Politics thread

[Vahnati]

Thanks for the welcome. Fuck you too.

Sorry, should I type up the 9-page essay I wrote on politics for FUN a month ago?

Making outrageous claims without any proof whatsoever to back them up. Ahh, good to see the internet still working as intended. There is a curious lack of porn though... A glitch in the matrix? o.O

[Revuhlooshun]

Syria's Assad Used Chemical Weapons Against Rebels, U.S. Officials Conclude

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3437640.html

U.S. officials have concluded that the Syrian regime of president Bashar al-Assad has used chemical weapons against rebel fighters, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

This is breaking news. Check back later for updates.

But what's the evidence? We're supposed to just take this at face value? So far, the Administration has released nothing to support this new claim.

[usedtabe]

My thoughts exactly. They concluded that the person they are against did the bad things and we should just believe them. Never mind the suspicion that the Rebels have been using them.

[usedtabe]

Also:

[Everyday Legend]

Witness the North American Dumbass in his natural habitat.

[pk fire]

Hoosierdaddy

[Revuhlooshun]

Media pundits are already debating over whether or not the administration should deliver lethal or non-lethal aid.

HEY, WHAT ABOUT THAT EVIDENCE?! AREN'T WE GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES? Jesus.

"The choice is between lethal aid, such as guns, and non-lethal aid, such as tanks."

Uhh, what? Tanks are non-lethal now? I swear to God, I just heard that shit on MSNBC.

[usedtabe]

Wow. I can't even wrap my head around that properly to make fun of it.

[Everyday Legend]

Media pundits are already debating over whether or not the administration should deliver lethal or non-lethal aid.

HEY, WHAT ABOUT THAT EVIDENCE?! AREN'T WE GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES? Jesus.

"The choice is between lethal aid, such as guns, and non-lethal aid, such as tanks."

Uhh, what? Tanks are non-lethal now? I swear to God, I just heard that shit on MSNBC.

I swear, the world would be in a lot better shape if people dropped food and science textbooks instead of bombs.

[Revuhlooshun]

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/vp/52201046#52201046

This was the only bit of fucking sanity that I've heard tonight.

[usedtabe]

At least the public that was polled has some sense. 40% wanting humanitarian aid and 20% wanting us to do nothing gives me hope in my countrymen.

Glad I made the right choice in not voting for McCain even though I didn't like Obama. Dude is horrible.


And there's always this:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...94409Z20130505

[Mighty Hatman]

I think the problem is some of the less honourable rebels in Syria could use the humanitarian supplies to sell to the public at extortionate prices. I've heard the leaders/ high ranking members of rebel groups are some pretty nasty people.

[Blasto]

Putin is all about the lulz. What ring?: http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/...Bowl-ring.html

[Revuhlooshun]

GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/ju...ns-g20-summits

Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 had their computers monitored and their phone calls intercepted on the instructions of their British government hosts, according to documents seen by the Guardian. Some delegates were tricked into using internet cafes which had been set up by British intelligence agencies to read their email traffic.

The revelation comes as Britain prepares to host another summit on Monday – for the G8 nations, all of whom attended the 2009 meetings which were the object of the systematic spying. It is likely to lead to some tension among visiting delegates who will want the prime minister to explain whether they were targets in 2009 and whether the exercise is to be repeated this week.

However, GCHQ denies categorically any involvement with the camera in the downstairs loo.

[Sir Legendhead]

Cheney has called Snowden a traitor.



Snowden's American heroness has now officially been confirmed.

Also weighing in on this important and timely issue is the Incredible Hulk ~

[usedtabe]

North Korea becoming aware?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ean-officials/

[Revuhlooshun]

The book was apparently not distributed to endorse Nazism so much as to draw attention to Germany’s economic and military reconstruction after World War One. A North Korean who works on behalf of the country in China told New Focus that Kim gave a speech endorsing Germany’s inter-war revival and encouraging officials to read “Mein Kampf.”

Germany was the world's largest industrial powerhouse for much of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Germany was only able to revive its economy through militarization because it already had in place an infrastructure that could carry out such a project on a massive scale. North Korea, on the other hand, can barely grow dirt. There are similarities in the comparison, but there are also gigantic differences.

A more apt model to follow would be Russia or China, neither of which are very encouraging for the average North Korean.