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U.S. Assessment of Syrian Gov’t Use of Chemical Weapons – Full Text

FWIW, I thought that like minds would enjoy watching this. For all the problems we have with politics in this country, the buggers can put forward coherent and cogent arguments. It’s only 8 hours long, dive in – the water’s lovely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pcssm6sLUk

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 31, 2013 @ 9:11 am

I don’t subscribe to conspiracy theories myself but something about this has a smell of political convenience. I can’t quite put my finger on it but experience tells me that Assad being behind this doesn’t pass the smell test.

Off to bed – gone 00:30 here. I’ll catch up with all you good people tomorrow.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 30, 2013 @ 4:31 pm

My friend, read this:

http://www.mintpressnews.com/

It is confirmed that the journalist is a member of AP news agency.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 30, 2013 @ 4:12 pm

You’re welcome. He’s putting on a brave face but basically he’s for the chop. He can’t allow himself to show weakness – blood in the water and all that…

Please read the article in the link I posted at the top of the page. It explains the situation very well.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 30, 2013 @ 4:04 pm

Hiya KT. ‘A good deal of evidence from many different sources’?

If there was then Cameron’s bacon would have been saved yesterday. There are ‘probabilities’ and ‘high confidence’ amongst US intelligence but no actual evidence that Assad carried out a chemical attack. There may be some confusion that there’s lots of evidence a chemical attack took place but in who’s interest is it to step over President Obama’s ‘red line’? Who would profit the most from American intervention in this civil war?

Please don’t be satisfied with the assertions of your government. Look around for other sources and make your own mind up based on real facts.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 30, 2013 @ 4:01 pm

I just wanted to provide this link so you guys can get a flavour of what has really happened over the past 24 hours here in the UK.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/30/syria-vote-britains-new-mood-editorial

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 30, 2013 @ 3:53 pm

It was tabled as a preliminary vote and if it passed, there was going to be a further vote so in that sense, yes.

He dangled the bait of a second vote on military action if they allowed this first one through but nobody bit. His arse is hanging out there for all to see right now and he’s flapping in the wind.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 30, 2013 @ 3:47 pm

Hiya pal. IMO this will be a punishment attack. It will serve no good purpose in furthering the end of the regime and it won’t help the people of Syria. It’s doing something to be seen to be doing something.

For all the talk of Al Qaeda being America’s greatest enemy and biggest threat, every Tomahawk cruise missile which lands on Syria will be a cruise missile for Al Qaeda.

As for what next? There is no such thing. It’ll be a bit of shock and awe then Assad will go in hard against his own people in reprisal. He’s already emptied the prisons and the military goals – he’s put the prisoners and political undesirables into the areas most likely to be hit and moved out any sophisticated or hard to replace military hardware. The propaganda coup Assad will reap from this will be enormous. It won’t end well for the USA.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 30, 2013 @ 3:43 pm

Hi Kalima. No, it wasn’t a preliminary vote. It’s over. Under no circumstances will this country take part in any attack on Syria. It’s not often one can say something of that nature with certitude but in this case I can. I don’t think folks in America understand the gravity of what took place yesterday in the House of Commons. This has changed British foreign policy for a generation. Have a look at the Guardian website or head over to the BBC – Brits have been talking about precious little but this for the past 24 hours.

As for the ‘evidence’ that Assad or his regime did this, there is none. He’s a nutter but no way would he use chemical weapons on his own people while UN weapons Inspectors are in Damascus. And I know how the people died in North Korea, does it really matter if they died from starvation caused by their government or as a result of chemical attack? This chemical weapons nonsense is a convenient cover for military action in the region. If America were serious about cracking down on UN Resolution violations, Israel would have been attacked for ignoring UN Resolutions against having nuclear weapons.

It’s flimflammery of the worst kind and Kerry looked like a fool today. Or Colin Powell – take your pick.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 30, 2013 @ 3:37 pm

I’m Scottish. Cameron is in deep doo-doo and has been for quite some time. He fully expected to win the vote for military action against Syria – his own backbenchers stabbed him in the back. He is fatally diminished by the outcome and it wouldn’t surprise me if there’s a vote of no confidence tabled in the coming months.

As for following the American government in any misadventure in the Middle East, polls show that 90% of the British people are against it. The lessons of Iraq have been well and truly learned. That’s why the MP’s voted the way they did – they were bombarded with e-mails by their constituents telling them in no uncertain terms to back away from this foolishness.

I hope that’s cleared up any confusion. :o)

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 30, 2013 @ 3:21 pm

‘We don’t need no steenkin’ evidence, just give us some hearsay and we’re good to go’.

