (bb5+k)
He is a citizen of the universe.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at August 26, 2013 05:00 PM (JsN1O)

375

ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

 

 

That's my fav Sigur Ros tune!

Posted by: garrett at August 26, 2013 05:00 PM (1TeKU)

376 Want to send a pizza to the IDF?
http://pizzaidf.org/

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 05:01 PM (SxI9Z)

377 Nor Russian servicemen, for that matter. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 26, 2013 08:59 PM (60Q+L) We ain't no fools. Feet do your stuff, we're out of here

Posted by: Ruskie Military at August 26, 2013 05:01 PM (9Xc5j)

378 "our credibility in the world is diminished even more if there's any left"
John McCain

JEEBUS what a friggin' demented AHOLE.

Posted by: ontherocks at August 26, 2013 05:01 PM (r6ygj)

379 We call her "Candy." She only comes out AT NIGHT.
Does she do the Mabus strip?

Posted by: horny, confused geek at August 26, 2013 05:01 PM (uH46F)

380 The rebels need recoiless rifles and grenade launchers. One cruise missile buys a cargo hold full of grenades. Or redraw the red line and save a billion in cruise missiles.

Posted by: Slate at August 26, 2013 05:01 PM (sOtz/)

381 367 I even know the translation.In the sunken city of R'Lyeh great Cthulu lies dead,dreaming.

Posted by: steevy at August 26, 2013 05:01 PM (9XBK2)

382

all you people expecting consistency from the left are missing the point that the right should have called them on their traitorous bullshit for political posturing years ago.

 

We had the memo, Rush read it on the air like once a month.

 

Geee...wah...why won't our amoral, power hungry enemies admit they're wrong?

Posted by: joeindc44 at August 26, 2013 05:01 PM (Jl9aq)

383 Syria would be crowing about their Great Victory if they ever managed to hit anything.

To make that brag, you first have to admit your airspace was penetrated. 

There were numerous reports of an F16 getting shot down, but syria and israel both denied there was even a raid.

That's the way the game is played in the ME

Posted by: Chelsea Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 26, 2013 05:02 PM (2BHYC)

384 Amateur webzine off.

Posted by: Beagle at August 26, 2013 05:02 PM (sOtz/)

385 I'm just waiting for Mabus to name a ship commemorating this action. Somewhat disappointed he hasn't named a USS GUTSY CALL yet--the man was on such a roll for a while in his hackery.

Posted by: Grig at August 26, 2013 05:02 PM (BL1q8)

386 Want to send a pizza to the IDF? http://pizzaidf.org/ Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 09:01 PM (SxI9Z) Just don't be a heel and order sausage and pepperoni.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 05:03 PM (qyfb5)

387 Hey if American were to really to go to War in Syria, I am sure they would avail themselves of the largest supply of American Planes in the area right? Oh yeah I guess not, because they have Joooosih markings and that is verboten ha?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 05:03 PM (9Xc5j)

388 I saw Cthulhu open for Formless Void in '79. Epic.

Posted by: The Ronco Pocket Fisherman Infomercial at August 26, 2013 05:03 PM (QupBk)

389 Just don't be a heel and order sausage and pepperoni. Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at August 26, 2013 09:03 PM (qyfb5) Don't kid yourself, that is very popular in Israel, especially the Military there. Trust me

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 05:04 PM (9Xc5j)

390


That's the way the game is played in the ME

 

 

Well, if you want to play in ME  you are going to need a harness, 1o0 feet of rope and a friend to belay for you. 

 

Now just sign these release forms and we can get started.

 

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 26, 2013 05:04 PM (1TeKU)

391 And where is the House of Saud in all this? Posted by: Romeo13 at August 26, 2013 08:34 PM (lZBBB) The rebels have four principal sponsors – Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Jordan.

Posted by: Mohammed Yasser Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini at August 26, 2013 05:05 PM (zpNwC)

392 A palindrome? The palindrome of "Obama" is "Shitforbrains"!

Posted by: english accent guy at August 26, 2013 05:05 PM (uH46F)

393 Russia has to be laughing at us; unilaterally reducing nukes, Bering Strait, Afghanifuckedupistan, and now Syria.

Posted by: Justamom at August 26, 2013 05:05 PM (Sptt8)

394 Sock off.

Posted by: BornLib at August 26, 2013 05:06 PM (zpNwC)

395 Merovign, check the site. 

Pizza and soda for a patrol ( 5 soldiers ) is $27.99
For $280 can buy barbeque for a platoon of 30 soldiers. 

They take PayPal and major credit cards.

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 05:06 PM (SxI9Z)

396 Don't kid yourself, that is very popular in Israel, especially the Military there. Trust me Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 09:04 PM (9Xc5j) My jokes about the Jimmy Dean Distributorship in Tel Aviv may not be as funny as I thought. Also, IDF babes just got *that much better* in my mind.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 05:06 PM (qyfb5)

397 361 Wish he wasn't dreaming I could have stayed home.

