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Cooley Hurd

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14. They have modern equipment supplied by Sino-Russia...

Reply to hack89 (Reply #12)

Fri Aug 30, 2013, 08:20 PM

Aug 2013

And, no one is talking "nuclear" (nice attempt at hyperbole), since, with modern conventional weapons and with terrorism, they can fuck with us pretty bad.

Remember how the country freaked out because two assholes with crockpots blew up the Boston Marathon? Imagine that happening in 7 of the US's major cities concurrently.

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Every popular uprising in the world being stomped down with chemical weapons. [View all] Motown_Johnny Aug 2013 OP

...except for the pledges by Iran and Russia to defend Syria. Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #1

Neither of those countries is going to risk war with the US over a tinpot like Assad. n/t Daniel537 Aug 2013 #3

Maybe, but not likely. Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #4

Nobody's going to attack Israel, except maybe some fringe extremist group in Lebanon or Gaza. Daniel537 Aug 2013 #5

You're new at Geo-Politics, aren't you? Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #7

How do you think Israel will respond to a WMD attack? hack89 Aug 2013 #8

Syria has a defense pact with Iran... Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #9

So you think Russia is going to start WWIII over Iran? Daniel537 Aug 2013 #11

Iran is small potatoes militarily. hack89 Aug 2013 #12

They have modern equipment supplied by Sino-Russia... Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #14

Iran can only reach Israel with missiles and WMDs hack89 Aug 2013 #15

Syria is just across the Golan Heights... Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #16

And Israel will nuke Syria hack89 Aug 2013 #17

Israel will not nuke Syria... Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #19

If Syria launches a massive chemical attack on Israel, then yes they will hack89 Aug 2013 #20

You're new at understanding meaningless sabre-rattling from dictators, aren't you? Daniel537 Aug 2013 #10

Let's hope you're right, Skippy... Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #13

I think we are at proxy war with Russia right now. And it's more serious shit than NeoCon wet dreams KittyWampus Aug 2013 #2

bullets are chemical weapons, let's get rid of them as well nt msongs Aug 2013 #6

Came for a thread about tear gas MFrohike Aug 2013 #18

No one's saying using chemical weapons is ok. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #21