you mean the literal Russian translation of "Roll?" ("Roll Tide" = "lurch backwater.)Every time I see him I scream "Lurch!"
you mean the literal Russian translation of "Roll?" ("Roll Tide" = "lurch backwater.)Every time I see him I scream "Lurch!"
I think Rocky Dennis.Every time I see him I scream "Lurch!"
Well, that's a step in the right direction.Muslim Scholars Release Open Letter To Islamic State Meticulously Blasting Its Ideology
read the summary or the entire letter.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...c-state_n_5878038.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
ore than 120 Muslim scholars from around the world joined an open letter to the “fighters and followers” of the Islamic State, denouncing them as un-Islamic by using the most Islamic of terms.
The letter’s authors include well-known religious and scholarly figures in the Muslim world, including Sheikh Shawqi Allam, the grand mufti of Egypt, and Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the mufti of Jerusalem and All Palestine.
Funny, I've been saying this all along. The funnier thing is that Assad is not like his dad or brother. He's a doctor. He was called home to take over the family business. I don't think he ever had any real intentions of running Syria. But, like I said, there's a reason the Assads rule they way they do. They have to.However, Obama also acknowledged that the U.S. is dealing with a conundrum in Syria, as the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic State is helping Syrian President Bashar Assad, whom the U.N. has accused of war crimes.
"I recognize the contradiction in a contradictory land and a contradictory circumstance," Obama said. "We are not going to stabilize Syria under the rule of Assad," whose government has committed "terrible atrocities."
Somebody within their community better start ENSURING they are heard or this thing is going to come to an ugly head.Muslim Scholars Release Open Letter To Islamic State Meticulously Blasting Its Ideology
read the summary or the entire letter.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...c-state_n_5878038.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
ore than 120 Muslim scholars from around the world joined an open letter to the “fighters and followers” of the Islamic State, denouncing them as un-Islamic by using the most Islamic of terms.
The letter’s authors include well-known religious and scholarly figures in the Muslim world, including Sheikh Shawqi Allam, the grand mufti of Egypt, and Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the mufti of Jerusalem and All Palestine.
Bashar was an ophthalmologist. His elder brother Bassel was the heir apparent, but he crashed his car in 1994,* so Hafez called and said, "Batter up!"Funny, I've been saying this all along. The funnier thing is that Assad is not like his dad or brother. He's a doctor. He was called home to take over the family business. I don't think he ever had any real intentions of running Syria. But, like I said, there's a reason the Assads rule they way they do. They have to.
A USAF friend of mine told me this story.So now we hit grain silos? Let's starve the people of Syria. You know, I've lost all faith in our government to do anything right at this point.
http://news.msn.com/world/us-led-raids-hit-grain-silos-in-syria-kill-workers-monitor
They were destroyed. The missiles nowadays can focus their blast downward if needed, while often leaving the outward structure intact. 99% of the time these compounds possess sub-levels where the high value target(s) would be located, anyway.I haven't seen any video footage of grain silos being blown up. But from a couple of the buildings I saw, there were two pin ..... bombs or some type of minor ordinance that hit the roof.The buildings remained intact. Shouldn't we have destroyed the buildings and not just knocked out some windows?
And those attacks came in the middle of the night when one is to assume the good folks from ISIS were nestled away, fast asleep in a former U.S. embassy or other cozy place. Maybe we got a janitor.
As a result of the $500 million training program, "four or five" Syrians are now fighting ISIS. Not four or five thousand, or four or five hundred. Four or five, as in less than half a dozen, at $10 million per soldier.
To quote that great thinker, Jimi Hendrix, "That ain't too cool."
But on the other hand, Russia, it seems, has deployed MI-24 Hind attack helicopters to Syria.
Oh, boy...
Serious question here, because I respect your perspective...Do you think the Russians are supporting the Assad government because they think he'll be an ally / Soviet equivalent after they collectively defeat ISIS?As a result of the $500 million training program, "four or five" Syrians are now fighting ISIS. Not four or five thousand, or four or five hundred. Four or five, as in less than half a dozen, at $10 million per soldier.
To quote that great thinker, Jimi Hendrix, "That ain't too cool."
But on the other hand, Russia, it seems, has deployed MI-24 Hind attack helicopters to Syria.
Oh, boy...
Not nearly Tidewater, but there's no doubt that Putin wants the past hegemony of the USSR, if not the strict communism. (Be hard to return to there, when he's divided the ownership of the country up among his buddies.) I think that he's thrown in with Assad because of the historic relationship between the Assad government, going back to USSR days and he thinks they'll come out on top, while the allies will bring ISIS under check, at least, finally. He'll jump ship with Assad, if he sees them losing and probably, just as we did, lose all his materiel to the other side...Serious question here, because I respect your perspective...Do you think the Russians are supporting the Assad government because they think he'll be an ally / Soviet equivalent after they collectively defeat ISIS?
Or do you think they're betting on ISIS for the exact same reasons?
Putin doesn't back losers. At least, not intentionally. Who is he backing? And would he switch if he saw the tide shifting?
I may be a minority of one, but I think he sees an opportunity to simultaneously skyrocket the price of oil and return to the good old days of the USSR
He is supporting a long-time friend, primarilty.Serious question here, because I respect your perspective...Do you think the Russians are supporting the Assad government because they think he'll be an ally / Soviet equivalent after they collectively defeat ISIS?
Or do you think they're betting on ISIS for the exact same reasons?
Putin doesn't back losers. At least, not intentionally. Who is he backing? And would he switch if he saw the tide shifting?
I may be a minority of one, but I think he sees an opportunity to simultaneously skyrocket the price of oil and return to the good old days of the USSR