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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| Some Syrian military units appear to be fighting each other. |
| 2011-04-28 |
| Posted by:Water Modem |
| #12 Red on red. Stay the hell out of it! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-04-28 21:59 |
| #11 This is a wonderful opportunity - especially since we have forces right there on the border, and can put clandestine things in motion. But it would require guts and decisive action, and solid intelligence. None of which exist in the current administration. The problem with Beldar's plan is some asshole would leak it to the NYT and the whole region will go up in flames and blame us no matter who wins/loses. Other than that, "lets you and him have a fight" is much preferable to taking sides with any of the the factions - about the only thing that looks to change is who wears the jackboots. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-04-28 20:06 |
| #10 A reasonably good article on the implications of the various religious groups in Syria. And a further complication: The banned Muslim Brotherhood has called on Syrians to take to the streets to protest against the regime ahead of Friday prayers. However they can do what they want, I'm going to be watching football and the Royal wedding tonight. |
| Posted by: tipper 2011-04-28 18:27 |
| #9 That's positively Machiavellian, OB. She said admiringly. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-04-28 18:14 |
| #8 If this is true then we do have one good option for engaging in this war: covertly resupply bullets and artillery shell to whichever side is losing, and switch to the other side as soon as the loser starts winning. Prolong this civil war until they kill each other off. |
| Posted by: The Other Beldar 2011-04-28 16:42 |
| #7 So, will the community now accept the proposition that even if Israel disappeared tomorrow, they'd still be killing each other off? That the cause of their 'problems' isn't Israel but the persons they see in the mirror? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-04-28 16:06 |
| #6 Best news I heard all day. Hope it is true. |
| Posted by: kelly 2011-04-28 15:39 |
| #5 g(r)omgoru: Not so clear as all that. Pencil neck made a strategic error in that only his small part of the Alawites he takes care of. The bulk of them remain starving, rural peasants who hate his guts like everyone else. To make matters worse, they are making it a point to join the demonstrators to show that this is not a Shiite Alawite thing against the Sunnis, but everyone unified to kick his rear end out. And now, with word that Iranian officers are directing Syrian military units to shoot protestors, everybody, even other Syrian military, are getting right royally pissed off. Hopefully with the fall of Assad, Iranians will become personna non grata. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-04-28 14:24 |
| #4 All the generals are Alawite---they know they have to hang together, or be butchered. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-04-28 14:07 |
| #3 Its ok. It is not our fault. The Middle East cannot be fixed by anything within our means barring complete destruction. |
| Posted by: Hupiter Bonaparte2750 2011-04-28 13:18 |
| #2 Yay! Civil War! Thank you Obumble! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-04-28 13:06 |
| #1 ...You know, a lot of folks think that al-Pencilneck is actually just a figurehead for the Generals and party hack. That leads me to believe that this is going to get a whole lot worse. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2011-04-28 12:30 |