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The Syrian Gas Attack Persuasion
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:47 pm
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According to the mainstream media – that has been wrong about almost everything for a solid 18 months in a row – the Syrian government allegedly bombed its own people with a nerve agent.
The reason the Assad government would bomb its own people with a nerve agent right now is obvious. Syrian President Assad – who has been fighting for his life for several years, and is only lately feeling safer – suddenly decided to commit suicide-by-Trump. Because the best way to make that happen is to commit a war crime against your own people in exactly the way that would force President Trump to respond or else suffer humiliation at the hands of the mainstream media.
And how about those pictures coming in about the tragedy. Lots of visual imagery. Dead babies. It is almost as if someone designed this “tragedy” to be camera-ready for President Trump’s consumption. It pushed every one of his buttons. Hard. And right when things in Syria were heading in a positive direction.
Interesting timing.
Super-powerful visual persuasion designed for Trump in particular.
Suspiciously well-documented event for a place with no real press.
No motive for Assad to use gas to kill a few dozen people at the cost of his entire regime. It wouldn’t be a popular move with Putin either.
The type of attack no U.S. president can ignore and come away intact.
A setup that looks suspiciously similar to the false WMD stories that sparked the Iraq war.
I’m going to call bullshite on the gas attack. It’s too “on-the-nose,” as Hollywood script-writers sometimes say, meaning a little too perfect to be natural. This has the look of a manufactured event.
My guess is that President Trump knows this smells fishy, but he has to talk tough anyway. However, keep in mind that he has made a brand out of not discussing military options. He likes to keep people guessing. He reminded us of that again yesterday, in case we forgot.
So how does a Master Persuader respond to a fake war crime?
He does it with a fake response, if he’s smart.
Watch now as the world tries to guess where Trump is moving military assets, and what he might do to respond. The longer he drags things out, the less power the story will have on the public. We’ll be wondering for weeks when those bombs will start hitting Damascus, and Trump will continue to remind us that he doesn’t talk about military options.
Then he waits for something bad to happen to Assad’s family, or his generals, in the normal course of chaos over there. When that happens on its own, the media will wonder if it was Trump sending a strong message to Assad in a measured way. Confirmation bias will do the rest.
There is also a non-zero chance that Putin just asked Assad to frame one of his less-effective Syrian generals for going rogue with chemical weapons, and executing him just to calm things down.
I don’t think we’ll ever know what’s going on over there. But I think we can rule out the idea that Assad decided to commit suicide-by-Trump.
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:49 pm to GumboPot
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:49 pm to GumboPot
Arab Spring 2.0 - The Wreckoning
This post was edited on 4/6/17 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:50 pm to GumboPot
I am truly leaning towards this being a massive false flag. It stinks to high heaven.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:52 pm to Scruffy
Do you have any proof of that?
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:53 pm to CorporateTiger
quote:None whatsoever.
Do you have any proof of that?
Just a feeling. The attack makes no sense to me strategically.
And any time something gets both Democrats and Republicans into an "American soldier sacrificing" mood, it is usually an awful idea.
This post was edited on 4/6/17 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:54 pm to GumboPot
Man you guys are chopping a lot of wood over this, the Syrians did it.
The first step in recovery is acceptance. And thats a horrible opinion piece with nary a fact.
The first step in recovery is acceptance. And thats a horrible opinion piece with nary a fact.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:55 pm to Lakeboy7
quote:
Man you guys are chopping a lot of wood over this, the Syrians did it.
The first step in recovery is acceptance. And thats a horrible opinion piece with nary a fact.
If that's correct, what is the appropriate response?
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:55 pm to GumboPot
https://twitter.com/sahouraxo/status/849635794994286592
Wow. This anti-Assad "reporter" tweeted about the sarin attack in #Syria 24 hours before it happened. Still think nothing fishy is going on?
Wow. This anti-Assad "reporter" tweeted about the sarin attack in #Syria 24 hours before it happened. Still think nothing fishy is going on?
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:56 pm to upgrayedd
quote:Bomb more brown people seems to be their go to.
If that's correct, what is the appropriate response?
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:57 pm to Scruffy
quote:
Bomb more brown people seems to be their go to.
Then install another nefarious character. Rinse, repeat.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:58 pm to Lakeboy7
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And thats a horrible opinion piece with nary a fact.
It's not an opinion piece. It's Adam's observation of the persuasion tactics involved with this situation.
99% of what Scott Adams blogs on is persuasion and hypnosis.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 4:58 pm to upgrayedd
quote:0% of the time it works every time.
Then install another nefarious character. Rinse, repeat.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 5:00 pm to Scruffy
quote:
Bomb more brown people seems to be their go to.
Yep. I'm starting to lean toward Syria having not committed the attack just because of the masturbatory frenzy the media and progressives are in over it.
The circle jerk on this board involving Decatur, Iosh, Lakeboy and NavyTiger74 alone has left a huge mess. I shudder to think of the work hours they've wasted (the employed ones anyway).
Posted on 4/6/17 at 5:00 pm to upgrayedd
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what is the appropriate response?
I'd be shocked if the U.S. doesn't respond with air strikes but, I'm convinced that air strikes from the Mediterranean will come soon. Russia will be aware of it and step aside, in return the strike will be small in scale compared to what I would want to do.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 5:01 pm to Scruffy
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0% of the time it works every time.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 5:01 pm to GumboPot
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Mike Cernovich Retweeted
Paul Joseph Watson ?Verified account @PrisonPlanet 52m52 minutes ago
Paul Joseph Watson Retweeted Bill Kristol
You know when Bill Kristol's pushing it that it's going to be a total fricking disaster.
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This post was edited on 4/6/17 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 4/6/17 at 5:03 pm to Johnny B Goode
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the strike will be small in scale compared to what I would want to do.
What would you want to do?
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