Tiberius Posted September 23, 2019 Posted September 23, 2019 Quote "Americans are weary of war, and have no interest in entering another Middle East conflict, particularly on behalf of Saudi Arabia," Pelosi argued. "They will not stand by while the President undermines our security and jeopardizes the lives of our brave service members." She's right. Our troops are not human shields and Saudi Arabia has enough weapons to defends its own corrupt, brutal regime CNN Pelosi: US arms sales, troop deployments to Saudi Arabia and UAE 'outrageous' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed the Trump Administration's plans to accelerate arms sales and send additional forces to Saudi Arabia ... 1 day ago
B-Man Posted September 24, 2019 Posted September 24, 2019 BREAKING: Iran Begins Folding, Now Offering Concessions This just came over the wire. Iran, who just last week was defiantly proclaiming they wouldn’t move an inch under Trump’s sanctions pressure, is now saying they’ll offer amendments and concessions on the Iran nuclear deal for relief. 3
GG Posted September 26, 2019 Posted September 26, 2019 15 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said: Dictatorship is back?
meazza Posted September 26, 2019 Posted September 26, 2019 16 minutes ago, GG said: Dictatorship is back? He won’t go away. So much for the only democracy in the Middle East.
B-Man Posted September 26, 2019 Posted September 26, 2019 ALLIES: The US just approved the $6.5 billion sale of 32 F-35 fighter jets to Poland. Poland will finally be able to retire the last of the aging Soviet Su-22s and MiG-29s they’re still flying. .
ALF Posted September 27, 2019 Posted September 27, 2019 US says Assad regime used chlorine in May attack Pompeo said Wednesday that the US "will not allow these attacks to go unchallenged, nor will we tolerate those who choose to conceal these atrocities." He also announced an additional $4.5 million contribution by the US to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons "to help its investigations of continued chemical weapons use in Syria." The Trump administration ordered retaliatory strikes against Syrian regime targets in 2017 and 2018 after reports of chemical weapons attacks by Syrian President Bashar al Assad's forces. https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/26/politics/syria-chlorine-attack-may/index.html 1
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 27, 2019 Posted September 27, 2019 22 hours ago, meazza said: He won’t go away. So much for the only democracy in the Middle East.
meazza Posted September 27, 2019 Posted September 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said: Nice comment. What is the difference between gantz and Netanyahu on foreign policy?
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 27, 2019 Posted September 27, 2019 18 minutes ago, meazza said: Nice comment. What is the difference between gantz and Netanyahu on foreign policy? What's that have to do with anything?
meazza Posted September 27, 2019 Posted September 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said: What's that have to do with anything? So then why do you support Netanyahu over gantz?
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 27, 2019 Posted September 27, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, meazza said: So then why do you support Netanyahu over gantz? He won the last election, did he not? Or rather his party did. Edited September 27, 2019 by Joe in Winslow
meazza Posted September 27, 2019 Posted September 27, 2019 Just now, Joe in Winslow said: He won the last election, did he not? Or rather his party did. blue and white won one more seat than likud.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 27, 2019 Posted September 27, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, meazza said: blue and white won one more seat than likud. Well in that case, then I'd be fine with ganz holding the office. Was there a runoff I missed? If so, apologies. Edited September 27, 2019 by Joe in Winslow
meazza Posted September 27, 2019 Posted September 27, 2019 11 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said: Well in that case, then I'd be fine with ganz holding the office. Was there a runoff I missed? If so, apologies. Gantz has been unable to form a government and now its Netanyahu’s task to try. It looks like they might be heading to a third election.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 27, 2019 Posted September 27, 2019 1 minute ago, meazza said: Gantz has been unable to form a government and now its Netanyahu’s task to try. It looks like they might be heading to a third election. Not having a full understanding of their parliamentary system, what makes you say that it's the end of the only democracy in the ME?
meazza Posted September 27, 2019 Posted September 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Joe in Winslow said: Not having a full understanding of their parliamentary system, what makes you say that it's the end of the only democracy in the ME? You need 60 seats to form a majority. Since there are many parties, any government will have to align themselves with other parties to form a government. Netanyahu has historically formed a coalition with the ultra religious to maintain his power and that’s why i personally don’t like him. I don’t think it’s healthy to have the same leader for so long which is why I made the comment. 1
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