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Not The Onion: US Government Is Taking Credit For Bringing Peace To Syria

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Submitted by Sarah Lazare via TheAntiMedia.org,

State Department spokesperson John Kirby is raising eyebrows after he released a recap of 2015 “success stories” in which he credits the United States for bringing “peace” and “security” to Syria and “stepping up” to help the country’s people at a difficult time.

“The United States and many members of the international community have stepped up to aid the Syrian people during their time of need,” wrote Kirby in his laudatory year-in-review released late last week. He went on to claim that “the United States has led the world in humanitarian aid contributions since the crisis began in 2011.”

 

“Led by Secretary Kerry, the United States also continues to push for a political transition in Syria, and under his stewardship, in December, the [United Nations] Security Council passed a U.S.-sponsored resolution that puts forward a roadmap that will facilitate a transition within Syria to a credible, inclusive, nonsectarian government that is responsive to the needs of the Syrian people,” the report continued.

Using the hashtag #2015in5words to highlight last year’s wins, Kirby boasted: “Bringing Peace, Security to Syria.”

Kirby’s claims of victory did not go unnoticed, with Foreign Policy reporter David Francis writing on Monday: “When it comes to Syria, ‘peace’ and ‘security’ might not be the best choice to describe what the United States delivered there in 2015.”

And indeed, a roundup of empirical evidence paints a far more bleak picture.

The United Nations Security Council reported in August that the Syrian conflict has now killed 250,000 people and displaced 12 million. According to a report released by the UN’s Relief and Works Agency in March, more than 80 percent of Syrians were living in poverty in 2014.

What’s more, despite the role of U.S. military intervention in fueling the rise of ISIS and conflict in Syria and Iraq, the American humanitarian response is severely lagging. The United States has admitted just 1,854 Syrian refugees since 2012, and according to the administration of President Barack Obama, 10,000 will be resettled next fiscal year.

This compares with 2.1 million Syrian refugees registered by the UN in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon; 1.9 million Syrians registered by Turkey; and nearly 30,000 in North Africa. All of these numbers are likely low, as many refugees do not register.

Further, these numbers fall well below calls for the U.S. to resettle at least 100,000 Syrian refugees in the coming year, with some demanding open borders at a time of dramatic human displacement.

In addition, many have argued that U.S. aid donations are dismally inadequate, given the country’s status as the biggest economy in the world.

While aid falls short, U.S. intervention continues to escalate—despite warnings that there is no American military solution.

According to the calculations of journalist Chris Woods, November 2015 “saw the greatest number of Coalition actions yet reported in the 16-month war,” with the U.S. and allies conducting 232 bombings in Syria, as well as 529 in Iraq. And earlier this month, the United States announced it is deploying more special operations forces to Iraq, where they will be given license to operate unilaterally in neighboring Syria.

Meanwhile, a report released by Amnesty International earlier this month found that ISIS has formed a formidable arsenal, in part thanks to large stockpiles of U.S. weapons seized from Iraqi forces and Syrian opposition.

Kirby’s declaration of “success” in Syria was not, however, the only controversial claim in his annual roundup. Also included under the hashtag #2015in5words were “Protecting Arctic Climate and Communities” and “Open Door to Free Trade.”

 

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Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:28 | 6978620 OregonGrown
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#2015in5words What A Crock Of Shit!

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:32 | 6978645 ParkAveFlasher
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#5words: Why the long face, Senator?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:41 | 6978683 The Juggernaut
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It's like saying USA MIC brought peace because they stopped being violent.  These people are insane and need to be stopped immediately.

#2015in5words
Bring Real Peace to Everyone
End the Military Industrial Complex 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:46 | 6978719 nope-1004
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GOV practices the exact opposite of everything they publicly claim.  Using that as a guide will help everyone understand the truth about .gov.

 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:46 | 6978733 nmewn
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Lmao!

 

#ThereAreNoRefugees!

