Coordinated Attacks in Paris, France

[RevolverRob]

Uh-oh...Russia and France are now allied in fighting IS - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...eps-up-strikes

Wow - could we be seeing a US-France-Russia allied force taking on IS? If China joins the fight, we only need some Facists in Italy and racists in Germany to get WWIII kicked off.

[Edwin]

This seems like a good enough explanation.

[Kyle Reese]

That Ron Paul article is absolutely worth reading - but Ron Paul is of course a "nut" and "crazy". So says Democrat and Republican politicians, so it must be true.

Ignoring or downplaying Iran's status as a global sponsor of Shi'a terror groups is where he loses me.

[Tamara]

That Ron Paul article is absolutely worth reading - but Ron Paul is of course a "nut" and "crazy". So says Democrat and Republican politicians, so it must be true.

It is worth reading, as an example of a false dichotomy.

It is possible to simultaneously believe that:

1) The American government's endless fascination with "regime change" is asinine and counterproductive and
2) Giving weapons to the five guys who are anti-Assad but not radical Islamists in order to effect said "regime change" is retarded, since one could just eliminate the middleman and give them to the 500,000 guys who are anti-Assad but are radical Islamists, and
3) Really, none of this mess was America's business in the first place and we shouldn't have been in Iraq, but you can't un-ring a bell and...
4) Thanks to the events of the last quarter century and more, we may not be interested in making war on ISI* but it is interested in making war on us, and so maybe we should kill it, since that is broadly within our national interest.

Further, I'm disappointed in Ron for the whole weak logic in "Because the US and its allies are essentially on the same side as ISIS and other groups – seeking the overthrow of Assad –" because apparently as a child Ron never played any games like Risk or Monopoly with more than two players. Just because Joe and Bobby want to see Jimmy lose, it doesn't necessarily follow that Joey and Bobby are on the same side.

...and before you hit me up with the passive-aggressive "- but Ron Paul is of course a "nut" and "crazy"" schtick, here: Let me turn ninety degrees to my right and snap a pic of the filing cabinet two feet from my chair:

[Jim Watson]

"Because the US and its allies are essentially on the same side as ISIS and other groups – seeking the overthrow of Assad –"

Balderdash. Maxim 29: "The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less."

[Jay Cunningham]

It is worth reading, as an example of a false dichotomy.

It is possible to simultaneously believe that:

1) The American government's endless fascination with "regime change" is asinine and counterproductive and
2) Giving weapons to the five guys who are anti-Assad but not radical Islamists in order to effect said "regime change" is retarded, since one could just eliminate the middleman and give them to the 500,000 guys who are anti-Assad but are radical Islamists, and
3) Really, none of this mess was America's business in the first place and we shouldn't have been in Iraq, but you can't un-ring a bell and...
4) Thanks to the events of the last quarter century and more, we may not be interested in making war on ISI* but it is interested in making war on us, and so maybe we should kill it, since that is broadly within our national interest.

Further, I'm disappointed in Ron for the whole weak logic in "Because the US and its allies are essentially on the same side as ISIS and other groups – seeking the overthrow of Assad –" because apparently as a child Ron never played any games like Risk or Monopoly with more than two players. Just because Joe and Bobby want to see Jimmy lose, it doesn't necessarily follow that Joey and Bobby are on the same side.

...and before you hit me up with the passive-aggressive "- but Ron Paul is of course a "nut" and "crazy"" schtick, here: Let me turn ninety degrees to my right and snap a pic of the filing cabinet two feet from my chair:

It must be a mid-west thing - I honestly have a very difficult time following you due to your writing style. It's hard for me to decipher, what with your round-about way of getting to a point and your folksy idioms.

If Garrison Keillor was really into 1911s, you'd have met your match.

[Dagga Boy]

I am worried that I usually get Tam....

[Jay Cunningham]

I am worried that I usually get Tam....

Some people just get each other.

[LOKNLOD]

No different then the Christian preachers stateside who sermonize against adultery then get busted hiring a prostitute or a female congregation member.

Much like Republicans vs Democrats, Christians frequently screw everything up by deviating from the plan, while Islamists destroy everything up by following their plan to the letter.

[FNFAN]

"Turkish sports fans boo moment of silence for Paris victims"


Apparently all the "moderate" Muslims stayed home. Listen to their chant!