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I would argue that the american civilian population has little/no feedback or daily reminder that 'war" is even going on because we aren't in a war time economy, there's no supply shortages or shared sacrifice going on. yes we've been at war for over a decade but does anyone not in or related...

(what spelling errors? jesus you have a hard on for attacking me) listen asshole prove me wrong by challenging the points made, not making baseless accusations O'king of the losers, I went to college for history as well. there was no interest in occupying Leningrad Even churchhill...

he would have probably murdered the inhabitants and let Germans colonize the east, that's why Leningrad was sieged and not occupied for example, it was an opportunity to get rid of as many of the inhabitants as possible without tying up alot more troops. the whole point was "lebensraum"...

Do you not read? i said ww2 was the king and ww1 where machine guns and poison gas was used wasn't there was era's where swords and spears killed more people( really disease killed more but that's another story) and I looked at that list btw, #2 AND #3 was swords/spears and horses(mongol...

Not strategically really, both world wars where basically results from the newly formed state of germany trying to compete with the anglo(uk/usa)/entente(uk/france) imperialist system let's say hitler beat russia, he would have considered america the greatest geopolitical foe.

when you run a global empire "everyone" is a potential enemy.

I assume for practically every president after Truman that big think tanks tell him the general strategy and game plans they just pick one and sell it. it's not like this lawyer and junior 2 year senator had lots of foreign policy or military strategy experience.

I think Obama's hair has gotten grayer in the last week

Funny or Die made the bet that even with the Syria situation dominating cable news, their demographic would need an extra nudge to inform themselves. According to the site's stats, the video has been viewed more than 150,000 times so far, so it might just be working.

The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives

I view it as converging interests, people make conspiracies out to be like dr claw sitting there plotting evil against inspector gadget, it's really just rational actors with converging interests. every nation and it's leaders can be shown to have different interests and not all of them are...

Dempsey Can't Say What U.S. is Seeking in Syria

French MPs debate Syria military action

Syria intervention plan fueled by oil interests, not chemical weapon concern Massacres of civilians are being exploited for narrow geopolitical competition to control Mideast oil, gas pipelines

The Syrian Pipelineistan angle So toppling syria could lead to ending the proposed Iranian/Iraq/syrian pipeline that would undermine Qatar/Israel/Saudi arabia, and a pipeline going through syria would allow israel to tap into that pipleine to export their massive offshore LNG find which it would...

There are signs, Qatar is spending billions supporting the "rebellion"(invasion) and giving them weapons. Taking Outsize Role in Syria, Qatar Funnels Arms to Rebels

I've read a couple things that say the "cost of empire" is usually greater than the benefit, historically individuals within the empire become richer but overall it costs more to maintain empires in the long run than is gained through exploitation of colonies.

fringe news site claiming [/spoiler] [/spoiler]

they're making a living linkinglivelinkbasically.

A little over dramatic but still VIDEO: CNN Caught Staging Fake News Segments on Syria With Actors

Any U.S. bombing mission in Syria is unlikely to effectively protect civilians and runs the risk of instigating a regional war and greater U.S. involvement, according to a study just published by the RAND Corporation.

probably refering to this

and some congressman who saw the evidence said it wasn't conclusive.

Bush administration lawyer points out Obama's asking Congress for authority to attack anyone on earth forever:

Gun-Toting Women Are On The Rise ~

CYPRUS, A RUSSIAN FOOTHOLD IN THE CHANGING EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN BY IGOR DELANOE AUGUST 4, 2013

Russia restructures Cyprus loan ~ Statements of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Ioannis Kasoulides on the developments in Syria ----- Russia's Masterstroke: Bailing Out Cyprus by Peter Martino June 25, 2012

The Syrian Electronic Army has defaced the Marines.com website posting a message to all US marines. Syrian Electronic Army Cyber Attacks Continue With US Marines Hack

Good for you, this might be more to your liking then

James Rosen source: Obama will attack Syria no matter what Congress does

I bet obama would like have this moment back and rephrase it. the second part of the video is some garbage juxtaposition but I can't find a version without it

It is true that practically everyone is led by the nose by one of the competing entities that rely on influencing your behavior in a plethora of ways, some people freak out when they figure it out but there's no reason not to just view it as another thing on the heap of challenges presented in...

Kerrys and the Assads enjoying quite the intimate dinner in 2009

On talk show rounds, Kerry denies change of course on Syria

A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm it's short and the parts about Syria and Iraq are interesting

Watch John Kerry React When David Gregory Asks if Sarin Gas Case is 'Slam Dunk'

Then don't it's all in your head anyways, the one thing you can control is your own thoughts.