Did world war 3 just start?

[ArcadiaGP]

I suppose this thread is appropriate

US tests anti-missile system in wake of North Korea threat - CNNPolitics.com

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

I suppose this thread is appropriate

US tests anti-missile system in wake of North Korea threat - CNNPolitics.com

Hit a bullet with a bullet. I suspect a lot of the world is taking notice, not just the little dude with the bad haircut.

 

[T.Lex]

Hit a bullet with a bullet. I suspect a lot of the world is taking notice, not just the little dude with the bad haircut.

Hey now, we don't need to bring Spicer into EVERY thread....

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Hey now, we don't need to bring Spicer into EVERY thread....

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Russia to consider any airborne objects detected west of Euphrates River - including coalition aircraft - as legitimate targets.

This seems like a substantial escalation, or threat.

 

[T.Lex]

Russia to consider any airborne objects detected west of Euphrates River - including coalition aircraft - as legitimate targets.

This seems like a substantial escalation, or threat.

Some additional context that I did not see reported in MSM this weekend.

US coalition downs first Syria government jet - BBC News

We kinda shot down one of their allied planes.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Some additional context that I did not see reported in MSM this weekend.

US coalition downs first Syria government jet - BBC News

We kinda shot down one of their allied planes.

Odd. Did we have an AUMF for that?

 

[T.Lex]

Odd. Did we have an AUMF for that?

hahaha

The snark is strong this morning.

 

[T.Lex]

Uhhhhhhh

6th suspect in Boris Nemtsov's killing dies in suicide, report says - CNN.com

I'm sure this will shock everyone, but there are reports that one of the Chechens who "confessed" to Nemtsov's murder was tortured before his confession.

No. Way.
BBC News - Nemtsov murder: Zaur Dadayev confession 'forced'

Chechen gang guilty of Nemtsov's murder - BBC News

So. A "gang" of Chechens, previously in the military-elite employ of Putin-puppet Kadyrov, killed Nemtsov, vocal opposition member, and are now guilty.

False flag, this is it.

I mean, this is really not-plausible IMHO that this wasn't a political assassination to benefit Putin.

 

[T.Lex]

Wut the bloody 'ell.

Russian Sudan envoy, Mirgayas Shirinsky, found dead in pool - BBC News

Another Russian foreign service officer found dead.

Although his death is not suspicious, Mr Shirinsky is the fourth Russian diplomat to die in service in the past year.

 

[Kutnupe14]

Wut the bloody 'ell.

Russian Sudan envoy, Mirgayas Shirinsky, found dead in pool - BBC News

Another Russian foreign service officer found dead.

Where are the Clintons?

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

Where are the Clintons?

How dare you try to implicate those fine folks even though there's a stadium full of dead bodies and raped / abused women in their wake .

 

[T.Lex]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-oil-closes-schools-to-save-gas-idUSKCN1GE1GC

Ukraine suffering through lack of gas from Russia.

 

[Kutnupe14]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-oil-closes-schools-to-save-gas-idUSKCN1GE1GC

Ukraine suffering through lack of gas from Russia.

Have they gotten their arms yet?

 

[BugI02]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-oil-closes-schools-to-save-gas-idUSKCN1GE1GC

Ukraine suffering through lack of gas from Russia.

likely peeps in Syria would prefer a Russian (client) attack that didn't involve gas

 

[BugI02]

Have they gotten their arms yet?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...eecfa8741b6_story.html?utm_term=.e40a24a0686d
US steps up lethal aide to Ukraine: 210 anti-tank missiles

The White House initially approved a plan to sell the missiles to Ukraine in December, but no weapons have been delivered because the administration hadn’t completed the formal process. Following the administration’s written notification to Congress on Thursday, lawmakers now have a 30-day window to block the sale if they disapprove. But the top Republican and Democrat on the foreign relations panels in the House and Senate have informally given the green light, so the sale is expected to go through without any significant hurdles.

Waiting for A/B

A Following the process taking too long, why not just send them
B Not following the process proves Trump is an authoritarian neo-Hitler

 

[T.Lex]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...eecfa8741b6_story.html?utm_term=.e40a24a0686d
US steps up lethal aide to Ukraine: 210 anti-tank missiles




Waiting for A/B

A Following the process taking too long, why not just send them
B Not following the process proves Trump is an authoritarian neo-Hitler

When it comes to false dichotomies, Trump supporters are either the best or the worst....

 

[BugI02]

That was in answer to to a poster asking if the Ukraine had gotten its arms yet from the US (as you can readily see). The A/B testing is postulated about the same poster, that either following the process will be denigrated as taking too long or the process should have been started sooner. But if Trump had not followed the process, then it would have been evidence of his barely concealed proto-fascist tendencies and lack of commitment to the rule of law

I at times succumb to pique of discussion framed in such a way as to be lose/lose


ETA: If you read the cite, that is for sophisticated anti-tank weaponry, not guns and ammo. And does it not approach the sophistry of mere opinion to pre-emptively declare a dichotomy false (by inspection?) but offer not a shred of evidence?

 

[T.Lex]

That was in answer to to a poster asking if the Ukraine had gotten its arms yet from the US (as you can readily see). The A/B testing is postulated about the same poster, that either following the process will be denigrated as taking too long or the process should have been started sooner. But if Trump had not followed the process, then it would have been evidence of his barely concealed proto-fascist tendencies and lack of commitment to the rule of law

I at times succumb to pique of discussion framed in such a way as to be lose/lose

Particularly with that poster, your trigger pull is far too light IMHO.

 

[BugI02]

Ah but do not the pistols that perform the best at hitting their mark have some of the lightest trigger pulls