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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin2005
It's just more propaganda - you're being played

It's almost comical how you attack the BBC as 'state funded', which it obviously isn't, then use a completely bollox, made up, hoax story from RT (which IS state funded) as some kind of evidence of how we're all gullible.

Quite funny really
It's not actuallu a hoax though is it, the bulk of what that article says is actually true (all be it the statement that BAE shares have "soared" is being a bit liberal with it's adjectives).
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by neil-h
It's not actuallu a hoax though is it, the bulk of what that article says is actually true (all be it the statement that BAE shares have "soared" is being a bit liberal with it's adjectives).

OK yes, hoax was the wrong word, however...


The premise is clearly flawed. The basic conspiracy goes that May bombed Syria to boost the share value for her husband. Therefore the gas attack must of been staged (by May) to justify the attack... and if we're capable of doing that, then we must be capable of poisoning a former Russian agent in Salisbury.


Can you see how bonkers this all becomes?
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin2005
OK yes, hoax was the wrong word, however...


The premise is clearly flawed. The basic conspiracy goes that May bombed Syria to boost the share value for her husband. Therefore the gas attack must of been staged (by May) to justify the attack... and if we're capable of doing that, then we must be capable of poisoning a former Russian agent in Salisbury.


Can you see how bonkers this all becomes?
You see to assume that it is as simple as that would just be foolish,

The point i was making was that the folk who make the decisions also profit from them,

No doubt Putin & co. work exactly the same,


The real question should be who actually benefits ?

Certainly not the soldier with no legs or his family who's tax goes towards these disasters instead of real issues affecting the people who live here,

All we have done is kill some folk in Syria who's relatives will now be far easier to turn against us, who will then no doubt come here and blow up a concert full of kids in revenge.
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 01:54 PM
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You see to assume that it is as simple as that would just be foolish,

The point i was making was that the folk who make the decisions also profit from them,

No doubt Putin & co. work exactly the same,


The real question should be who actually benefits ?

Certainly not the soldier with no legs or his family who's tax goes towards these disasters instead of real issues affecting the people who live here,

All we have done is kill some folk in Syria who's relatives will now be far easier to turn against us, who will then no doubt come here and blow up a concert full of kids in revenge.

We didn't kill anyone
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin2005
We didn't kill anyone
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Do you mean "we" as in the Scoobynet community ?



https://www.rt.com/op-ed/424471-olig...russian-money/

Follow the money,
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:01 PM
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Or how about this one,

As with most arguments you find both sides bend the facts to suit their story

Both usually full of it.

Somewhere in the middle is the truth

Not like our government hasn't lied before,

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/424298-fals...-syria-attack/
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by SmurfyBhoy
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Do you mean "we" as in the Scoobynet community ?



https://www.rt.com/op-ed/424471-olig...russian-money/

Follow the money,

So Syria, Russia, UK, US and France all agree there were no casualties from the strike, but you know better....how?


Ah yes 'follow the money', otherwise known as 'I don't really know what I'm talking about, so I say follow the money because it sounds clever'.

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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin2005
So Syria, Russia, UK, US and France all agree there were no casualties from the strike, but you know better....how?
Sorry i was just meaning the general killing of them over last few years, not just the latest airstrikes

Same in Iraq & Libya
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:07 PM
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May's husband has shares in chlorine ?
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:09 PM
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And what general killing has uk been involved with in Syria ?
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SmurfyBhoy
Sorry i was just meaning the general killing of them over last few years, not just the latest airstrikes

Same in Iraq & Libya

Yes many have died in those countries, overwhelmingly at the hands of their own countrymen though.
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Originally Posted by dpb
And what general killing has uk been involved with in Syria ?
I guess our soldiers are just there to build sandcastles eh....
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by dpb
And what general killing has uk been involved with in Syria ?


That's unimportant, 'follow the money'
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin2005
Yes many have died in those countries, overwhelmingly at the hands of their own countrymen though.
We only need to kill one tho then they just multiply
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by SmurfyBhoy
We only need to kill one tho then they just multiply

I think you're getting Syrians and Gremlins confused. You shouldn't feed them or get them wet either!
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin2005
That's unimportant, 'follow the money'
What you seriously believe we would care if it wasn't happening in a country which can single handedly affect the price of oil ?

Look at Africa, (Which UK,France,Belgium among others has raped for centuries)

Plenty of messed up dictators killing their own, but why do we not care so much ?
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Martin2005
I think you're getting Syrians and Gremlins confused. You shouldn't feed them or get them wet either!
Oh you can get them wet,

As long as it's just waterboarding
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by SmurfyBhoy
We only need to kill one tho then they just multiply
What like mosquitos ?

we're giving away 500m on preventing that as well btw

wasted ?
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SmurfyBhoy
What you seriously believe we would care if it wasn't happening in a country which can single handedly affect the price of oil ?

Look at Africa, (Which UK,France,Belgium among others has raped for centuries)

Plenty of messed up dictators killing their own, but why do we not care so much ?