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:54 | 6978766 froze25
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Well in the Bazzaro world we live in everything is inverted so he really said the US is taking credit for completely destabilizing not only the Nation of Syria but the entire region as well as aiding the deaths of hundreds of thousands of the folks that live there. -Translation

I wonder if they even are able to tell the truth now if they really wanted too. I bet they are just about physically unable to at this point.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:58 | 6978796 Looney
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We should start dropping precision-guided hashtags on them terrisss.  ;-)

Looney

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:00 | 6978811 Mr. Schmilkies
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With friends like the US, who needs enemies? 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:16 | 6978905 Beam Me Up Scotty
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"He went on to claim that “the United States has led the world in humanitarian aid contributions since the crisis began in 2011"

Does "humanitarian aid" come via bomb??

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:35 | 6978977 goldhedge
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Unfuckinbelievable.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:40 | 6978991 LowerSlowerDela...
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No, no... they brought peas to Syria.  It's that Massachusetts/French accent problem again.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:09 | 6979294 nuubee
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Hayden Christensen said it best:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mWlgiWMq5M

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:38 | 6979390 beemasters
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This sounds like Seymour Hersh's Pentagon/US Military Taking Credits for Fighting ISIS in Syria.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:14 | 6979323 YHC-FTSE
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<p>These fucks have no shame. They relish unleashing evil on the world</p>

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 18:56 | 6979874 Baby Bladeface
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2015 in 5 words? For State Department so many options:

We ruin everything we touch.

Zero connection to objective reality.

Unbounded hypocricy with no shame.

Double standards are American standards.

No attempt to sound believable.

Nuland's cookies keep on killing.

Credibility is no longer required.

Psaki: our standard for truth.

US embassies: Hell's branch offices.

Making new enemies every day.

A global force for death.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:01 | 6978817 knukles
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Awkward and embarrassing.
   Lurch for Lurch 2016

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:34 | 6978970 Bilderberg Member
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Dare I say it....NOBEL PEACE PRIZE number TWO!

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:52 | 6979022 bamawatson
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20/20 heinz sight

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:52 | 6978765 Bunghole
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#BlamingBrownPeopleSince2001

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:46 | 6978734 Madcow
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Gov-co consders Syria a victory and model for success.  Obviously, they are planning to turn the globe into a giant war torn hell-hole and raping center.  

Next up - you can expect them to bring "peace" to Lebannon and Jordan.  Then Swizerland.  Then Canada.  Then Oklahoma.  

Of course that is just specualtion.  There may not actually be a plan at all.  Its quite possible they're just making this up as they go - taking the worst, most destrucive, wasteful, short-sighted and stupid idea they come up with each new morning and running with it.

 

 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:03 | 6978822 HowdyDoody
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Other views of reality are creeping out.

Sheikh Abdulaziz, the Supreme Mufti of Saudi Arabia,  has called the ISIS thugs "Israeli soldiers". His speech followed the report that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of ISIS, made threats about destroying Israel. In response, the Sheikh said "These threats to Israel – it's just a lie. Actually, they take the role of Israeli soldiers".

http://fortruss.blogspot.co.nz/2015/12/main-saudi-mufti-calls-isis-soldi...

That isn't going to go down well with the Wahabbists. Do they have nailguns in Saudi Arabia? Is it kosher to decapitate a Supreme Mufti?

 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:59 | 6979041 bobnoxy
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Orwell would be proud...no, wait...

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:32 | 6978649 junction
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Former teenage Nazi George Soros almost certainly provided this Big Lie talking point to Obama, who passed it on to John Kerry. 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:33 | 6978654 HowdyDoody
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I suppose it could be consider true if it is taken to mean the US stepped aside and let Russia sort it out, only to claim the credit for themselves, WW II style.

 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 17:02 | 6979499 GeezerGeek
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So would that be "Bringing Putin to Syria"? It just sounds like Barry is "being more flexible" as his term winds down.

As for the crack about WW II, I will grant that the Red Army played a huge role in defeating Germany, but that in no way diminishes the role played by the USAAF, RAF Bomber Command, and the U.S. Army. Or did you mean the way the Soviet Union declared war on Japan right at the very end? If the latter, I apologize for reminding you of the former.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:44 | 6978724 Max Cynical
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If just ONE person believes...mission accomplished.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:59 | 6978803 sun tzu
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Tell a whopper of a lie and have your lame stream media lackeys repeat it enough times...

The dumbed down 0bozo hordes are too stupid and dishonest to know any better.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:42 | 6978998 Whalley World
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#2015inSwords

fixed it 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:37 | 6979389 holgerdanske
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By some estimates, USA is directly or indirectly responsible for about 20 million people's death since WWII.

