Meanwhile, In Syria

[anonymous-user]

Sadly the BBC have been 'persuaded' to give a very distorted view on Syria I still can't quite understand how in a news vacuum they haven't picked up on the Russian reporting and regurgitated it - unless someone is saying no.

[anonymous-user]

A good summary worth watching

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4df_1482969631

[Transmitter Man]

V6Pushfit said:

A good summary worth watching

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4df_1482969631

Reading the comments underneath leaves little to the imagination regarding the quality of the readership. From one joker in Sweden;

"The Goat helmets is all bullst they are terrorist just like the rest of the f.....g muslim fks
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4df_1482969631#15wE...

Phil

[anonymous-user]

Transmitter Man said:

Reading the comments underneath leaves little to the imagination regarding the quality of the readership. From one joker in Sweden;

"The Goat helmets is all bullst they are terrorist just like the rest of the f.....g muslim fks
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4df_1482969631#15wE...

Phil

It's the news item that's the thing as Liveleak is just a forum hence the comments, so it's pointless judging the validity of the news ilink based on quality of responses.

[The Don of Croy]

johnxjsc1985 said:

it was once the most trusted News Broadcaster in the World now somehow it has become Politicised and cannot be trusted.

When? Who voted? Who counted the votes? Who else was in the running?

Maybe once upon a time it was a decent news-gathering service, but their output has had some very questionable sides to it for decades.

Their 'performance' through the Arab Spring and Gaza 'assault' has been uniformly poor. They're not alone - our own FCO seem to be prone to backing the wrong horse too in nearly every conflict.

The BBC did finally give Putin some credit yesterday for the ceasefire.

[Driller]

What interests me is how come we have become aware of this fabrication, how come we have realised it's bullst? What do we have in common that the masses of people, who swallow this crap, don't?

[psgcarey]

Driller said:

What interests me is how come we have become aware of this fabrication, how come we have realised it's bullst? What do we have in common that the masses of people, who swallow this crap, don't?

As strange as this sounds, probably because of PH. When you read the threads on here you tend to get more than one side of the argument, and links to all kinds of the more weird and wonderful articles. If you source all your news from one news outlet that's all you will know.

[QuantumTokoloshi]

A little peace in Syria, let's hope it lasts, and is not just a rearm opportunity for the protagonists. As Trump is nearing the levers of power, and Erdogan supporting the ceasefire, there is a chance, however small, it might be a longer lived peace. Let us hope it is.

[Transmitter Man]

They seem to have more ammunition than fireworks in Latakia: https://youtu.be/Nvpf30GOyqw

A happy, healthy and prosperous new year to all here.

Phil

[QuantumTokoloshi]

Transmitter Man said:

They seem to have more ammunition than fireworks in Latakia: https://youtu.be/Nvpf30GOyqw

A happy, healthy and prosperous new year to all here.

Phil

Living in the suburbs of Latakia over Christmas, is a very dangerous thing to do it seems!

Happy New Year to all.

[anonymous-user]

An interesting article - the introduction that we aren't being told the truth says it all...

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ba_1483328925

[Scoobman]

The Daily Mail´s take on a Russian mine clearance operation.
Read the picture captions especially and wonder at how somebody so hugely dense could possibly be working for a newspaper. I mean I know most of these journos are as thick as mince, but really? The most clumsy hopeless bit of propaganda seen for a while.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4084990/Lo...

Or are they putting out something so clumsy on purpose to identify who the critical thinkers are, or perhaps which of the people in the comments section can be linked to Russian servers....perhaps that is a bit tin foil hat...then again

Edited by Scoobman on Wednesday 4th January 18:10

Edited by Scoobman on Wednesday 4th January 18:11

[glazbagun]

It sometimes reminds me of the proto-AI that Facebook and others sometimes use to automatically tag images, but not as smart. I look forward to the day when it makes all of their writers redundant.

Love the pics of the Russian soldier and his evil mine-clearing vehicle. And the dastardly bomb disposal expert working on making unexploded weapons safe.

Just reading the comments. The Russian soldier daubing "Grafitti" on the wall is actually writing about mine clearing?

Like all DM articles though, it was outrageous enough to make me click it and others comment and you to share it. That's all they're really about- generating traffic.

Edited by glazbagun on Wednesday 4th January 18:36

[scherzkeks]

Scoobman said:

The Daily Mail´s take on a Russian mine clearance operation.
Read the picture captions especially and wonder at how somebody so hugely dense could possibly be working for a newspaper. I mean I know most of these journos are as thick as mince, but really? The most clumsy hopeless bit of propaganda seen for a while.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4084990/Lo...

Or are they putting out something so clumsy on purpose to identify who the critical thinkers are, or perhaps which of the people in the comments section can be linked to Russian servers....perhaps that is a bit tin foil hat...then again

Edited by Scoobman on Wednesday 4th January 18:10

Edited by Scoobman on Wednesday 4th January 18:11

Thank you for the laugh.

[anonymous-user]

That article is astonishing. Personnel carriers called tanks, every photo given the bleakest description possible and different angles of a dozer bucket given different descriptions. Even the one with a soldier smiling was a sad caption. Where do they get these reporters from?!

[scherzkeks]

Posted in another thread, but also appropriate here:


There is a leaked tape of John Kerry in Syria speaking about the fact that the Obama allowed and wanted ISIS to grow in order to use them against Assad.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/01/obama-lega...

Precisely what some of us said here well over a year ago.

Cynical and disgusting.

[anonymous-user]

I see Phil has posted on the other thread claiming 'Aleppo is not like Enfield it's 20,000 sq km so many areas are untouched so won't have seen combat'

Phil: the area of Aleppo is 190 sq km.

Edited by V6Pushfit on Thursday 5th January 08:54

[Goaty Bill 2]

glazbagun said:

It sometimes reminds me of the proto-AI that Facebook and others sometimes use to automatically tag images, but not as smart. I look forward to the day when it makes all of their writers redundant.

Love the pics of the Russian soldier and his evil mine-clearing vehicle. And the dastardly bomb disposal expert working on making unexploded weapons safe.

Just reading the comments. The Russian soldier daubing "Grafitti" on the wall is actually writing about mine clearing?

Like all DM articles though, it was outrageous enough to make me click it and others comment and you to share it. That's all they're really about- generating traffic.

I just had a reply from a Russian friend;
The graffiti does in fact say "no mines" to indicate the area has been 'swept clean'.

Well done Daily Fail.

That and the 'Russian' mine that conveniently has "MINE" written on the side of it.
Presumably to assist English speaking reporters and their readers in identifying it

[Driller]

scherzkeks said:

Posted in another thread, but also appropriate here:


There is a leaked tape of John Kerry in Syria speaking about the fact that the Obama allowed and wanted ISIS to grow in order to use them against Assad.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/01/obama-lega...

Precisely what some of us said here well over a year ago.

Cynical and disgusting.

It was me, that's exactly what I said! I can't quite actually believe it came true

[tumble dryer]

Driller said:

It was me, that's exactly what I said! I can't quite actually believe it came true

It didn't come true, it was true, at the time. Well played.

Makes you wonder what puppeteering is currently in play? And for that matter, how the changeover might be fumbled.