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riderinthestorm

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21. If you are not considering "overall" than you are speaking from ignorance.

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 11:46 PM

Feb 2013

This IS a full religious sectarian conflict and arbitrarily drawn borders from 50 - 60 years ago mean nothing in the history of this region.

If you are not considering this as fact than you are sorely misinformed. If you have been viewing the "Arab Spring" revolutions as some kind of grass roots "democratic" movement than you are not paying attention to what's been happening in those countries "post revolution". All of them have formed Islamist Sunni governments and that isn't by chance.

Wake up. I don't mean that as a diss. You appear to be well intentioned. I simply don't think we can fool ourselves about what's happening in the region. Nuclear Israel is too damn dangerous and THEY are the wild card. The US has grossly misinterpreted the ME since we first became enmeshed in the region decades ago and I fear that Obama can/will become persuaded to take a side. We do NOT know who the Syrian "rebels" actually are - exactly the same as Afghanistan when we armed AQ against the Soviets.

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Syria has long been their toehold in the Middle East AgingAmerican Feb 2013 #1

So what does that mean, exactly? loudsue Feb 2013 #2

Land? Lasher Feb 2013 #5

Good donco Feb 2013 #3

I hope he stays in Damascus. David__77 Feb 2013 #4

Revolting, but I hope he stays as well so they can eventually kill him and his gang of thugs jzodda Feb 2013 #6

I don't think it's revolting to oppose al-Qaeda. David__77 Feb 2013 #10

This is a simmering civil war and you are advocating for it to become a full blown shitstorm riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #16

Well I agree to an extent jzodda Feb 2013 #18

This is not secular v Islamist. Its not an Arab Spring revolution. This is Sunni v Shia riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #19

I was talking about the intra faction not overall jzodda Feb 2013 #20

If you are not considering "overall" than you are speaking from ignorance. riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #21

The "Arab Spring" revolutions are not only grass roots "democratic" movements, but pampango Feb 2013 #22

I don't disagree with hardly any of that pampango BUT there's an element here on DU riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #23

Honestly I think the only ignorance is coming from you jzodda Feb 2013 #29

Please point out anywhere I've said I support Assad. I'll wait. nt riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #30

I can't jzodda Feb 2013 #31

Defending the latest representative of the Assad royal family is not the same as defending Syria. pampango Feb 2013 #7

fantastic post! jzodda Feb 2013 #8

Assad himself is not so important. David__77 Feb 2013 #11

Assad is a royalist because he inherited the right to rule from his father. That's how royal famiies pampango Feb 2013 #14

We don't know who the "rebels" are and to assert that you or anyone else knows is wrong imho riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #15

"Once he goes the entire region will be engulfed in a firestorm..." pampango Feb 2013 #17

I hope he stays as well, so he can face trial for his regime's crimes. geek tragedy Feb 2013 #9

Yes, he belongs to it, and not vice versa. David__77 Feb 2013 #12

he's a dictator responsible for the murder of thousands of his citizens dlwickham Feb 2013 #26

The Russians have a strategic interest in Syria in that their only naval base on the Mediterranean PufPuf23 Feb 2013 #13

What I dont understand is this roxy1234 Feb 2013 #24

because they're attacking Islamic terrorists in Mali dlwickham Feb 2013 #27

And I am ok with it roxy1234 Feb 2013 #28

Russia probably has the decks loaded with more of their WW2 junk to sell there. Sunlei Feb 2013 #25