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This was just another failure to act by our administration. Obama and the White House are so over their heads they have no clue how to handle Syria. I saw the press conference today between France and America. Yeah, France? Obama is drowning. Syria will never hand over all the weapons.
Am I missing something here? Why would any country launch a military strike against another with no intent of winning? Why do we, the USA, want yet another country to police yet not be in control? Iraq was a big failure, Afghanistan a big failure, Vietnam a big failure, Egypt – still undecided, but doubtful. Libya? Israel? Pakistan? What are we doing??? The old British Empire nor the Romans would ever think this way! If you go to war, you must go to win! Just be careful what you might win!
It's all politics, Stan. The right-wing thugs in Washington were hoping to take over Syria by using this riff raft, the so-called "rebels". The problem is, is that these riff raft lost the initiative in this civil war and now need a direct U.S. intervention in one way or another! In the meantime, these thugs are hoping to keep these obscene wars "politically" popular!!!
right wing thugs you idiot,,, the left is in charge in washington...
No, it is more about economics! Syria is Russia's friend. Has anyone talked to Putin about this?
Russia has a naval base in Syria on the Mediterranean coast. They will not see this base lost!
Our European friends can't afford to cross Putin. Today Russia (Putin) supplies most of Europe with gas and oil. Cross Putin, and you get your gas cut off! Putin does not take kindly any political challengers, most challengers mysteriously disappear!
France is one exception. France chose nuclear energy to remain self sufficient. France is not subject to Putin's control of gas and oil.
Wrong, Stan. Actually, Russia has far less to do with the situation in Syria than we Americans do. It is we Americans who are supplying this riff raft in Syria with all kinds of weapons for the purpose of overthrowing the Assad regime. The problem now is that these thugs are on the losing side of Syria's civil war and that thug Obama wants to change that!!!
So, if the "rebels" are losing then let them lose! This is not OUR battle! These are Muslims killing Muslims. We, the US, don't even know who many of these "rebels" are. They have no central command, no common goals. Syria is just a place now for Muslims to kill other Muslims they don't like! When the "rebels" lose, what do you think Assad will do with them? All will be killed! This is what they do to each other! Look what is happening in Iraq. We got rid of their dictator for them. But this is not good enough! Now they go back to killing each other! We, the US, have no business getting involved in this mess!
It is not a crime to think, at least that is not what they taught in Public school.
Barbara Starr!! Did you just publish an intelligence leak from the US government? One that could lead to Syrian Officials knowing how and when we spy on them? Directly identifying a target of an intelligence investigation? Wow, and some reporters thought that Glenn Greenwald was a downright dirty criminal and he didn't even identify any direct targets. I completely agree with those who say that reporters who publish unauthorized leaks as well as their sources should be prosecuted to the fullest. Please report to the nearest FBI office and turn yourself and your source in for prosecution. According to the Obama administration, both of you deserve to spend the rest of your lives in prison!
You really believe your own crap, don't you?
Evidently Reality Man, he does or otherwise he must be Phunnie boy the name thief posting under the name of Cory Vanderyacht this time.
or was it cutter...ahh the lazy days of summer.
Assads wife is a british national or was it her parents were in britten as nationals of...
soon Israel will be nuked boom and all the Jews get blown up in the air. soon there will be blood from the asses of small Jewish children beat that Jewish child with a metal rod for 100 days right and left blow after blow.
I will not name oligarchs... oligarchs seem to have a way of having bad luck...you can find this stuff in the news history albiet they are not called oligarchs but that is what they are. one crashed his black supper car in Niece a decade ago.
the Syrian government- of which I am not a fan of- has nothing to gain by gassing the civilians
1-No military objective that makes any sense
3-Knows it would be immediately condemned by the world
4-The Syrian government welcomed the inspectors- if they initiated this- why would they welcome the inspectors to research?
5-Possible forged communications to make it seem the government was the guilty party- If Mr. Phelps from Mission impossible could pull this fraud over- anybody can –
1-No military objective that makes any sense
-Show off what they are willing to do if the people do not bow down
-It castrate US foreign policy sine the US will not intervene.
3-Knows it would be immediately condemned by the world
-They government showed they could care less about the world when they started shelling civilian tenements.
4-The Syrian government welcomed the inspectors- if they initiated this- why would they welcome the inspectors to research?
-Inspectors invited 5 days after the attack. The sample quality would have degraded to the point where it would be hard to tell how weaponized the chemicals were thus they could claim it was the rebels.
5-Possible forged communications to make it seem the government was the guilty party- If Mr. Phelps from Mission impossible could pull this fraud over- anybody can –
-This is your only statement I cannot argue against.
as proven over and over again- our intelligence is not very intelligent
I wonder if we have CIA agents in Syria interviewing taxi drivers. AGAIN!
Do NOT trust Israeli intelligence on this matter. They will lie to get the US involved.
The United States should base our decision on our own intelligence. We had intelligence about Saddam Hussein given to
us my another nation stating he had attempted to purchase yellow-cake (used for nuclear weapons). The evidence was completely fabricated. One does have no wonder why an outside nation would completely fabricate evidence to attempt
to convince the United States to go to War against Iraq?
I agree! This is Israel's "golden moment" to trick the US into attacking Syria! If we attack Syria, why not attack Iran? This is Israel's goal! Both Iran and Russia would be very p***off if we attack Syria, yet Russia and Iran sit quietly and do nothing about Assad using gas on his own people! The Russian people and Iranian people need to learn something here. If your friend can gas people, why can't we? Political opponents in Russia and Iran seem to "disappear" suddenly.
This is from another commenter: "Syrian rebels in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta have admitted to Associated Press journalist Dale Gavlak that they were responsible for last week's chemical weapons incident which western powers have blamed on Bashar Al-Assad's forces, revealing that the casualties were the result of an accident caused by rebels mishandling chemical weapons provided to them by Saudi Arabia.
"From numerous interviews with doctors, Ghouta residents, rebel fighters and their families….many believe that certain rebels received chemical weapons via the Saudi intelligence chief, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, and were responsible for carrying out the (deadly) gas attack," writes Gavlak. "ter on another sight. This shows the extent that our government is willing to lie to us.
Odd that I can't find this story on any reputable news site. Only on a bunch of fringe "news" sites. Why do you look to the fringe for news?
Do you think our Government will hold Saudi accountable if proven that they provided the chemicals to the rebels who used it.?
Good point. During Iraq lies main stream media never told us the truth due to who owns them. That's why fringe media is a good choice.
