The recurring problems with Syria

[nat4900]

Let me first state that Assad is probably no longer in charge in Syria and just as probably, the country is run by a military junta closely aligned and propped up by Putin.

Secondly, lets us all bear in mind that Al-Assad is now faced with 3 choices; first, killed by revolutionaries like Qaddafi; second, facing a trial in The Hague; and third, requesting exile in Russia or Iran....Bottom line, is that now he has nothing left to lose and a cornered despot spells danger for the common Syrian citizen.

However, the MOST troublesome aspect that we now face (and by now I mean the entire planet) is that when (no longer if) Assad is no longer, WHO WILL RUN THAT COUNTRY?

The ultimate winners on this latest development may indeed be both ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda. Turkey cannot be happy, Israel may face even a more dangerous neighbor, Jordan is also in serious trouble; Iraq is in an equally perilous circumstance (let us remember who and what we got after Saddam.)

We just spent over $40 million to partially destroy a Syrian air base just to inflate Trump's ego; but the problem with Syria have just gotten worse.

 

[Sunni Man]

Thank you Pres. Trump........please continue!!......

 

[Lastamender]

Let me first state that Assad is probably no longer in charge in Syria and just as probably, the country is run by a military junta closely aligned and propped up by Putin.

Secondly, lets us all bear in mind that Al-Assad is now faced with 3 choices; first, killed by revolutionaries like Qaddafi; second, facing a trial in The Hague; and third, requesting exile in Russia or Iran....Bottom line, is that now he has nothing left to lose and a cornered despot spells danger for the common Syrian citizen.

However, the MOST troublesome aspect that we now face (and by now I mean the entire planet) is that when (no longer if) Assad is no longer, WHO WILL RUN THAT COUNTRY?

The ultimate winners on this latest development may indeed be both ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda. Turkey cannot be happy, Israel may face even a more dangerous neighbor, Jordan is also in serious trouble; Iraq is in an equally perilous circumstance (let us remember who and what we got after Saddam.)

We just spent over $40 million to partially destroy a Syrian air base just to inflate Trump's ego; but the problem with Syria have just gotten worse.

The biggest threat to the Syrian citizen is Islam. Islam is the biggest threat in the world. Who do you think would be killing in a relentless pattern besides Islam? Who? Islam blocks any possibility of world peace.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Let me first state that Assad is probably no longer in charge in Syria and just as probably, the country is run by a military junta closely aligned and propped up by Putin.

Secondly, lets us all bear in mind that Al-Assad is now faced with 3 choices; first, killed by revolutionaries like Qaddafi; second, facing a trial in The Hague; and third, requesting exile in Russia or Iran....Bottom line, is that now he has nothing left to lose and a cornered despot spells danger for the common Syrian citizen.

However, the MOST troublesome aspect that we now face (and by now I mean the entire planet) is that when (no longer if) Assad is no longer, WHO WILL RUN THAT COUNTRY?

The ultimate winners on this latest development may indeed be both ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda. Turkey cannot be happy, Israel may face even a more dangerous neighbor, Jordan is also in serious trouble; Iraq is in an equally perilous circumstance (let us remember who and what we got after Saddam.)

We just spent over $40 million to partially destroy a Syrian air base just to inflate Trump's ego; but the problem with Syria have just gotten worse.

hey nate a question.....how come when obama did some bombing over there i never seen you post anything like this,like how much money was just spent to destroy some shit over there?....hey just curious.....

 

[TheOldSchool]

Let me first state that Assad is probably no longer in charge in Syria and just as probably, the country is run by a military junta closely aligned and propped up by Putin.

Secondly, lets us all bear in mind that Al-Assad is now faced with 3 choices; first, killed by revolutionaries like Qaddafi; second, facing a trial in The Hague; and third, requesting exile in Russia or Iran....Bottom line, is that now he has nothing left to lose and a cornered despot spells danger for the common Syrian citizen.