That is more people than you can fit in a Jumbo jet, - each day for more than 70 years!!

For each of those killed, there will be family and friends, and they all hate you, with good reason.

USA the global threat, all because of some sociopaths you keep electing time after time.

 

Is it not about time to try something different - people of America?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 22:36 | 6980559 thebigunit
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By the way, I discovered that there is a branch of statictics known as moron statistics:

By some estimates, USA is directly or indirectly responsible for about 20 million people's death since WWII.

By some estimates, 20 million people post something stupid and asinine on the internet every twelve minutes.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:28 | 6978623 winflation
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vapid cunts all of them

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:31 | 6978639 trulz4lulz
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Its a sign of ones character, to take credit for anothers efforts.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:30 | 6978624 38BWD22
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Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...  !!

I have no Putin fanboy love, but Obama & Kerry take the cake here.  They are hypocrites.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:29 | 6978626 pot_and_kettle
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Demonic lies spread by a complicit press feeding a population glued to flat screens and fast food.

We are done.

Someone shut the lights on the way out.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:54 | 6978777 Temporalist
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#flatscreenlivesmatter

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:44 | 6979193 Bay of Pigs
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#DoomChubsMatter

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:00 | 6978812 sun tzu
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Can we at least Mussolini them first?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 17:05 | 6979530 GeezerGeek
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I look forward to everyone being more aware with the advent of curved screens, both for TVs and PC monitors.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:29 | 6978628 robertsgt40
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I think Hitler said something similar about Poland. 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:29 | 6978629 Insurrexion
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"The hubris of these fucks is beyond the civil mind."

 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:32 | 6978630 Squid Viscous
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Kirby must be gunning for a spot in H Ramrod's White House, a masterful liar herself - she has to be impressed?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:29 | 6978631 ShrNfr
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#2016in4words - "Send Kerry To Mars" and "Send Obama To Mars". Obama should love it, long fairways but a lot of big sand traps.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:31 | 6978640 OregonGrown
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#2106in4words - REGGIE.... WHERE..... ARE..... YOU?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:41 | 6978699 Seasmoke
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Michelle is a Man.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:58 | 6978799 froze25
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I really think she is man. People talk about the birth certs for the Lair in chief. But what about his kids where it says birth mother? Michele has the body structure of a man. Her wide shoulders(wider than "her" hips), muscular shoulders, manly brow of her skull, ring finger longer than her pointer finger, neck and traps like Conan the barbarian (always hidden under tons of jewelry). Just saying. Has anyone ever seen a pic of her pregnant?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:00 | 6979037 bamawatson
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the thing that precludes me accepting what you guys contend, is the two chill-ren ---falasha n galsaha or whatever they are called. genetically they do look like a cross between b hussen homobama and the she-ape.

more striking, to me, is both of em have that sullen look of deep seated hatred so prevelant in b hussein and the she-ape

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 17:09 | 6979550 GeezerGeek
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If my parents had acted like B & M then I would have had a sullen look of deep seated hatred too.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:09 | 6979076 adeptish
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You mean the Wookie?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:33 | 6978635 JustObserving
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Also claiming to have brought peace to Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Ukraine and Pakistan?

Earth: 248 armed conflicts after WW2; US started 201 (81%), killing 30 million so far

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/05/earth-248-armed-conflicts-ww2-us-...

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:17 | 6979108 Kirk2NCC1701
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I'm surprised that, for a smart and observant guy, that you didn't notice the obvious:

HE WHO CONTROLS THE NARRATIVE (especially in the Courtroom of Law or Public Opinion) WINS THE CASE.  The Case, is either the case for new laws, new taxes, bigger budgets, or more wars.  Same as it ever was.

And there is NO one better at Framing, Defining and Controlling THE NARRATIVE, than is the unholy trinity of DC+NY+LA.  The Russians are learning fast, but are still miles behind.  The Chinese are hopelessly behind, but it doesn't matter, since they only care about economic advantage and profits, and are getting a Free Pass for now.

It's all part of "Full Spectrum Dominance".  If you get caught in the weeds and marshes of the "facts" and claims, you're lost already.  Just sayin'.  From the perspective of 500 miles up, so to speak.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:22 | 6979112 Kirk2NCC1701
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Speaking of the proverbial 500 mile perspective... have you ever Just Observed that all these conflicts and wars are among Christians and Muslims (among themselves and with each other), but never, ever among the Jews?  Duh!

Dumb sheeple!  When will they learn?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:31 | 6978637 opport.knocks
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Orwell would have been proud.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:33 | 6978657 pot_and_kettle
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Orwell would've read this and thought " I'd write this, but no one would buy it "...

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:03 | 6978829 sun tzu
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Even Goebbels would be ashamed to tell a lie that big

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:07 | 6978859 HowdyDoody
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Shortly after the end of WW II, a survey asking people who they thought did the most to win WW II in Europe. 75% thought the USSR, about 20% the US and about 5% the UK.

If the survey was run today, I would expect the results to be either

US 75%, USSR 20% and UK 5%

or perhaps even more likely

US 75%, UK 20% and USSR 5%

Such is the power of Hollywood.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:32 | 6978959 rejected
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WWII greatly reduced their population by over 27 million,,, the US 500,000. But most modern Merikans believe the US government that they're all drunks that can't have or don't want children and that it was the US that saved the world.

Everyone did their part but like today, the US stole all the accolades.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:01 | 6979044 opport.knocks
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Yes, and after the WWII the International Red Cross put the Holocaust death toll of camp inmates at 270,000

Such is the power of Hollywood and the Media. Plus I can be arrested here in Canada for pointing that out.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:11 | 6979303 Moe Howard
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You wouldn't know Russia was in the war if you went by Hollyweird.

 

You wouldn't know that they switched sides halfway through, either. That Hitler guy wasn't a good ally I guess.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:59 | 6979504 Parrotile
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The majority of US funded films still insist on depicting Russian cities as bleak, heavily-polluted, industrialised wastelands, when the reality is considerably different.

I have yet to see ANY Western - funded mainstream film shot in St Petersburg (the "Venice of the North" for very good reason - far, FAR better architecture than the "Venice of the South" which is pretty much an over-rated tourist trap). Even the lesser cities are very pleasant (especially during the warmer months), and if you desire "wide open spaces" Russia is the place to go - LOTS of very flat, open terrain (which is one of the reasons behind their driving accident rate - boredom = dozing off at the wheel!)

 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:40 | 6979176 css1971
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Goebbels.

 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:32 | 6978647 Winston Churchill
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Thats what happens when you give horses too much bute'.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:35 | 6978666 CHoward
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Maybe we can ask the State Department to perform their magic on the United States of America since they're bringing peace and good tidings to other parts of the globe.

 

The hubris and arrogance of these people is epic - totally unfucking believable.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:36 | 6978671 JonNadler
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mission accomplished!!!!!!!!

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:36 | 6978672 hotrod
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A least he could have said "with the help of Erdogan, we have brought peace to Syria."

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:37 | 6978675 Madcow
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to Gov-co, "peace" = war torn hell-hole and raping center where everyone is free to run around chopping each others' heads off

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:39 | 6978689 buzzsaw99
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We got a thousand points of light

For the homeless man

We got a kinder, gentler,

Machine gun hand...

Keep on rockin' in the free world...

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:40 | 6978692 GRDguy
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They lie so bad, it's embarrassing to be an American.  I love my country, not the bullies who rule it.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:11 | 6978869 monk27
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Americans used to be considered "smart" by the rest of the world, not so long ago. That's no longer the case, and this article is a very good explanation as to why...

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:25 | 6978951 Cruel Aid
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We love the constitution. These F%#$s do not give a S#^t about it.

We and it are in the way. Taking us down by making us look absurdly awful and our demise applauded in the court of world opinion.