The US will release its evidence. Will they have General Colin Powell do it at a speech at the UN and will the provide pictures of the mobile chemical weapons production plants?
Ha, ha, ha! The politics of good ole stupid GWB still exist! Where is all that Iraqi oil that Cheney promised would pay for our adventure into Iraq? Politicians lie whenever they talk!
President Obama, stay out of Syria!!! Syria is a trap, set up by Russia, Iran and Israel! Screw John McCain, He needs to retire and enjoy the good life his government pensions will provide!
It's always a safe bet to believe half of the trolls here with fake American names are Pakistanis or Middle Easterners.
That's pretty much true – especially when the 'War Drums' are pounding.
Lol you only think half? Its okay though, it pretty easy to pick out the foreigners, especially non-westerners. The mussies in particular are very easy to identify, just look for the guys blaming Israel for, well, just about anything. The Russkies are a little harder to detect, but all one must do is observe consistent irrational anti-americanism from them plus pro-communist bullcrap and it becomes fairly obvious, besides some of their mannerisms and way of talking/writing. The asiatic ones are pretty easy to find too, asians by their nature are very nationalistic and easy to identify. Quite honestly they tend not to comment unless the article is about their country or one of their neighborhood rivals. Also they usually don't try to hide really.
I find our many foreign Security Blog denizens both amusing and many times downright informative. Don't totally write off the foreigners even if they are all crazy SOBs.
Is there anything that CNN can do about the idiot above who continues to denigrate Gen. George Patton's name for his own amusement? This has been going on for some time and it's starting to get old!
Well that's a fairly Assadist point of view. Leave George Patton alone, I enjoy watching him and his doppelganger argue like a two-headed beast lol. I also do enjoy the history behind the real George S. Patton, obviously one of the greatest generals of all American and even World history. However, Patton fought to ensure that America wouldn't be ruled by the Hun and his Hun logic. And also because he thought he was the reincarnation of Hannibal Barca, but whatever. I'm sure the real Patton would have found our Security Blog George and whooped the tar out of him by now were he still with us, but he died in a car accident some many decades before most us were born so I guess he won't mind.
Some times we just have to admit that we can't save the world from itself!
Unfortunately very true! Israel would love it if we bomb Syria. After Syria, then Iran! This is the whole point! Please DO NOT believe Israeli intelligence reports!!! Israel has its own agenda, "somehow trick the US into bombing Iran". This is Israel's "golden moment"! Obama doesn't trust Israel (for very good reasons), but our Congress just loves and adores Israel (for very good $ reasons)!
... the US Government has proof .... just like they did in Iraq ... yeah right
America is the root of all terror. America has invaded sixty countries since world war 2.
In 1953 America overthrow Iran's democratic government Mohammad Mosaddegh and installed a brutal dictator Shah. America helped Shah of Iran to establish secret police and killed thousands of Iranian people.
During Iran-Iraq war evil America supported Suddam Hossain and killed millions of Iranian people. In 1989, America, is the only country ever, shot down Iran's civilian air plane, killing 290 people.
In 2003,America invaded Iraq and killed 1,000,000+ innocent Iraqi people and 4,000,000+ Iraqi people were displaced.
Now America is a failed state with huge debt. Its debt will be 22 trillion by 2015.
Any more bs information?
can you name the 6?
It's always a safe bet to believe 1,000,000+ killed in Iraq were result of Sunni Vs Shiite conflicts, and 4,000,000+ displaced have now better living condition.
That's pretty much true – especially when the 'War Drums' are pounding
Let me guess....You're Iranian
I do not doubt that Assad used chemical weapons. You don't even need super-secret spying to be able to figure that one out. Who else in that region could develop and deploy a chemical weapon capable of killing an estimated 1300 people?
The questions here is what are we going to do about it, and should we? Ideally we would go in quickly secure and destroy the chemical stockpile and then get the heck out of there. Realistically though the government has even told us all week that they will not be taking on the chemical weapons stockpiles, but will instead be attacking conventional targets. At the least worrisome level this will be a repeat of Libya where we said we were just going to shoot planes down, but ended up bombing the entire countryside. At the worst case scenario we're going to tick off everyone involved in this proxy war mess and possibly ignite WW3.
Unless we have a quick, realistic, and viable plan with a good deal of international consent to secure the chemical weapons then we should not be risking the necks of our countrymen and our country itself in yet another messy middle east affair. Remember the middle east has been killing the people that live there since as far back as history goes. I really doubt they're going to stop anytime soon.
Your sure Assad did this? Funny they don't even know what was used yet. Their has to be tons of chemical weapons floating around in the middle east thanks to the U.S. and Russia. Just guessing most of it is in terrorist hands.
You make a good point USMC. I have been reading your posts on this blog and I always find your input to be very good. To answer your question, yes I think Assad did use chemical weapons. Mostly just because of the amount of casualties involved. Even if we do suppose that the rebels could produce chem weapons and implements needed to launch them, I doubt they would be able to secretly create a weapon on the magnitude of killing 1300 some people.
Don't get me wrong though, I don't think the rebels are saints. If the rebels get a hold of Assad's infamous stockpile then I'm sure we can expect more chemical attacks. Like I said, ideally we'd remove the chemical weapons and then keep ourselves out of this conflict. Realistically though our government isn't even planning to do that by their own admission and any action we take is going to come back on us in one way or another.
I have been following the syrian civil war since it started out as the arab spring protests. This is probably the most video-taped war ever. There's more than enough evidence out there that the Assad Forces and the Rebel Forces are both barbaric and violent. There's evidence of Assad's forces using chemical weapons and massacring people. Should we ally with them? Absolutely not. There's evidence of the rebels massacring civilians, probably the most infamous video is of the rebels cutting peoples' hearts out and eating them. Let's not forget the early rebels that maybe even did want democracy are mostly dead or disillusioned by now and their ranks have been swelled by foreign jihadist groups. Should we ally with them? Absolutely not.
If we intervene we additionally risk starting a war the likes of which has not been seen as just about every middle east and World power is involved in a little chess game in the syrian disaster. While the older generations might be bent on making war with everyone they should know that the younger generations are tired of fighting their pointless and often unjust wars only to lose money, freedoms, and credibility. We seriously risk some major domestic upheaval if we get too involved in this mess and it turns into a full blown war for America. Our best course of action is to either stay out of it all together or have the UN itself (not America) remove the chemical weapons.