However, the MOST troublesome aspect that we now face (and by now I mean the entire planet) is that when (no longer if) Assad is no longer, WHO WILL RUN THAT COUNTRY?

The ultimate winners on this latest development may indeed be both ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda. Turkey cannot be happy, Israel may face even a more dangerous neighbor, Jordan is also in serious trouble; Iraq is in an equally perilous circumstance (let us remember who and what we got after Saddam.)

We just spent over $40 million to partially destroy a Syrian air base just to inflate Trump's ego; but the problem with Syria have just gotten worse.

This is why we need to completely pull out of the Middle East

 

[TNHarley]

He is now faced with those 3 choices because an airfield got bombed?
This is why you get laughed at constantly. You are dumb.

 

[Lastamender]

Let me first state that Assad is probably no longer in charge in Syria and just as probably, the country is run by a military junta closely aligned and propped up by Putin.

Secondly, lets us all bear in mind that Al-Assad is now faced with 3 choices; first, killed by revolutionaries like Qaddafi; second, facing a trial in The Hague; and third, requesting exile in Russia or Iran....Bottom line, is that now he has nothing left to lose and a cornered despot spells danger for the common Syrian citizen.

However, the MOST troublesome aspect that we now face (and by now I mean the entire planet) is that when (no longer if) Assad is no longer, WHO WILL RUN THAT COUNTRY?

The ultimate winners on this latest development may indeed be both ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda. Turkey cannot be happy, Israel may face even a more dangerous neighbor, Jordan is also in serious trouble; Iraq is in an equally perilous circumstance (let us remember who and what we got after Saddam.)

We just spent over $40 million to partially destroy a Syrian air base just to inflate Trump's ego; but the problem with Syria have just gotten worse.

This is why we need to completely pull out of the Middle East

We also need the ME out of our country.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Let me first state that Assad is probably no longer in charge in Syria and just as probably, the country is run by a military junta closely aligned and propped up by Putin.

Secondly, lets us all bear in mind that Al-Assad is now faced with 3 choices; first, killed by revolutionaries like Qaddafi; second, facing a trial in The Hague; and third, requesting exile in Russia or Iran....Bottom line, is that now he has nothing left to lose and a cornered despot spells danger for the common Syrian citizen.

However, the MOST troublesome aspect that we now face (and by now I mean the entire planet) is that when (no longer if) Assad is no longer, WHO WILL RUN THAT COUNTRY?

The ultimate winners on this latest development may indeed be both ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda. Turkey cannot be happy, Israel may face even a more dangerous neighbor, Jordan is also in serious trouble; Iraq is in an equally perilous circumstance (let us remember who and what we got after Saddam.)

We just spent over $40 million to partially destroy a Syrian air base just to inflate Trump's ego; but the problem with Syria have just gotten worse.

This is why we need to completely pull out of the Middle East

We also need the ME out of our country.

Dumb comment, but the best way to achieve that is to stop wrecking everything in the Middle East. The cycle needs to be broken.

 

[Votto]

If I were Assad and I felt the need to use WMD's to defend myself against ISIS, would I use them?

This is what I often wonder.

The US has used WMD's but preaches to Syria that they can't use them? How does that work?

 

[Harry Dresden]

Let me first state that Assad is probably no longer in charge in Syria and just as probably, the country is run by a military junta closely aligned and propped up by Putin.

Secondly, lets us all bear in mind that Al-Assad is now faced with 3 choices; first, killed by revolutionaries like Qaddafi; second, facing a trial in The Hague; and third, requesting exile in Russia or Iran....Bottom line, is that now he has nothing left to lose and a cornered despot spells danger for the common Syrian citizen.

However, the MOST troublesome aspect that we now face (and by now I mean the entire planet) is that when (no longer if) Assad is no longer, WHO WILL RUN THAT COUNTRY?

The ultimate winners on this latest development may indeed be both ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda. Turkey cannot be happy, Israel may face even a more dangerous neighbor, Jordan is also in serious trouble; Iraq is in an equally perilous circumstance (let us remember who and what we got after Saddam.)