Absolutely not who we really are. We are being railroaded...dbl entendre intended

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:51 | 6979021 Marvin the Martian
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Where my damn country gone?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:42 | 6978704 SgtShaftoe
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Dear god.  WTF.  These people are truly and clinically insane

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:43 | 6978718 freakscene
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#dipshit

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:44 | 6978720 rejected
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The fact they can get away with saying this baloney is a testament to the intelligence of their electorate.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:48 | 6978742 replaceme
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Lie big or don't lie at all, motherfuckers.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:49 | 6978749 chubbar
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How much is this guy getting paid? How fucking easy is his job when he puts out whatever he wants, says whatever he wants, without regard to reality or truth?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:53 | 6978754 Grandad Grumps
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From what I understand Syria used to be a great place, with religeous freedoms, respect for human rights and prosperity ... until Obama, Nato, the Saud and Israel decided to overthrow Assad.

Maybe the Syrian people should be asked if they liked it better before or now that the above actors have turned their country into a bombed out shit hole with crazed mercenaries, amed with US weapons running around killing people and stealing the country's oil... for the Erdogans, Nathaniel Rothschild and the banks.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:07 | 6978860 replaceme
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Syria is where Christians fleeing Iraq used to go to; we've turned it into a place almost everyone runs from. #Winning. #EveryoneBlood.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:54 | 6978755 Son of Captain Nemo
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"White Chimp", punk assed "Donut Bitch" and Masa Zionist Jew troll "Darth Soros" "spin" the failure again into something positive.

Because if you can steal the rest of the Middle East's oil killing millions based on the biggest of lies and fail without equal at it you might as well take credit for your enemy's successes!

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:50 | 6978756 the grateful un...
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we also drone bombed some junior members of Al Qaeda in Pakistan

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:51 | 6978758 carbonmutant
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From the same administration that promised transparency....

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:52 | 6978762 WasNotWuz66
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#2015in5words.............  Peace In obumma's Time (Warp)

I hope the US doesn't try to export this "peace, security" to places like, say........... Canada or Mexico

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:16 | 6978907 More Ammo
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0bozo and his handlers are trying very hard to bring this "peace" to the ussa in every way they can, just pick the facet(s) that bother you the most...

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:28 | 6978958 HoserF16
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We already do. It's called the US Fucking $$Dollar. Any country that's using it is collapsing. And the ones who don't use it we Bomb Indiscriminately...

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:52 | 6978763 Joebloinvestor
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The headline day will be when the US admits blame.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:54 | 6978775 WasNotWuz66
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This could still be sourced from the Duffleblog............... but yeah, probably not

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:54 | 6978781 jakesdad
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& bho/hrc kool-aid drinters have the audacity to call TRUMP supporters blind idiots?!?

 

um, wow...

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:58 | 6978784 Atomizer
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Let's hope John Kerry doesn't step on a Heiz Ketchup packet and think he was shot in collateral damage. 

MrEd - Intro (Opening Theme)

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:57 | 6978792 hotrod
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Then Why is everyone taking a shit load of Refugees

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:20 | 6978922 rejected
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For the same reason they believe government crap in articles like this.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 13:57 | 6978793 Temporalist
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These statements always remind me of the Griswolds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Pv6QTvzos

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:00 | 6978809 madmax1965
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#retards

End the fed!

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:01 | 6978810 Casual_Observer
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Kirby is giving America the classic Barky Obama middle finger.

I pray that I live to see the shitbirds in this administration financially destroyed or in a Lewisburg, PA prison, better yet Graterford prision.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:01 | 6978813 Pumpkin
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I think the onion should sue.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:01 | 6978815 eyesofpelosi
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What intrigues me about all this destruction in the MidEast... Besides the DEATH of course, a great destruction upon our ancient historical sites has been taking place since these "liberation crusades" began. History, our collective human history...Blown up, looted, neglected due to the ongoing wars and social chaos...it seems as if THAT is deliberate. Iraq has Babylon and many ancient sites...ravaged now. Ole Sadam was restoring that and many other sites before the Yankee hoards arrived. Libya...fucked... Egypt...those bearded homo muslim savages destroyed mummies and other relics... Syria...ancient country, reduced to ruins as Lebanon has been...that being a once beautiful and prosperous ancient country...

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:22 | 6978938 samsara
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And none of those munitions that blew up all those buildings etc,  NONE were manufactured in the ME.   

TOW missles?, no, Cluster Bombs? no , 500lb bombs?  no, .... 

The MIC (and payed for by the west's tax payers) produced them, got rich and average people everywhere have to deal with the results.

