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Haunting photo from Aleppo described as a novel in one shot

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March 13, 2017, 02:57 PM
BamaJeepster
Haunting photo from Aleppo described as a novel in one shot
It looks like a colorized image from WWII Germany after the war.








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March 13, 2017, 03:31 PM
Sigmanic
Looks like his Victrola is still working. Wonder what he is listening to?
March 13, 2017, 03:45 PM
Gustofer
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Originally posted by Sigmanic:
Wonder what he is listening to?

Ride of the Valkyries?


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March 13, 2017, 03:48 PM
Rightwire
quote:
Originally posted by Sigmanic:
Looks like his Victrola is still working. Wonder what he is listening to?


AAAAAllllllaaaaaa... baalllllaaaaa.... aallllaaaaaaaaa




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March 13, 2017, 04:12 PM
Sigfest
French Provincial furniture?
Makes sense since the French were there around WW1.
March 13, 2017, 04:14 PM
MNSIG
I guess our minds each create a story. I see an old man who wants no part of what is happening, but is too old to fight.

Someone else might see an ISIS leader.
March 13, 2017, 04:17 PM
SigJacket
I see a man allowing himself a few minutes of reverie before getting back to survival tasks at hand.


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March 13, 2017, 04:30 PM
justjoe
I see an old man who is trying his best to carve out something resembling quiet enjoyment in the midst of Hell on earth.


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March 13, 2017, 04:33 PM
CQB60
I don't find cause for cynicism is this or any grounds for humor for that matter.


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March 13, 2017, 04:45 PM
nhtagmember
I see a man that I wish I could help

very sad photo



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March 13, 2017, 06:16 PM
GA Gator
Years ago I stated that Obama's lack of action was a good thing. I liked the idea of turning the civil war into an Islamic meat grinder and let them kill each other, arm both sides and let them go at it. The refugee crisis is a consequence that is to big and costly for the killing of militant age men to be acceptable.


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March 13, 2017, 06:26 PM
oldbill123
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The refugee crisis is a consequence that is to big and costly for the killing of militant age men to be acceptable


All the military age men beat feet to the west
March 13, 2017, 06:32 PM
MNSIG
quote:
Originally posted by oldbill123:

All the military age men beat feet to the west


If that's true, who is doing the fighting and killing over there?
March 13, 2017, 06:35 PM
FishOn
It is a very sad thing, that his government has brought this upon him, and he is too old to take part in resistance.
March 13, 2017, 07:49 PM
BamaJeepster
I see a man who is tired and trying to maintain some sense of civilization in the midst of chaos.

quote:
Originally posted by Rightwire:
AAAAAllllllaaaaaa... baalllllaaaaa.... aallllaaaaaaaaa


Aleppo has a large Christian population.
http://www.breitbart.com/natio...-fear-return-rebels/



“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
- John Adams
March 13, 2017, 07:56 PM
Skins2881
quote:
Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
I see a man who is tired and trying to maintain some sense of civilization in the midst of chaos.

quote:
Originally posted by Rightwire:
AAAAAllllllaaaaaa... baalllllaaaaa.... aallllaaaaaaaaa


Aleppo has a large Christian population.
http://www.breitbart.com/natio...-fear-return-rebels/


My God, that place is fucked. I read that article, but I have no clue who's fighting who, who is a proxy for who, who the rebels are (are they all ISIS, other unsavory groups, or what), what Russia and other countries in the region have to gain by involvement? Fuck what is considered a good result for US there in the end?

The only thing I can take away is that the exemption for persecuted minority religions in the first travel EO might kinda, sorta, made sense to leave in there.



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March 13, 2017, 08:24 PM
darthfuster
Looks like my house when I can't find my keys.



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March 13, 2017, 08:43 PM
FrankMoses
A devastated old man who is reliving a few more moments of his former life, before he either takes a deep breath and carries on, or lays on the floor and turns inward.
March 13, 2017, 09:42 PM
bubbatime
TOO many of these types of photos out of Syria. A god damn mess over there.




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March 14, 2017, 10:12 AM
sigmonkey
Fitting irony that a Nazi sympathizer would find himself in similar ruins.

Probably listening to Wagner.




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