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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria crisis: Erdogan Bey steps up Turkey pressure on Assad
2011-11-16
[BBC] Turkey has stepped up its pressure on neighbouring Syria over the crackdown on protests by the Damascus
...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti...
 government.

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the future could not be built on "the blood of the oppressed", and condemned attacks on Turkish missions in Syria.

Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase...
 Turkey's energy minister announced that joint oil exploration projects with Syria had been halted.

Damascus is also facing increasing pressure from the Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
, which has suspended its membership.

On Monday, King Abdullah of Jordan became the first Arab leader to openly urge Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
 to stand down.
Posted by:Fred

#3  at this point much of the maneuvering is about the post Assad era (the betting odds probably favor 2012 as the beginning of this era).

Erdogan, Abdullah of Jordan, the Saudis, Iraq, the Kurds --- all want to preserve their influence in that era. Obviously, Iran and Hezbollah, while still backing Assad are probably looking for post Assad allies also.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2011-11-16 11:51  

#2  crap. Syria cant even deal with a 1 front war.
Posted by: abu do you love   2011-11-16 07:51  

#1  OK, so why is Erdogan leaning on Pencil Neck? Designs for Ottoman Empire Redux sounds farfetched (but delightfully islamic)

Is he providing cover for the Juice to deal with the Persians by menacing the Syrians with hints of Turkish involvement if the Syrians want to play in the coming Iran-Israel conflict? It would be one way to even up the sides. Last thing the Syrians need is a two-front war.
Posted by: SteveS   2011-11-16 02:25  

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