We just spent over $40 million to partially destroy a Syrian air base just to inflate Trump's ego; but the problem with Syria have just gotten worse.

This is why we need to completely pull out of the Middle East

i have to agree...it seems even if we did a good thing,we get spat upon by those we helped.....outside of Israel and a couple of other countries over there....fuck em....

 

[leftwinger]

I thought BO and Beast "forced" Syria to get rid of ALL Chemical weapons? correct?

 

[TheOldSchool]

Let me first state that Assad is probably no longer in charge in Syria and just as probably, the country is run by a military junta closely aligned and propped up by Putin.

Secondly, lets us all bear in mind that Al-Assad is now faced with 3 choices; first, killed by revolutionaries like Qaddafi; second, facing a trial in The Hague; and third, requesting exile in Russia or Iran....Bottom line, is that now he has nothing left to lose and a cornered despot spells danger for the common Syrian citizen.

However, the MOST troublesome aspect that we now face (and by now I mean the entire planet) is that when (no longer if) Assad is no longer, WHO WILL RUN THAT COUNTRY?

The ultimate winners on this latest development may indeed be both ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda. Turkey cannot be happy, Israel may face even a more dangerous neighbor, Jordan is also in serious trouble; Iraq is in an equally perilous circumstance (let us remember who and what we got after Saddam.)

We just spent over $40 million to partially destroy a Syrian air base just to inflate Trump's ego; but the problem with Syria have just gotten worse.

This is why we need to completely pull out of the Middle East

i have to agree...it seems even if we did a good thing,we get spat upon by those we helped.....outside of Israel and a couple of other countries over there....fuck em....

No, not outside a couple of other countries over there. If they can't learn how too get along, that's their problem. It's been a never-ending money pit for us for decades. We're on the complete other side of the planet and have our own problems to worry about.

 

[bendog]

Let me first state that Assad is probably no longer in charge in Syria and just as probably, the country is run by a military junta closely aligned and propped up by Putin.

Secondly, lets us all bear in mind that Al-Assad is now faced with 3 choices; first, killed by revolutionaries like Qaddafi; second, facing a trial in The Hague; and third, requesting exile in Russia or Iran....Bottom line, is that now he has nothing left to lose and a cornered despot spells danger for the common Syrian citizen.

However, the MOST troublesome aspect that we now face (and by now I mean the entire planet) is that when (no longer if) Assad is no longer, WHO WILL RUN THAT COUNTRY?

The ultimate winners on this latest development may indeed be both ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda. Turkey cannot be happy, Israel may face even a more dangerous neighbor, Jordan is also in serious trouble; Iraq is in an equally perilous circumstance (let us remember who and what we got after Saddam.)

We just spent over $40 million to partially destroy a Syrian air base just to inflate Trump's ego; but the problem with Syria have just gotten worse.

Assad is an Alawite and supported by the Shia and Iran. Iran always looks for ways to further it's thousand years dispute with the Sunni.

ISIS is the outgrowth of our dismantling the Sunni dominated Iraqi military. That was W. Saddam was a Sunni Baathist - which was nominally a socialist sectarian movement ironically somewhat similar to Putin's view of society.We failed to follow through with any integration of Sunnis into Iraqi society. That was the Chosen One.

Ironically, Assad's pappy was the other branch of the Baathist movement. I think young Assad is less an ideological reformer than sociopath bent on making money for himself.

McCain and Hillary sought to find some Sunni pro-democracy/anti-ISIS magic unicorn group that would be both Anti-Assad and Anti-Sunni. Maybe some existed, but it seemed to me ISIS was the tougher bunch. Saddam would have rounded up the lot, stuck them in a hole, and burned them alive ... but that's water under the bridge so to speak.

I suspect the best we can hope for is a partition of Syria. Russia and Iran will run one part of it. I really doubt the US taxpayer has the fire to do much, and Trump just pissed on Nato's leg. The Saudis? Undermanned and with no end in sight for cheap oil? I dunno.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Let me first state that Assad is probably no longer in charge in Syria and just as probably, the country is run by a military junta closely aligned and propped up by Putin.

