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  • MikM Offline
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    A battle plan is only good until the battle starts.

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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    • George KG George K

      So this new "boss," supposedly has renounced Al-Queda.

      THere's a not-too-small part of me that is skeptical.

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      #38

      @George-K said in If Assad falls....:

      So this new "boss," supposedly has renounced Al-Queda.

      THere's a not-too-small part of me that is skeptical.

      I'd do that too until I consolidated power. Worked for the Taliban.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        I think he also retweeted one of his commander’s tweets about killing all Yazidi men and turning their women into sex slaves.

        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          The timing of this is just right for Trump to be able to screw the Kurds again.

          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • MikM Mik

            @George-K said in If Assad falls....:

            So this new "boss," supposedly has renounced Al-Queda.

            THere's a not-too-small part of me that is skeptical.

            I'd do that too until I consolidated power. Worked for the Taliban.

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            Renauda
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            #41

            @Mik said in If Assad falls....:

            @George-K said in If Assad falls....:

            So this new "boss," supposedly has renounced Al-Queda.

            THere's a not-too-small part of me that is skeptical.

            I'd do that too until I consolidated power. Worked for the Taliban.

            If he can consolidate power. A big if. From what I have garnered the past few days is that there are a lot of bosses and factions among the rebel rabble. Many are quite out there in their militancy and fanaticism. He will have to be sufficiently aggressive and charismatic to remain in the forefront.

            Elbows up!

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            • MikM Offline
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              Afghanistan II. Swell.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • MikM Mik

                Afghanistan II. Swell.

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                Renauda
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                #43

                @Mik

                Probably more like Iraq or, at best, Lebanon.

                Elbows up!

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                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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                  @jon-nyc said in If Assad falls....:

                  The Kremlin said on Monday Russia has granted political asylum to overthrown Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a decision it said was taken by President Vladimir Putin.

                  Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on Assad's specific whereabouts and said Putin was not planning to meet with him.

                  Not surprising at all. The amount of countries he could have go to is quite small.

                  https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/syria-assad-aftermath-monday-1.7404999

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                  • jon-nycJ Online
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                    #45

                    Doesn’t he have an English wife? Not that he can go there.

                    But she must be overjoyed.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      Doesn’t he have an English wife? Not that he can go there.

                      But she must be overjoyed.

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                      @jon-nyc said in If Assad falls....:

                      Doesn’t he have an English wife?

                      Born and raised in London to Syrian parents.

                      Screenshot 2024-12-09 at 11.33.53 AM.png

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        Some interesting pictures.

                        https://www.reuters.com/pictures/scenes-along-path-syrian-rebels-lightning-advance-2024-12-07/

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                        • MikM Offline
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                          Still, harboring Assad will not help them retain their naval base.

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                          • George KG George K

                            So this new "boss," supposedly has renounced Al-Queda.

                            THere's a not-too-small part of me that is skeptical.

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                            #49

                            @George-K said in If Assad falls....:

                            So this new "boss," supposedly has renounced Al-Queda.

                            THere's a not-too-small part of me that is skeptical.

                            Two things can be true. They don’t get along with them as political group, but the venn diagram of their beliefs can be pretty much (completely?) the same.

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                            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                              Doesn’t he have an English wife? Not that he can go there.

                              But she must be overjoyed.

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                              @jon-nyc said in If Assad falls....:

                              Doesn’t he have an English wife? Not that he can go there.

                              But she must be overjoyed.

                              She's also currently being treated for leukemia, so she's having a great year.

                              I was only joking

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                              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                @jon-nyc said in If Assad falls....:

                                Doesn’t he have an English wife? Not that he can go there.

                                But she must be overjoyed.

                                She's also currently being treated for leukemia, so she's having a great year.

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                                @Doctor-Phibes said in If Assad falls....:

                                @jon-nyc said in If Assad falls....:

                                Doesn’t he have an English wife? Not that he can go there.

                                But she must be overjoyed.

                                She's also currently being treated for leukemia, so she's having a great year.

                                Recovered from breat cancer in 2018.

                                Acute myeloid leukemia,

                                Multiple factors influence prognosis in AML, including the presence of specific mutations, and a person with AML's age. In the United States between 2011 and 2016, the median survival of a person with AML was 8.5 months, with the 5 year survival being 24%

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                • George KG George K

                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in If Assad falls....:

                                  @jon-nyc said in If Assad falls....:

                                  Doesn’t he have an English wife? Not that he can go there.

                                  But she must be overjoyed.

                                  She's also currently being treated for leukemia, so she's having a great year.

                                  Recovered from breat cancer in 2018.

                                  Acute myeloid leukemia,

                                  Multiple factors influence prognosis in AML, including the presence of specific mutations, and a person with AML's age. In the United States between 2011 and 2016, the median survival of a person with AML was 8.5 months, with the 5 year survival being 24%

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                                  @George-K said in If Assad falls....:

                                  @Doctor-Phibes said in If Assad falls....:

                                  @jon-nyc said in If Assad falls....:

                                  Doesn’t he have an English wife? Not that he can go there.

                                  But she must be overjoyed.

                                  She's also currently being treated for leukemia, so she's having a great year.

                                  Recovered from breat cancer in 2018.

                                  Acute myeloid leukemia,

                                  Multiple factors influence prognosis in AML, including the presence of specific mutations, and a person with AML's age. In the United States between 2011 and 2016, the median survival of a person with AML was 8.5 months, with the 5 year survival being 24%

                                  Hers is a bit of an odd story, to say the least. She's apparently quite western in outlook, very well-educated, good-looking, and apparently very likeable and charming. And yet there she was, married to that butcher.

                                  I was only joking

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                                  • MikM Offline
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                                    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/opinion/friedman-syria-iran-future.html

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      That’s pretty good.

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      • MikM Offline
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                                        Friedman normally is.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                          @George-K said in If Assad falls....:

                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in If Assad falls....:

                                          @jon-nyc said in If Assad falls....:

                                          Doesn’t he have an English wife? Not that he can go there.

                                          But she must be overjoyed.

                                          She's also currently being treated for leukemia, so she's having a great year.

                                          Recovered from breat cancer in 2018.

                                          Acute myeloid leukemia,

                                          Multiple factors influence prognosis in AML, including the presence of specific mutations, and a person with AML's age. In the United States between 2011 and 2016, the median survival of a person with AML was 8.5 months, with the 5 year survival being 24%

                                          Hers is a bit of an odd story, to say the least. She's apparently quite western in outlook, very well-educated, good-looking, and apparently very likeable and charming. And yet there she was, married to that butcher.

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                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in If Assad falls....:

                                          And yet there she was, married to that butcher.

                                          I think when they first got married, there was pretty high hopes that Bashar al-Assad was going to be different from his father. And he started out with some reforms before falling back into the same things his father did.

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