‘Whaddaya mean, over 100,000 Syrian civilians have been killed by the regime over the past two years while we stood idly by? You think we’re world cops or summat? No, this is serious dammit. We just can’t allow dictatorships like North Korea to kill millions of their own citizens and do nothing. No wait, we can. Where was I? Oh yes, Syria. Look Assad is a bad guy, we have no actual proof that his regime used chemical weapons but it suits our purposes to believe so on the balance of blah, blah, blah.

Those Brits? Perfidious Albion!! Our new bestest buds forever are the cheese eating surrender monkeys. They helped us during the war of independence you know. They’ve been nothing but a damned drain on our military since but hey, beggars can’t be choosers in this game. So, onward to the good fight and always remember this: We’re the biggest kid on the block so don’t be fucking with us, k?’

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 30, 2013 @ 2:48 pm

Boston Marathon Bomber and The Tea Party – Peas in a Pod

Aye, a cyber-toughguy to be sure.

I’ve come across hundreds via Youtube. There are zero consequences for their tough talk so they feel free to call everyone names and threaten all sorts of violence from the safety of their keyboard. I’ll bet he watches Chuck Norris movies on a loop. 😉

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 6, 2013 @ 2:10 pm

He knows his audience well. No need for complicated messages nor big words. Throw in some anger and expletives and it’s mission accomplished. It’s a good analogy calling these people the American Taliban because they’re just as intolerant but over different things. I know Taliban means ‘student’ but the word has come to mean something else over the years.

They don’t mind dying in a hail of bullets – Bonnie and Clyde or Alamo style (all the while returning fire) – but they think blowing themselves up to make a political statement would be wrong. There’s a disconnect there in so many ways.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 6, 2013 @ 10:46 am

Middle aged, no hair, big gun.

I rest my case.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 6, 2013 @ 9:19 am

Here we go folks, the Panorama programme.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 6, 2013 @ 5:24 am

This is related – I hope you guys can see it.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 6, 2013 @ 5:21 am

I watched this earlier and it would seem that the political and law enforcement classes in America don’t want to accept the obvious if it flies in the face of their current mindset(s). The Muslims are ‘other’. They don’t believe in the right god. They don’t wear the same clothes or pray in the same way. They look ‘funny’. They kill Americans in their strange foreign lands ferchrissakes! And above all, they’re jealous of your freedoms – that’s why they moved to America in the first place. Yes, they hate it (NOT my twisted logic – I’ve heard it all too many times from those on the right). In order to continue funding the MIC which now seems to include law enforcement, a certain level of fear needs to be maintained.

Could it be that there’s no money in feeling safe? No jobs for the boys doing consulting work when their current government tenures have expired? From my perch on the outside they seem to know that they and their families will have nothing to fear from the surveillance state because they’re known commodities. They’re identifiable ‘patriots’. Not so the ordinary citizen. Of course in America, rampant and unregulated capitalism is a good thing. It’s encouraged and has no moral obligations attached. It doesn’t matter if the ‘patriots’ are selling their fellows down the river for a buck, they will have become one of the ‘insiders’ – immune from suspicion because of their jobs and contacts. A quick phone call to the ‘right’ person would clear them of all suspicion and doubts about their intentions. ‘He/she is one of us’.

So in essence, it is my belief that the people who say they love America the most are the very people who are engineering her downfall. Soon it will be an open conflict between the haves and the have nots, the suspicious and those above suspicion, paramilitary law enforcement and the guy/gal on the street. It’s going to start with the Muslims but that’s not where it’s going to end…

This is all bullshit of course. I just enjoy talking shite. 😉

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On August 5, 2013 @ 5:03 pm

Occupy Wall Street Could Be a Seminal Moment … Or It Couldn’t

Different people will have different perspectives. I tried very hard to understand what went on during that time and voraciously devoured any and all news/documentaries/panel discussions on the subject. I avoided the tabloids and Sky News (one and the same thing) as they were selling exactly the same viewpoints as the original poster. I mentioned why the criminal element took over. Now that I’ve revealed I’m in ‘another country’ the argument seems to be that I know less than someone living there. I too have friends and family in London, the Midlands, the North East and Wales. As I mentioned, this is a really small country and both the BBC and Channel4 News covers it from Land’s End to John O’Groats.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On October 8, 2011 @ 10:40 am

Brilliant. Britain is approx 800 miles from top to bottom and approx 300 across at its widest point yet coming from Scotland, you characterise me as having no valid opinion. Yet, you then go on to say you’ve not seen young people drinking like ours in ANY part of the USA – a huge country by comparison. Given that disparity, what makes your comments any more valid than mine? I watched all of the documentaries dealing with the riots and the special panel discussions too. I came by my conclusions honestly. As for having no tuition fees up in Scotland, does that disqualify me from knowing the situation a mere 70 miles away across the border?

