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Re: The Syrian Invasion

Post by cronus » Sun Sep 01, 2013 4:26 pm

I'd guess precision small scale drone assassination is the way forward. Why should everyone suffer for one fellas dumb-ass decision?
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The T1000 is still under development.

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Post by Robert_S » Sun Sep 01, 2013 5:54 pm

I have to say, we should do something I don't know what though.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: The Syrian Invasion

Post by Hermit » Sun Sep 01, 2013 6:19 pm

Robert_S wrote:I have to say, we should do something I don't know what though.
Bomb the living daylights out of Syria. If done comprehensively enough, the guilty will be among the dead.

Edit: It's not a novel idea. "Kill them all. God will know his own."
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Re: The Syrian Invasion

Post by klr » Sun Sep 01, 2013 6:45 pm

Hermit wrote:
Robert_S wrote:I have to say, we should do something I don't know what though.
Bomb the living daylights out of Syria. If done comprehensively enough, the guilty will be among the dead.

Edit: It's not a novel idea. "Kill them all. God will know his own."
Yes, but they didn't have to worry about fickle public opinion, elections, or 24-hour news reporting back then.
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Re: The Syrian Invasion

Post by Hermit » Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:53 pm

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Robert_S wrote:I have to say, we should do something I don't know what though.
Bomb the living daylights out of Syria. If done comprehensively enough, the guilty will be among the dead.

Edit: It's not a novel idea. "Kill them all. God will know his own."
Yes, but they didn't have to worry about fickle public opinion, elections, or 24-hour news reporting back then.
Governments will always explore how far "plausible deniability" can be stretched.

Oh, and I wonder how much the US electorate really cares if Syria was turned into a giant concrete landing strip. I suppose, by now it has realised that it's government is not talking about a township in Virginia, but some foreign country, and foreign countries are full of, you know, foreigners.

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Post by Audley Strange » Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:05 pm

Robert_S wrote:I have to say, we should do something I don't know what though.
Well our options seem to be, on the left, drum-circles and blanket forts and on the right, A live action Michael Bay movie.

So the middle seems like the best place. Let's drop high velocity burning drum-circles on Damascus.
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Post by klr » Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:27 pm

John Kerry: US 'has evidence of Syrian sarin use'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23918889
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Re: The Syrian Invasion

Post by Robert_S » Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:43 pm

Audley Strange wrote:
Robert_S wrote:I have to say, we should do something I don't know what though.
Well our options seem to be, on the left, drum-circles and blanket forts and on the right, A live action Michael Bay movie.

So the middle seems like the best place. Let's drop high velocity burning drum-circles on Damascus.
Or better yet, LSD bombs. If you could get a cloud of LSD vapor throughout the city, the chaos would at least turn entertaining. We can do this! Yes we can!
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: The Syrian Invasion

Post by klr » Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:50 pm

Robert_S wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:
Robert_S wrote:I have to say, we should do something I don't know what though.
Well our options seem to be, on the left, drum-circles and blanket forts and on the right, A live action Michael Bay movie.

So the middle seems like the best place. Let's drop high velocity burning drum-circles on Damascus.
Or better yet, LSD bombs. If you could get a cloud of LSD vapor throughout the city, the chaos would at least turn entertaining. We can do this! Yes we can!
If the stories of some "black" programs and other secret projects involving the use of "non-lethal" methods are to be believed, you may be closer to the truth than you think.
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Re: The Syrian Invasion

Post by Robert_S » Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:06 pm

Maybe dome X-tasy would be better, but getting a sufficient dose delivered would be difficult.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Post by Audley Strange » Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:31 pm

Robert_S wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:
Robert_S wrote:I have to say, we should do something I don't know what though.
Well our options seem to be, on the left, drum-circles and blanket forts and on the right, A live action Michael Bay movie.

So the middle seems like the best place. Let's drop high velocity burning drum-circles on Damascus.
Or better yet, LSD bombs. If you could get a cloud of LSD vapor throughout the city, the chaos would at least turn entertaining. We can do this! Yes we can!
Operation Mindfuck in Syria? Why not, Many are still engaged in it everywhere else. We've tried war and diplomacy, why not try sustained full-spectrum absurdity dominance on their backwards arses.
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Re: The Syrian Invasion

Post by Robert_S » Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:09 am

Or maybe we can bury them under six million hardbound copies of The Naked Lunch. :awesome:
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: The Syrian Invasion

Post by Audley Strange » Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:43 am

Robert_S wrote:Or maybe we can bury them under six million hardbound copies of The Naked Lunch. :awesome:
...wouldn't you?

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