The Syria Thread: Everything you wanted to know or say about it

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relic

relic

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Re: "The U.S. Should Act"

For Christ sake,they've bombed countries for a lot less,unless you think the price of bananas is more important than gassing women and children.
 
Dixie Cup

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Re: "The U.S. Should Act"

damngrumpy said:
There are some serious issues to deal with here. One there is no nice guys
on either side. We have the government which does allow Muslims, Christians
and Jews to live in the same country. On the other side we have the fanatics
and terror groups mixed in with the ordinary folks. This is a civil war and it
won't end for a while. The trouble is if we get rid of the government the one coming
in is worse than what they have.
What I am really worried about is, this might be the training ground for a strike on Iran
and the build up is always the same. See what the Russians do, or the Chinese.
And don't forget if we strike them, Iran is going to react giving licence to take measures
against them This is a case where the west should mind its own business and leave
well enough alone. When will we stop bleading ourselves dry to get involved in other
peoples business?
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I agree DG...

And, Iran has stated, (according to reports) that if the US strikes Syria, it will retaliate against Isreal. Basically, a can of worms! The UN is utterly useless in these situations, despite being created to address issues exactly like this one. The UN has let in rogue states so that it s basically unable to act on anything. These rogue states are basically run by despots who don't care how many innocent people get killed, because they kill their own too (maybe not with chemicals) but still.....

It's frustrating for me to think thousands of innocent people have been killed in Syria, and I feel compelled to say - let them kill each other as they deserve it - but most Syrians don't - the average joe doesn't deserve what is happening so how can we stand by and let it happen? There has to be a better way of ensuring no additional innocents are lost, but it's beyond me what the answer is.

Posters have stated that not sending in funds and using embargo's would calm the situation but as long as Russia stands behind Syria, you know that's not going to change the situation. They have vetoed everything that's come up in the UN (along with China) so do you think that they'd actually honor the embargo? As someone stated earlier, they've too much to loose. Besides, look at Iran - they've had embargo's for years and who suffers? Certainly not the big-wigs!! So what's the solution?

Hopefully, someone waaaaayyyyyy smarter than I will come up with a solution soon. The killing needs to stop - from all sides. How to do that so that the ME doesn't explode remains the big issue

JMHO
 
Blackleaf

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Re: "The U.S. Should Act"

Go here to see live coverage on BBC News 24 of the British Parliament discussing possible British military intervention in Syria. The debate has just started at 14.30, eight minutes ago: BBC News - One-minute World News

Go here to see the letter sent by Syria to Britain, in which it said it will sue those responsible in British courts if the UK attacks - which it said would be an "aggressive and unprovoked act of war". In the video the BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani takes a closer look at the letter with BBC Arabic correspondent Nahed Abuzeid: BBC News - Syria crisis: What is in Damascus letter to UK?

It was nice to see a glimpse of Nicholas Soames, the MP for Mid Sussex, in the Commons on BBC News 24 just moments ago. He's Winston Churchill's grandson.
 
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Blackleaf

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Is Assad planning KAMIKAZE strikes on the West? Loyalist says 8,000 'suicide martyrs' are ready to bring down U.S. and British planes as Israelis scramble for gas masks over fears of all-out war | Mail Online

Let's bomb Syria back to the Stone Age.

Oh, sorry. As a Muslim country it still IS in the Stone Age.

 
JLM

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Re: "The U.S. Should Act"

Cliffy said:
Weapons of Mass Destruction! Its Iraq all over again. I don't believe a word of it. The boy has cried wolf many times too often and the media just print what they are told. Also, there is just as much evidence that the west backed rebels are the ones using gas. Not one of these BS wars has anything to do with helping anybody but the war mongers. It has always been about improving some pricks' bottom lines at the cost to civilians at both ends of the conflict. Follow the money.

"It was not immediately clear if Sarin was used by Bashar Al Assad and government forces (as claimed by France, the United States and the United Kingdom), aided by Hezbollah,[29] or whether it was used by rebel factions in the country aided by al-Qaeda as claimed by Russia" - wikipedia
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I have some ocean front property for sale in the Rocky Mountains! -:)
 
JLM

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Re: "The U.S. Should Act"

" The UN is utterly useless in these situations, despite being created to address issues exactly like this one."- That is the most accurate and probably the most important statement made in the entire discussion.
 
Locutus

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Re: "The U.S. Should Act"

Did Obama Administration Leaks Already Spoil Syria Attack?


This clown still looks like rachel madcow.

Even in doing something monumentally stupid, they compound it with extra special stupidity…


Via Foreign Policy:
U.S. airstrikes into Syria will begin within days and involve Tomahawk cruise missiles fired by American warships in the eastern Mediterranean. They will last less than a week and target a limited number of Syrian military installations. And they will be designed to send a stern message to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, not force him from power.
That’s the word coming from some in the Obama administration — the White House swears it’s not them. And while Obama’s aides publicly insist that the President hasn’t made a final decision about whether to attack Syria, anonymous officials within his administration are leaking a strikingly large amount of detailed information about the timing, duration and scope of the potential military intervention. The flood of details raises a pair of related questions. Is the administration deliberately trying to telegraph its plans for a strike? And if so, why?
“I have no earthly idea why they’re talking so much,” said retired Admiral William Fallon, the former head of the military’s Central Command. “It’s not leaking out; it’s coming out through a hose. It’s just a complete head-scratcher.”


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