Who is the Enemy Smedley?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:02 | 6978819 stilletto
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What cocktail of drugs is this nutjob Kirby taking?! Definitely LSD, but his hallucinations are far out!

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:36 | 6979160 css1971
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No. Most likely Bath Salts.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:03 | 6978825 youngman
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That is how a Liberal mind works...a total failure is a sucess to them...look at Obamacare....

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:16 | 6979330 falak pema
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it cuts both ways; GWB was not a liberal and he and his kind made this mess.

The problem is not left/right; its imperialism. Period.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 19:26 | 6979973 TheFutureIsThePast
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Bush even took it a step further and rolled out a massive MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner on his aircraft carrier. Meanwhile US soldiers were doing cartwheels 30 feet in the air after an IED blew them to bits.

They're ALL psychopaths.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:11 | 6978874 arbwhore
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Making War the New Peace
Making Slavery the New Freedom
Making Socialism the New Capitalism
Big Brother Is Watching You

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:11 | 6978875 TeaClipper
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A nice matching pair to go with Obama's statement earlier in the month praising Libya for its Independence since the fall of Gadaffi.

The people really do still live by the maxim that if the lie is big enough and said often enough then the majority will fall for it.

Sad truth is, they are not wrong

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:11 | 6978876 RhoneGSM
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He's partly correct.  The dead are generally regarded as  "having found peace".

It just depends on what your definition of "peace" is.

 

#splittinghairs

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:16 | 6978899 arbwhore
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Spreading Peace Through Advanced Weaponry

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:16 | 6978902 JR
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The answer to why we have brougnt “peace and security” to Syria is explained by Ellen Brown,  president of the Public Banking Institute, and author of twelve books including the best-selling Web of Debt.

Making the World Safe for Banksters: Syria in the Cross-hairs

Posted on by Ellen Brown

“The powers of financial capitalism had another far reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole.”  —Prof. Caroll Quigley, Georgetown University, Tragedy and Hope (1966)

Iraq and Libya have been taken out, and Iran has been heavily boycotted. Syria is now in the cross-hairs. Why? Here is one overlooked scenario. 

In an August 2013 article titled “Larry Summers and the Secret ‘End-game’ Memo,” Greg Palast posted evidence of a secret late-1990s plan devised by Wall Street and U.S. Treasury officials to open banking to the lucrative derivatives business. To pull this off required the relaxation of banking regulations not just in the US but globally. The vehicle to be used was the Financial Services Agreement of the World Trade Organization.

The “end-game” would require not just coercing support among WTO members but taking down those countries refusing to join. Some key countries remained holdouts from the WTO, including Iraq, Libya, Iran and Syria. In these Islamic countries, banks are largely state-owned; and “usury” – charging rent for the “use” of money – is viewed as a sin, if not a crime. That puts them at odds with the Western model of rent extraction by private middlemen. Publicly-owned banks are also a threat to the mushrooming derivatives business, since governments with their own banks don’t need interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, or investment-grade ratings by private rating agencies in order to finance their operations.

Bank deregulation proceeded according to plan, and the government-sanctioned and -nurtured derivatives business mushroomed into a $700-plus trillion pyramid scheme. Highly leveraged,  completely unregulated, and dangerously unsustainable, it collapsed in 2008 when investment bank Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, taking a large segment of the global economy with it. The countries that managed to escape were those sustained by public banking models outside the international banking net.

These countries were not all Islamic. Forty percent of banks globally are publicly-owned. They are largely in the BRIC countries—Brazil, Russia, India and China—which house forty percent of the global population. They also escaped the 2008 credit crisis, but they at least made a show of conforming to Western banking rules. This was not true of the “rogue” Islamic nations, where usury was forbidden by Islamic teaching. To make the world safe for usury, these rogue states had to be silenced by other means. Having failed to succumb to economic coercion, they wound up in the crosshairs of the powerful US military...

http://ellenbrown.com/2013/09/04/making-the-world-safe-for-banksters-syria-in-the-cross-hairs/comment-page-2/

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:00 | 6979254 Gadfly
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Bingo!

Thu, 12/31/2015 - 03:50 | 6981069 Allen_H
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Thanks for the links.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:21 | 6978924 More Ammo
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My Daddy said often:

 

 

You can fool all the people some of the time.
You can fool some of the people all the time.
But you can't fool all the people all the time.

