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flamingdem

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2. Pretty paranoid thesis

Reply to uawchild (Original post)

Thu Oct 15, 2015, 10:51 AM

Oct 2015

So chaos in the ME so that Israel can be more secure? Really? The NYT hiding this secret?

Plus stating the obvious about refugees wanting a better life without Islamic crazies running things.

The one thing we can be sure of is that Putin will protect his relationships and his real estate in the area.

I think the US is tired of regime change and nation building. Let the Russians try it since no one knows how to fix things in the ME.

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"The actual strategy behind his (Putin's) Middle East push and why the NYTIMES might be obscuring it [View all] uawchild Oct 2015 OP

Putin's doing nothing more than trying to keep one of his pawns on the chessboard nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #1

Pretty paranoid thesis flamingdem Oct 2015 #2

And the author says he is not sure he buys it. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #4

In the case of Syria we can see that it wasn't planned as an flamingdem Oct 2015 #7

Pretty good piece. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #3

There are other players CJCRANE Oct 2015 #14

The next "interesting thought" I see from a Putin cheerleader Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #5

This "Putin apologist/cheerleader/bootlicker" schtick grows increasingly lame. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #6

Nobody is putting Syria (or Iraq) back together. Throd Oct 2015 #9

That's a distinct possibility. I can see: Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #12

Except for the jihadis, I don't think Syrians want to divide their country CJCRANE Oct 2015 #15

Grump, I'm just calling it as I see it... Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #13

One maniac is better than one hundred thousand. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #8

Dictators don't create stability. They create instability. NuclearDem Oct 2015 #10

I don't agree. Oneironaut Oct 2015 #11

Beyond whatever words and postures the US adopts right now, our reaction to Russia's moves in Syria GreatGazoo Oct 2015 #16

K & R malaise Oct 2015 #17