if trump carpet bombs syria, a lot of the responsibility is going to lie with senate democrats who have been trying to paint him as a russian puppet.

when accusations of chemical weapon use are thrown around, it is of the utmost importance to allow for an investigation to proceed. accusation is not proof. and, we know, today, that the rebels in syria (probably with help from nato intelligence operations) have staged attacks and blamed it on assad in order to try and instigate greater nato involvement. that is historical fact.

i mean, assad would have to be a complete idiot to do this at this time. to begin with, assad is not making decisions. the russians are making decisions. but, trump has indicated that he wants to disengage from bombing the regime and focus entirely on isis. why would assad choose this particular point in time to launch a chemical attack? that would be retarded.

yet, trump is absolutely dumb enough to fall for fabricated reports. he won't ask questions. he has total faith in his handlers.

if you know anything about this situation, it's absolutely fucking obvious.

but, he's also stubborn. and narcissistic. it's the opportunity to prove he's not working for the russians that is the real incentive, here.

and, the resulting war crimes prosecution that will never actually happen should be distributed equally upon every member of congress, and every member of the media, that has contributed to the dissemination of this fabrication.

not only is western civilization not built on top of christianity, but the christians did everything they possibly could to stunt the growth and development of western civilization.

if western civilization had never conquered the church, the europe of today would look a lot like the middle east does.

rather, the basis of western civilization is greek philosophy, and it's corollary of science. christianity and islam are both disastrous and dangerous offshoots of greek civilization, the hell let loose from the proverbial pandora's box, if you will.

they are not from disparate origins. they do not reflect fundamentally different worldviews. they do not have different intellectual genealogies. they are rooted in the same origins, have the same fundamental worldview and are of one and the same intellectual genealogy.

if you accept that western civilization is rooted in greek philosophy, and is therefore the sum of it's descendants, it follows that islam is not outside of western culture but an integral component of it.

if you are a conservative, that should lead you to embrace the religions as basically the same thing. but, if you are an iconoclast it should lead you to see their destruction as equally necessary.