Are you supporting Air strikes against "IS" in Syria ?

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"Military intervention" is a pretty wide ranging thing. Who you're targeting, how you do it, what your motivations are and your prior relationships and history all play a huge part as your linked article claims.

But more generally, taking a soundbite out of a speech can very easily be twisted and I fear that's the nor these days. Don't bother to see what the context was or anything, just scour the transcript for a phrase which you can parrot.

As a trite example if I say "It's not true that I hate gay people" you could quote that as:

...I hate gay people

[d000hg]

On a serious note the strikes on IS-controlled airfields are discussed as trying to cut off IS revenue sources. I hadn't considered this before but it begs the question who are they selling the oil too? Why is anyone buying it from them?

[xoggoth]

who are they selling the oil too?

Turkey according to Putin.

Vladimir Putin: Turkey's Leaders Are 'Stuffing Pockets' With ISIS Oil Cash - NBC News

He may not be wrong.

PS Or more exactly Erdogan and his family. That b* is taking Turkey backwards.

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Isn't this something that is a)quite important to find out b)not that difficult? I have no concept of what an oil field looks like but you'd think with the surveillance and intelligence forces around the globe, this should be an achievable priority without having to blow up the oilfield.

[AtW]

I hadn't considered this before but it begs the question who are they selling the oil too? Why is anyone buying it from them?

Assad buys it. He has got lots of Soviet tanks/APCs - all consume a lot of fuel and he got nowhere else to get it from.

[AtW]

Turkey according to Putin.

Vladimir Putin: Turkey's Leaders Are 'Stuffing Pockets' With ISIS Oil Cash - NBC News

He may not be wrong.

PS Or more exactly Erdogan and his family. That b* is taking Turkey backwards.

Putin is a liar.

[stek]

Putin is a liar.

And a plagiarist.

[darmstadt]

Quite surprised no-one's posted this yet:

tulip, isn't it?

[stek]

Putin is a liar.

And a plagiarist.

[SpontaneousOrder]

Isn't this something that is a)quite important to find out b)not that difficult? I have no concept of what an oil field looks like but you'd think with the surveillance and intelligence forces around the globe, this should be an achievable priority without having to blow up the oilfield.

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