After this's all over, I hope the U.S. gov't bills Trump for the damage he's done to our reputation

[Chankgeez]

Kellyanne Conway is apparently pulling a page from the Borat playbook:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyMyS3M5RMM[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-w16cyQ8wQ[/youtube]

[D.o.S.]

I prefer Rolling Green.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjKtQLD1GHY[/youtube]

[Chankgeez]

I'll pour out a Rolling Rock to that.

"No checks, no balances."

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0h1YvT3QVA[/youtube]

[D.o.S.]

The math is questionable/wrong but it's hilarious.

[jrfox92]

The math is questionable/wrong but it's hilarious.

Yeah, there's about, what, 5 Million refugees?
At the very least, it'd be a 1 in 5 million chance, but it's probably somewhere in the high thousands, if we're being honest about people and violence.

[Mudfuzz]

it's funny you know, no one ever talks about not doing or stopping things that cause refugees...

[jrfox92]

it's funny you know, no one ever talks about not doing or stopping things that cause refugees...

That's because the only thing that might stop refugees would be total invasion of Iraq and Syria.
If we did that, Russia might pull out, which would address the whole bombing civilians thing, but it's more likely we'd end up in a completely FUBAR'd war with ISIS on one side and Russia/Assad on the other.
So, it'd look about the same as it does now, just with a bunch of dead Americans to top it off.

[Mudfuzz]

it's funny you know, no one ever talks about not doing or stopping things that cause refugees...

That's because the only thing that might stop refugees would be total invasion of Iraq and Syria.
If we did that, Russia might pull out, which would address the whole bombing civilians thing, but it's more likely we'd end up in a completely FUBAR'd war with ISIS on one side and Russia/Assad on the other.
So, it'd look about the same as it does now, just with a bunch of dead Americans to top it off.

that's not exactly where I was going… I'm talking about how our [the west] interference in the first place gets these things going...

[jrfox92]

it's funny you know, no one ever talks about not doing or stopping things that cause refugees...

That's because the only thing that might stop refugees would be total invasion of Iraq and Syria.
If we did that, Russia might pull out, which would address the whole bombing civilians thing, but it's more likely we'd end up in a completely FUBAR'd war with ISIS on one side and Russia/Assad on the other.
So, it'd look about the same as it does now, just with a bunch of dead Americans to top it off.

that's not exactly where I was going… I'm talking about how our [the west] interference in the first place gets these things going...

Yeah, I mean, it's our fault this is happening in the first place.
But, there's no way the public would accept doing that shit again, either.
Not unless ISIS set off a nuke, or something.

[Iommic Pope]

it's funny you know, no one ever talks about not doing or stopping things that cause refugees...

That's because the only thing that might stop refugees would be total invasion of Iraq and Syria.
If we did that, Russia might pull out, which would address the whole bombing civilians thing, but it's more likely we'd end up in a completely FUBAR'd war with ISIS on one side and Russia/Assad on the other.
So, it'd look about the same as it does now, just with a bunch of dead Americans to top it off.

Dude, what?

[jrfox92]

it's funny you know, no one ever talks about not doing or stopping things that cause refugees...

That's because the only thing that might stop refugees would be total invasion of Iraq and Syria.
If we did that, Russia might pull out, which would address the whole bombing civilians thing, but it's more likely we'd end up in a completely FUBAR'd war with ISIS on one side and Russia/Assad on the other.
So, it'd look about the same as it does now, just with a bunch of dead Americans to top it off.

Dude, what?

To stop refugees (from Syria, not in general, obviously), you'd have to stop the war there.
To stop the war there you'd have to:
1) Get Russia to back off
2) Invade Syria and Iraq with troops
3) Defeat ISIS
4) Replace the Assad regime (now, back to #1) with either a democratic or controllable dictatorship

Since #1 is unlikely because of #4, the whole thing would just turn into Gulf War II on steroids.

[D.o.S.]

I'm pretty sure the Gulf War was completely different.

[Lurker13]

it's funny you know, no one ever talks about not doing or stopping things that cause refugees...

That's because the only thing that might stop refugees would be total invasion of Iraq and Syria.
If we did that, Russia might pull out, which would address the whole bombing civilians thing, but it's more likely we'd end up in a completely FUBAR'd war with ISIS on one side and Russia/Assad on the other.
So, it'd look about the same as it does now, just with a bunch of dead Americans to top it off.

Dude, what?

To stop refugees (from Syria, not in general, obviously), you'd have to stop the war there.
To stop the war there you'd have to:
1) Get Russia to back off
2) Invade Syria and Iraq with troops
3) Defeat ISIS
4) Replace the Assad regime (now, back to #1) with either a democratic or controllable dictatorship

Since #1 is unlikely because of #4, the whole thing would just turn into Gulf War II on steroids.

Aside from the fact that 2) would put us in yet another unwinnable, protracted nightmare in the Middle East, it would also almost inevitably violate the #1 rule of the modern world - nuclear superpowers do NOT shoot at each other.

[gaussgunn]

1) Get Russia to back off

I guess Russia is far away enough from USA , isn't it?

[Lurker13]

What if we just.. bomb the refugees?

See! I knew there was a way out. Well done, gentlemen.

Yeah, WTF, why not? We'll ask Vladimir to nuke 'em, and then Trump can waterboard any survivors.