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2019-10-22 at 11:59 PM UTC in Conflict Shitpile - TURBO EDITIONIran's doing pretty well given they've been under various sanctions and trade embargoes for like 60 years
they are reaching a point where they need significant economic growth to support their growing and aging population though -
2019-10-22 at 11:53 PM UTC in Conflict Shitpile - TURBO EDITION
Originally posted by DietPiano Why does russia have a stake in this, is it just to prevent Turkey from getting to cocky?
Also, is it true that turkey was gearing up to to assualt kurdland whether or not the US was there? If so, then the only rational option was to pull out
1. Syria and Iran are longtime Russian allies; their economies to some degree are codependent. Russia initially entered the war both because of that and because they saw that bulldozing Syria was the next step in clearing a path to Iran and another major war.
2. Yes, I don't think Erdogan was bluffing. He considers the PKK/YPG a serious threat to Turkish sovereignty and would not allow them to establish military bases on the Turkish border, even if they were ostensibly under the command of the US. Option 1 was get out early, option 2 was wait until Turkey actually attacked and then get out, option 3 was fight Turkey. Option 4 was call Erdogan's bluff but that wasn't really an option.
Trump took the path that was likely to cause the least embarrassment to the US but he did it poorly. It really should've been a slower withdrawal that supported the 'SDF's rapprochement with the SAA and/or their exit from Syria. He could've been seen as a diplomat and peacemaker (though probably not in the eyes of the US media) if he participated in negotiations to grant the Kurdish regions greater autonomy in exchange for their military support, for example. -
2019-10-22 at 11:19 PM UTC in Conflict Shitpile - TURBO EDITION
Apparently Russia has brokered an agreement between the Syrian Government and the Turks - the SAA will force the YPG and assorted Kurdish militias to pull back at least 30km from the border and eventually either disarm or absorb them.
In return Turkey has halted all operations EXCEPT for in the rough zone I highlighted, and I'm curious why they still insist on operating there. -
2019-10-22 at 10:49 PM UTC in (((WeWork)))we need a new paradigm for punishing 'white collar' crime. China has the right idea there
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2019-10-22 at 10:47 PM UTC in The R'tarded thread: The Shitfucking Edidtion 💩🖕is it just me or does Andrew Yang look like a Chinese Nicholas Cage
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2019-10-22 at 10:19 PM UTC in Goodbye guys
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2019-10-22 at 10:16 PM UTC in Kelogg's launches LGBT cereal
Originally posted by Japan-Is-Eternal this has existed for decades, it's called fruit loops.
'frosted' flakes
you know what's funny? look into the history of Kelloggs. it's always been a puritanical Christian operation, Corn Flakes were made intentionally bland to discourage gluttony and they backed all sorts of projects to stop masturbation, sex before marriage etc -
2019-10-22 at 7:09 AM UTC in I wrote my paper about hydromorphones life and I got a DI'm rethinking my policy of not going there
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2019-10-22 at 7:04 AM UTC in I wrote my paper about hydromorphones life and I got a DPS. Always bet on black
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2019-10-22 at 7:03 AM UTC in I wrote my paper about hydromorphones life and I got a DDid you seriously bail by telling them you were on drugs... so that they wouldn't see you and guess you were on drugs? am I reading that right?
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2019-10-22 at 6:15 AM UTC in this is the song I'll play during my mass shootingfuck you you're not my real dad
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2019-10-22 at 6:05 AM UTC in I wrote my paper about hydromorphones life and I got a D
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2019-10-22 at 6:03 AM UTC in I wrote my paper about hydromorphones life and I got a Dgo wash your mouth out with borax
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2019-10-22 at 6 AM UTC in I'm going to write a cyberpunk novelI'm considering doing some writing
probably just going to polish a bunch of essays and find a way to link them together -
2019-10-22 at 5:25 AM UTC in Fucking cars are expensive.both
I do end up doing a fair bit of driving most days but I take it home and use it whenever, get fuel + maintenance + tolls and shit paid for. if I had my own car they would've only reimbursed me for petrol, and probably only the petrol I used explicitly on the job -
2019-10-22 at 5:12 AM UTC in Fucking cars are expensive.
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2019-10-22 at 3:52 AM UTC in Totse2k/Greenspam is spazzing tonight.
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2019-10-22 at 3:49 AM UTC in OMG this place is so fucked there is another new bartender and she's also impossibly hotI mean I made a few guesses and assumptions about your situation just before the coomer stuff, was curious how accurate you thought they were
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2019-10-22 at 2:08 AM UTC in Just paid for a Chinese prostitute with a gift card...yes
I'm thinking of making a ouija board to summon demons to come and party in my apartment -
2019-10-22 at 1:54 AM UTC in Just paid for a Chinese prostitute with a gift card...The core of the problem with 'capitalism' as it's practiced in the west is that companies are able to use economic power to control social policy. They're held accountable economically, but not socially.