I agree with you about Africa, there are many instances in the past where we should of intervened. That said we haven't intervened in Nigeria, a country with many times the oil Syria has.


Just watch what happens to the oil price when Israel and Iran start shooting at each other in Syria (it's actually already started).


It's been pretty clear that the West want no part of Syria, and failed to stop genocide, failed to support the rebels when it could of been effective, and are now basically helpless bystanders.
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Originally Posted by Martin2005
I agree with you about Africa, there are many instances in the past where we should of intervened. That said we haven't intervened in Nigeria, a country with many times the oil Syria has.


Just watch what happens to the oil price when Israel and Iran start shooting at each other in Syria (it's actually already started).


It's been pretty clear that the West want no part of Syria, and failed to stop genocide, failed to support the rebels when it could of been effective, and are now basically helpless bystanders.
Shell & co. runs Nigeria

Alot of offshore stuff too so they don't care how chaotic it gets on land as long as they toe the line,

There are clips going back ten years of Americas plans for the middle east,


But i guess that's another conspiracy theory
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Originally Posted by SmurfyBhoy
Shell & co. runs Nigeria

Alot of offshore stuff too so they don't care how chaotic it gets on land as long as they toe the line,

There are clips going back ten years of Americas plans for the middle east,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RC1Mepk_Sw

But i guess that's another conspiracy theory


It's completely uncorroborated though isn't it - always beware of the man on a 'book tour'

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https://www.rt.com/op-ed/424407-fisk...ia-strike-war/

Can't deny that they have some interesting stories

Why not wait for the CW investigators ?
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Originally Posted by SmurfyBhoy
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/424407-fisk...ia-strike-war/

Can't deny that they have some interesting stories

Why not wait for the CW investigators ?








It's not 'their story' though is it, it was the Independents.


Why only bomb 3 CW sites?
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Interesting article none the less makes alot of sense
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Originally Posted by SmurfyBhoy
Somewhere in the middle is the truth
I'd just like to pick up on this point, and I'll use a thought experiment to show how it is absurd (in the sense that it's illogical).

For example:

Claim: The earth is more or less round
Counter claim: The earth is flat.

The actual truth here is, of course, that the earth is more or less round (except some stretching due to centripetal effects and tides etc). Even every single person alive now and before claiming that the earth is flat will not change the fact that it is in fact not flat at all.

I.e. if something is actually "True", then someone else saying "no it isn't", doesn't change the fact that some things are just "True".


With regards to propaganda, I think the propaganda bit is hidden in the articles/reports (sometimes hidden less well than in other instances). The way it is hidden, in effect in plain sight, is by telling stories that has a bunch of facts that can be fact checked as True. However, they then sprinkle in some absurdities (the propaganda), and people believe those absurdities as well, because "hey, those other things he/she said were true". It's very insidious, and as you get fed more and more of this kind of stuff, the more and more "authoritative" the propaganda elements become as well (because again, all that other stuff was true, right?).
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Originally Posted by Henrik
I'd just like to pick up on this point, and I'll use a thought experiment to show how it is absurd (in the sense that it's illogical).

For example:

Claim: The earth is more or less round
Counter claim: The earth is flat.

The actual truth here is, of course, that the earth is more or less round (except some stretching due to centripetal effects and tides etc). Even every single person alive now and before claiming that the earth is flat will not change the fact that it is in fact not flat at all.

I.e. if something is actually "True", then someone else saying "no it isn't", doesn't change the fact that some things are just "True".


With regards to propaganda, I think the propaganda bit is hidden in the articles/reports (sometimes hidden less well than in other instances). The way it is hidden, in effect in plain sight, is by telling stories that has a bunch of facts that can be fact checked as True. However, they then sprinkle in some absurdities (the propaganda), and people believe those absurdities as well, because "hey, those other things he/she said were true". It's very insidious, and as you get fed more and more of this kind of stuff, the more and more "authoritative" the propaganda elements become as well (because again, all that other stuff was true, right?).
Your right, but I don't think it's that subtle
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Watch that Lavrov interview and tell me how much of the **** that comes out of his mouth is actually true. It's not sprinkled with propaganda it's just utter bullsh!t in it's entirety.

Russia doesn't deal in facts it deals in hiding the truth and spouting utter lies to try to deflect away from reality.
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Well, no, it isn't, really
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Old Apr 18, 2018 | 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by An0n0m0us

Russia doesn't deal in facts it deals in hiding the truth and spouting utter lies to try to deflect away from reality.
As does every other nation/government... Its ALL bull****
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Your right, but I don't think it's that subtle
Also alot of it is aimed at those less fortunate and unable to differentiate fact from fiction.

But then that would be the same as assuming all Germans between in early 40s were dumb too

Not so hard today with the internet to create absolute mince claims but appear true.

There is a good video on Dinosaurs didnt exist.

Id say that tops em all.

Big Paleo hahaha.
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