2012-12-05, 23:54 | Link #241 |
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The USA used tons of agent orange in Vietnam, and next day nothing happened.
Then USA-ally used chemical agents against the kurds, and next day nothing happened. Tomorrow Assad will use chemical agents on his own people (labeled "The rebels", as if chemicals agents could discriminate according to ideology) and the day after that it will be business as usual. |
2012-12-06, 07:23 | Link #242 | |
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Exclusive - Iran shipping signals conceal Syria ship movements
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8B50KX20121206 Quote:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8AJ1FK20121206
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2012-12-06, 08:38 | Link #243 |
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Hopefully even Assad isn't stupid/crazy enough to authorize a chemical attack. There'd be no recourse, China/Russia might even do something, they can't risk being associated with him now.
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2012-12-06, 08:46 | Link #244 |
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China/Russia would know that the world won't stand against them because they know the world had invested too much money in them.
On the other hand, drop a few French journalists with no sense of danger in, and they will have an excuse to send the FFL in. It would be interesting to see a Legionnaire knock on Assad's palace door and demanding the journalists back - Hollande would probably reply "They aren't French so it is not our fault" when the whole place, along with its inhabitants are turned inside out.
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2012-12-06, 10:01 | Link #245 | |
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@kyp - Of course I can't control myself to take care of them. It is the elder brother instinct after all.
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2012-12-07, 14:36 | Link #248 |
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Report: French military advisers meet with rebels inside Syria:
"Le Figaro newspaper reports that French agents held face-to-face talks with a Free Syrian Army leader; UN's Ban: No confirmation Assad planning to use chemical weapons, but this would be 'outrageous crime.'" See: http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-e...syria-1.483383 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watch Syrian Rebels Make Rockets Out of Assad’s Cluster Bombs: "When Bashar Assad attacks his own people with cluster munitions, enterprising Syrian rebels don’t just run for cover. They harvest unexploded cluster bombs for parts they can use in homemade rockets to turn back on regime forces. Do not try this at home." See: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012...cluster-bombs/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATO moves toward deployment on Syria border: "As fears grow in the West that Syrian President Bashar Assad will unleash chemical weapons as an act of desperation, NATO moved forward Thursday with its plan to place Patriot missiles and troops along Syria's border with Turkey to protect against potential attacks." See: http://news.msn.com/world/nato-moves...n-syria-border ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Syrian war's end game, Moscow maneuvers away from Assad: "As concerns mount that Syrian President Bashar Assad could unleash chemical weapons against his opponents, the Kremlin appears to be recalibrating its support for a desperate ally." See: http://www.latimes.com/news/world/wo...,6006330.story ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wider Chaos Feared as Syrian Rebels Clash With Kurds: "The Kurdish militias in northern Syria had hoped to stay out of the civil war raging in Syria. They were focused on preparing to secure an autonomous enclave for themselves within Syria should the rebels succeed in toppling the government. But slowly, inexorably, they have been dragged into the fighting and now have one goal in mind, their autonomy, which also means the Balkanization of the state." See: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/wo...rds-clash.html |
2012-12-11, 20:18 | Link #249 | |
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Obama Says U.S. Will Recognize Syrian Rebels
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2012-12-12, 16:16 | Link #250 |
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Syria Fires Scud Missiles, Burning Bombs and Even Sea Mines at Rebels:
"The Syrian regime isn’t using its chemical arsenal on its opposition, at least not yet. But it’s starting to look like Bashar Assad is throwing everything else he has against the rebels, from Scud missiles to incendiary weapons. He’s even chucking naval mines onto dry land to attack his foes." See: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012...-incendiaries/ |
2012-12-16, 09:30 | Link #251 | |
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Syrian jets rocket Palestinian camp in Damascus: activists
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2012-12-21, 01:13 | Link #252 | |
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Who is fighting whom in Syria
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2012-12-21, 10:12 | Link #253 |
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^ Yeah, I touched on this briefly a couple of posts ago. In this war, fundamentalists and "terrorist" groups are fighting on both sides of this conflict. If I were the U.S. and/or West, I would hope this conflict would continue for a long time ..
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2012-12-21, 18:03 | Link #256 |
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Syrian rebels say will target Aleppo airport
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8AJ1FK20121221
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2012-12-22, 16:47 | Link #257 | |
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Well this is late but :
Putin touts record Russian arms sales of $14 billion in 2012 Quote:
Knock yourself out with the trade registers. Where there is war, there is money to be made - you gotta love how hellbent on destruction people are when they pay more to buy weapons (or to invest in for foreign sales) than they use to deal with the shortfalls of their society.
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2012-12-22, 22:28 | Link #258 |
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YouTube: Syrian forces fire Scud missile:
http://alert5.com/2012/12/22/youtube...-scub-missile/ ================================================== Russia says it would welcome anyone to offer refuge to Assad but won’t host him itself: "Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow would welcome any country’s offer of a safe haven to Syrian President Bashar Assad, but underlined that Moscow itself has no intention of giving him shelter if he steps down." See: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/ar...ost-him-itself |
2012-12-23, 04:41 | Link #259 |
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Israel says Syria chemical weapons are secure for now
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8BM01V20121223
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2013-01-02, 18:16 | Link #260 |
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"It is only since the Arab Spring that we can clearly see how fragile these
authoritarian regimes are. Underneath the facade they are rotten to the core. The WMDs and big armies gave their strongmen a false sense of security which obviated the incentive for internal reform. Khadaffy and now Assad are learning that while such weapons may protect you against foreign enemies they are useless against internal rebellion. In fact they may act something like the eggs laid by an ichneumon wasp in a host. When they hatch, they kill you. WMDs can eat out a rotten regime from within. They incubate power centers, ambitious ‘mad majors’ or invite an invasion of jihadis (as is the case with Syria) who desire to possess them." See: http://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/...nuclear-age-2/ Considering Saddam used WMD's to quell an internal rebellion, I wonder how true this is. |
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