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The pipelines are vaporware -

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 13:22:12 +0000

The pipelines are vaporware - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq%E2%80%93Syria_pipeline

A bit more on Mideast pipelines (prolly better articles available): https://www.mondialisation.ca/the-geopolitics-of-oil-and-gas-pipelines-i...

Uhhh . . . Gas anyone?

oldenGoldenDecoy — Sat, 29 Dec 2018 07:21:42 +0000

In reply to Well, I see now that factual

Uhhh . . . Gas anyone?

The civilians are all pawns in the pipeline game.

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Well, I see now that factual

artappraiser — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 23:57:15 +0000

In reply to If Natashha says so.

Well, I see now that factual reporting says Assad and Russia are being courted by the Kurds for protection, so the point of debate about what she said would properly focus on the use of the word "winners":

Let down by U.S., Syrian Kurdish leaders look to Russia and Assad | Reuters | https://t.co/hZiXZdN0TT
— Jägarchefen (@Jagarchefen) December 28, 2018

If Natashha says so.

A Guy Called LULU — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 23:34:41 +0000

In reply to What Natasha thinks:

If Natashha says so.

Right now it's Rand Paul

artappraiser — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 23:20:00 +0000

In reply to The problem is that with

Right now it's Rand Paul talking, next week, who knows?

Important story https://t.co/B8BlyF7wzp
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) December 28, 2018

What Natasha thinks:

artappraiser — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 23:17:02 +0000

In reply to We Know How Trump’s War Game Ends

What Natasha thinks:

Winners of Trump’s Syria withdrawal:
1) Assad regime
2) Russia
3) Iran https://t.co/6F8dxGpnTv
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 28, 2018

Change the opening two words

A Guy Called LULU — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:37:04 +0000

In reply to The problem is that with

Change the opening two words in your comment, "The" problem to "A" problem, and I would be in total agreement. I think Taibbi covers those well covered observations and more as to problems with Trump but I also think the article is about so much more than that.

The problem is that with

artappraiser — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:35:58 +0000

In reply to We Know How Trump’s War Game Ends

The problem is that with Trump the voiced ideologies are usually

all hat no cattle
don't count your chickens before they are hatched
don't trust, then try to verify and find nothing real is happening

Further, even if he does truly believe in something, he has zero understanding of how to effect it as far as government is concerned. I feel it safe to say he hasn't a clue how to manage the Defense Dept. His only solution is to continually fire people (not for nothing that he became famous for that style of "management" on the teevee.) or get them to quit.

A more specific problem is that while he is voicing isolationist pieties in one place, he is saber rattling in ten other places. He just spent $72 million sending active duty troops to the southern border, for instance to fight a phantasm created out of whole cloth, without a second thought. Another example: whatever got bombed in Syria over the chemical attack thing, I am sure he ordered much more firepower and shock and awe used than was actually executed by the Pentagon behind his back. I just don't buy that he's not a warmonger in his soul, sorry. I do suspect that if Kim ever said something bad about Trump's penis, our stock of bombs will be quickly depleted.