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'We have our plans': Vladimir Putin warns US against Syria military action

Mr. Invisible said:
Actually, Common Dreams cites the Sunday Herald which is a mainstream source.

For the other citation, how does Foreign Policy sound?

Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran - By Shane Harris and Matthew M. Aid | Foreign Policy
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Foreign Policy is a magazine produced by bloggers. And it's claiming an "exclusive".

Who gives bombshell exclusive information to a blogger magazine? Do you think that's a wise financial decision? Is it a wise dissemination decision? No, it's ridiculous.
 
ecofarm said:
Foreign Policy is a magazine produced by bloggers. And it's claiming an "exclusive".

Who gives bombshell exclusive information to a blogger magazine? Do you think that's a wise financial decision? Is it a wise dissemination decision? No, it's ridiculous.
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So you are just going to ignore the fact that the CIA has admitted to America helping Saddam gas Iranians. You are just going to scream "bloggers" as to ignore that information?

How about The Atlantic Wire? New Docs Detail U.S. Involvement in Saddam's Nerve Gas Attacks - Abby Ohlheiser - The Atlantic Wire

Or The Week? How the U.S. helped Saddam Hussein use chemical weapons against Iran - The Week
 
Re: Putin says Russia has its plans for Syria

cpwill said:
:roll: "he has his plans"?

Russia is not going to risk a shooting war with the U.S. over Syria. Bet your life savings on it. He's trying to sound menacing when what he means is "we would continue to do what we have been doing - supplying the Assad regime generally as best as we can given the circumstances.
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Putin is bluffing. The sad part, is that Obama will fall for it.
 
ecofarm said:
Why do you keep citing editorial/blogger magazines?
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Those are pretty mainstream online sources. Why do you keep denying the information that is right in front of you? Hell, the article I posted from The Week also cites the Washington Post. Or is that a "fringe source" to you?

EDIT: Foreign Policy is owned by WaPo. It's a legit source of info. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Policy#cite_note-2
 
j-mac said:
Hmmm, now where is this in relation to known chemical sites....

NTI Facilities Displayed with Google Maps

Hmmm....They look pretty close....Sure would be a shame if a stray hit Tartus wouldn't it?
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Heya JMac. :2wave:

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ecofarm said:
It's a magazine of bloggers and ex speech writers. It's clearly biased, via numerous avenues.
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How about straight from WaPo, a mainstream source?

It's worth noting that academic studies, not to mention U.S. government documents released in 2003, had long ago revealed that the U.S. knew that Iraq was deploying chemical weapons against Iran and still provided Saddam Hussein with intelligence assistance.
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Satellite imagery can be used to violate human rights, or to protect them

Also, you act like blogs don't have any credibility. Guess what? Paul Krugman has a blog on NYT. Does that suddenly make him uncredible? Blogs are a major help. http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/03/the-truth-about-blogs.html
 
Mr. Invisible said:
Those are pretty mainstream online sources. Why do you keep denying the information that is right in front of you? Hell, the article I posted from The Week also cites the Washington Post. Or is that a "fringe source" to you?

EDIT: Foreign Policy is owned by WaPo. It's a legit source of info. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Policy#cite_note-2
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Heya Mr I. :2wave: As long as they are referenced and validate the facts.....then there is no issue. Many journalists and reporters are blogging today. There is no getting around that fact. Even MS Media news reporters. ;)
 
Re: Putin says Russia has its plans for Syria

apdst said:
Putin is bluffing. The sad part, is that Obama will fall for it.
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I guess that means in the end if Obama decides against taking us to war with a country that has not attacked us, you will be sad.
 
Re: Putin says Russia has its plans for Syria

Montecresto said:
I guess that means in the end if Obama decides against taking us to war with a country that has not attacked us, you will be sad.
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What it means, is that if he doesn't carry through with his threats, is that it will cause more American deaths down the road.

Right now, he's looking weak in the ME and the bad guys will take advantage of that weakness.
 
Re: Putin says Russia has its plans for Syria

apdst said:
What it means, is that if he doesn't carry through with his threats, is that it will cause more American deaths down the road.

Right now, he's looking weak in the ME and the bad guys will take advantage of that weakness.
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His threats were unwise. Nobody wants Obama to follow through on unwise threats.
 
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Russia will do what they did during the Cold War, SWEET FA
 
Re: Putin says Russia has its plans for Syria

Montecresto said:
His threats were unwise. Nobody wants Obama to follow through on unwise threats.
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Even more unwise to send a clear message to the enemy that he will back down when things get tough.
 
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Looks like Dick (Tater) Cheney is still in charge of our policies in the ME. Despite the fact democracy in the ME tends to produce Islamic Fundamentalist states strongly opposed to minority rights and opposed to US interests we keep doing the same stupid crap.
 
Re: Putin says Russia has its plans for Syria

apdst said:
Even more unwise to send a clear message to the enemy that he will back down when things get tough.
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Yep, the idiot painted himself into a corner.
 
Re: Putin says Russia has its plans for Syria

keith said:
Yep, the idiot painted himself into a corner.
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That's a fact and the more he tries to weasel out of his predicament, the more the bad guys are going to exploit the situation.
 
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