Russian Ambassador to Turkey assassinated

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Muh Syrian rebels!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Uh, well, what goes around comes around, I guess.

I'm too apathetic to care, actually.

Yes, hopefully Aleppo will literally not exist on the map by the end of the week.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Uh, well, what goes around comes around, I guess.

I'm too apathetic to care, actually.

Yes, hopefully Aleppo will literally not exist on the map by the end of the week.

Hang on, is advocating genocide like this considered acceptable?

I dunno. Is it ok to voice support for Al Qaida "moderate rebels" here?

I've seen the video. The gunman hovered over the body for a period long enough for the security on hand to have taken him into custody. There was no reason to riddle him with holes. He was killed to keep him quiet.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Uh, well, what goes around comes around, I guess.

I'm too apathetic to care, actually.

Yes, hopefully Aleppo will literally not exist on the map by the end of the week.

This is some rhetorical point you are making maybe?  Hopefully?

Mostly. Of course, I have emphathy for the people there. But the events today show that the "moderate rebels" can't be trusted and need to be crushed before they ultimately become the ISIS of the 2020s.

Now, this shooter isn't aligned with ISIS or the rebels from what I've heard. He's actually connected to the elements who launched the coup this summer. This shooting was an attempt to destabilize the government of Turkey and Russia's noble efforts to bring Syria to piece. So if Assad turning Aleppo into rubble is necessary to bring the "rebels" to heel once and for all, then so be it.

If anything, the United States and the west ought to go to Assad and personally apologize for what we've done to Syria and Iraq in the last decades and then make it up to him by dropping a blank check into his lap until ISIS and the rebels are mopped up once and for all. We might as well try and draw him out of Russia and Iran's orbit while we're at it. That is a win-win-win.

Of course, we won't. Even under President Trump. Sad!

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Uh, well, what goes around comes around, I guess.

I'm too apathetic to care, actually.

Yes, hopefully Aleppo will literally not exist on the map by the end of the week.

Hang on, is advocating genocide like this considered acceptable?

I dunno. Is it ok to voice support for Al Qaida "moderate rebels" here?

I've seen the video. The gunman hovered over the body for a period long enough for the security on hand to have taken him into custody. There was no reason to riddle him with holes. He was killed to keep him quiet.

What would be your strategy for taking someone who was carrying a loaded gun and was quoted as saying "call the police, I will die here" into custody?

The Dylan Roof strategy?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Uh, well, what goes around comes around, I guess.

I'm too apathetic to care, actually.

Yes, hopefully Aleppo will literally not exist on the map by the end of the week.

Hang on, is advocating genocide like this considered acceptable?

I dunno. Is it ok to voice support for Al Qaida "moderate rebels" here?

I've seen the video. The gunman hovered over the body for a period long enough for the security on hand to have taken him into custody. There was no reason to riddle him with holes. He was killed to keep him quiet.

What would be your strategy for taking someone who was carrying a loaded gun and was quoted as saying "call the police, I will die here" into custody?

The Dylan Roof strategy?

What? Dylann Roof wasn't captured on the scene, he fled and was picked up in a traffic stop.

Yes, but he fled while armed and dangerous. He made it clear he was going to make a last stand. But police took him into custody without incident. In fact, when it happened, I recall the usual suspects being rather disgusted that he wasn't killed or charged as a terrorist. Now, many of these people seem to be outraged that I and our President-elect don't have a sudden lust for the blood of Russians.