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  Sometimes it helps if you write down your Nightmare!

  by Terry in

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  the basement garage would never be the same.an eyeball rolled under the tool cart and stared sideways at nothing much at all.. nearby a final death twitch from a dying human ended what had been a death struggle.a weird creature mostly made of bug parts and human scraps stood and blinked.. its expression appeared to all the world to resemble a large, inebriated caterpillar.steadying itself awkwardly, it shambled toward the basement stairs on wobbly legs.. the monster’s victory meant this weird human replacement took on the new role of head of family: a family of devout jehovah’s witnesses!ah, world conquest was now assured!.

  this uncanny thing coughed as its voice box simulated modulated words.it was practicing scripted dialogue of incredible importance to domination strategy:“wuh.

  wuh.

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  As most of my nightmares are :)
  Thanks!
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  Sometimes it helps if you write down your Nightmare!

  by Terry in

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  the basement garage would never be the same.an eyeball rolled under the tool cart and stared sideways at nothing much at all.. nearby a final death twitch from a dying human ended what had been a death struggle.a weird creature mostly made of bug parts and human scraps stood and blinked.. its expression appeared to all the world to resemble a large, inebriated caterpillar.steadying itself awkwardly, it shambled toward the basement stairs on wobbly legs.. the monster’s victory meant this weird human replacement took on the new role of head of family: a family of devout jehovah’s witnesses!ah, world conquest was now assured!.

  this uncanny thing coughed as its voice box simulated modulated words.it was practicing scripted dialogue of incredible importance to domination strategy:“wuh.

  wuh.

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  CATERPILLAR-GEDDON

  The basement garage would never be the same.
  An eyeball rolled under the tool cart and stared sideways at nothing much at all.

  Nearby a final death twitch from a dying human ended what had been a death struggle.
  A weird creature mostly made of bug parts and human scraps stood and blinked.

  Its expression appeared to all the world to resemble a large, inebriated caterpillar.
  Steadying itself awkwardly, it shambled toward the basement stairs on wobbly legs.

  The monster’s victory meant this weird human replacement took on the new role of Head of Family: a family of devout Jehovah’s Witnesses!
  Ah, World Conquest was now assured!

  This uncanny thing coughed as its voice box simulated modulated words.
  It was practicing scripted dialogue of incredible importance to domination strategy:
  “Wuh. Wuh. Wa. Wat. Watch. Watchtower!”
  _____
  Above the garage, up the stairs - on the other side of the cellar door- human sounds mixed with television commercials, clinking dishes and the distant barking of neighborhood dogs.
  
  The pupae on human legs completed its final transformation.
  With snap and crackle of joints in place--the abomination reached for a pair of overalls hanging on a nearby peg. Next to that hung a calendar with the nude pinup smiling at the monster who paused curiously— then, shrugged and trudged upstairs
  A sound of muffled voices on the floor overhead:
  
  "Get ready for the meeting, Markie, your Dad should be home any minute now and he has to have the bathroom a good thirty minutes to himself."
  "Mom, can I please stay home? I've got homework or I'll flunk algebra."
  
  "No! Education isn't important. You missed WatchTower Study Sunday. It’s the same excuse. GET READY NOW!"
  ______
  The door to the basement swung wide with a hearty thump.
  A not too human form lurched inside.
  
  "Honey, I'm home", the familiar voice of their devoured father. Its faltering smile crawled up in a frozen grin.
  "I didn't hear you drive up! How was work?"

  The bug-man staggered toward the "wife" and stiffly opened uncertain arms for an embrace, mumbling:
  "Watch Tower!....Watchtower."
  _____
  The woman's expression quickly distorted and she pulled back reflexively. A scowl distorted her features.
  "You haven't been drinking, have you? You promised!"
  
  The bug-thing awkwardly ambled over to the couch, toppling heavily onto the floor instead.
  
  "Watch Tower!....Watchtower?"
  
  "Frank---did you hear me? Have you been drinking again?"
  
  Her brow furrowed as color flushed into her cheeks. She removed her apron heading for the hall closet. She stepped in where a thorough search took place. Things clattered to the floor.

