Posted in: Kurdish fighters in Syria on the march against IS militants See in context
To quote the article , "In Syria, a country now split mostly between al-Qaida-style militants and forces loyal to President Bashar Assad " . Suggests that many Syrian people support Nusra/Qaeda/ISIS or that those entities are partly composed of Syrian people . In fact Assad has support of the Syrian people , who know they fight foreign invasion .
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Posted in: Putin makes troop deaths in peacetime operations a 'state secret' See in context
82% approval rating for Putin. EU and western leaders can go suck rocks or lay tiles in the sea . None of them can touch Putin in approval rating or skill as statesman and strategist . Russian troops in Ukraine ? Evidence is not forthcoming , because there is none .
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Posted in: Blatter defies calls to quit as FIFA scandal widens See in context
Corruption in FIFA unveiled ? I'm shocked , shocked . Palestinian football chief calls for suspension of Israel charging apartheid , there is attention to the issue . Swiss police arrest several FIFA officials on corruption charges . They face extradition to USA where charges originate and where the word football means something else . ( extrajudicial ? jurisdiction ? ...anyways ) . Now Blatter is in the news , Israel is not . Context .
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Posted in: Trump loses bid to halt Jan 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election case
@ClippetyClop Not NATO's proxy, that is for darn sure.
Posted in: NATO and EU urge G7 nations to step up air defense for Ukraine and expand Iran sanctions
Posted in: Trump loses bid to halt Jan 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election case
Posted in: House leaders toil to advance Ukraine and Israel aid