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2024-11-30 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Day3 RUMINT and reports: Assad has fallen and stayed in Moscow, HTS blitzkrieg continues, backed by Turkey, 255 toes up

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Posted by 3dc 2024-11-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10327 views ] Top
File under: Arab Spring

#1 I'm rooting for everyone to lose. There are no "good sides" there

Posted by Frank G 2024-11-30 04:15|| 2024-11-30 04:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Islamists or Russians: Take your poison.

Posted by European Conservative 2024-11-30 05:40|| 2024-11-30 05:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Why do I have the feeling that this is a set up buy the Biden boys to give Trump a great big stinking pile of crap to deal with?

Posted by alanc 2024-11-30 08:22|| 2024-11-30 08:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Out of the frying pan, into the fire

Posted by KBK 2024-11-30 08:43|| 2024-11-30 08:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Feels hinky. 24 hr (plus) rule in effect.

Posted by Mercutio 2024-11-30 08:58|| 2024-11-30 08:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Why do I have the feeling that this is a set up buy the Biden boys to give Trump a great big stinking pile of crap to deal with?

Doesn't seem like the kind of thing Biden would do. Wouldn't want to offend the ayatollah, now would we?

And why does Trump need to do anything at all about Syria? Let them be Syrians, whatever that is, as long as they stay in Syria and don't come here.

The lessons of history should be clear by now. When we meddle in places like that we only make things worse.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-11-30 11:13|| 2024-11-30 11:13|| Front Page Top

#7 I’m just excited for the worldwide uproar when the killings start happening in big numbers. /sarc

Posted by Remoteman 2024-11-30 11:41|| 2024-11-30 11:41|| Front Page Top

#8 I think, because Hillary is such a big authority about there and all, we should send her over there to take care of it. Family and friends, hangers on, all of them. With a big appetizer tray.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-11-30 13:01|| 2024-11-30 13:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Heavy bombardment by Russia currently. 240 estimated deaths among terrorists. Pulling a Ukraine stunt will end just as poorly. Obvious blitz by western media. Russian air superiority now on display. Biden wants to cause as much trouble for Trump as he can. So withdraw troops to allow maximum damage to terrorists.

Posted by Dale 2024-11-30 13:44|| 2024-11-30 13:44|| Front Page Top

#10 See what happens when you stick your neck out too far!!

Posted by Airandee 2024-11-30 13:48|| 2024-11-30 13:48|| Front Page Top

#11 Russian & Syrian Forces Abandon Hama Air Base

Posted by DarthVader 2024-11-30 13:48|| 2024-11-30 13:48|| Front Page Top

#12 Rebels in Hama city center in video. Hama has fallen.

Posted by DarthVader 2024-11-30 13:59|| 2024-11-30 13:59|| Front Page Top

#13 Next city south is Homs. If that falls Assad is in (even deeper) doodoo. Cuts off the road to the coast, including the Russian port/base at Tartus, as well as access to the Alawite homeland, which is the Muslim sect that supports the Assad regime.

Russian bombing of civilian areas is just going to further piss off the rebels, and give them a reason to lay rocket or drone fire on the Russian bases when/if they're in range.

(And yeah, I wish both sides could lose.)

Posted by Nero 2024-11-30 14:34|| 2024-11-30 14:34|| Front Page Top

#14 Putin might want to cut his losses. What does he see in that hell hole anyway? Tartus? What else? Is it worth it?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-11-30 16:26|| 2024-11-30 16:26|| Front Page Top

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