The General Political Thread

[Edwin]

[Toffee]

Lmao why was he throwing them like he was going for a three pointer

[Theodin]

trump didn't curry at the white house with that form

[Furrnox]

Assad sure handled the Arab Spring nicely what a great leader wow.

Did his government get overthrown? Nope they didn't.
That's a success in the middle-east.

I was mostly referring to him ordering the beating, arresting and killing of unarmed protesters.
Resulting in army officers defecting, western involvement and a full scale civil war.

[Duuring]

Also that his regime kills far, far more civilians then IS or even all other sides combined. Whatever you can say about the other sides, Assad is a murdering dictator that, like most dictators, created the situation where his regime is necessary to provide some form of stability, much like organized crime creates the situation that requires shop-owners to pay 'protection money' for protection they wouldn't require if there wasn't maffia around in the first place.

[Edwin]

A few people were shot in a hotel

[McPero]

Also that his regime kills far, far more civilians then IS or even all other sides combined. Whatever you can say about the other sides, Assad is a murdering dictator that, like most dictators, created the situation where his regime is necessary to provide some form of stability, much like organized crime creates the situation that requires shop-owners to pay 'protection money' for protection they wouldn't require if there wasn't maffia around in the first place.

USA caused much more deaths and destruction of Syria than Assad did. That is why Syrians now want Assad to be president. Syria would be just fine without USA supporting "rebels" and ISIS in Syria. Fine as the things can be fine when USA supports decolonization only to neocolonize everything. So it is USA's fault Assad even became dictator in first place.

[Toffee]

I can't tell if mcpero is trolling or if he genuinely thinks Assad is a stand up bloke?

[McPero]

I can't tell if mcpero is trolling or if he genuinely thinks Assad is a stand up bloke?

Assad is dictator that kills and imprisons opposition. Like 90% of former colonies. Still better than a war.
What happens if Assad is overthrown? You get another dictator installed by USA or some extremist. Success!

[Toffee]

Being a bad person isn't relative to anyone else. I might kill ten people but just because somebody else has killed more that doesn't mean I'm not a bad person or a bad leader.

[McPero]

Being a bad person isn't relative to anyone else. I might kill ten people but just because somebody else has killed more that doesn't mean I'm not a bad person or a bad leader.

Never said he is a good person. But he is fighting on the right side.

[Toffee]

Being a bad person isn't relative to anyone else. I might kill ten people but just because somebody else has killed more that doesn't mean I'm not a bad person or a bad leader.

Never said he is a good person. But he is fighting on the right side.

And what side is that? The side of being a cunt? Maybe you need to stop seeing things so linear and start realising that not everything is as black and white as you make it out to be. The rebels might be knobs as well but that doesn't make Assad the good guy. All it makes is a group of war weary civilians stuck in the middle of two or more factions fighting for control

[McPero]

Being a bad person isn't relative to anyone else. I might kill ten people but just because somebody else has killed more that doesn't mean I'm not a bad person or a bad leader.

Never said he is a good person. But he is fighting on the right side.

And what side is that? The side of being a cunt? Maybe you need to stop seeing things so linear and start realising that not everything is as black and white as you make it out to be. The rebels might be knobs as well but that doesn't make Assad the good guy. All it makes is a group of war weary civilians stuck in the middle of two or more factions fighting for control

He is fighting USA, which is fucking up world pretty hard with their neocolonisation and constantly starting new wars. And yeah exactly civilians suffer the most but there would be no war if it wasn't for USA foreign policy. So in this case you can see things white and black unless you are looking from nature's point of view then everything is neutral.

[Toffee]

Assad is a bad man and a bad leader. Just because he's fighting somebody else is irrelevant.

[Riddlez]

Even the NRA is now calling for additional legislation on bump stocks...