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Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:54 pm
by The Tick
Probably explains the current mass hysteria surrounding Vladimir Putin in the Western media. They know their meddling in Syria has truly come unstuck.

Fingers crossed, the end of this war can be imagined.


http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/s ... 29177.html

Tide turns in Syrian war with capture of key town
Fall of Sheikh Maskin to government forces cuts off rebel supply routes while securing regime's hold on Deraa province.

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:55 pm
by mistymorning
I watched that hit piece on Putin last night on the BBC. Pure propaganda from the British Pravda.

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:59 pm
by m4rkb
mistymorning wrote:I watched that hit piece on Putin last night on the BBC. Pure propaganda from the British Pravda.
But everything the BBC tells us is the utter truth. They are the world's most impartial broadcaster and nothing they tell us is ever biases in any way so how can this be true? :?

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 5:10 pm
by Robert Heenan
mistymorning wrote:I watched that hit piece on Putin last night on the BBC. Pure propaganda from the British Pravda.
+1

Its was so obvious

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:21 pm
by The Tick
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/f ... -on-aleppo

Syrian rebels losing grip on Aleppo

Russian bombardment helps pro-Assad militia close in on key northern city held by opposition forces for three years

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:00 am
by Robert Heenan
The US/UK/FRANCE/TURKEY/SAUDI/QATAR are not happy that the "rebels", "moderate rebels" or rather more bluntly their "jihadi ISIS head-chopping terrorist proxy army" are losing

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2016 1:13 am
by reg thorpe
Robert Heenan wrote:The US/UK/FRANCE/TURKEY/SAUDI/QATAR are not happy that the "rebels", "moderate rebels" or rather more bluntly their "jihadi ISIS head-chopping terrorist proxy army" are losing
+1

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:00 pm
by Robert Heenan
Arab states' military support needed to avoid defeat, says Syrian opposition

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/f ... ab-support

The Guardian has now closed the comments section

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 8:00 pm
by The Tick
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alastair- ... 69998.html

The Syria War Will Not Be a Quagmire -- Because Putin and Assad Are Winning

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 8:07 pm
by m4rkb
The Tick wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alastair- ... 69998.html

The Syria War Will Not Be a Quagmire -- Because Putin and Assad Are Winning
Good.

To be honest everything western politicians seem to get involved with ends up a complete fucking cock up with a pile of propaganda and spin attached claiming it's a success.

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 8:07 pm
by m4rkb
These are the people we want leading us in an ever bigger political union remember.

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:13 pm
by warmleatherette

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:21 pm
by Robert Heenan
warmleatherette wrote:Now we're getting to the "truth"
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/09/why ... ign=buffer
A neocon rag is your truth?

Pathetic!

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:26 pm
by warmleatherette
Robert Heenan wrote:
warmleatherette wrote:Now we're getting to the "truth"
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/09/why ... ign=buffer
A neocon rag is your truth?

Pathetic!
Lol

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:29 pm
by Robert Heenan
warmleatherette wrote:
Robert Heenan wrote:
warmleatherette wrote:Now we're getting to the "truth"
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/09/why ... ign=buffer
A neocon rag is your truth?

Pathetic!
Lol
David Rothkopf, the editor at FP might not be a neocon but the magazine just like mass media in Britain and especially the states follow the neocon lies and propaganda and its no different when it comes to Syria

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 10:57 am
by The Tick
http://europe.newsweek.com/syrian-kurds ... ues-425177

SYRIAN KURDS OPEN OFFICE IN MOSCOW, AS RUSSIA-TURKEY ROW CONTINUES

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:06 am
by Robert Heenan
The Tick wrote:http://europe.newsweek.com/syrian-kurds ... ues-425177

SYRIAN KURDS OPEN OFFICE IN MOSCOW, AS RUSSIA-TURKEY ROW CONTINUES
Great news.

Turns the screw on Erdogan and Davatoglou

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:35 am
by The Tick
http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/10022016



Syrian Kurds backed by Russian airstrikes advance on Syrian airbase

Syrian Kurdish Peoples Protection Units (YPG) fighters launched an assault on Syria's Mannagh airbase on Wednesday. The base has been held by fighters opposed to the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad since August 2013. The Kurds are being backed in this endeavour by Russian airstrikes.

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:52 pm
by The Tick
Turkey to fully put its hand into the hornet's nest?

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/02/t ... 29706.html?

Turkey shells Kurdish-held airbase in Syria's Aleppo
Bombardment comes after Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu says Ankara may take military action against Syrian Kurdish fighters.

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:11 pm
by The Tick
http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/S ... 275618.ece?


Syrian Army Braces to Approach de Facto IS Capital

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 7:09 pm
by colinthewarriormonkey
I've come to the conclusion that I honestly don't give a fuck.

The plight of anyone halfway round the world has no effect on me at all, people die every day - should I give a fuck about them? I can't be expected to give a fuck about every single person that dies, i'd be doing nothing other than giving a fuck all day long. I wouldn't be able to sleep, I'd be up all night giving a fuck.

