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| World Begs U.S. To Use Military Force in Syria So They Can B*tch About It Later |
| 2015-09-29 |
| [Duffleblog] World leaders met at the United Nations today to beg the United States to use military force to stem the ever-growing humanitarian disaster in Syria, knowing full well they will then turn around and blame the US shortly thereafter. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said, “We call upon the world’s greatest nation — the United States — to help bring peace to this terrible civil war, because, f--k it, none of us want to.” “And the best part is, when this whole thing goes to hell in a handbasket — which, quite frankly, happens almost every time you intervene in a multi-sided civil war in a God-forsaken third-world country — none of us are responsible for it!” Ki-Moon added. The “Blame America First” policy is a time-honored tradition in international relations, dating back to the outrage over the US Air Force’s targeted bombing campaign against the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, followed by consternation over America’s idleness while the same Khmer Rouge murdered millions of their own countrymen. “It’s pretty shameful, but hey, it got me a Pulitzer prize,” said Sydney Schanberg, whose two-faced coverage of the war in Cambodia in the New York Times inspired the Oscar-winning film, The Killing Fields. “Amateurs tend to blame America first and then they’re done with it,” said anti-war MIT Professor Noam Chomsky. “Just this past week, Vox’s Amanda Taub blamed the U.S. for the entire Syrian Civil War instead of blaming, well, the Syrians themselves.” “But that’s the type of ‘Blame America First’ coverage that gets you a few thousand clicks at best,” Chomsky continued. “If you really want Oscars, Pulitzers, and charity donations, you have to sucker the US into intervening, then blame America!” “Just look at Somalia: Send the U.S. military to help deal with a famine, then, boom! A firefight, a downed Black Hawk helicopter, and before you know it, a blockbuster movie from Michael Bay!” he concluded. Schanberg pointed to the fact the “Blame America First” strategy hasn’t always mired America in pointless tribal conflicts. “We thought we had a real winner with the whole ‘Stop Kony’ campaign, and even the whole ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ thing. But the US just responded with a whole bunch of Twitter hashtags,” Schanberg said. “Which just goes to show you, for Obama, black lives just don’t matter, I guess.” British Labour Party candidate Jeremy Corbyn had already prepared a statement denouncing U.S. actions should it, indeed, be suckered into sending military forces to resolve the Syrian refugee crisis. “The U.S. has flagrantly placed its flag all throughout the world: invading Iraq, Afghanistan,” Corbyn said. “Just who do they think they are? Us?” |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #7 Bitching and whining is not a strategy. Sounds about par for what we got going on in the WH. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-09-29 16:18 |
| #6 Duffleblog is a gem, a person could lose an hour there. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-09-29 11:52 |
| #5 Han Solo: You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake, well, this could be it, sweetheart. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-09-29 08:00 |
| #4 Russia wants to pet the burning dog? Let's watch. Assad owes Russia a lot of money? And Putin can't get a kopeck if Assad is left hanging like the last Afghan....what was that puppet's name when Russia pulled out and left the dude twisting naked in the wind by his neck on the steps of the Interior Ministry in Kabul? Cigarette burns all over his blackening body and Afghan paper money( folded into little party favor fans ) pressed into his ass crack. Russia was driving through the Pamir passes about that time headed home. I predict more of the same , just give it time. Russia wants to pet the burning dog? yeah. Go for it. Make some heroes, Tovarich. |
| Posted by: Unuling McCoy5929 2015-09-29 04:11 |
| #3 I have to say - I am happy to see Russia and Iran - and possibly even China - proceeding to pour blood and treasure into fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq. May the carnage go on for 10 years. Let their young men stream home in body bags. America has no place there. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2015-09-29 02:51 |
| #2 Duffleblog is a military humor/satire site. |
| Posted by: badanov 2015-09-29 00:52 |
| #1 Am I drunk or is this the onion? |
| Posted by: chris 2015-09-29 00:26 |