  Bug-man sensed trouble. "Drinking. Not again. I promise."
  The tone of voice was flat.

  The defeated human’s devoured brain was absorbed by now. Bug-man’s thoughts were accessing neural pathways establishing its instinctive patterns working their way into semi-clarity.
  
  "Evelyn, the alternate explanation is now occurring to me. The carbon monoxide leak in my car made me dizzy. Confused. Not drunk.”
  His eyes rolled back like cherries in a slot machine.
  It’s human mouth relaxed into a natural human smile.
  ____
  Evelyn backed out of the closet and abruptly slammed the door.
  Turning toward her mock-husband she squinted, carefully appraising him with narrowed brows-- started to say something. She stopped and pursed her lips thoughtfully. Her body relaxed.

  "Okay. Supper is almost ready, Frank."

  Bug-man-head tilted like a dog listening to something beyond human earshot.

  "What is with you, Frank?"

  The woman placed her hands on her hips and stood pensively.
  Anger was tightening her chest and she was barely managing to fight it.

  "You say you haven't had a drink. Fine. Are you dizzy from car fumes? Then, you might need a doctor.”

  "Doctor? Not needed! I'm for a bath and supper."

  The hulking Frank figure waddled off toward the bedroom like a two-year-old with its diaper full.
  ____
  Evelyn exhaled slowly and miserably, picked up the telephone and punched in familiar numbers while keeping a wary eye on the bedroom door. It closed and opened and closed again comically--as though Frank had never seen or used a door before.

  Rinngggg. Ringggg. “Hello?”

  "Brother Dave? It's me, Evelyn Carmichael . . . yes, thank you. Actually, no. Not doing well.
  Frank and I are having a problem . . . again. Yes, that's right. Can we sit down with you and the brothers after the meeting tonight? Fine. Okay, I'll tell him. Bye."
  ___

  Minutes later, Frank-thing opened the bedroom door. He was dressed in a non-matching suit coat and fisherman waders. A knotted necktie dangled off to the side crookedly.

  "Frank--I called Brother Dave----what in the world are you doing with that on? You think you’re funny?"
  "I'm funny guy. You are laughing now to see me, okay?"

  Evelyn shook her head disgusted.
  Her son Mark walked over. The boy stared hard at his “dad’s” behavior.
  The 15-year old's thoughts clicked deep inside his mind and the "explanation" popped into view. It was not a happy answer.
  The boy wiped his sleeve across his runny nose as he stared at his "father's" face puzzled.
  .
  Dad-thing raised eyebrows and spilled out his plan.

  "Watch Tower delivery! Door to door. Caterpillar eggs! Soon, world will convert to our way of life!”
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  The bedroom door opened again and a resolute Evelyn came marching out with two suitcases fully packed.
  The boy immediately nodded refusing to look in the direction of the "father" again.

  "Do I need to pack my suitcase, Mom?"

  Frank-bug's expression switched from alert to alarm!
  Neural connections and brain patterns transmitted signals of mission-threatening distress throughout the awkward body.

  "Plan B! Come, wife and son--I have great surprise for both of you in the basement garage!"

  "What---Frank? What Surprise?

  "My surprise solves all problems! Special Gift! Come see--come now!”
  ____
  Warily, the mother and her boy watched as Frank-thing strutted over to the garage door and ceremoniously opened it.

  "Big changes to come! Amazing transformation. Happiness for all!”
  "All right, Frank. All right."

  Three figures shuffled solemnly down the steps into the basement as the door closed silent as a coffin lid.
  _____

  An hour later the family car disgorged its three occupants in front of the Middledale Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.
  Frank-thing, Evelyn-thing, and Markie-thing waddled up the steps clutching their Bible in one hand and a small container of centipede eggs in the other.

  Elder Dave leaned in toward the Evelyn creature and spoke reassuringly.
  .
  “Days are short. The End is near.”
  The presiding Elder's eyes glimmered with alien delight.

  Centipede caviar all agreed was delicious.
  ______
  

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  Meanwhile, at Watchtower headquarters, a special meeting of the Jehovah’s Witness Governing Body convened.

  On the long conference table, leafy, tasty tidbits were nibbled, sampled, crunched and ingested.
  Centipede caviar all agreed was delicious.