Naturally, before we commit American lives to such a fight we should have clear and indisputable evidence. Plus there must be a threat to America, not just American interests.
What you overlook is that things that threaten our national interest are in fact a threat against the US. Look at the Persian Gulf, it's in our national interest to keep it safe so oil tankers can sail threw it, but if say Iran was able to close the gulf and stopping oil shipment from there the damaged to the US economy would be immense, as it would be to many other countries around the world.
Now a case could be made over what is, and what isn't a true national interest, but thinking that just because it happens half a world away that it can't effect us is naive at best.
Well considering that the rebels have taken several military bases around the country I don't think it unimaginable that they could have captured some of Syria's chemical weapon stockpiles.
And if that is the case can anyone really doubt that at least some of these rebel groups would be willing to use those weapons on their own people to try and not only draw support to their cause but also in the hopes that it resulted in US and other countries starting an air compaign against government forces?
As for the intercepts being proof, it depends what they say, because simply put if a commander is in charge of that area of the battlefield recieves word of a possible chemical attack in it he is surely going to start making calls to find out what's going on.
That thought had crossed my mind earlier when reading some comments on various articles. However I think if the rebels had captured part of Assad's Treasure Horde of Death that it would have been major news by both the rebel and Assad propaganda machines, and of course also pretty much all other world propaganda. Though I do admit I could see how such a turn of events might be hushed up too in some secret mystique plan to wait until the right time to use them. The only flaw in that is that if you suppose these bloodthirsty barbaric rebels have taken a hold of a good portion of these weapons that knowing the jihadist type they'd probably have soaked half of Syria by now in that poison if they had the chance.
As for the reason of why Assad would gas his own people, this is a funny argument people been raising. These people might not have been following the news too long because this is actually the third time Assad used chemical weapons this year. He probably thought the Red Line was a joke after the two smaller attacks, and now he's starting to realize that Obama ain't joking. That or you could figure Assad is insane. After all why start shelling and gunning down protestors and opening the chaos on your country to begin with? Look at his wife's lavish spending. Sadly he's not only insane, but very cunning indeed. Assad's propaganda was very terrible and easy to see the crap through at first, but now his department has mastered it quite well. Of course with the rebels now full of foreign jihadis and just kids that have grown up the past 3 years in violence have now made it pretty easy to display that the Rebels ain't no epic freedom fighters, more like radicalized murder machines.
As for the intercepts I never put much credence into them in the first place and really can come to the conclusion Assad used a big old chemical weapon conveniently on an area he had under siege (old trick right there) without Israel having to tell us. Though I don't doubt Israel's input, the intercepts are probably true quite honestly. I don't see why Israel would lie about that especially when Assad threatened to attack Israel if America attacks Assad. It be kind of dumb for them to pretty much try to lie about it to make us attack Syria and then have them get blamed for it.
Either way Rebels or Assad, if the goal isn't to remove the chemical weapons with the support of the UN or at least the Security Council, then we ought not drink out of the cup of sorrows that is Syria.
You got to be kidding. Undisclosed sources within Israeli Intelligence services give the US recordings of people who are supposedly Syrian commanders (or not) talking about the chemical attacks. And most of the sources and details are "classified" so we just have to trust the government and go along!? Sure. Right. If you fall for that one I got a prime building lot on Jupiter I'll sell you cheap.
Why would Assad do this? It makes no sense.
This is bs, just like Iraq.
And Barbara Starr is singing off on this travesty.
May she burn in whatever hell she believes in, when the attack produces 100,000 more civilian deaths.
'John S', Starr is reporting things as she sees them. To suggest that she should burn for reporting her views is just about as goofy as the conflict in Syria. Granted, to send our troops or planes into Syria without definate proof of a threat to the US would be foolish and walking right into a conflict our enemies would applaud. So, one agrees with your point, just not your venom.
people don't relize that the real info and the proverbial keepers of the cheese are fuc ked by nature of the reality.
you can't have a government without a military and you cannot have a modern military without oil- as far as the aristocrates Russia has jewish oligarchs which automaticaly have israelie citizenship e.g. the money in russia is israelie national money indirectly or directly. opps...i mean OPS wait...fact is leadership cannot survive without a military- ultimatly militarys and leaders cannot survive without other militarys existance...why not attack Iran after all they are involved...wait...i thought I already explained it...what?...this stuff is not for everybody that's for sure...but you already know that...shame on you protester...wait...
Jewish oligarchs in Russia? Name a couple.
What's that? You can't? Because there aren't any?
Go crawl back under your PalestiNazi rock, DB.
if what I said is true I would expect the only place assad can hang out is Iran
Of course you can trust us, we are the government! The same people that brought you Fast and Furious, government guns to drug cartels. Benghazigate, another "phony scandal" that left a dead diplomat and Navy SEALs. Big Brother in your back pocket. "Can you hear me now?" "YES WE CAN!"
the end is coming.....lol
Why? Why would our government lay it's ace of spades on the table? Why would we, at this point, announce to the world that we can intercept communications between Syrian military officials? I have not heard one reporter ask this question.
The answer? We wouldn't. I have serious doubts as to this claim's validity.
I'm remembering Dick Cheney and his New York Times ruse. Cheney fed his own propaganda to the Times, and then went on TV to say, "The New York Times says this..."
Not much seems to have changed.
The U.S. administration does not know what chemical agent was used. They don't know for certain who used it. What's even worse they have no plan and no real goal. They said publicly that their goal is not to overthrow Assad. What is it then? To prolong the civil war by slightly tipping the scale?
Nobody is saying that the weapons of mass destruction were used. Whatever it was, most likely it was low grade toxic chemical that is no real threat to U.S. or even Israel, and has no potential to cause massive loss of civilian lives, at least no more than conventional weapons. So what is this all about? The president mentioned a "red line" and now he is under pressure to do something to fend off republican attacks and to improve his poll numbers. So, a missile strike would do. The president will look tough, there will be no american boots on the ground, and, of course, nothing of substance will be achieved. I wish this country had a foreign policy based on long-term national interests, and not the minor gains and losses on the political scene.
" I wish this country had a foreign policy based on long-term national interests, and not the minor gains and losses on the political scene."-
Ha! They do. Research the history of our involvement in the middle east. It has everything to do with maintaining the solvency of the petrodollar, and nothing at all to do with "the spread of democracy" or humanitarianism. Look up "Nixon, OPEC and the gold standard"...the money trail starts there, or dare I say, the FIAT currency. This whole mess began right around the time Nixon took the US dollar off the gold standard and the fed began printing worthless greenbacks that had no value save for that which the oil producing nations ascribed to it. Well, the dollar is about to be unseated as the world's reserve currency and that means hard times the likes of which Americans have never experienced, not even during the great depression. Our foreign policy is all about OIL and nothing else, never was about anything else.