Posted by: 4th Horseman of the Apocalypse ( Yes I Have Arrived) at August 26, 2013 05:06 PM (KuZ6A)

398 So what is with Saudi Arabia being against the MB in Egypt and with them in Syria? What am I missing?

Posted by: Justamom at August 26, 2013 05:07 PM (Sptt8)

399 Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 09:06 PM (SxI9Z) You know, we all talk, but thanks for posting a way for people to *actually help people*, even in a small way.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at August 26, 2013 05:08 PM (qyfb5)

400 379 "our credibility in the world is diminished even more if there's any left" John McCain JEEBUS what a friggin' demented AHOLE. Posted by: ontherocks at August 26, 2013 09:01 PM (r6ygj) Yeah, why does that remind me of the runup to WWI? We have to go to war to preserve our 'credibility'.

Posted by: rickl at August 26, 2013 05:08 PM (sdi6R)

401 So what is with Saudi Arabia being against the MB in Egypt and with them in Syria? What am I missing? Posted by: Justamom at August 26, 2013 09:07 PM (Sptt The Saudi's are first and foremost against Iran. Assad is bed with Iran out of necessity, and the MB in Egypt with with Iran. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Then things start to get blurry around the edges.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 05:10 PM (9Xc5j)

402 @399 Inside Sunni Arab tribal or other politics baseball. It is a mystery wrapped in a sheet on a camel.

Posted by: Beagle at August 26, 2013 05:10 PM (sOtz/)

403 377 Want to send a pizza to the IDF? http://pizzaidf.org/ Nice, that's a blog post waiting to happen!

Posted by: [/i][/b][/s]akula51 at August 26, 2013 05:11 PM (4p5/2)

404 WWI is a good analogy.

Princip was just a tool of the Black Hand who wanted Serbian independence.  So when ol Ferd got whacked... Austria demanded Princip.  Serbia said no and called Russia.  So Austria called Germany.  And *boom*

So much for smart diplomacy.

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 05:12 PM (SxI9Z)

405 Oh, thanks NGU. Forgot Iran! No wonder they're always fighting.

Posted by: Justamom at August 26, 2013 05:13 PM (Sptt8)

406 Nevergiveup, its the Middle East Jake.  It's always blurry who is against whom. 

Glad some new people have found out about those folks delivering pizza.  Thought it was wildly known...  huh.

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 05:14 PM (SxI9Z)

407 It's Scandal Bomb time!

Posted by: pj at August 26, 2013 05:15 PM (ZWaLo)

408 Qatar, is supporting the real hardliners, the Nour faction, Nusra Front, Bel Hadj in Libya, you still need a program to tell all the players apart.

Posted by: Marty McFly at August 26, 2013 05:16 PM (Jsiw/)

409 It's always blurry who is against whom.

And it shifts on a daily basis. 

Posted by: Chelsea Purp[/i][/b][/u][/s] at August 26, 2013 05:17 PM (2BHYC)

410 Nevergiveup, its the Middle East Jake. It's always blurry who is against whom. Glad some new people have found out about those folks delivering pizza. Thought it was wildly known... huh. Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 09:14 PM (SxI9Z) hey it used to be easier, but circumstances, obama, and and the orbit of the moon have scrambled things up so much who knows who is aligned with whom from day to day. But the constants are the Shia hate the Sunni, The Muslims hate the Christians the Jews and the Alawites, the Druze are aligned with whomever they live amongst for self preservation, and the Ruskies are just trouble makers

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 05:20 PM (9Xc5j)

411 And who murdered who's great great great granddad or buggered the tribe's favorite camel ....

Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 05:22 PM (SxI9Z)

412 And who murdered who's great great great granddad or buggered the tribe's favorite camel .... Posted by: Chelsea Puma (+SmuD) at August 26, 2013 09:22 PM (SxI9Z) Well that's a given New thread

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 26, 2013 05:23 PM (9Xc5j)

413 Future Syrian press release:  "Tuesday, August 27, 0920 local time, an American Imperialist cruise missile fell on the El Shahid chemical weapons destruction facility, where the Syrian government has been carrying out the thankless job of deactivating the thousands of tons of chemical munitions dumped here by the murderer Saddam Hussein. The explosion of the missile's warhead breached a pressure vessel containing 250 tonnes of Sarin, a deadly nerve agent. Drifting with the prevailing wind, the toxic cloud killed all but one of the occupants of a Christian church, and wiped out an entire village of Sunni muslims, before dissipating in uninhabited desert."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 26, 2013 05:27 PM (60Q+L)

414 To make that brag, you first have to admit your airspace was penetrated. Seriously, these are arabs we're talking about (e.g., muslims did not crash planes into WTC/The martyrs who crashed the planes into WTC are heroes of islam).

