- Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:22 pm
#538874
Any evidence that it was Russia is likely to be from sources that the government will never make public, for obvious reasons.
By lesson from Syria you mean doing fuck all while Assad bombs the shit out of them?Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:36 pmThing is, we may not like Putin but he's going nowhere. And Russia is big. We have to deal with it (And that's deal with in the international diplomacy sense, not the Joe Pesci sense). It's not a game of goodies and baddies. You'd have thought we'd have learned that lesson over Syria and Libya.
I would have said it was more of a terrorist weapon. What place does something that has to be absorbed through the skin have to do with modern warfare?
Hasn't stopped various twitter twats claiming that this proves it was a false flag.Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:05 pmNo, but it does suggest that journalists tend to stress the worst case scenario.
If she's recovering, good for her. I'd not wish what she's gone through on anyone. By which I mean the possibility of a slow painful death just because of who your dad was, and you were in his company. However her recovery does undermine the media picture of any chemical attack as akin to something out of The Rock.
I understand why western frustration with Russia is so high. I also understand to a degree the Russian mindset about it all. That isn't doublethink, it's just taking a step back and trying to take it all in.
Anything proves it's a false flag. This is the nature of conspiracy theory. Start with a conclusion, all evidence towards it is proof, all evidence contrary is merely proof of dark forces keeping it quiet.Littlejohn's brain wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 5:07 pmHasn't stopped various twitter twats claiming that this proves it was a false flag.Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:05 pmNo, but it does suggest that journalists tend to stress the worst case scenario.
If she's recovering, good for her. I'd not wish what she's gone through on anyone. By which I mean the possibility of a slow painful death just because of who your dad was, and you were in his company. However her recovery does undermine the media picture of any chemical attack as akin to something out of The Rock.
I understand why western frustration with Russia is so high. I also understand to a degree the Russian mindset about it all. That isn't doublethink, it's just taking a step back and trying to take it all in.