  Nobody on earth would suspect how the journey from the Pleiades to world conquest had been disguised as Divine communication laid out with such precision.

  Humanity on planet earth could finally experience the well-publicized end of human existence.

  Caterpillar-geddon.

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  EPILOG
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  Everything went as planned - until it didn’t.
  Yes, caterpillar took over the planet. Capitalism ended along with Communism, religion,
  War, and carbon dioxide pollution from human beings.

  You see, where the plan failed utterly only became apparent when the CROWS arrived.

  It was a feast like none other.

  Things were soon back to a new Normal.
  
  Once again planet Earth was ruled by Murder.
  Only this time - it was a murder of CROWS.
  
  
  
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  KURD is the word - and the word is KURD

  by Terry in

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  kurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.

  once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.

  (gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.

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  Simon:

  Simon4 days ago

  One huge catastrophe was the U.S. insistence on selling arms and even nuclear weapons to PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE: the State of Israel.

  Terry. I'm not going to tolerate anti-semitism on this site, please refrain from posting such things.
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  Simon - it is not MY opinion - I was speaking from the standpoint of the Arabs and surrounding Muslim countries.
  My children are Jewish, for goodness sake!
  
  
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  A deeper examination of The New World Translation

  by Terry in

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  shorturl.at/ouakr.

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  shorturl.at/ouAKR
  
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  KURD is the word - and the word is KURD

  by Terry in

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  kurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.

  once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.

  (gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.

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  LoveUniHateExams
  

  Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, Oman, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and Lebanon are all independent Arab countries.
  

  If I've missed something, could someone explain it to me ...
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  Independent? The U.S. Military casts a shadow over them all.
  Who can come and go - when and where?
  
  Ah, what would being INDEPENDENT actually mean to tribes with differing religious loyalties and blood relations?
  Being interfered with (especially by INFIDELS) would ruin any sense of independence, certainly.
  
  Tribal leaders acted at whim throughout history and incursions and blood-letting widened or narrowed occupied land.
  For Arabs, it is the LANGUAGE which unites them as a people.
  The Koran is said to be written in God's perfect language (Arabic) and it strongly coheres and even binds while simultaneously drives a wedge between Arabs and non-Arabic speakers.
  
  The Ottoman Turks, for example who spoke (duh) Turkish, and Kurds (see topic subject) spoke Kurdish.
  This makes them "other" and marks them the way Jehovah's Witnesses mark JW's who question the authority of the Governing Body.
  
  At the Versailles Conference, Great Britain and France IMPOSED borders already historically pre-established by current residents regardless of affiliations or blood feuds.
  But - too bad for them!
  
  T.E.Lawrence performed admirably in "efforts" to point out how destructive an act this would be.
  He drew up reasonable demarcations and tribal definitions but was completely over-ruled after a pretended respectful "listen."
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  Who are the Arabs?
  
  The SAUD family and SAUDI dynasty didn't get along with the HUSSEIN family and its dynasty, refusing to join the Arab Revolt "for freedom."
  (Back and forth these struggles were ongoing with the population, as a whole born, reared, and dying not knowing anything but turmoil and civil unrest. Don't fret - It was "normal.")
  
  The TURKS imposed a Suzerainty on Arabs:
  "Suzerainty is any relationship in which one region or polity controls the foreign policy and relations of a tributary state, while allowing the tributary state to have internal autonomy."
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  As T.E.Lawrence had predicted, neither French nor Brits would succeed at gaining any cooperation with their newly named states and colonies even after pretending to let them run things and backing them up in internecine battles.
  The French finally threw up their hands, Great Britain shrugged and vanished.
  
  A struggle in 1927 caused another big shift as Wahhabi insurgents succeeded in transplanting their culture and rule and kicking out the Saudi family (which had, in turn, already kicked out the Hussein dynasty when Britain stopped supporting them.)
  
  IS ANYBODY INDEPENDENT YET?
  
  Imagine how disgusted Great Britain and France were in 1938 when enormous oil reserves were discovered under the Saudi dynasty. Talk about broken promises, ill-will, mistrust!
  