Secondly, lets us all bear in mind that Al-Assad is now faced with 3 choices; first, killed by revolutionaries like Qaddafi; second, facing a trial in The Hague; and third, requesting exile in Russia or Iran....Bottom line, is that now he has nothing left to lose and a cornered despot spells danger for the common Syrian citizen.

However, the MOST troublesome aspect that we now face (and by now I mean the entire planet) is that when (no longer if) Assad is no longer, WHO WILL RUN THAT COUNTRY?

The ultimate winners on this latest development may indeed be both ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda. Turkey cannot be happy, Israel may face even a more dangerous neighbor, Jordan is also in serious trouble; Iraq is in an equally perilous circumstance (let us remember who and what we got after Saddam.)

We just spent over $40 million to partially destroy a Syrian air base just to inflate Trump's ego; but the problem with Syria have just gotten worse.

hey nate a question.....how come when obama did some bombing over there i never seen you post anything like this,like how much money was just spent to destroy some shit over there?....hey just curious.....

That's different.. just ask G5000.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

I thought BO and Beast "forced" Syria to get rid of ALL Chemical weapons? correct?

John Kerry told us that 100% were gone.

I guess not so much.

 

[nat4900]

He is now faced with those 3 choices because an airfield got bombed?
This is why you get laughed at constantly. You are dumb.

Well, thank you for calling me "dumb".....the surest way for me to know that if idiots call me dumb, then I must be on the right track.

hey, dimwit, do you think that us lopping over $40 million of missiles on an empty airfield everything now is just nicely settled in Syria?

 

[leftwinger]

It does strike me as a bit Crazy. You can drop all the 2000 lb "conventional" bombs you want on Civilian(s). Or you can march them 1000 miles through the desert to nowhere. Or you can capture and torture, or throw them off rooftops. You can cut off electricity, food and water for months. But don't you dare gas them! Final warning.

 

[nat4900]

Dumb comment, but the best way to achieve that is to stop wrecking everything in the Middle East. The cycle needs to be broken.

There are TWO main reasons why we keep on fucking up the ME......First the damn oil that's under their feet and second, Israel is the "tail that wags the dog."

 

[TNHarley]

He is now faced with those 3 choices because an airfield got bombed?
This is why you get laughed at constantly. You are dumb.

Well, thank you for calling me "dumb".....the surest way for me to know that if idiots call me dumb, then I must be on the right track.

hey, dimwit, do you think that us lopping over $40 million of missiles on an empty airfield everything now is just nicely settled in Syria?

I am completely against what happened. But that doesn't change my previous post. You are still dumb.

 

[bendog]

Let me first state that Assad is probably no longer in charge in Syria and just as probably, the country is run by a military junta closely aligned and propped up by Putin.

Secondly, lets us all bear in mind that Al-Assad is now faced with 3 choices; first, killed by revolutionaries like Qaddafi; second, facing a trial in The Hague; and third, requesting exile in Russia or Iran....Bottom line, is that now he has nothing left to lose and a cornered despot spells danger for the common Syrian citizen.

However, the MOST troublesome aspect that we now face (and by now I mean the entire planet) is that when (no longer if) Assad is no longer, WHO WILL RUN THAT COUNTRY?

The ultimate winners on this latest development may indeed be both ISIS and the remnants of Al-Qaeda. Turkey cannot be happy, Israel may face even a more dangerous neighbor, Jordan is also in serious trouble; Iraq is in an equally perilous circumstance (let us remember who and what we got after Saddam.)

We just spent over $40 million to partially destroy a Syrian air base just to inflate Trump's ego; but the problem with Syria have just gotten worse.

The biggest threat to the Syrian citizen is Islam. Islam is the biggest threat in the world. Who do you think would be killing in a relentless pattern besides Islam? Who? Islam blocks any possibility of world peace.

You do realize that 90% of Syrians and Muslim?