 

Fifty years later and he is still right.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:22 | 6978935 Fuku Ben
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It has been a banner year for the globalists.

2015 Success Stories / % Success

Terrorize the Global Public w/ False Flags - 100%
Bomb Targeted Hospitals - 100%
Bomb Targeted Weddings - 100%
Targeted Governments Destabilized or Toppled - 96.9%
Maximize Collateral Civilian Damage - 100%
Increase Depleted Uranium Use - 100%
Increase Covert Drug Production and Funding - 100%
Restart Idled Nuclear Power Plants - 100%
Relocate Terrorists to the EU & US - 100%
Violate Sovereign National Airspace - 100%
Arm Terrorists with Taxpayer Money - 100%
Destroy Global Historic Artifacts through Proxy Terrorist Armies - 100%

2016 Globalist Goals

Disarm everyone except terrorists
Economic Collapse
Start Global War

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:23 | 6978941 HoserF16
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Good Lord our Government Sucks... Nuff said...

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:26 | 6978947 HowdyDoody
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The Ukraine Coup was clearly marked by Nudelman's graphic 'Fuck the EU'.

Here is Russian humor in action, and a graphic response to Nudelman. The people are all high level politicians invited to the recent annual meeting with Putin. The guy on the right, Alexey Chaly, has recently voluntarily resigned as mayor of Sevastopol, a post he held since just before the referendum in which the Crimeans overwhelmingly supported a return to Russia.

http://s00.yaplakal.com/pics/pics_original/2/2/0/2979022.jpg

 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:34 | 6978971 FubarNation
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Fucking idiots - the lot of them.

It is bullshit like this that will put Donny T in the WH.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:37 | 6978986 SharkBit
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Kirby is a Propaganda Puppet.  Nothing More, Nothing Less.

But the world is waking up to the real facts - the real evil that lies within the USSA oligarchy.  Things for Obozo are unwinding quickly.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:38 | 6978988 Ghost Writer
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I would like to nominate the White House for the 2015 award for chutzpah

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 14:40 | 6978994 Barnaby
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Only a lamp-jawed inbred wannabe Hapsburg would say such things. In other words, bullish!

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:02 | 6979051 Dragon HAwk
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Uptick in Tourism... 4,3,2,1

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:09 | 6979081 css1971
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John Kirby. Master of Newspeak.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:11 | 6979089 Mr. Cynic
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OMG!  The rumor I heard IS true.  Reality doesn't penetrate the Beltway.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:13 | 6979097 Mr. Cynic
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#2015in5words     Operating under a strong delusion.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:19 | 6979110 Joebloinvestor
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HAHAHAHA

The asshole was probably laughing his ass off when he wrote that.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:27 | 6979128 Vin
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This guy and John "Kerry" Kohn must be smoking something.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:42 | 6979417 Nunyadambizness
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He's now officially part of the "choom gang" with his boss.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:47 | 6979206 insanelysane
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WE HAVE ARRIVED 1984!  We are there.  A book where the government makes statements like War is Peace.

The US State Department statement: US brought peace and security to Syria in 2015.

Syria is in a civil war, is being bombed by world superpowers on a daily basis, has hundreds of thousands of people fleeing, yet the US government announcement is that Syria is experiencing peace and security.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:57 | 6979246 chilller
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If ever I run into someone who actually believes this tripe...I'd be bitch slapping that mother f__ker to within an inch of their life....

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 15:59 | 6979252 Lostinfortwalton
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Kirby is an admiral in the US Navy; he disgraces himself and his uniform every time he open his mouth. You expect lies from some little shit like the White House spokesman, Josh Earnest, but for heaven's sake...

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:04 | 6979263 falak pema
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the tinsel curtain.

The anit-media org hits it between the eyes.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:04 | 6979266 Gadfly
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Bringing Peace, Security to the Sudatenland.”  Adolph Hitler

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:05 | 6979277 Kelley
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Liberal success is determined by how they feel about an action or situation, not by the results.

If they feel good, it's good regardless. The corollary is that if they did it, they feel good about it thereby creating a closed circle.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:06 | 6979278 Secret Weapon
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Back in my youth we called this a CREDIBILITY GAP!