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On October 8, 2011 @ 10:32 am

Yeah, tell me about it. It’s nice to see you too AdLib – haven’t seen you in another place for a long time pal. I don’t often comment on this site because I’m in Scotland and don’t have a grasp of the underlying causes of what ails America. I know all the headline stuff but I haven’t walked a day in the shoes. The only reason I did reply was because I couldn’t allow the impression that was given to linger. It reminded me too much of the simplistic reporting on the Sky News network. I’m glad that I brought a different perspective and apologise for going in with all guns blazing. Now, to quote MacArthur: ‘I shall return’. 😉

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On October 8, 2011 @ 6:30 am

Well from my perspective as a British citizen, you’re wrong. The Press concentrated on Charlie Gilmour because they were lazy. Students up and down the country are raging because they voted for the Lib Dems and their pledge of no tuition fees but were then let down when the Libs went into coalition with the Tories. To say it was only children of the rich who demonstrated is just plain false.

As for the ensuing riots over one week in the summer, they were started up because the police shot dead an innocent man then completely messed up the parental notification and refused to speak with the family about the killing. The family weren’t involved in the riots but a lot of disaffected people were. The real trouble started when the police stepped back and allowed the rioters free rein. News quickly spread via social media and a free for all ensued with the police making zero arrests of the troublemakers. Sure, British youngsters have a drinking problem but to characterise the rioters as ‘dollies in high heels snatching booze from looted off licences’ is pure hyperbole.

Thanks awfully for relaying your ‘experience’ however misguided it actually is.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On October 7, 2011 @ 6:43 am

Some Not Very Strong Arguments Against Action in Libya

Algeria has approx 9 billion barrels worth.
Bahrain has approx 1 billion barrels worth.

The others have much less. I apologise for my sloppy presentation – I should have taken more care. I still contend that the situation stinks though.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On March 22, 2011 @ 5:17 pm

We allowed people to be killed in Yemen – no oil there.
We allowed people to be killed in Bahrain – no oil there.
We allowed people to be killed in Lebanon – no oil there.
We allowed people to be killed in Sudan – no oil there.
We allowed people to be killed in Gaza – no oil there.
We allowed people to be killed in Tunisia – no oil there.
We allowed people to be killed in Egypt – no oil there.
We allowed people to be killed in Albania – no oil there.

Libyans are engaged in a civil war in order to change their government. Nobody knows what will come after Gaddafi – no-one knows who these rebels are. Last month the British and Americans sold arms to the dictator and this month they’re protecting the civilian population against the use of those arms. This whole situation stinks to high heaven.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On March 22, 2011 @ 4:51 pm

A fairy tale city

Thanks for the insight Haruko, I’ve been watching this horrible situation unfold on the Beeb and my heart goes out to all Kiwis. It truly does seem like we’re living in ‘interesting times’. Every time I turn on the news there’s another natural disaster somewhere in the world. I can’t truly imagine what it’s like – coming from a really climactically and geologically stable part of the world as I do.

Best of best wishes my friend. 🙂

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On February 22, 2011 @ 2:42 pm

Invite For collaboration

Thanks Abby, couldn’t resist! It’s great seeing you here too.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On February 18, 2011 @ 1:14 pm

I have assumed the position and the pilot is free to taxi… 😉

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On February 18, 2011 @ 8:50 am

Thanks deygirl, ditto. 😎

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On February 18, 2011 @ 8:48 am

Thanks for the welcome Kalima – I’m looking forward to the journey.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On February 18, 2011 @ 4:26 am

Afternoon LG – I noticed that too and of course, it helps that you’re around! 😉

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On February 18, 2011 @ 4:26 am

I joined HP in 2008 as I wanted to discover what would come next after so many years of ‘the decider’. To begin with it was informative and relatively uncensored. I turned in my badges within 2 hours of them appearing and just knew that ‘change’ was in the air. Then came the relentless focus on all things celebrity and my heart sank – the salacious headlines and sports terminology left me cold, even on the ‘political’ threads. Still, I had lots of friends there and lots of posts by commenters I admired so I decided to hang on as long as possible in the forlorn hope it would improve – we know how THAT went. On the day the buyout was announced, I deleted my account and through friends, discovered PPOV. I truly hope I can find a ‘home’ here. Thanks for allowing me the space to mini-rant, I appreciate it.

» Posted By Itchybiscuit On February 18, 2011 @ 3:41 am

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