[kristinn]

I've had several requests to start this thread. Please understand I don't have much time to add to the updates, so others will have to step up. Thank you.

[kristinn]

Here it is. I won’t be able to do more than this for a while.

[MestaMachine]

Thank you, Kristinn. Much appreciated.

[dagogo redux]

Allow me to play the gadfly by asking what, exactly, is the “crisis” - in terms of my life - in Syria?

[SeekAndFind]

“The President has No Authority to Unilaterally Attack Iran, If He Does… I Will Move to Impeach.” Joe Biden

Watch video here:

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/the-president-has-no-authority-to-unilaterally-attack-iran-if-he-does-i-will-move-to-impeach-joe-biden/

Don’t worry. This has no relevance now. This was when Bush was in power.

[BenLurkin]

Israel calls up reservists over Syrian threat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3059763/posts

[swamprebel]

bookmark for later

[csmusaret]

Crisis? For who? I am sorry but I just don’t see Muslims killing Muslims as a reason for hand wringing in the US. I also don’t see any justification for borrowing $40 Billion from the Chinese so we can spend $100 Billion bombing more Muslims just to prove that Obama really does know what the term “Red Line” means.

[Dave346]

For what it’s worth, Debka is reporting the operation is scheduled to begin Friday night / Saturday morning.

[Old Sarge]

HOME FRONT REACTION: (More of a spot report, really...)

Here in Florida, I was warned of retail panic about to erupt due to these events.

This morning, the price of retail gasoline in the Tampa area spiked 15 cents overnight, from $3.35 to $3.50.

Reports are reaching me of higher spikes in urban areas, where distribution is already a problem.

[tcrlaf]

ITAR-TASS:
“Eyewitness evidence proves poisonous gas was used near Damascus by paramilitaries”
http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/855575.html

If this becomes the official Russian position, things are going to get VERY interesting.

THREAD:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3059778/posts

[melissa_in_ga]

Thank you. Bflr.

[Lera]

What’s Wrong with Going into Syria
http://frontpagemag.com/2013/robert-spencer/whats-wrong-with-going-into-syria/

[McGruff]

What about the crisis in Albania?

[a fool in paradise]

"WE ARE GOING TO WARn you not to overreact."

[McGruff]

For reference here's a picture of the oppositions leader.

[devolve]

OPERATION DESERT CLOWN

OPERATION DESERT CLOWN


OPERATION DESERT CLOWN

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[Zakeet]

It's heating up ... China Joins Russia In Warning Syria Strike Would Have "Catastrophic Consequences"

[Oldeconomybuyer]

TITLE: (AFP) - Intercepted call ‘proves Syria used chemical weapons’

“US intelligence intercepted a panicked phone call between Syrian army officials shortly after the chemical weapons attack on civilians in a suburb of Damascus on August 21, according to the magazine Foreign Policy.”

LINK: http://www.france24.com/en/20130828-intercepted-phone-call-proves-syria-used-chemical-weapons

[Oldeconomybuyer]

AFP - A resolution condemning Syria’s alleged poison gas use has stalled in the UN Security Council due to Russian “intransigence,” the United States said Wednesday.

“We see no avenue forward, given continued Russian opposition to any meaningful Council action on Syria,” State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said after Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States discussed a British drafted resolution that could allow military action in Syria.

[headsonpikes]

Obama gives the impression of a small boy clomping around in his father’s boots.

It’s all pretense; he can scarcely walk without stumbling.

January 2017 is a long time away...