  Ahhhh, but the United States was suddenly all flowers and kisses and pillow whispers about defending the Saudi dynasty from all aggressors! President F.D.R. and Abdul Azziz became engaged to married politically aboard the U.S.S. Quincy and the honeymoon has lasted all these years!
  
  Did Arabs now transform into Arabians?
  
  Notice the map has been branded as belonging to the Saudi dynasty: Saudi Arabia and not just Arabia. It's like TRUMP TOWER.
  
  Oh yes. Make no mistake about who has BIG AMERICANS in their back pocket.
  
  Under President Nixon, the agreement to become Saudi's well-armed nuclear protector led to Saudi agreement to ONLY SELL OIL if it were purchased in American dollars (called Petro-Dollars) because Nixon was running out of actual gold reserves enough to back U.S. currency. By going off the gold standard, the currency has ever since ENTIRELY depended on PETRO_$$ sales.
  
  After 1945 and the end of WWII, the unrest in the Middle East tempted the U.S. time and again to imagine they could keep a "balance of power" going by covert meddling in local political leadership.
  
  (How? Nobody had ever been up to that impossible task?)
  
  One huge catastrophe was the U.S. insistence on selling arms and even nuclear weapons to PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE: the State of Israel.
  
  So, what does it mean to be an INDEPENDENT STATE in the Middle East? If you are Iran and want your Ayatollah to rule the political and religious state with Sharia law BUT the U.S. has kicked out the democratically elected fella - what is THAT? Independence?
  The SHAH was in our back pocket - but - alas! Uprising - bye bye.
  
  Was that Independence?
  
  If you are a Tyrant like Saddam Hussein and everybody is terrified of you - citizens of Iraq will suffer while the United States merely gives lip-service to the "ain't it awful" hell on earth. But - if Saddam goes after Kuwait OIL -- suddenly shock and awe appear and the balance of power (such as it is) is pulled apart at the seams.
  
  Is that Independence?
  
  American troops are deployed and despised as Infidels no matter how much "help for your own good" they think is necessary.
  The U.S. policy is sugar coated with humanitarian concern but the 150,000 violent deaths seem to be "necessary."
  There is incredible hypocrisy here - but our men and women in uniform are told it is their duty and they obey orders.
  
  "The United States is home to five of the world’s 10 largest defense contractors, and American companies account for 57 percent of total arms sales by the world’s 100 largest defense contractors."
  Lockheed Martin, the largest defense contractor in the world, is estimated to have had $44.9 billion in arms sales in 2017 through deals with governments all over the world. The company drew public scrutiny after a bomb it sold to Saudi Arabia was dropped on a school bus in Yemen, killing 40 boys and 11 adults."
  
  Half the population of the U.S. is against gun violence. Now isn't that ironic?
  
  
  OUR TROOPS are deployed:
  Iraq

  Afghanistan
  
  Oman Turkey

  • United Arab Emirates
  • Kuwait
  • Bahrain:
  • Qatar
    
    Who wants our help? The Kurds, you say?
    
    
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  KURD is the word - and the word is KURD

  by Terry in

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  kurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.

  once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.

  (gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.

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  I agree we are dealing with monsters. No good guys in the lot of them.
  What got me interested in this topic started with a BBC Documentary
  on T.E.Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia).
  I've read at least 30 books about Lawrence over the span of the last half century.
  However, the Documentary's last half dealt with the blow back to the world at large in the Middle East, the aftermath and consequences of promises made seemingly in "good faith" to the Arabs that they'd have their independence.
  
  Lawrence began with "good intentions".
  His purpose was shaped toward giving his personal friend S.A. FREEDOM and enlarged to include the Arabs as a people.
  
  In short, lying to people you are asking to die for a deception violated T.E.Lawrence's conscience. (It didn't stop him, however).
  Britain and France's bad faith Sykes-Picot agreement destroyed any
  plausible deniability of making good on assurances of independence.
  
  Okay, so what?
  So, I wondered how many repercussions have continued over all the in-between years (leading up to today) have been chiefly due to MORE LIES, deceptions, false flag operations, and broken promises of independence and such.
  
