Re the current crisis in Syria and the recent massacre of women and children. ( Archived) (121)

Wasn't my 'lol' emoticons but the disrespectful gent you were defending.

Please read the corrected post I made. It is quoting the man who is disrespectful towards others and puts forth lies as truth. There are quotation marks around his quotes.

I am only now posting in direct reply to you Merriweather as I am unable to send you direct mail.


I am Ashamed to say that Alberta is in fact correct, when saying that I used what could be viewed as disrespectful funny face things.

This was due to total frustration on my part at being unable to get a direct answer to my question on giving Peace a chance and the fact that I am not used to being called a liar.

However, This DOES NOT excuse my wrong doings and my last post here will be to declare so.

Again, My sincere apologies to you and anybody else who may have felt excluded by my inane rantings, guess I care too much.

Apologies and Kind Regards

Albertaghost,

My sincere apologies if I have offended you in any way

It was neither Adult like nor Gentlemanly but being called a liar bit slightly....

Anyway, I hope you accept my apologies, sincerely...

I wish you and yours all the very best

With best regards

Iran has sent troops in Syria and causing tension in middle east by thinking Behrine is a part of Iran,we heading towards another war.

Don't worry, I get called worse by lesser and greater all the time. Something about asking for facts that sends some over the edge of politeness.




Well it would set me on edge too. Who called you that anyhow? I certainly did not but did say that to continue to say that the US had armed Iraq to the teeth is a lie as Iraq had already been armed to the teeth with a trillion or so in adjusted dollars by China, Russia, France, Arab countries, Eastern Europe and a host of other nations and financed by the likes of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait among others well prior to the US giving them intel and non military helicopters.



Not necessary. As I said it offends me not as so many people do that out of frustration when they have little else to offer. This is an internet discussion board, not to be mistaken for a life but thanks anyways for the scincerity.

Hi TTom,

Yes, I read the threads to learn.. I have gotten myself off my butty and flown to Europe to meet CSers and had a chance to meet 26 people, all of whom had their own stories, and shared the best of their country with me.. Yes, learning and appreciating others for their cultural differences is very good, also chatting about different topics is good, because you are quite right, you get an insight to how others view current affairs...
I never said not to... I just said that its well confusing with the personal slurs.

Liken what I see if you will to.... watching an interesting movie, and have add breaks every five minutes, you sorta lose the gist of it all...and then in the end, its just point scoring, the gist of the story is lost...

and the main characters change to just a few, and its almost impossible to gleen any interesting information from the story...

I do believe that everyone has a story side for each topic, I dont want Milk and Honey, I am OK with the story being told in its content, good or bad.. and with its historical origins...

Can you please understand that others may like to perhaps, either join in, or just read... but its a story we are reading, not a pleasant one in this occasion, but nevertheless, keep the thread of the story together... and that cannot happen with silly interjections of personal attacks...

The words dont have to be rough, the words need not be even correct, opinions and thoughts are wonderful...

BTW, I have been here for a very long time, so I sorta can tell what works and what doesn't... and clearly, the way the Superpower thread went, was very sad... Lets see if this thread can tell its story a little better.... Don't you think??

Cheers.

Hi Iseek...

We all care, which is why we try and discuss the horrors of what happens to people in unfortunate countries with unfortunate and sometimes it appears, Insane leaders...

I dont seek to put you off the threads, not at all... as I said, tell your story, all stories if written well are interesting to read.

Thank you for your apology, kind regards backatcha.

How exactly are they suppose to prevent it???



Wars and killings are much older than guns ,People are fully capable for various monstrosity against each others even without guns.


Why does the West think that they have the right to interfere anywhere in the world ,in any country .Assad has the support of the vast majority of Syria .

Hi Boban, Howz you hun...

How exactly are they supposed to prevent it... I dont know hun, I really dont... I spent a great part of tonight reading Robert Fisk and his articles... and his videos..

and being that the man is more than knowledgeable, having eye witnessed and reported in this region for years.. I can truly say, I'd need to deeply think on it.
Yes, people are capable of allsorts even without guns... but in this case, there are far tooo many guns... I read in an article tonight, that another shipment of guns arrived last weekend... so clearly, they need a gun by their sides as much as we need a mobile phone stuck to our ears... damn... what is this world coming to..

and re the last question... Why does the West etc...

Because of various issues... the main one, we Westerners want to be seen as caring, compassionate folk, and if our govt does not do anything, then they lose our votes... so if there is horror stories on our TV and articles on the net... the pollies assume that their countrymen will read and see these articles and be concerned... because we dont live and understand such awful things...
(we only understand being penalised by being continually taxed) but not slaughtered... and in return, our pollies ( I think) start worrying that if they do nothing... and turn a blind eye, they wont be well regarded by their countrymen, and they just might lose points in the next election... so they do something...
and in this case... Australia threw out the two senior Syrian diplomats and their families... and in line, so did other countries..

makes you wonder how long they all spend working it out on the phone and conference calls... all very hush hush... top top stuff... lol

But clearly, as you can see, I am giving you a silly answer, that probably has a hint of truth in it...

The real answer is.... of course, if you just sit quietly in the background... no one is going to pay attention to you... and leaders know this... so of course to upkeep their standing in the 'world ranks' they need to show some strength... even if its just verbal dribble.... and seen to be doing something... at the very least... paying attention to what their own rating is primarily, and perhaps at the very least,.. actually paying attention to that which is occurring.

Sending Kofi in to present some sort of peace ... 48 hrs minimum he appears to have got... is at least showing support, to a very small degree.

But while the UN countries cannot agree... naught will be done. no point having a real showdown is there...
Besides that..

From what I can see, there is so many factions of small army bits and pieces going on in Syria, and all belonging to different .. religions, are they called religions... dunno, tribes.. anyway, you know what I mean... and those factions have not walked the same path for years... so what hope does anyone have until they make peace and settle themselves within themselves..

So to answer your question honestly... I dont know... but would be pleased to hear your views.... which apart from

"Do nothing" you could explain your story of why you think that... (without recriminations here..)

Cheers Bobans..