Why is this all beginning to sound like Saddam has WMD's?
The intercepts don't matter, it is not our fight, they are not our friends. The american people are speaking overwhelmingly that we do not want any involvement in Syria. Striking Syria will cause nothing but years of problems. Follow the UK's lead, listen to the american public.
The majority of Americans do not support involvement in Syria. This time the Left and Right mostly agree. Limbaugh's comments are inaccurate.....as usual.
Barbara Star, the Pentagon "reporter" said precisely nothing in that interview. What a cheap charade. These so called news reporters should be ashamed of themselves for not being in the least bit adversarial to the administration in the run-up to another war on bogus pretext.
I want a detailed chemical analysis done down to the tiniest molecule. For how can we as a country even act without sin and yet knowingly have helped kill humans with chemicals ourselves? Both the United States and West Germany sold Iraq pesticides and poisons that would be used to create chemical and other weapons, such as Roland missiles during the IRan -Iraq war! And yet we can sell chemicals and poisons and be without sin? WRONG! How dare we now go in unilaterally to try to act like some moral nation when the crimes we have committed against others seems to matter not. Our military acts as though their evils are all okay and selling poisons to Iraq was the moral thing to do? Someone help me to make sense of our military's actions and historical wrongs, please! I only pray that it wasn't those chemicals that were used, chemicals and poisons we sold to Iraq that made their way into the wrong hands. Perhaps the rebels of syria don't have sophisticated missiles but just the mere fact that we, without moral conscience could have ever even sold chemicals to be used on humans makes my heart ache and my head spin.
Hate to break it to you dear, you can say "I want" till the moon turns blue but the Government doesn't have to give you or anybody else access to classified information
this is ridiculous! the mideast has more than enough resources and money to make decisions and intervene. just look at saudi arabia, uae, etc etc etc. it is just crazy we are dipping ourselves into another war. we need to think about our children and their future by paying down our national debt and lowering the unemployment rate.
That's pretty much true – especially when the 'War Drums' are pounding
It's always a safe bet to believe the opposite of what the U.S. government says is the truth.
That's pretty much true – especially when the 'War Drums' are pounding
It's always a safe bet to believe mosques are terrorist organizations.
That's pretty much true – especially when the 'War Drums' are pounding.
Here's this jerk again, doing his best to tear down Gen. George Patton's good name by posting his nonsense under it for his own personal amusement!
General Patton's 'good name' came about because he had no problem killing those that needed to be killed. If he had been given his way and continued to Moscow with his army at the end of WWII then the world would have been quite a different place. Its you who don't have the guts to realize that the entire problem is islam – and until islam is destroyed there will be more and larger death tolls. The mosques are the FIRST place to start looking for our enemies!
Wrong TiredOfPaying, the true problem here is the global ambitions of the right-wing thugs in Washington who keep on trying to make themselves dominant in the world by pushing small third world countries around, not Islam! By the way, I am the true George patton here, not the clown above who keeps on using my name in order to be funny. That's why I call him Phunnie boy!
GP wannabe above, true George died in 1945.do ya get it, do ya, punk?
Very credible sources NOT,Zio-nazis and Americans.
Ah... thank you white supremist for your thoughtful interlude
We need to hear the intercepts and in what context the chem weapons were discussed, because I'm 100% sure high ranking American Generals discussed Chem weapons after the attack. Please no more shady evidence.
Shady evidence?? The Israelis wouldn't LIE now would they?? Like someone else posted – get the tapes of these 'supposed conversations' and then decide in what context they were being discussed – that is , IF there is any tape. Israel has a 'vested interest' in getting the West involved in another action against a country that hates them!!
Yes you are correct
Remember the French president telling Obama what a liar Netanyahu is –
"I cannot bear Netanyahu, he's a liar," Sarkozy told Obama, unaware that the microphones in their meeting room had been switched on, enabling reporters in a separate location to listen in to a simultaneous translation.
"You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him even more often than you," Obama replied, according to the French interpreter.
Israel will lie to the US, Israel has spied on the US (e.g. Jonathan Pollard), Israel has also attacked a US Navy ship in international waters (1967, USS Libery, 34 Americans killed), etc. Israel has always done what is best for Israel, as do most governments. If Israel feels US involvement in Syria is best for Israel, they will produce whatever evidence suits their cause. The US, Russia, the UK, China, and France are all doing what is in their own leaders' best interests as well. Right and wrong, good and evil, black and white are all crutches for those who can't see the real world is always a shade of gray.
And it took Dear Leader two years to figure it out cause he was way too busy spying on us! Just sayin.
So, let me get this straight. The fact that Syrian officials discussed an apparent chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of their capital city is somehow proof that the Syrian government was behind the attack? Because that's exactly what you and I are expected to believe by both this administration and the ever compliant CNN. The fact that neither the Obama administration nor the journalists at CNN and other media even mention that the rebels, not the government, launched a chemical weapons attack in Syria just several months ago shows you just how interested either are in having an informed public. youtube "UN says Syrian rebels used chemical weapons"
You are about to spend $billions bombing a country with hundreds of cruise missiles. Do you really want to be lied to in order to get your approval? Do you really want to deploy our country's awesome and deadly military might in the service of the Salafist maniacs who just gassed women and children?
If I was a 'rebel freedom fighter' I'd seriously be heading out of the area – Not IF but WHEN these missiles & drones start flying I'm pretty sure it won't differentiate between either side – it's gonna be a holocaust when these weapons hit biological, chemical & maybe nuclear sites. If all the 'bleeding hearts' were 'aghast' at a few hundred dead from a chemical I wonder what they're going to think when there's tens of thousands blown to smithereens??
You have a completely deluded conception of what would happen. The ONE thing American targeting cannot be called is 'indescriminate.' We will hit what we aim for. Just be damm glad we have developed these pin-point weapons because the alternative is mass B52 strikes.
if I say somthing that is not true cnn will follow up and report it assuming it is profitable...i am not paid as a journalist but if barbra star or cnn wants to send me a check you can make it out as a donation to the V.A. program of your choice. if say somthing it eather is true might be true or will be true depending on what I think/belive or do not. I am nothing and in that I am everything. you can kick the plug out of the wall but I will just plug it in some place else understand...
