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    Mattis Claims White House Threat to Syria ‘Worked’

    http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives...-syria-worked/

    Monday night’s out-of-nowhere statement from the White House, claiming a Syrian chemical weapon attack was imminent and promising to make Syria pay a heavy price must’ve been successful, Secretary of Defense James Mattis reasoned, since no chemical attack happened after all.

    The White House statement claimed there were signs of preparation, offering no evidence that was really the case, then claiming it would kill “innocent children” and threatening retaliation. The statement was made with no discussion with either the State Department or Pentagon, puzzling many top officials as to what they thought they were doing.

    Russia criticized the US over the threat, and Syria said they’d never had any intention of carrying out such an attack in the first place, which only adds to the questions about the White House drawing the conclusion that such an attack was coming, and rushing out a content-light statement on it.

    Either way, Mattis seems happy enough with the results. Most days go by in Syria with no chemical weapons attacks, of course, but on this rare occasion US officials seem to feel like they can take credit for that fact, despite another idle US threat clearly being wholly unrelated to the result.

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    So make a dire claim that something terrible will happen and when it doesn't it is somehow a win for the people making the claim?

    I don't think I can take three and a half years of this bullshit......

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    GUYS, I have great news.

    There was totally going to be global thermonuclear war starting this weekend, but I worked my contacts in the US, Russian, German, British, Israeli, Pakistani etc. governments to get them all to stand down.

    FUCKING PROVE THAT I DIDN'T, BITCHES.

    (That's how this works...right?)

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    F*** you aliens! If you attack the earth while I'm asleep tonight I'll make you all pay tomorrow. I'll whoop your ass to kingdom come.

    If aliens don't attack tonight we can all safely say my threats prevented such an outcome. You can all thank me tomorrow.
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    Edge and Alex Save The World....

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    “You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”― Malcolm X

    I watch them fight and die in the name of freedom. They speak of liberty and justice, but for whom? -Ratonhnhaké:ton (Connor Kenway)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    GUYS, I have great news.

    There was totally going to be global thermonuclear war starting this weekend, but I worked my contacts in the US, Russian, German, British, Israeli, Pakistani etc. governments to get them all to stand down.

    FUCKING PROVE THAT I DIDN'T, BITCHES.

    (That's how this works...right?)
    Is that all? I just prevented an alien invasion.
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    I don't think I ever hide the fact I was a national socialist. The fact I am a German one is what technically makes me a nazi
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    You haven't seen nothing yet, we trumpsters will definitely be getting some cool uniforms soon I hope.

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    Lisa, I want to buy your rock:


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    North Korea to US: "If you attack us we will destroy you!"
    North Korea propaganda after the US doesn't arbitrarily attack them: "See! They are afraid of Kim Jong Un! Worship the Supreme Leader!"


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    It would be funny if this was a sitcom drama but what kind of fuckery is this? what kind of logic is this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gref View Post
    It would be funny if this was a sitcom drama but what kind of fuckery is this? what kind of logic is this?
    It is the kind of shit that some Americans are actually stupid enough to fall for, sadly. The name of the game is propaganda; imitation is a pretty high form of flattery, so we can see what type of regimes that Trump looks up to.
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    Yesterday I, "I swear if another mofo cuts my off I'm going to fuck some shit up." Nobody cut me off, I guess my threat worked.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexw View Post
    Is that all? I just prevented an alien invasion.
    Pfff, I threatened the moon not to crash into the earth.

    Guess what the moon didn't do. Damn right.

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    this shit can be a new meme. people competing their bullshit they pulled off.

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    You gotta feel bad for Mattis having to do damage control.
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    can you leftist twits just fucking admit that quantum mechanics has fuck all to do with thermodynamics, that shit is just a pose?

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    And now, the transcript of the early morning White House, random coffee room.

    "Spicer just said Syria was going to gas a bunch of innocent children. Out loud. In front of the world."
    "What? Why would he say that?"
    "Because Trump."
    "God dammit. Go to the What He Meant Was board. Who do we have that has any credibility left?"
    ""Um...Pence still has seven points, Mattis three, Huckabee-Sanders has one -- "
    "Nah, she did that 'go watch the anti-CNN video about fake news even though we don't know if the video is real' thing. Cross her off."
    "Sigh...ok, and that leaves Tillerson with one, McMaster with one, and Conway's IOU for ten points on the back of a Chik-Fil-A coupon."
    "Looks like it's Pence's turn. Lemme give his office a call....hmm. Straight to voicemail."
    "I'll try him on FB. Looks like...a GIF of Waldo flipping the bird. Think we need to rule him out of this one."
    "Right. Mattis it is, then."

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    Those working behind the scenes are going to have killer resumes.

    "We're looking for a new PR manager. You have any experience in PR?"
    "I was in charge of damage control for the Donkey Administration"
    "Hired"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edge- View Post
    GUYS, I have great news.

    There was totally going to be global thermonuclear war starting this weekend, but I worked my contacts in the US, Russian, German, British, Israeli, Pakistani etc. governments to get them all to stand down.

    FUCKING PROVE THAT I DIDN'T, BITCHES.

    (That's how this works...right?)
    The best part? It's the government of United States saying shit that was that dumb.

    White House has apparently given up trying to come up with an excuse for another Middle-Eastern war.

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    Really, what happened to US ?Its great country, super power, and its acting like a child, looks stupid : *we will do something, because X=true, but we will not show you proves of that because its SEEEEEEEEEECRET*. What ? Try to imagine same logic anywhere else, in court for example. Really, US is better than that, wtf is wrong with you.
    There was same with MH17 investigation. *We have some secret proves that we will not show you because they are secret, just believe*.
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    It would be funny, if these assholes weren't in charge of the country in which I live. I get that Mattis is one of the most respected Marines of all time, but he decided to join the most inept, incompetent administration that our country has had in a very long time.

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