BruceVC

I'm on leave today and I'm flying to the coast for my the Dad's 70 th birthday. I'm excited as I'll get to see all my brothers and sisters. We are a wide age difference from my sister who is 23 to my oldest brother who is 41. Anyway I'm saying a speech which I've been preparing. I've made the speech sentimental and humorous so it should go well

That's one of those words I assumed was also used in America How do you describe a slice of bacon?

No matter, countries can still intervene in another country if there is human rights abuses without the UN Security Council voting to support it. They won't be breaking international laws, its called the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention and I feel its valid in the case of Syria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_intervention

Tonight for dinner I'm having Chicken stir fry with Couscous

I agree, for me that is not sexy or ladylike

I'm with you !!!! But to be honest the economy of the game has to support real Treasure which I doubt it will. In other words there should be items that are so expensive, and worthwhile, that you need to find treasure to sell in order to purchase them. For me it won't be enough that I can keep the items and just look at them

The same day UN inspectors arrive and that's the perfect excuse for the West, already gunning for him, to step in after the requisite videos of dead children and crying adults, etc. Seems a really weird decision to make. Ah well, hope this adventure just costs from the TLAMs. Malc it sounds like you are doubting that Assad is behind the attacks, remember he doesn't care about Canada or the Canadian people. I heard one of his favourite meals is Roast Moose, sorry to upset you but you need to realize he is a bad person The problem is the rebels are bad people too. there are no good guys here. The longer they kill each other the better off the world will be in the long run. The same day UN inspectors arrive and that's the perfect excuse for the West, already gunning for him, to step in after the requisite videos of dead children and crying adults, etc. Seems a really weird decision to make. Ah well, hope this adventure just costs from the TLAMs. Malc it sounds like you are doubting that Assad is behind the attacks, remember he doesn't care about Canada or the Canadian people. I heard one of his favourite meals is Roast Moose, sorry to upset you but you need to realize he is a bad person The problem is the rebels are bad people too. there are no good guys here. The longer they kill each other the better off the world will be in the long run. The consideration here GB is that the global community cannot allow the usage of Chemical weapons, also not all the rebels are Islamic extremists. Many of them are just people who are opposed to Assad and wanted more political freedom

Yeah I agree they are cool

Holy Smoke that looks amazing !!!!

True Malc, very true.

The same day UN inspectors arrive and that's the perfect excuse for the West, already gunning for him, to step in after the requisite videos of dead children and crying adults, etc. Seems a really weird decision to make. Ah well, hope this adventure just costs from the TLAMs. Malc it sounds like you are doubting that Assad is behind the attacks, remember he doesn't care about Canada or the Canadian people. I heard one of his favourite meals is Roast Moose, sorry to upset you but you need to realize he is a bad person

Something has always bugged me about this and maybe you can clear it up: Good question, my opinion

He has been gaining some strategic advantages but the rebels are still entrenched in parts of Damascus and since that's the capital city and important Chemical weapons would be a painless method of getting rid of them. Painless but controversial and of course abhorrent

How can you ask such a question, of course. Hasn't everyone? No. OMG Walsie !!!! I can't believe you never have watched American Horror Story Where have you been living, the shows are brilliant. Especially if you think the whole French Maid or Nun costume looks sexy and you like horror these shows are a must

It's quite amazing how we embrace UN bureaucracy when we don't want anything to happen. QFT, this is not directed at Walsie but I am seeing this sentiment in South Africa and globally from people opposed to any kind of attack on Assad Most informed people are well aware that Russia will veto any military action so the UN security council can't be relied on the act against Assad. I believe this will be Russia's decision even if the evidence is irrefutable that Assad is guilty

Your " international community" is only 28 states (NATO) from 198 states in the world. NATO (or Europe) <> international community.Even many NATO members (Italy, Spain, Greece, Norway, Poland etc) don't want this intervention, only 3 states want this (USA, France, UK). Oby don't you feel embarrassed for the way the Russian government is handling the Syrian crisis? I tell you what, I pull some strings and arrange for you immigrate to South Africa..then you won't have be feel sheepish about your governments decisions? You will like South Africa, we have free press and freedom of speech And we don't mind if you are gay, there is no sexual discrimination over here.

Sorry friend Bruce, but for all the repetition of the message, from Obama "being sure" and the Israeli intelligence services claiming as "fact" it happened, hard evidence is in very short supply. Currently about as convincing a case as Saddams stock piles of WMD ready to deploy. I sat down yesterday, read a number of web site news articles (everything from bbc over al jazeera to fox news, trying not to laugh too hard at the latter) and put a critical view on the sources and question the motivation of each article. Couldn't find a single "agenda-less" claim that it happened. Entirely anecdotal, I know. Still makes me question whether or not somebody is fanning the flames for less obvious reasons. I have to be honest I do get a little worried when someone of the intellectual omnipotence of Gorthfucius disagrees with me, but history has shown us that even oracles have been proven wrong ... There is a major and fundamental difference between the proposed attack on Syria and the invasion of Iraq. Certain countries invaded Iraq as they felt that Saddam had WMD, this was proven incorrect as he dismantled the WMD. But in Syria there is no doubt that they have Chemical weapons and that someone used them last week against Syrian civilians. The question is really who is responsible for the Chemical weapons attack?

JFSOCC, that's defeatist talk. You could take a loan and then donate 10K? I don't think you are committed enough to the PE project, I'm disappointed in you !!!!

Well done young Grasshopper !!! I'm interested what did they ask you in the interview? Was it straight work related questions or anything that you didn't expect

Okay, I have same view on food as you. I also enjoy going to exciting farmers markets or funky supermarkets where I can look for ingredients. I find cooking therapeutic and there are very few things as rewarding as producing a meal where your family or friends can sit around a table and you see the enjoyment of them eating a meal you cooked

No one is disputing that the rebels don't have extremists in there midst. No one is saying that there aren't factions within the rebels that have committed atrocities. But lets be clear on something, the West doesn't want to get involved in Syria. Despite what several people on this forum have been saying the West has spent the last 3 years avoiding intervention. This is about the fact that Assad regime used Chemical weapons and there has to be some sort retaliatory strike against them. I can't see this leading to regime change anymore. But there has to some punitive action

Shady you also seem to be quite a talented cook or does your wife do the food?

How can you ask such a question, of course. Hasn't everyone?

Tonight I'm having Butternut Soup

Its shocking but I was watching on Sky News random interviews in the UK where they asked people on the streets "should the UK attack Syria" And the responses were mostly a resounding "no" But it was mostly elderly people who they interviewed who clearly didn't understand the situation as they compared it to Afghanistan and made comments like " we feel sorry for all those children but the Arabs need to sort there own problems out "