August 29, 2013
Dear President Obama:
I still have a copy of the letter I wrote 01/05/2003 to then Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell asking him to oppose the impending attack on Iraq.
More than anything I was incensed then by the arrogance of President Bush as he proceeded with little international support and lukewarm public support. Yet he acted as though the only authority he needed or cared about was his own.
As a longtime supporter of you, one who had tears and goose bumps that night in Chicago as you stood with your family in Grant Park in 2008, I stand today in utter disbelief in the face of your personification of George Bush's arrogance.
I was a good soldier in Viet Nam and I am a good citizen now. I deserve to be heard.
I cannot express strongly enough how repugnant any military action against Syria is to me. We are not the world's police who need to intervene in a centuries old religious struggle. And if moral atrocities are the impetus then much more fertile ground can be found with the tens of thousands of starving innocent children around the globe.
Thank you for your service to this country. America agrees with you.
Well said. If only we were a democracy like Britain who decided not to get involved. I finally regret I voted twice for Obama.
BP will not slow up production because BP is the base for pensions in the UK REMEMBER WHEN BP SENT THEIR FORMER CEO TO SYBIRA AFTER THE LAST GULF OIL SPILL...now I get it...
This material is what in the news trade is called "single sourced". Single sourced, or "hearsay" news is by definition, unreliable – and that is why journalists are not permitted in their profession to write stories based on such material...its a 'no no". However, the corporate media tends to ignore the long established standards when it comes to cheerleading for war.... they seem to be of the notion that if the intelligence or military community puts out something for consumption by the general public, it must be true. (!). Furthermore, we can't forget that the parent corporate mega-conglomerates which own the media outlets that determine what Americans read, hear, see and inwardly digest, happen to *PROFIT* very handsomely from war – so its hardly surprising that CNN and the rest of them employ such duplicity when disseminating "news".
It was sort of shocking that we now find that the US is relying on Israeli intelligence to prove that the Syrians did the dirty deed. I still think Israel had a hand in the attack and their Agents in the US then become the anonymous US officials who tell us when and where the US will attack.
Anybody old enough to remember what CNN's big breakthrough moment was? Anybody remember Bernard Shaw's talk of "dog radar?" War put CNN in the big leagues and they badly need another one to win back viewers from Fox.
BP aka british patrollum draws product (BP's)from IRAN?
OBVIOUSLY PUTIN CAN MAKE MORE REFINED OIL FOR OPEC BUT THEN PUTIN WOULD BE UNDERCUTTING HIS SOFT CONTROL OF CHINA IN AT LEAST ONE WAY SUPPLY SIDE ECCONOMICS China can't make oil but they need oil and gas to run AMERICAS LARGEST COMPANY WALMART...IF GREEDY CHINA WANTS TO HAVE AN ECCONOMY SORT/LONG TERM THEY MIGHT START THINKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY PUTINS LAND/POWER IN RUSSIA . Putin could take over Syria but then Putin would have to hire someone else to keep shop and Putin said 'and replace Assad with what?...terrorists who will jump up and shot you (Putins Russia)' as soon as you knock Assad down.
gee why support the sponsors of these war mongers in the media???!!! its terrorism to support sponsors who support such evil!!!!!
That's pretty much true – especially when the 'War Drums' are pounding
Exactly. Assad "may have" pushed the button, but it'll take us sometime to splice the so called "intercepted calls" together. Why is the US so determined to go ahead with this when everyone else is backing away? As Dylan sang, "The answer my friend is blow'in in the oil."
amazing.. this comes out after all the other domino's are falling around him.. no UK support – nothing from the un.. congress won't agree up front..
But but but.. this here proves it.. you must give me approval..
This buffoon is so over his head as far as the middle east is concerned it isn't funny.. It's actually quite sad.
Seems you had too much of your own Kool-aide before you posted your "comment."
CNN is blocking my comments. I guess they don't like someone telling it like it is.
Well at least they are not like Fox News who try to fool you into believing they are fair and balanced.
That's pretty much true – especially when the 'War Drums' are pounding
russia and US created the UN too watch chinas nukes because russia shares the worlds largest boarder with china... but now russia and china want oil.. enter the worlds largest state sponsor of terror iran... which has lots of oil and supplys oil to opec like russia... russia wants to use the same soft control on chinas oil consumption both at the U.N. by keeping an eye on china through watching iran in syria. remember, syria used to belong to putins soviet unioun among other centimental things like shared DNA with Assad who has created a partnering with Iran over looking Syrias chemical weapons which were created/built by the Soviet Union & or Russia. You can see why Putin looks like the uninterested kid in the back of the school room who if called upon could teach the class with his eyes closed. The question I ask myself is why China allows themselfs to be put over a barrel at the U.N. by Putin when Putin asks China to partnering UN veto power concerning Syria...certianly China is more greedy than Russia by nature of the beast.
You want a real state sponsor of terrorism? Try the US with all their unjustified attacks against many countries over the last 30 years.
When was the last time you read a book,Russia want Oil,lol.
Russia has oil you ID-I0T.
There were no Iranian in the 9/11 attack on us. But there were citizens from our ally Saudi Arabia
So where are my comments?
Welcome to CNN's censors! Sometimes your comment will appear a day or two later! Mainly, CNN doesn't want anything too intelligent posted. Too bad. Especially after Fox discontinued ALL comments!
Fox removing the ability to comment on stories speaks volumnes about the level of propoganda they practice. Nothing like silencing all dissenting voices to make sure that your message, and ONLY your message, is what gets out. Its what every corrupt facist organization dreams of doing.
I remember a standard US news media broadcast saying assad agreed to take the gas for safe keeping from iraq of couse that would mean rumsfeld "sold" them to syria...of course no one "proved" that syria took delivery...but we all know what followed. we went over syria into iraq like we will go over syria into...assad has not sold his soul yet albiet he might not know how...
This is nonsense. Yahoo News had a story back in January that O might consent to a rebel plan to stage a chemical weapons attack and blame iit on Assad....as a pretext for increased American involvement. You can review the story yourself. And ask yourself...our "allies" over there (many affiliated with Al Qaeda)....would you really put it past them?
Seriously? I highly doubt it was yahoo that reported the crap you just posted.
But they did...at least the Indian division of yahoo did. Don't know why I'm bothering though. You wouldn't believe it unless it comes from Jay Carney, CNN, ABC, or other Obama sychophants.
