RE: Donald Trump manages to be more sensible on Syria than Hilary
October 12, 2016 at 3:32 pm
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2016 at 3:32 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(October 12, 2016 at 3:05 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Everyone wants that town. I just don't know what to say. Imagining or implying that they're isis in disguise is breathtaking. -Even if they were-...which they aren't...I'd find myself forced to side with fucking ISIS on chlorine attacks alone. They'd have a legitimate reason to hole up and shoot at everything that moves.
https://theintercept.com/2016/09/08/what...nd-is-not/
Aleppo sits at the crossroads of the roadnet in Western Syria. That's why the Russians want it -- it secures, or threatens, the communications to their naval base.
As for siding with ISIS because Assad has committed atrocities ... it seems to me that most involved in this war have committed atrocities -- not unlike most other wars, come to think of it. You're right, if I were on the receiving end of a gas canister, I'd shoot anything that crossed my field of fire too. But in the wider view, ISIS is still more dangerous to us (for having a more expansive vision) than Assad.
Me, I say sell bombs to both sides and make a few piastres out of this mess.
That's a joke, for those who don't know me well.
