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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts) Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:16 AM Oct 2012

I betcha President Obama had Turkey on his mind yesterday

Syria attacked Turkey, killing five people, on Wednesday.

And then today ...

Reuters via HP
U.N. Security Council Condemns Deadly Mortar Attack On Turkey

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Thursday condemned a Syrian mortar attack on a Turkish border town that killed five people and demanded that "such violations of international law stop immediately and are not repeated."

The rare agreement on a Syria statement condemned the attack "in the strongest terms" and came after Russia rejected an initial text on Wednesday's incident and proposed a diluted version calling on both Turkey and Syria to exercise restraint.

Western council members objected to Moscow's text but revised the original draft to accommodate some Russian concerns.

Consensus within the council on anything related to Syria is unusual and it has been deadlocked on the issue of the country's 18-month-long conflict for more than a year, with Russia and China rejecting calls to sanction the Damascus government.

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The mortar attack happened on Wednesday and Turkey responded by striking targets in Syria later the same day and on Thursday.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/04/security-council-condemns-deadly-attack-on-turkey_n_1941292.html

Edited to add...

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Around 5,000 people took to the streets of Istanbul on Thursday evening in an anti-war protest which turned into a demonstration against Turkey's ruling AK Party. Protesters chanted slogans against the war as they carried anti-government banners.

"We are going through an ugly provocation of war. The Turkish and Syrian people are not enemies, but the ruling AK Party government is trying to drag our country into a war with Syria in compliance with US interests," said protester Nevzat Evrim Onal.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/9588458/Thousands-protest-in-Turkey-over-Syria-mandate.html

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I betcha President Obama had Turkey on his mind yesterday (Original Post) Tx4obama Oct 2012 OP

Among other things. elleng Oct 2012 #1

Exactly! Lugnut Oct 2012 #5

When I brought that up earlier today I was ohheckyeah Oct 2012 #2

Oh well look at you copying me flamingdem Oct 2012 #4

Nah..... ohheckyeah Oct 2012 #6

Yes, he had poultry on his mind today flamingdem Oct 2012 #3

The only one that had poultry on his mind is Romney davidpdx Oct 2012 #9

haha NCLefty Oct 2012 #12

I had the same thought. JDPriestly Oct 2012 #7

That and many other important matters we will probably never know about. avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #8

fair enough grantcart Oct 2012 #10

And the Turkey is wearing a yarmulke why? Behind the Aegis Oct 2012 #11

There are times when Obama is more solemn and serious treestar Oct 2012 #13

elleng

(131,129 posts)

1. Among other things.

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:23 AM

Oct 2012

HE has a day job; rmoney just plays around avoiding taxes.

Lugnut

(9,791 posts)

5. Exactly!

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:54 AM

Oct 2012

The President has the weight of the world on his shoulders. Mitt sits on a limb of a big old tree like a vulture waiting for it's next meal. He has no day job that dominates his time and attention 24/7.

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

2. When I brought that up earlier today I was

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:35 AM

Oct 2012

asked why I was making excuses for the president.

I posted it four times before anyone even commented.

flamingdem

(39,328 posts)

4. Oh well look at you copying me

Reply to ohheckyeah (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:37 AM

Oct 2012

sqwak

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

6. Nah.....

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:54 AM

Oct 2012

I was first.

Don't make me tell my mom on you!

flamingdem

(39,328 posts)

3. Yes, he had poultry on his mind today

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 01:36 AM

Oct 2012

sqwak

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

9. The only one that had poultry on his mind is Romney

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 02:52 AM

Oct 2012

He's a bird killer!

SAVE BIG BIRD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)

12. haha

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 04:16 AM

Oct 2012

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)

7. I had the same thought.

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 02:09 AM

Oct 2012

avaistheone1

(14,626 posts)

8. That and many other important matters we will probably never know about.

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 02:30 AM

Oct 2012

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

10. fair enough

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 03:26 AM

Oct 2012

Behind the Aegis

(53,989 posts)

11. And the Turkey is wearing a yarmulke why?

Reply to grantcart (Reply #10)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 03:35 AM

Oct 2012

Well, from the site which that pictured originated:

Herr Obama is more Zionist than Romney, so that will bring more fascism and hard laws. Obama is now talking about a Ministry of Truth for the Internet, which will you will recall was in Orwell’s 1984. If you contradict the official story or write a criticism of it, your site may be closed down.

ETA: More from that site:

Ron Paul, the candidate for the Republican nomination for the presidential elections is the potential saviour of America; a country that is now deep in the grip of the Zionists and the fascists in the Congress.

He a libertarian, he believes in the constitution and no more wars. He wants to close down useless departments in the US government and take a trillion a year out of the deficit.

He not owned by the Jews like the others candidates Gingrich, Romney, Perry and Bachmann, but Ron Paul is leading in the Iowa primary, he being attacked right and left by the Jewish owned and dominated media in the US, they are going nuts; some media outlets are pretending he’s not in the race.

If he wins, America can be saved, if he looses or he’s rubbed out, then the fascists take over. But there is another force that is anti the Jews and their New World Order, and that is the red neck vigilante-militia units in Idaho and elsewhere.

more....at (search Stuart Wilde (dot) Com for more of his insane "thoughts."

treestar

(82,383 posts)

13. There are times when Obama is more solemn and serious

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Oct 5, 2012, 04:21 AM

Oct 2012

Rmoney doesn't get that it's not all fun and games. He has that silly laugh and has that attitude that it's all beneath him.

I think he could have been focused, he was taking notes. People didn't like the no-drama thing four years ago here, but Obama still won. Voters might be getting tired of the "look at me" style. The people who think Obama "lost" are the ones who like big display. Obama's never been like that.

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