David it is quite obvious you are just a blind fool. You are just another troll looking to create a dumb political argument because you don't have an actual education.
You have said nothing of any value to discredit the fact that this could be another false flag. The only thing you have done is shown that you are 1) ignorant and 2) a childish name caller.
ah, oil, isnt wonderful
The administration is doing it's damnedest to keep the President from looking like a fool with his "Red Line" garbage. Very similar to the Bush's staff rush to push Saddam's WMD's down our throat prior to the Iraq fiasco.
There is a big difference between what is happening in Syria and Iraq. Iraq there was no proof of the use of WMDs or something similar. In Syria there is.
You're certainly being made to think there is.
Remember when there was no doubt of chemical weapons in Iraq? Everybody was so sure.
RS U.N. inspectors confirmed the use of chemical weapons, but they do not know what type was used in the attack.
But there is still no proof WHO used gas in Syria. We are told to "assume" it was Assad, yet no proof! Using gas is much more to the benefit of the "rebels", if we ever figure out who the "rebels" really are!
let's not waste time in who was calling whom or what they were talking; start sorties friends. Kill them all and let UN sort them out.
Solid evidence or not, Russia and China will make some kind of excuse to veto any attack and UN is just useless. UN should be dismantled and the building in NYC imploded.
Believe it or not, the UN does a lot of good at keeping peace in smaller emerging nations that have disputes which importantly keeps the major powers from getting involved. Unfortunately Syria's geopolitical importance in the Middle East has gotten too many nations at odds over "What to do" with the Syrian problem!
If the US attacks Syria alone, then we deserve whatever retaliatory strike that is launched against us from any of the regional allies of Syria that commit to protecting their ally. There is no imminent threat to America or our way of life, no threat to our security or national interests, or any hint from the Syrian government wants anything other than to restore order to their own country without external interference. It's time we butt out out and let the UN do this.
We are a part of the U.N.
UN as a whole. We all know we are part of the UN.
Of course I know we are part of the UN. I've met a former Secretary General while on an admirals staff. My issue is the US wants to go it on their own, without UN concurrence or ally support. It's history repeating itself, except this time not even Great Britain is onboard with us. How arrogant is this, really???
American officials insisted that ultimately the president will decide on his own timeline, dismissing the notion that maneuvers in the United Nations and British Parliament suggest a longer-term horizon before any cohesive response.
"We can't wait, we need to act according to our own national interests," said one senior U.S. official.
The British Parliament voted Thursday on a resolution that calls for no military action before the United Nations Security Council considers a report from weapons inspectors who are still in Syria and who are expected to be there for several more days.
"Why do we need to wait for a UN report to tell us what we already know," said a senior U.S. official. Any decision to respond would not wait for UN inspectors, he said, noting the United States has told the UN it is not safe to be there. But "if they are there, it is not going to stop us." Targets would not be in areas where inspectors are located.
What is it with this classified/declassified stuff. The people want to hear the truth of why they might be heading towards WW III and these people are going around cherry picking intercepted conversations
This isn't turning into a World War III. Russia and China will not get involved, because they know Syria has used chemical weapons. Iran will do nothing militarily, but I am sure they will send covert operatives to spread fear among the Syrian people.
I never agree to have the United States to go to war, but the use of chemical weapons shows the desperation of the Assad regime. If we do nothing, that just gives the incentive that the Assad regime can launch as many chemical weapons they want without having any interference till its to late. We need to interfere, because if we don't we are going to see similarities in Syria to the Holocaust.
I'm almost a the point of, "Who gives a crap if Assad gases his entire country to death?" Someone said in an earlier post that if we morally outraged at this there are bigger moral failures in the wold that we could engage in and reap some positive results like feeding starving children. There is no win in getting involved with Syria.
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asd342 you think people got time to read all that crap ?
One hydogen bomb would silence Assad. Drop it on his palace.
Isreal is unbias on this issue ....right?
They would never mislead in support of their self interest
Let's have the good old USofA to bomb Assad for us
We have a wonderful military....regrettably our politicians get bored if their not using it
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Is Barbara Starr a man?
Ok now I feel better now that the intelligence community is not listening to my conversations. Whew!
This won't be like Colin Powell and Don Rumsfeld saying there is proof of WMD's in Iraq. The WMD's were USED in Syria and the proof will be EXACTLY who used them.
Actually, WMDs were in fact used by Saddam Hussein against his own people. Where those WMDs went, nobody can answer. President Clinton bombed Iraq in 1998 because of obstruction of the UN investigation into those WMDs. So, while you may want to spin the "no WMDs in Iraq" story to suit your political objective, that very same "lack of WMDs" is what creates the problem here. It has been suggested by many (including Iraqi Generals) that those WMDs in Iraq went into Syria. That is what lends credence to the argument that the Syrian rebels launched this WMD attack. If it weren't for those "missing WMDs from Iraq" that the Bush-bashers want to pretend never existed, then the question of who used the chemical agents would not be in question.
So which is it? Are you saying the world is wrong in suggesting that a party OTHER than Assad COULD have launched the attack? After all, Saddam didn't have WMDs, so none are missing; therefore, it MUST have been Assad?
Most of them were destroyed in 1993 by the UN. Some say Saddam hid a few tons in the desert then shipped them over to Syria prior to the 2003 invasion.
Bill there is no proof of weapons being transported to Syria, especially after the initial invasion.
Just more trumped up evidence against the Assad regime in order to go to war! They don't call the C.I.A. the Masters of Deceit for nothing since this is what they do so well. Then again, police and prosecutors do the same thing in court in order to get convictions however false they may be!
So your griping is for what purpose? Are you saying that the rebels did it to themselves? By no means is any side truly good guys in all of this, but you can't just gripe for the sake of griping.
On the mass level of casualties seen, this could only have been done by an airborne delivery system. These people didn't sign up to get gassed and the fact that they then pummeled the area with artillery leads only to the conclusion that it was meant to destroy and degrade the evidence. This isn't rocket science.
Once they have their excuse, they plaster it in all the news media so we're brainwashed into believing them. Sorry, but we the people have woken up and we see your lies for what they are. Excuses to try to justify more wars, more warmongering.
Very well said
How would the Syrian government benefit from using Sarin gas? They wouldn't. Look who benefits from a government using Sarin gas. The invaders. Because they finally have the excuse they need to attack.