  This led me to another documentary on the history of the C.I.A. with a view to specifics about many bungled "regime change" dirty tricks.
  
  In other words, down the rabbit hole goeth I.
  
  I am quite UN-interested in conspiracy theories, Bilderberg nonsense, illuminati naughty, or any of that tinfoil hat shtick.
  
  The more documentary footage I watched the more my naive view of "good guys" and "bad guys" failed to match up to reality.
  
  The secret operations of Intelligence operations are clearly illegal when they violate law. Presidents Nixon and Bush didn't seem to mind, to say the least.
  But, unknown (perhaps) even to the bosses and Presidents are these blackOps that will do nothing short of "get er done by any means necessary" and cover the consequences with official lies, doctored documents, Top Secret camouflage, and stonewalling.
  
  It is pretty clear (at least to me) Media outlets rely too heavily on carefully crafted Intelligence leaks/lies and talking points.
  The public at large catch them at it and it stops nothing.
  
  The corruption isn't really punished EXCEPT public show trials with fall guys and jaw-boning breast-beating, and pearl clutching by politicians.
  
  To conclude:
  Bush made very clear he wanted to go into IRAQ and the secret C.I.A. operatives provided pretexts and plausible deniability along the way.
  WEAPONS of MASS DESTRUCTION was an empty pretext and
  Media pumped life into it and fear mongering, table pounding Hawks pushed the debacle through a misled public relations push.
  
  Eight wars under the Obama Administration. Arms sales to every awful, sociopath in the Usual Suspect list, playing off one ally against the other and continued Propaganda by Media, Congressmen, Academics, and our chances of hearing uncolored reports is growing thin.
  
  WHY DO OUR KIDS have to die for all this? That's the bottom line.
  Tulsi Gabbard is now being slimed for her anti-regime-change stance as a Democrat. The Queen of War, Hillary is at the helm of that smear.
  
  War is not about helping the poor helpless Kurds. Sorry, the military ignores students dying in Chinese uprisings easily enough. The REAL reasons Syria is worth blood and treasure is the same it has always been in the Middle East and perfectly upstanding men (and women) like T.E.Lawrence are being torn apart by all the lies.
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  KURD is the word - and the word is KURD

  by Terry in

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  kurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.

  once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.

  (gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.

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  In a 2005 interview with President Assad of Syria (5 years BEFORE the so-called Arab Spring) CNN interviewer Christiane Amanpour spoke of the intentions of the U.S. relative to Assad's leadership.
  
  ___AMANPOUR: Mr. President, you know the rhetoric of regime change is headed towards you from the United States. They are actively looking for a new Syrian leader. They're granting visas and visits to Syrian opposition politicians. They're talking about isolating your diplomatically and, perhaps, a coup d'etat or your regime crumbling.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GcP1Gb_1Jc
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  The history of the C.I.A. in toppling regimes comes into play here.
  The playbook is a matter of record how it has always been achieved.
  A secret fund (black ops) is set up to funnel weapons to any indigenous groups who are against the targeted leader and "advisers" from the C.I.A. handle the training.
  The Obama Administration gave the green light to a 1 billion dollar weapons funnel and suddenly ISIS and Al-Qaeda (U.S. enemy) were holding these weapons courtesy of the American taxpayers.
  Obama had been pressured to give the okay and he caved.
  .("a presidential finding authorizing the C.I.A. to covertly arm and train small groups of rebels at bases in Jordan. The president’s reversal came in part because of intense lobbying by foreign leaders, including King Abdullah II of Jordan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel...)
  
  The New York Times reported (after this secret program was revealed and the embarrassment of supplying weapons to the 9-11 terrorist organization came to light):
  
  "Once C.I.A.-trained fighters crossed into Syria, C.I.A. officers had difficulty controlling them. The fact that some of their C.I.A. weapons ended up with Nusra Front fighters — and that some of the rebels joined the group — confirmed the fears of many in the Obama administration when the program began. Although the Nusra Front was widely seen as an effective fighting force against Mr. Assad’s troops, its Qaeda affiliation made it impossible for the Obama administration to provide direct support for the group.

