Thursday - September 05, 2013

Bored With Syria

Oy vey, isn’t there anything else in the news?

Yes, the rebels are some brutal bastards.  Did you really expect anything different? Not only are they in a war, it’s a war driven in part by religion, and it’s in a corner of the world where both sides come from a culture not exactly known for compassion, forgiveness, or even fair play.

The Syrian rebels posed casually, standing over their prisoners with firearms pointed down at the shirtless and terrified men.

The prisoners, seven in all, were captured Syrian soldiers. Five were trussed, their backs marked with red welts. They kept their faces pressed to the dirt as the rebels’ commander recited a bitter revolutionary verse.

“For fifty years, they are companions to corruption,” he said. “We swear to the Lord of the Throne, that this is our oath: We will take revenge.”

The moment the poem ended, the commander, known as “the Uncle,” fired a bullet into the back of the first prisoner’s head. His gunmen followed suit, promptly killing all the men at their feet.

Putin thinks John Effin’ Kerry is a liar? But, but he served in Vietnam!!

And Vlad is playing Baracky boy like the world’s cheapest rented violin. What a laughingstock our pResident is. Thanks so much Barry.

President Obama arrived in Russia today to find the already failing relations with his host in even worse condition. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to provide his Syrian allies with a missile shield in the event of U.S. airstrikes further complicates Obama’s flagging effort to win international support for an attack on Damascus. As the Guardian reports, Putin’s warning that an attack without UN backing would provoke military aid from Russia may drive away the handful of international partners for Obama’s proposed attack.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that the main combat unit of the Syrian rebels is part of Al Qaeda adds a further chill to U.S.-Russia relations. Putin said Secretary of State John Kerry “lies openly” about Al Qaeda’s role among U.S.-backed rebels in Syria. Putin’s comments came after Kerry’s testy exchange with Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., over the role of terrorist groups in the rebellion. Kerry claimed that Al Qaeda-allied groups were a small fraction of the force. State Department officials dismissed Putin’s charge.

Russia has a missile shield? That they’ll give to the Syrians? What is it, an iron umbrella they can hold over their heads? Because hey. Russian + high tech = fish - bicycle.




Maybe I can find something better to write about. Hey, I saw a hummingbird yesterday. I didn’t know we had them here, and I think that’s the first time I’ve ever seen one anywhere. Cool.

UPDATE: You know what sucks? What sucks is when the Conservative Blogosphere, the VRWC (vast right-wing conspiracy ... ask Hillary about that one), agrees with that sneaky KGB commie bastard.

John Kerry Cannot Tell a Lie ... well, maybe we should say he can’t tell one very well.

When Secretary of State Kerry testified at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on President Obama’s proposed Syria adventure he said he didn’t want to rule out the need for the U.S. to deploy troops to the ground in Syria, then the former Senator from Massachusetts – and Democratic presidential nominee – backtracked and said if it means winning the vote for war, the Obama administration would have “no problem” with Congress writing a resolution prohibiting Obama from sending troops to fight on the ground in the Syrian civil war.

This was reminiscent of the remark Kerry famously made during a debate with President George W. Bush that first he was for Bush’s war in Iraq – before he was against it.

Oh yeah, it was such a great idea making Lurch our new Secretary of State.

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