Yeah, but why would the Rebels strike inside a neighborhood where they were receiving popular support, that makes no sense either ? Unless this was done by some outsiders.
The "rebels" (in fact, terrorists) were NOT receiving popular support there or in any part of Syria. In fact, the Syrian population DESPISES them. They merely took temporary foothold and were being ousted when the chemical weapons were used. Why would the government use chems when they're winning the war with conventional weaponry and their soldiers were several hundred feet away? Chemical weapons, unlike conventional weapons, cannot be controlled. Once it's unleashed, the goes wherever it goes, often blown further in the direction of the wind for example. Now, who uses this form of warfare? The terrorists. Check out liveleak, you;ll see plenty of videos of them pointing mortars in every direction and just bombarding civilian areas. The Syrian army (which consists of mostly Sunni's contrary to what they'd have you believe here in the MSM), along with the militias and national defense brigades (formed during this conflict) take due diligence to locate, target, and destroy the terrorists with as minimal casualties to the civilian population (also, contrary to what you were lead to believe). Now compare.. the terrorists "spray and pray" techniques (verifiable in many of their videos), versus the army's targeted eradication of the terrorists..
The 'rebels' lost 800 people the previous week. The cease-fire called for because the UN inspectors were in the area prevented figiting for about a week. So in terms of casualties its pretty much a wash – but the 'rebels' get international involvement on their behalf, many thousands of Syran troops killed and sympathy from the world. As an added bonus, none of those killed were 'rebels' – just expendable civilians. It is quite possible – in fact very logical in a cold-hearted way – that the 'rebels' did this to themselves.
NSA, THIS is what you are supposed to be doing.
Intercepting conversations about crimes against humanity by foreign dictators.
And that's what a US ally did 🙂
If you were Israel and a neighboring country used chemical weapons on its own civilians, wouldn't you be concerned?
It was probably Israel who used the Sarin gas
Gee, couldn't be Israel; Israel would never, never, never do anything such as that. Really, never.
I would not be concerned because Israel has enough fire power to obliterate the entire region.
Syria is NOT our business!!! They simply want to kill each other and destroy their own country. Let them complete their tasks! Neither side, in Syria, is no friend of the USA! Why is this our business? We did not "save" Iraq, Afghanistan, Lydia, nor Egypt! Why do we think we can save Syria??? We can't. This is their problem.
Obligations to humanity.
Geneva convention. Chemical weapons not being okay ever for anything.
Imagine being gassed by your government and no one in the world being willing to help you. Think WWII.
Sidenote: This isn't occupying Obama's time. This is occupying the military's and State Department's time. This is their job – to watch the world for issues relevant to US interests, whether of obvious interest or through international obligation, and in the case of the military, be aware of and prepared for situations that may involve a military solution.
None of that changes that Syria is a true quagmire in which no one is America's friend, no one is necessarily in the right, and the sides may simply be proxies for others (Middle Eastern states jockeying for influence, or the Cold War reloaded).
Finally an intelligent comment
Israel cannot be trusted, they are looking for any excuse they can provide to start more wars.
Israel is truly the root of all of our problems in the Middle East! Let's see if they can negotiate a settlement with Palestine. My guess, it won't happen!
The way I look at it Islamist countries are the ones at war and killing each other. I trust Israel hands down before give credence to anything that comes out of Gaza, Lebanon, Somalia, Iran and the like.
....and Israel is essentially committing crimes against humanity every day with their oppression of anyone not Jewish, but we don't look at it because they are "the good guys". As much as I dislike Israel's policies though, I suppose it is still better than most Muslim countries, but that does not excuse their behavior either.
I don't know about that. The muslims have everyone outnumbered in the amount of wars they start. Then again what else can you expect from the adherents of allah the false god of death? Just look how the crazy muslims shout "allah ackbar" before they shoot anything whether they hit or miss. Praising allah when they kill people, praising allah when they destroy homes, praising allah when they kill themselves, heck I even seen in the full video of this recent chemical attack them praising allah while they watch their children suffocate to death on the rewards of allah. Either allah is a false idol, or is the devil himself.


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Astrow has signed with Jay Z so he is feeling no pain from being boot from the show. I knew he would be signed you would be crazy to not sign the kid. Astro odds of making just shot through the roof by being signe on Jay z's label,
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All Astro's songs were the same tempo. Rap, rap, rap. I did not see any change in anything with him. So you are saying, if you rap it is okay to do the same thing week after week, but if you are not a rapper, than you need to make sure to change things up every week. Do a slow tempo, than an up tempo?


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I'm also a pretty lazy blogger, currently working on my first post since the end of April and like you I tend to write about the humdrum day-to-day stuff as my professional work is not steady enough to warrant weekly updates on just that.
As I've said, I've not posted for 3 months and I'm hoping to get back into weekly updates. May I suggest that you find a blogger who writes in a similar style to yourself to follow? This may give you the impetus to blog every time you see them post a new article.Hi Jessica,
You might like to take a look at my blog. I write 10 a week! I have a guest blogger too and hope to recruit a couple more this week. You might think about better use of photography and maybe a self hosted Wordpress blog? I used to use blogger but Wordpress is so much better and self hosted means you own it and you have a lot more freedom.
I'm going to get a horrible captcha now aren't I?Hey. Mike,
Thank you for taking the time to visit and read my blog. I really appreciate your comments and I will hopefully do my best to take them on board.
Your blog is really lovely. I like the simplicity if your design and layout. It looks very neatand tidy.
I did move to Wordpress once but I found it a little too difficult. Perhaps that was just me being rather foolish and not taking note nor trying properly. I will take a look again this week and make a move decision then.
No, no no horrible captcha ;-) Thanks for your time.
JessicaThe stuff you are writing blows out my mind.
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Reviews for: Radical Root Farm
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5 reviews
Best food in Chicago land and beyond.
By: Matt ulery (Jan 26, 2016)
It's 2016 and this will be our 8th year as Radical Root Farm CSA members. We've been with them since the beginning and they have consistently produced the best produce and eggs we have ever eaten. Seriously. Alex and Alison care deeply about the food they grow and help guide you with the ingredients if you need some inspiration. You can expect a wide variety of colorful, nutrient and flavor packed vegetables rotating seasonally (about 8-10 different items in each box) every week and they always take extra care of the CSA members. This is also a great source of creative limitation for cooking.
Full season membership is highly recommended.
Thanks for helping us thrive! Matt and Devin Ulery
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I love Radical Root!
