Disaster Possible multi-national airstrike on Syria expected in the next 72 hours - "I don't want to set the worrrld on firrreeee~"

Europe's air traffic control network has warned commercial aircraft to avoid Syrian airspace due to a possible strike being planned in the next 72 hours.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/9...-uk-france-chemical-attack-russia-eurocontrol

DEFCON has been lowered to 4 over reports of military amassing air forces and the potential risks of a Russia vs. U.S. conflict.
https://defconwarningsystem.com/2018/04/10/defcon-warning-system-update-4-10-18/

Supposedly the British RAF is on alert in Cyprus.

There's also unconfirmed reports of the U.S. moving missile cruisers around in the Mediterranean and aircraft in Eastern Iraq.

 

[Pepito The Cat]

Duck and cover, America! Nothing will happen () but you need to let your high ups know when they stick their feet too deep in the mud of the middle east. This shit is ridiculous.

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

If you never wanted to get fucked in the ass by a deathclaw in real life you are not a man, you're not even gay in a manly way.

 

[Near]

Now idk in which fallout game we'll end up, but i hope its not a bethesda one

 

[heathercho]

... What's that? You guys are worried about a little nuclear or atomic fallout?

Remember, in 50 or so years, you'll be a world power again if you provide the world with enough tentacle and loli animu.

 

[Trash Eater]

If war does break out, I hope those nasty Russians don't find all of our tactical weapons and resources hidden all over every inch of California. It would be such a shame if they crippled our ability to fight by preemptively carpet-bombing the greatest state in the union.

 

[CWCissey]

Now idk im which fallout game we'll end up, but i hope its not a bethesda one

I'm hoping New Vegas! I've already got my cowboy hat and leather trenchcoat!

If war does break out, I hope those nasty Russians don't find all of our tactical weapons and resources hidden all over every inch of California. It would be such a shame if they crippled our ability to fight by preemptively carpet-bombing the greatest state in the union.

Stop lying!

They're only in the Bay area, Portland and Seattle.

 

[January Cyst]

I'm hoping New Vegas! I've already got my cowboy hat and leather trenchcoat!

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[MrHoneyBadger]

Well.
Russia is already looks like a post-apocalyptic wasteland, so I think Russia will be enthusiastic to show the rest of the world how real winter looks like if it gets any reason to bomb nukes.

 

[Done]

As for the Arab Spring, there's a difference between excessive force against protesters when the rest of the world is focused on Libya and Egypt, and excessive force in a war you're winning with the West breathing down your neck. Both are abhorrent morally, don't get me wrong, but from a Machiavellian perspective, one could be considered pragmatic in an effort to coerce fear. The other is just suicidal.

I see your point, you think it's counter-intuitive for Assad to do this when he was in the final stretch, but you forget one thing: How is Assad supposed to rule over the people he was in very open warfare with for about almost a decade now? The only way to do it is to put the fear of God into them, and there's nothing better here than the looming threat of Chemical warfare for any further attempts of rebellion, you may say that this is an insane thought, and I would agree, but I would remind you that there's nothing sane about the Assads, those are the people who decided that razing the country was a good idea in the 1st place.

Also, another thing I need to highlight is that all the other Arab nations supporting this airstrike? If any revolution happens in their country, they will do exactly the same, Assad has sadly shown that this course of action is extremely effective vs simply ceding your throne and escaping with your billions.

Do you have a source for this. Because that's pretty fucking cunning if true.

http://www.newsweek.com/how-syrias-assad-helped-forge-isis-255631

 

[Subconcious Offense]

Global warming? Just create a layer of nuclear cloud to block out the sun. The earth will cool down again.

 

[Null]

NEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARER MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD TO THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[TiggerNits]

Normally if we're telling commercial airlines to avoid something, its one of two things. We're either trying to flex before a negotiation with the belligerent or we're trying to get them on edge before we do something innocuous just to fuck with them. The BIG strikes don't come with warning, it just makes them way less effective

 

[CWCissey]

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At least we'll have a sweet David Bowie soundtrack!

 

[JB 236]

You all sure do sound weak worrying about this shit lol. Fuck all will happen, just a bit of banter. And if a war does happen, all the better! We could do with a good war.
On a serious note though, bring back chemical warfare, its pretty effective and does the job.

 

[Alexius]

Now idk in which fallout game we'll end up, but i hope its not a bethesda one

As long as I can still mod...

Also, I just realized with the "Ban all knives" in the UK, that country is screwed if war breaks out.

 

[Traditional Tet]

15 years later, Iraq is kinda ok. The shiites at least seem to be happier with this arrangement and they haven't had a military coup yet.

Are you genuinely fucking retarded, or have you just forgot the whole ISIS and mass genocide of hundreds of thousands of people thing?

 

[CWCissey]

As long as I can still mod...

Just run around naked.

 

[Aloha Snackbar]

It defies all logic that Assad was behind this. Trump mentioned just a few weeks ago about getting out of Syria. What does NOT defy logic is rebels or (((others))) carrying out this attack and blaming Assad to reverse the possibility of the US backing out of Syria.

Regarding Russia, what is astounding that this entire Red Scare bullshit started with Clinton and the DNC, then via their media cronies as an excuse for their election failings. It's somehow just grown and grown since. Things were looking good for US/Russia relations and that affects Military Industrial Complex profits..

It's a good long term strategy, again, for the MIC and their profits. Not so good for everyone else.

Honestly I was hoping that Trump was going to improve relations a lot. It seemed like he was interested in diplomacy and his stance was one of cooperation with Russia. Then the media about the Russia thing comes out and everyone freaks out if he does anything approaching cooperation. I think really he's been motivated to do this by pressure to prove he's not a Russian agent, but what he doesn't realize is that none of the hardcore Trump-Russia people are going to let themselves be disproven. They'd be sitting around while Russia's been reduced to a radioactive wasteland and claim that it's just a distraction to make people think they don't need to worry about Putin any more.

Him being pressured doesn't let him off the hook for this though. A bunch of insignificant people screaming about how he's a Russian agent shouldn't make him fuck everyone over just to sooth them, but I think he's too egotistical to ignore them.

 

[Dr. Kaufman]

I see your point, you think it's counter-intuitive for Assad to do this when he was in the final stretch, but you forget one thing: How is Assad supposed to rule over the people he was in very open warfare with for about almost a decade now? The only way to do it is to put the fear of God into them, and there's nothing better here than the looming threat of Chemical warfare for any further attempts of rebellion, you may say that this is an insane thought, and I would agree, but I would remind you that there's nothing sane about the Assads, those are the people who decided that razing the country was a good idea in the 1st place.

Also, another thing I need to highlight is that all the other Arab nations supporting this airstrike? If any revolution happens in their country, they will do exactly the same, Assad has sadly shown that this course of action is extremely effective vs simply ceding your throne and escaping with your billions.

I get your point too, but I think a good bulk of the rebellion has been wiped out during the war, the citizens remaining are either already loyal to Assad or just want to get on with their lives, and just want to see any government in power; we're almost in guerrilla warfare territory at this point. I know the Assads are horrendous, but I don't think they're stupid; they're most likely on Russia's leash, a proxy of sorts. Even from a fear principle, there's not much reward to be gained.

 

[Secret Asshole]

Syria is a desert shithole and going to war over it with Russia is the stupidest fucking thing. North Korea runs rape camps, African Dictators use rape and torture as weapons of war, SA is starving Yemen to death and we don't do shit. But all of a sudden this patch of dirt is so fucking important.

Fuck this shit. Let the ME rot.