Reply to: Syria - Slippery slope?

[Old Hack]

Just come back from holiday and this is not news I really wanted to hear.

One one hand we are banging on about extremism and on the other hand we are supporting terrorists with the same ideology in Syria. We should be supporting Asad and not the "rebels"!

Assad is poisoning his own people - You want to be part of that?

I'd, personally, leave them to their own devices. There's too many people on earth as it is, as these kind of affairs are the worlds natural order sorting itself out.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

If the Syrian people don't want the dictator Assad then why should we support him?

The media tells us the Syrian people don't want Assad - our media is incredibly biased believe it or not! The media wants to portray a black and white picture of everything but things are from from black and white. Firstly there are a lot who support Assad. Secondly there are a lot who are against him, then there are huge numbers who fear the consequences of a Taliban like group forcing itself into power (look at Egypt and Libya).

[AtW]

Iraq is governed by "moderate" shias remember.

That's because after 2nd Gulf War they were heavily moderated by Coalition of the Willing...

[doodab]

If the Syrian people don't want the dictator Assad then why should we support him?

Because we do?

[proggy]

Just come back from holiday and this is not news I really wanted to hear.

One one hand we are banging on about extremism and on the other hand we are supporting terrorists with the same ideology in Syria. We should be supporting Asad and not the "rebels"!

If the Syrian people don't want the dictator Assad then why should we support him?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

More than 90% of Iranians are Shia Muslims apparently. So perhaps the Yanks feel that by ousting Assad (who is Shia, along with only 12% of Syrians), they can bring about a Sunni leadership in Syria and thus perhaps more dependable allies against Iran.

This is not a sunni/shia thing as far as the west are concerned - Iraq is governed by "moderate" shias remember. The media makes out that the west are right and that Iran is wrong but anybody with half a brain cell will know that is a lie.

America is dying to topple Syria to break the axis of Iran-Hezbollah which is the only force able to defend itself against Israeli terror - that's the way I see it at least. Currently there is a balance between Lebanon/Israel where neither will start a battle with the other, the US is trying to tip it in Israel's favour.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Just come back from holiday and this is not news I really wanted to hear.

One one hand we are banging on about extremism and on the other hand we are supporting terrorists with the same ideology in Syria. We should be supporting Asad and not the "rebels"!

[MyUserName]

Your not good as this understanding lark are you?, better to just try posting in the counting thread, even you are unlikely to get confused there

How do you mean?

[proggy]

You mean you agree with me that agreeing with you makes one ill?

I feel ill ....

Your not good as this understanding lark are you?, better to just try posting in the counting thread, even you are unlikely to get confused there

[MyUserName]

Great minds think alike.

You mean you agree with me that agreeing with you makes one ill?

I feel ill ....

[OwlHoot]

More than 90% of Iranians are Shia Muslims apparently. So perhaps the Yanks feel that by ousting Assad (who is Shia, along with only 12% of Syrians), they can bring about a Sunni leadership in Syria and thus perhaps more dependable allies against Iran.

[AtW]

The fighters need RPG-7 antitank grenade launchers, Katyusha 170-millimeter rockets, wire mines, plastic mines, bicycle bombs, sniper rifles, ammunition for all of the above, and frequency-hopping radios and burst transmitters so these guys aren't so ******* easy to find.

HTH

[proggy]

Because agreeing with you makes her ill?

Great minds think alike.

[MyUserName]

You should be celebrating!, it means you are one of the few intelligent people on the board.

Because agreeing with you makes her ill?

[proggy]

+1

That's the only reason for intervening that makes sense.

I'm feeling quite faint, off for a lie down...

You should be celebrating!, it means you are one of the few intelligent people on the board.