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dembotoz

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19. generally agree

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sun Dec 18, 2016, 07:46 AM

Dec 2016

there is a prayer service at a city mosque today i was pondering going to....
will see if my car starts in the cold

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The world wept for Paris but for Aleppo.......the silence is deafening [View all] Quixote1818 Dec 2016 OP

Everything is perspective malaise Dec 2016 #1

Bush, FOR SURE.... Absolutely no question... pangaia Dec 2016 #3

Sykes-Picot? guillaumeb Dec 2016 #6

right.....DUH !!! pangaia Dec 2016 #7

True. And it all revolved around actual control of the Middle East. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #8

True that, Who's the 'good guys' and who's the 'bad guys'... pangaia Dec 2016 #9

And when the Kurds are considered the good guys and the bad guys guillaumeb Dec 2016 #26

My brain is like a smoke-filled niche. pangaia Dec 2016 #27

That can be a good thing, depending on the source of the smoke. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #28

Obviously, heh, heh... pangaia Dec 2016 #30

Well there's a lot of history malaise Dec 2016 #23

And we didn't even mention India. pangaia Dec 2016 #25

A Presidential candidate, Gary Johnson, had never heard of it HoneyBadger Dec 2016 #2

Think of what happened in Bosnia - if it's Muslims no one cares RainCaster Dec 2016 #4

Aleppo has literally been front page headline news all over the world for the past month oberliner Dec 2016 #5

not in the US JI7 Dec 2016 #10

It has been on the front page of the NY Times daily oberliner Dec 2016 #13

not on tv JI7 Dec 2016 #15

It has been covered extensively on every TV news network oberliner Dec 2016 #17

It's also been covered extensively on the PBS Newshour. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2016 #22

When you look at the bigger picture the best thing we can do for Aleppo is to keep Trump out of 1AM Coffee Dec 2016 #11

If that is the case, Assad and Russia will have killed off ISIS by Jan 21st LeftInTX Dec 2016 #16

The Syrian Arab Army (government) kills Islamic State. David__77 Dec 2016 #31

I may be wrong, but I got my info from Wikipedia LeftInTX Dec 2016 #34

The government armed forces aren't very strong in my opinion. David__77 Dec 2016 #35

Thanks for responding. You seem to have studied the complicated issue more in-depth LeftInTX Dec 2016 #36

You're welcome! It's a challenging subject for me. David__77 Dec 2016 #37

Gee, should'a thought of that in early November. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2016 #21

Okay, name the last major fashion show that was held in Aleppo. KamaAina Dec 2016 #12

This is such a BS post oberliner Dec 2016 #14

Its the age of maggot MFM008 Dec 2016 #18

generally agree dembotoz Dec 2016 #19

If it's a Shiite mosque, I imagine the perspective will be interesting. David__77 Dec 2016 #32

It breaks my heart. smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #20

If you think the world has been silent on Aleppo, you haven't been listening. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2016 #24

I think there's been adequate coverage of Aleppo True Dough Dec 2016 #29

We only weep when muslims do the killing Generator Dec 2016 #33