there is a difference between hyperbole and flat out wrong. 'hyperbole' is your lame ass excuse for the racist shit you spew, repeating it won't make it any more true.



even the cultists can't possibly be stupid enough to believe that whole 'trump is an anti-interventionist, and that's why he's withdrawing from syria' narrative. the 'few dozen troops' there are literally the only ones he has his 'i just have to bring our boys home' thoughts about - funny that it's the ONE place where no oil contracts are to be won, and where both turkey and russia have a vested interest in america withdrawing...

Trump is talking about economical sanctions but it does not work, even worse: it reinforce belligerence.

When all else fails call them a racist. bravo. you've changed many minds here today...

triggered by a single word. you're easier than a tutorial on a mobile game.

outrageous really, when we can't even call a whole region with hundreds of millions of people a "shitty uncultured mass" without the suspicion of racism, right? you can't say ANYTHING anymore, when everything is immediately 'racist' - the word has totally lost its meaning. bla, bla, bla...

"underdeveloped economically" to "uncultured" was the hyperbole. it was clear to Leevee, presumably it's clear to literally everyone else, but you. the key was that both pre and post oil the preponderance of people remained economically in about the same boat. the region hasn't industrialized on the back of massive amounts of oil money. and why? gosh, well maybe it's because they're under the thumb of an authoritarian hierarchy that prevents them from trickling down any of the profits, and trickle down isn't even effective in a less authoritarian meta. then Iran regressed any progress they had made and went back to an even less cultures state. syria, afghanistan, and many other places are the same. even in the more industrialized nations like Saudi Arabia wealth is centralized around capital cities and the rural areas are culturally stagnant. UAE is the most culturalized nation, and still has massive wealth inequality to go along with their improved standard of living.

related to my original quote:



pre oil the countries were shitty. lack of natural resources, lack of modern tech, lack of modern military. post oil many of the same conditions exist, but the leaders got rich beyond wildest dreams, and many were already rich due to centuries of authoritarian rule.

but sure imply i meant the race of people is shitty, instead of the living conditions. say that i meant the race is uncultured, even though i explained i meant their standard of living. ignore all of this reasonable explanation for the 12th time to call me racist. say i lack nuance, call me ignorant. anything to avoid admitting your got you panties in a bunch over a single word that i've already admitted multiple times was an exaggeration for effect. make yourself look like a fool some more. no one expects any different from the resident fool.

This post was edited by thesnipa on Oct 11 2019 02:03pm

So reports state that turkey bombed US special forces in syria, no reports of casualties as of now.

We should have kicked them out of NATO a long time ago.

Just waiting for Trump to obliterate their economy any minute now.

The treasury department was apparently given "very significant new sanctions authorities" but have no current plans of applying any sanctions. /shrug

This post was edited by Arsenic_Touch on Oct 11 2019 04:07pm

It was accidental, and Turkey stopped upon receiving information from the US about the special forces' location. At least, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry.



Trump has a vested interest in the success of Turkey's economy because of his Trump Towers. He even said that he had a conflict of interest with Turkey many years ago. Seems wholly inappropriate then that Trump would make such swift decisions.