  American intelligence officials estimate that the Nusra Front now has as many as 20,000 fighters in Syria, making it Al Qaeda’s largest affiliate. Unlike other Qaeda affiliates such as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Nusra Front has long focused on battling the Syrian government rather than plotting terrorist attacks against the United States and Europe."
  shorturl.at/chvIN Link to NYTimes article.
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  TIMELINE
  

  2007 April - US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets President Assad in Damascus. She is the highest-placed US politician to visit Syria in recent years. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets Foreign Minister Walid Muallem the following month in the first contact at this level for two years.

  2007 September - Israel carries out an aerial strike against a nuclear facility under construction in northern Syria.

  2008 July - President Assad meets French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris. The visit signals the end of the diplomatic isolation by the West that followed the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri in 2005.

  2008 October - Syria establishes diplomatic relations with Lebanon for first time since both countries established independence in 1940s.
  
  

  2009 March - Jeffrey Feltman, acting assistant US secretary of state for the Near East, visits Damascus with White House national security aide Daniel Shapiro in first high-level US diplomatic mission for nearly four years. Meets Foreign Minister Walid Muallem.

  Trading launches on Syria's stock exchange in a gesture towards liberalizing the state-controlled economy.

  2010 May - US renews sanctions against Syria, saying that it supports terrorist groups, seeks weapons of mass destruction and has provided Lebanon's Hezbollah with Scud missiles in violation of UN resolutions.
  
  2011 March - Security forces shoot protesters dead in southern city of Deraa demanding release of political prisoners, triggering violent unrest that steadily spread nationwide over the following months.
  ___________________BBC link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14703995
  
  Hypocritically, the U.S. was simultaneously supporting ("inadvertently") enemies and terrorists.
  

  That is a dilemma that concerned the US government even before the protests began. The author of an April 2009 cable expressed concern that some of the projects being funded by the US, if discovered by the Syrian government, would be perceived as "an attempt to undermine the Asad [sic] regime, as opposed to encouraging behavior reform."

  The Post reported that much of the money – as much as $6 million since 2006 – has been funneled through a group of Syrian exiles in London, known as the Movement for Justice and Development. The group is connected to a London-based satellite television station that is broadcast in Syria, known as Barada TV, which has recently expanded its coverage to include the mass protests.

  Several other civil society initiatives in Syria received secret US funding, but by 2009, US officials were concerned that the Syrian government had discovered the US funding.

  Christian Science Monitor link: https://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2011/0418/Cables-reveal-covert-US-support-for-Syria-s-opposition
  
  ___The U.S. used the "Arab Spring" as pretext for engagement but
  the C.I.A. had spent millions (at least a billion) setting up Assad for regime
  change.
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  KURD is the word - and the word is KURD

  by Terry in

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  kurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.

  once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.

  (gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.

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  Cofty (insert large rambling excuse)
  
  Gosh. All those words and yet you just don't care and don't have the time to give one tiny quotation from an expert that sends me arse over end.
  
  Why join a "Discussion" when you just don't care and don't have the time to back up your airy dismissals?
  
  
  I'm afraid this is a case of Paper Tiger-ism.
  Meow
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  KURD is the word - and the word is KURD

  by Terry in

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  kurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.

  once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.

  (gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.

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  Not so silentbuddha : here is what I wrote.
  Have a field day.
  
  shorturl.at/nIR07
  
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  KURD is the word - and the word is KURD

  by Terry in

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  kurd is the word - the word is kurd________who the heck are they?.

  once upon a time, world war one ended and three people created a new place out of thin air called: iraq.

  (gertrude bell, lawrence of arabia, winston churchill).this new country was divided up into 3 chunks:kurdsunnishia_____solemn promises made by colonel t.e.

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  Watchtower tactic alert.
  Label the "mentally diseased apostate" and shun them.
  
  No facts offered. No actual exchange of ideas. Only caustic opinions and posturing name-calling.
  
  social media troll is someone who purposely says something controversial in order to get a rise out of other users.
  
  Let me quote a person you MUST AGREE with: his name is Cofty
  ________

  cofty2 years ago

  So many examples recently of posters who imagine their subjective opinions have as much validity as objective facts.

  Laziness and arrogance.