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It's okay, Mike Flynn called

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 07:01:51 +0000

It's okay, Mike Flynn called them and explained,and they were all copacetic. See, these backchannels are useful despite all the scuttlebutt and naysaying.

Hee hee hee - "not a good

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 05:06:29 +0000

In reply to I do not consider The Daily

Hee hee hee - "not a good site for accuracy and evenhandedness" -that earns 2 Alanis Morisettes.

More on Syria bombing. Also mentions repeated use of chlorine over several weeks.

When the Russians got the

rmrd0000 — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 04:41:45 +0000

In reply to Syria: Neocons Get Almost Giddy

When the Russians got the call that the base was going to be attacked, they just said "OK, no problem. We are leaving right now?" The Russians offered no resistance? The US magically knew that the Russians wouldn't stay and dare the US to attack?

Limited duscussion of the

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 04:39:18 +0000

In reply to I'd rate the Daily Beast with

Limited duscussion of the removal of chemical weapons that Kerry-Putin brokered a few years back - a black point against Russia, anoth example of Obama's fecklessness, or just a data point sacrificed to history and the rush to war.

Can I believe the cartoon guy *AND* the journalist? I found a particularly pleasant fence post to sit on (perhaps TMI...)

In the wind-

NCD — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 04:13:48 +0000

In reply to Actually, I think on the

In the wind-

1. Destroy Obamacare.

2. Destroy Kim Jong Il

3. Destroy ISIS. And whatever comes after it, and after that.....and...

4. Destroy Medicaid.

5. Destroy Taxes on 1%, living or recently living.

6. Blowout the deficit.

7. Destroy right to vote.

8. Destroy Medicare and SS.

9. Federalize police forces.

10. Destroy Democratic Party.

Actually, I think on the

A Guy Called LULU — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 02:28:58 +0000

In reply to Still on the fence. Are you

Actually, I think on the fence is a reasonable place to be right now. But, some strong winds may be coming.

Still on the fence. Are you

NCD — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 02:17:29 +0000

In reply to ..I am....on the fence...the

Still on the fence. Are you going to be the 555,000,001 follower of the cartoon guy? A joke of course. The idea that the Dilbert cartoonist is cogitating over the actions of an hereditary despot in a nation the despot helped destroy in the Middle East, and is followed by thousands if not millions, I find as a dumbing down of critical thinking in the vox populi.

Anyway, we can be sure that Trump is probably even less qualified to figure out what is going on in Syria than almost anyone, even among us here.

..I am....on the fence...the

A Guy Called LULU — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 01:39:05 +0000

In reply to Scott Adams deduced the gas

..I am....on the fence...the cartoon guy or the mideast correspondent.....?

False choice. The cartoon guy clearly identifies his conclusion as what it is, an opinion based on reasoning. Gutman has his critics and they see the same weaknesses as I do in his reporting on this particular subject. From Wikipedia:

In 2017, Gutman was criticized for writing fake and biased reports about the Syrian civil war, particularly against the Syrian Kurds. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, research fellow at the Middle East Forum stated that "Gutman’s opinion biases have had and still have a problematic impact on his reporting". According to Al-Tamimi, the problem with Gutman’s work is his biases for the Syrian opposition and Turkey that have been evident for years.[5]

From Syria Comment:

Is Assad the Author of ISIS? [As Gutman says] Did Iran Blow Up Assef Shawkat?

Gutman's [weak, IMO] response.

I'd rate the Daily Beast with

ocean-kat — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 00:47:35 +0000

In reply to I do not consider The Daily

I'd rate the Daily Beast with a 6.5 out of 10. Higher than I'd rate the Huffington post or Consortium both of which I read some articles almost every day. I offered the link without comment just to add to the diversity of views on the topic.

Scott Adams deduced the gas

NCD — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 23:48:45 +0000

In reply to Thanks, the 1st account i've

Scott Adams deduced the gas attack was a deep state hoax, he knew Assad would not do "suicide by Trump". Adams has 555 million followers, so he must be smart. Adams learned about the psychology of dictators writing the Dilbert cartoon strip. He also was a Trump supporter. My kinda guy...

Roy Gutman is just a 30 year veteran Pulitzer Prize winning journalist......I am....on the fence...the cartoon guy or the mideast correspondent.....?