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:08 | 6979292 falak pema
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Peace in our times... acquires a new meaning.

This time the holocaust in Syrac PRECEDES the reset...unlike with the Third Reich.

One has to ask oneself...if this is the overture to the Opera of the Valkyrie what will the following acts be like?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 18:58 | 6979879 trader1
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Nietzsche: The Modern State and The Last Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFDOh8Wfrk4

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:18 | 6979336 Moe Howard
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I have heard it all now, I can go to meet my maker secure in the knowledge I have heard every lie that could ever be told.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:43 | 6979380 Nunyadambizness
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Leave it to John Kirby to blurt out a lie that is totally ridiculous and stupid to anyone paying attention, not too unlike his boss "you can keep your doctor" Obozo.  I really do wonder sometimes if people actually believe this bullshit, or if they use it for levity like I do.  Regardless, we're being led by idiots, imbeciles, and liars.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:43 | 6979422 tstive
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When they say, "Peace and security," then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains come on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 2Thessalonians 5:2

Kirby and Kerry pathetic disgusting liars. But perhaps there is a message here?

 

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 16:59 | 6979502 silverer
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Well sir, if your multi-billion dollar military programs have worked so well to bring peace and humanitarian aid to Syria, why don't you use the same methods for Chicago, Detroit, and Camden?  I'm sure you can get the same spectacular results with no harm to any innocents from those precision drones you employ, you'll be giving the regular police a much needed break.

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 17:05 | 6979508 IronForge
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Well, we "can" read these as the Hegemon's Code Phrases:

For example:

"Peace and Security" - US Troops/Mercs/Supported Armed Forces traceable to the USA have established  Footholds in the Country.  All is in disarray; and the USA is in a Position to step in as the Lead Entity to bring about a Regime Change.

"Freedom and Democracy" - The Regime Change has been Completed.  Previous Govt and its Armed Forces have been disbanded - Leaders Incarcerated or Dead.  "Elections" have been held; and the Hegemon's Proxy Hand-Puppet is placed in Power.  Hegemony Bankers step in; and IMF Types hold State Assets and Resources Ransom.  Austerity Measures implemented.

Felllow ZH Members:  Was that close enough?

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 17:51 | 6979695 Son of Captain Nemo
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Couldn't resist being the bellwether of such "great news" from Murika?!!!

I "Think NOT"!!!

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 19:27 | 6979976 unicorn
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definition "security" (cambridge):


  freedom from risk and the threat of chanage for the worse... oh, and please warn me, if he wants to bring peace and security to europe.     oh wait...

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 21:27 | 6980346 Anunnaki
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#2015in5words:

1. Worst
2. Secretary
3.of
4. State
5. Ever

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 21:31 | 6980358 Anunnaki
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I really miss the Lucy and Ethel of the State Department: Marie Harf and Jen Psaki

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 22:41 | 6980575 thebigunit
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Kerry did what?

I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention.

Brought peace to where?

No shit!

Thu, 12/31/2015 - 10:50 | 6981518 FORCE
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Kerry takes the peace regularly;wish he would peace off!

Thu, 12/31/2015 - 10:50 | 6981519 FORCE
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Kerry takes the peace regularly;wish he would peace off!

Thu, 12/31/2015 - 00:38 | 6980858 onmail1
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<--- we are the only superpower

(so we will eliminate any challenger[Russia])

Try & get elminated

Fire & Brimstone to Sodom & Gomorrah

(West & Allies)

Thu, 12/31/2015 - 03:39 | 6981059 Allen_H
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You know, Amerikkkans get offended when I say that it is time to take this kuntry out, but this is a classic example of the self righteous, arrogant and sadistic narcissists that this kuntry is made of.

Along with izraHELL.

Thu, 12/31/2015 - 14:31 | 6982587 thebigunit
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You hate yourself, don't you.

I can see why.

Thu, 12/31/2015 - 09:29 | 6981322 FORCE
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orwellian double speak at its most blatant;Does the flunky gibbon & his neo-neo-con masters believe anyone will fall for this?

Thu, 12/31/2015 - 09:29 | 6981323 FORCE
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orwellian double speak at its most blatant;Does the flunky gibbon & his neo-neo-con masters believe anyone will fall for this?

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