Good thing Trump killed the deep state!!!!!11

[Anler]

This is our govt. Put sanctions of the father of Assads wife. WTF does he have to do with anything? And when you are bitching about how the dems are ruining the country take another look at that stimulus bill republicans and democrats gleefully passed that gives billions to other countries while ours burns. Nothing better to do I guess...You all got catfished

US Announces Sanctions On Assad's Wife & Even Her British Family Members

written by tyler durden

wednesday december 23, 2020

With apparently little else left to sanction in Syria, the United States is now going after Bashar al-Assad's wife and even extended family members which have long resided in London.

A Tuesday statement from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicated the US is imposing sanctions on Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad, blaming her in part for prolonging the war and blocking a peaceful political settlement through her charities and civil society organizations. 

Of course, in Washington-speak "stalling efforts to reach a political resolution" means simply that Bashar Assad has refused to step down and flee the country, which would ultimately put the secular Baath state in the hands of the jihadi fanatics.

Pompeo's statement specifies that "The Department of State today is imposing sanctions on Asma al-Assad, the wife of Bashar al-Assad, for impeding efforts to promote a political resolution of the Syrian conflict pursuant to Section 2(a)(i)(D) of Executive Order 13894." It adds that "Asma al-Assad has spearheaded efforts on behalf of the regime to consolidate economic and political power, including by using her so-called charities and civil society organizations."

Recall that just before the war in Syria got started Asma was widely praised in the West for her beauty and philanthropy, even being profiled in a glowing Vogue magazine piece headlined "A Rose in the Desert" (March 2011). More recently the Syrian first lady has survived breast cancer, and is said to have fully recovered.

But the US is now going so far as to sanction members of her family, some of which have lived in England for decades, foremost among them Bashar's father-in-law, the respected Syrian-English cardiologist Fawaz Akhras: 

"In addition, we are sanctioning several members of Asma al-Assad’s immediate family, including Fawaz Akhras, Sahar Otri Akhras, Firas al Akhras, and Eyad Akhras as per Section 2(a)(ii) of EO 13894. The Assad and Akhras families have accumulated their ill-gotten riches at the expense of the Syrian people through their control over an extensive, illicit network with links in Europe, the Gulf, and elsewhere," the US statement reads.

Asma's father has long been a cardiologist at Cromwell Hospital in South Kensington, London along with running a private practice.

The family has been in Britain so long that Asma was born and raised there by her Syrian parents before marrying Bashar.

But now Washington is going after them, apparently blaming even relatives outside of Syria for fueling the war. The irony is tragic and thick, considering just who it is that Washington has been supporting throughout the conflict.

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Meanwhile, in a recent address to Syrian lawmakers in Damascus, President Assad launched into a surprisingly blunt and cogent diatribe against Neoliberalism:
 

Reprinted with permission from ZeroHedge.

[Jimmy Snacks]

What a bunch of fucking horseshit but I’m curious to see if any of the hyper partisans here say anything critical about this.

[SnowRider]

@Anler need to breakout the spending in the COVID bill from the omnibus spending bill.  Two bills.  Easy for the politically inept to confuse the two...unintentionally or otherwise. 
 

And how does sitting on the sidelines get you a seat at the table?  

[Sleepr2]

15 minutes ago, SnowRider said:

@Anler need to breakout the spending in the COVID bill from the omnibus spending bill.  Two bills.  Easy for the politically inept to confuse the two...unintentionally or otherwise. 
 

And how does sitting on the sidelines get you a seat at the table?  

Your defense of wasteful spending is typical. 

[ActionfigureJoe]

Is there any country left in the world that trump hadn’t either sanctioned or imposed tariffs? 

[Shifty]

1 hour ago, SnowRider said:

@Anler need to breakout the spending in the COVID bill from the omnibus spending bill.  Two bills.  Easy for the politically inept to confuse the two...unintentionally or otherwise. 
 

And how does sitting on the sidelines get you a seat at the table?  

It doesn’t matter how many bills it is ffs.  

[Anler]

1 hour ago, SnowRider said:

@Anler need to breakout the spending in the COVID bill from the omnibus spending bill.  Two bills.  Easy for the politically inept to confuse the two...unintentionally or otherwise. 
 

And how does sitting on the sidelines get you a seat at the table?  

I'm not sitting on the sidelines I am voting for people with integrity.

[Anler]

Did Trump just pardon the blackwater guys?

[SnowRider]

4 minutes ago, Anler said:

Did Trump just pardon the blackwater guys?

Yep 

[ActionfigureJoe]

10 minutes ago, Anler said:

Did Trump just pardon the blackwater guys?

I guess he likes men that shoots kids. Tough guys. 

[SnowRider]

Just now, ActionfigureJoe said:

I guess he likes men that shoots kids. Tough guys. 

The righties don’t mind - they merely care about conception to birth.  Then they are on their own - especially the brown and black kids.  

[Angry ginger]

14 hours ago, Anler said:

Did Trump just pardon the blackwater guys?

more evidence of the POS he truly is.  Those fucks and Kushners father.  I at least understand pardoning those who took bullets for you

[SnowRider]

Just now, Angry ginger said:

more evidence of the POS he truly is.  Those fucks and Kushners father.  I at least understand pardoning those who took bullets for you

Good thing he earned your vote