By: Emma Tai (Sep 4, 2012)
This is my third year with the Radical Root CSA and I've been really happy with the experience.
My partner and I split the box with another couple and it is just enough veggies to get us through the week. Alex and Alison are extremely friendly, helpful and accessible and do a great job of putting together community events for CSA subscribers (like an annual harvest potluck), weekly emails with suggested recipes and updates from the farm, and ongoing volunteer opportunities. That extra effort really makes us feel like we are a part of the farm community--even though we almost exclusively just eat the fruits of their labor :)
The vegetables themselves are delicious and come in great and exciting varieties. I've learned how to prepare lots of new vegetables and Alex and Alison are very receptive to feedback from year to year (and even mid-season) about what they should grow more or less of.
Being a CSA member also gets you a great discount on the produce at their stand, which is terrific for buying starts for your own garden in the spring and extra tomatoes in the late summer.
Highly recommended!
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What a Gift!
By: Bradly Burke (Jan 31, 2011)
What can I say about Radical Root Farm but ....thank you. I have been trying to take my family of four on a journey to more organic and locally sourced food for the last couple years, and I feel so blessed to have become connected to Radical Root. The produce and service provided by Radical Root has helped me to bring new tastes, textures, and variety in a healthy way....and we can feel good in the process to boot! The variety provided by Radical Root has helped me to expand my culinary skill set, but also taken my family's dining habits in bold, new and healthy directions. My eight year old son has been asking for the kale soup recipe I made after receiving one of Radical Roots boxes regularly, and who would have thought a three year old would be asking when we would get more daikon radishes. We love receiving the box each week and making a plan as a family of our next culinary adventure. As I write this in the dreary depth of an Illinois January, my mouth is watering of the coming season and the gifts from Radical Root Farm.
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We love the Radical Root CSA
By: Peggy Shearn (Jan 30, 2011)
We have subscribed to Radical Root Farm's CSA for two years now: the boxes are always packed with loads of the most tasty vegs we have ever encountered. Not only has my non-veggie loving husband started eating new foods and appreciating the taste and texture of what the Radical Rooters provide, but a super-cook friend of mine, who is a long-time subscriber to another CSA (which shall remain nameless), was singing the praises of the fabulous greens we got from RR when she saw them, saying they were far superior to the greens they were used to getting!
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simply the best
By: Pauline Dessler (Jan 29, 2011)
I was already a convert to organic produce AND CSAs when I joined the Radical Root CSA two years ago, so I was prepared to like what they were growing and be happy to be a part of it for all kinds of reasons. Even so, I was absolutely blown away by the quality of their produce. Getting my weekly box of veggies from Radical Root is like getting a crispy, delicious, aromatic and culinarily-inspiring Christmas gift every week from June through late fall. The variety of produce is incredible--from delectable lettuces of all kinds to hearty kales and Swiss chard to purple, yellow and green onions, celery, radishes, and potatoes, etc. THEN the boxes begin to provide tomatoes--again, all kinds--and the heirlooms in particular made my toes curl. Finally, we get to the fall with the squash, which led me to a butternut squash bisque I have dreams about. And Radical Root is such a dream to communicate with--They have a large booth at Logan Square Farmers' Market during the CSA season where some folks pick up their boxes and they are always so welcoming and knowledgable. I can't say enough good things about Radical Root Farm except that I can't wait until I start getting boxes again!!!!
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Thanks so much.
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You created listings for 4 of my paternal relatives (Nellie H Pratt Battle #54331443 - my great-grandmother, Earle Battle #5433110 - her husband and my great-grandfather, Mary Alice Battle #54331078 - my grandmother, and Jasper Battle #54331057 - my grandmother's brother and my great uncle). I would appreciate it if you would transfer those listings to me. I want to add biographical information for each of them.
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I see you did the garibaldi family graves
mem #'s 31797227 31797228 31797229
are you in the little rock area? if you are I have some questions for you.
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I noticed that you requested a photo for John Ennis, my great-grandfather. In 2000 we walked the cemetery with Leoda Ennis Williams. His grave is unmarked as is true for his immediate family. Grave location -- hoping I can describe this well enough, its been awhile! Turn into the parking, there is a fence with a walk-in gate. Their graves are in the first row and almost immediately right there -- five in row -- Leoda didn't know who was buried in which plot: John, Cora, Nettie, Jessie and unnamed daughter.
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Alexander Meek/James Meek
Alexander Meeks/Elizabeth Keys are my 3rd great grandparents. I saw the tintype photo of Thomas Jefferson Meek on "FindaGRave.com. Do you have any photos of Alexander, Elizabeth, or James, his son, you could send me?...I'm interested in any stories about the family too.
My grandmother was Rosa Valentine Meek, a daughter to James Kays Meek and Mary Gipson, son of James Meek (1802-1870) and Sarah Bolton.
Thank you...
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Yes, I noticed that after I sent my earlier message. So then I guess you and I are related if indeed your grandmother or great-grandmother is Ida May. My great-grandmother Ollie died in her 30s when my grandmother was a little girl so I have no photos or information about her other than her death record and one census record when she lived with her older sister Annie. Do you have other photos of this family?
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Hello Dee. We may be related. Ida May was a sister of my great grandmother Ollie McCauley. I have no information or photos of Ollie. Is she shown in the photo you have posted on the Find a Grave site for Patrick McCauley? Do you know who the other people are in the photo? Please contact me at email@example.com
Thanks so much!!!
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That's her! Thank you so much! I vaguely remember the name St Scholastica, gramma just said she was nun in a hospital in Arkansas. I've submitted edits to her page to connect her back to the rest of the Hains. I had no where she was. This means a lot.
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with respect, i am not speaking about Sophia, but about her sister, Agnes. Agnes joined entered the convent in her early 20's and became Sr Antonita. she came to Sophia's funeral in 2000, but we rec'd a notice a few years later of her passing. i am trying to track down that notice, or at least piece together which order/hospital where she served, but i know it was in the area. i would really like to find her marker, and link her with her family.
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hiya, Sophia Hain Imhauser #31797232 is my great grandmother, would you please transfer her to me? Also, tho there is no listing for her on their parent's page (and i know you do not manage those) there is another Hain sister that is buried (i think) in this area. her birth name was Agnes Hain and she entered the nunnery as a young woman. she died a few years after her sister. do you know how to find a nun? i know her name within the order was Antonita, to honor their father who died young after immigrating, but i dont know even how to begin as i am not catholic, nor in Arkansas.
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