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Related: About this forumStill no pictures on the ground at the Syrian airbase
but it sounds like the Trump/Putin/Assad bromance is over.
I'm thinking more and more that Asshole isn't fully in charge any more, with Bannon's ouster followed by this.
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Still no pictures on the ground at the Syrian airbase (Original Post)
Warpy
Apr 2017
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still_one
(98,883 posts)1. First pictures just came in here
oops.........
progressoid
(52,877 posts)2. God almighty, that is hideous.
still_one
(98,883 posts)3. it sure is.
pfitz59
(12,532 posts)5. He sure is hung up on rococo
the gaudier, the better...
dchill
(42,660 posts)4. The Trump/Putin/Assad bromance is RESPONSIBLE.
It's not over. It's still stronger than our media. It's all about DISTRACTION.
Warpy
(114,525 posts)6. I suppose it could be, but it smells different this time.
I mean, this attack coming right after Pig Pen Bannon was chucked out of the NSA, replaced by two dim but generally harmless wingnuts? Pig Pen was far from harmless.
I smell a bigger rat than you do.
Still, this was just a shot across the bow, so far, even though Syrian media are howling about many civilian casualties. I'm going to let the ripeness develop for a few days, honestly, before I start spouting any of my own theories about the whiplash inducing change of policy.