"But you should give a fuck, because it has political implications for your country"

Well in that case, I'd like my government not to give a fuck too.

Stay out of it, it's none of our fucking business - don't send our money to them - don't give a fuck

Give a fuck about the people you're supposed to be looking after - the people in our country.

Give a fuck about the people who have worked all their lives and now can't afford to heat their homes.

Give a fuck about the generation of children who are destined to be stacking shelves instead of curing cancer because we've invested nothing into great, world class, education.

Give a fuck about the people who are living in the streets with no shelter.

Give a fuck about the people who have to live with the consequences of crime because you don't have the balls to dish out proper sentences and conditions to act as a deterrent.

Give a fuck about the people who find themselves out of work, but are too proud to ask for a handout and find themselves in debt.

Give a fuck about the single parents who try to work but can't afford childcare.

Don't give a fuck about getting involved in some bollocks half way round the world that could end up in World War 3.

I don't want my kids to die because some twat politicians decided to play soldiers by proxy, war is nothing but a game of "risk" to these people.

I'll respect my governments need to give a fuck and get involved just as soon as I see David Cameron, tool up like Arnold Schwartzenegger in that scene from "Commando" and lead the charge.

Until then, don't give a fuck about them, give a fuck about us and our country and let other people worry about theirs.

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 7:39 pm
by Royal24s
Hello Colin!
Just popped in as I do every few years.
Yeah, that's exactly right. We have no business anymore meddling in geo politics because our politicians have been so successful in sabotaging our former country that we no longer have a dog in that race.
They've sold everything , shut down industry and manufacturing , replaced education with mass social conditioning and sacked the Army. We're the vagabonds and beggars of international affairs now .
Well that's what they wanted- what they worked so hard to achieve, but now they've finally achieved it they can't any longer expect to start dictating events in places like Syria, or be surprised that they get pretty openly laughed at when they try.

Of course, the've got to echo U.S foreign policy like pathetic little parrots when they're told too, otherwise they might not come and fight our battles for us if the ludicrous Mr. Cameroon's bellicose posturing comes unstuck and he has occasion to regret scrapping British Forces in favour of trains getting to Birmingham 15 minutes quicker.

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:02 pm
by Roy Twing
colinthewarriormonkey wrote:I've come to the conclusion that I honestly don't give a fuck.

The plight of anyone halfway round the world has no effect on me at all, people die every day - should I give a fuck about them? I can't be expected to give a fuck about every single person that dies, i'd be doing nothing other than giving a fuck all day long. I wouldn't be able to sleep, I'd be up all night giving a fuck.

"But you should give a fuck, because it has political implications for your country"

Well in that case, I'd like my government not to give a fuck too.

Stay out of it, it's none of our fucking business - don't send our money to them - don't give a fuck

Give a fuck about the people you're supposed to be looking after - the people in our country.

Give a fuck about the people who have worked all their lives and now can't afford to heat their homes.

Give a fuck about the generation of children who are destined to be stacking shelves instead of curing cancer because we've invested nothing into great, world class, education.

Give a fuck about the people who are living in the streets with no shelter.

Give a fuck about the people who have to live with the consequences of crime because you don't have the balls to dish out proper sentences and conditions to act as a deterrent.

Give a fuck about the people who find themselves out of work, but are too proud to ask for a handout and find themselves in debt.

Give a fuck about the single parents who try to work but can't afford childcare.

Don't give a fuck about getting involved in some bollocks half way round the world that could end up in World War 3.

I don't want my kids to die because some twat politicians decided to play soldiers by proxy, war is nothing but a game of "risk" to these people.

I'll respect my governments need to give a fuck and get involved just as soon as I see David Cameron, tool up like Arnold Schwartzenegger in that scene from "Commando" and lead the charge.

Until then, don't give a fuck about them, give a fuck about us and our country and let other people worry about theirs.
Agree 100%
Good to see the penny dropping.

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 7:59 am
by kancutlawns
For clarification as your post seems to have a number of ambiguities, do you or do you not give a fuck, Colin? It's just not clear.

Re: Syria - the beginning of the end for the anti-Assad brigade?

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 9:32 am
by colinthewarriormonkey
Royal24s wrote:Hello Colin!
Just popped in as I do every few years.
Yeah, that's exactly right. We have no business anymore meddling in geo politics because our politicians have been so successful in sabotaging our former country that we no longer have a dog in that race.
They've sold everything , shut down industry and manufacturing , replaced education with mass social conditioning and sacked the Army. We're the vagabonds and beggars of international affairs now .
Well that's what they wanted- what they worked so hard to achieve, but now they've finally achieved it they can't any longer expect to start dictating events in places like Syria, or be surprised that they get pretty openly laughed at when they try.

Of course, the've got to echo U.S foreign policy like pathetic little parrots when they're told too, otherwise they might not come and fight our battles for us if the ludicrous Mr. Cameroon's bellicose posturing comes unstuck and he has occasion to regret scrapping British Forces in favour of trains getting to Birmingham 15 minutes quicker.

Spot on Royals

Good to see you back around these parts, I hope you stay a while.