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 26, 2013 05:33 PM (uxi9i)

415 With all the excitement that is about to begin and considering how likely events are to go off into some unfortunate direction, it might be worthwhile to consider what might be done about the Iranian nuclear weapons program.  I have a modest proposal. 

Several critical Iranian nuclear facilities are deep underground so that they are not vulnerable to conventional bomber attacks.  They could be attacked with penetration bombs but so far the US is refusing to supply Israel with any.  This should not be that much of a problem.  During WW II, Barnes Wallace developed the six ton "Tall Boy" bomb and the ten ton "Grand Slam" bomb.  These were envisioned as "Earthquake Bombs" that could destroy nearby facilities even if they missed by transferring shock to them through the ground.  They were designed to be dropped from 40,000 feet and achieving a velocity of greater than Mach 1 before they hit the ground.  The plans for these bombs are widely available and can probably be downloaded from the internet. 

How to deliver them?

There were over 1800 Boeing 727s made from the 1960s to the 1980s.  Due to age and the difficulty they have in complying with airport noise regulations, they have largely been taken out of passenger service.  Israel could probably buy hundreds of them at modest prices.  One of the distinctive features of the 727 is the doorway in the back that allowed D.B.Cooper to jump out while in flight.  A Tall Boy bomb would definitely drop out of that door without problems and a Grand Slam might fit with a bit of modification.  The planes can be fitted with an automatic flight system that takes the plane off flies over the underground nuclear facility, climbs nose up, opens the back door and drops one or more earthquake bombs and then flies on to crash into something that is on the surface and vulnerable to having an airplane crash into it.  Put 500 of these planes into the air at the same time to overwhelm the Iranian air defense systems.  If you want, send some fighters along in the mix to shoot down any Iranian Air Force jets that scramble to intercept the converted airliners.

Posted by: TSA Goon at August 26, 2013 05:37 PM (31Nrp)

416 So the MIA Benghazi CiC goes all Rambo on Assad. If only he could use his thugs instead of our military.

Posted by: gracepmc at August 26, 2013 05:41 PM (rznx3)

417 He's gonna do it. A one or two day punishment raid, all because he said chemical weapons would cross a 'red line', now he has to bomb.

That's all he's gonna do, drop some bombs and brag about doing it. No reason, no purpose, no strategy. He was disrespected, so now it's bombing time, and then back to golf.

http://preview.tinyurl.com/kljauw4
Washington Post.

Posted by: exhausted reactionary at August 26, 2013 05:43 PM (ggW1X)

418 On those TLAM. On the first night of Libya of the nearly 200 launched over 100 came from the USS Florida SSGN. We have 4 of them, 2 in the west 2 in the east. One sub can do a lot of damage, not to mention a destroyer squadron. Intelligence assets in Jordan, SOF to laze the targets. What else?

Posted by: jrcobbstr at August 26, 2013 05:49 PM (7dTTM)

419 Ho-hum. Another day, another undeclared war waged by the Nobel Peace Prize winner for the American Left to completely ignore.

Posted by: DocJ at August 26, 2013 05:52 PM (du8Bm)

420 Are we really sure Obama knows where Syria is? 

Posted by: Anchovy at August 26, 2013 06:00 PM (BCUEp)

421 We need to save the cruise missiles for Detroit, LA and Chicago.

Posted by: redguy at August 26, 2013 06:01 PM (oqvI4)

422 Look Squirrel!

Posted by: Mt Top Patriot at August 26, 2013 06:08 PM (UofT+)

423 Not without a vote in congress, right? ...

Posted by: Wodun at August 26, 2013 06:11 PM (fbqZE)

424 Yeah, let's enter a war with enamies on BOTH sides. Makes sense. I cannot believe Obama is this stupid. Have they forgotten how the Democratic party howled at Bush's war follies? Apparently so.

Posted by: John Sobieski at August 26, 2013 06:22 PM (59MCP)

425 Interesting. Does anyone have the voting results of the resolution authorizing princess backnine to wage war on Syria? *snort* Does anyone have footage of Al Gore thundering about how Jugears the nitwit has "played awn our fears!!!" *snort snort*

Posted by: Buck Smiley, Rodeo Clown/Freedom Fighter at August 26, 2013 06:26 PM (LO3HN)

426

OK, I can be slow, but is "Chelsea Puma" the regular "Anna Puma"?

 

Assuming it is, kudos for brining up PizzaIDF.org - I think I did so a few months back in these comment sections, along with my favorite memory from their salutation section (you can include comments for the troops receiving the goodies):

 

"Consider these pizzas a small initial down payment in apologizing for the conduct of Colin Powell"

 

(musta been 2001-2004 period, an absolute classic)

 

 

Posted by: non-purist at August 26, 2013 09:21 PM (afQnV)

427 Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize ...for what???

Posted by: Spook at August 27, 2013 05:39 AM (pEkqu)

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