The Syrian War

[ShanDog]

Oi John H - this isn't an RSS feed service. Enough with the article dumps.

 

[awaremind]

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

So the Saudis are zionists?

 

[awaremind]

So the Saudis are zionists?

They share allies, enemies and interests.

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

They share allies, enemies and interests.

But they are muslim.

Moderate is not a word in thier language either

 

[awaremind]

Look at the nations respective actions in the conflict, and you will see that their interests aligned enough for them to be allies in this situation at least and perhaps more broadly.

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

What I'm seeing is the most extreme Jewish state bombing Iran when Iran attack the most extremist muslim states militia who are armed by the most extremist Christian state

So religion is not the problem here.

 

[awaremind]

The problem is lunatics!

 

[Mofra]

But they are muslim.

You honestly think the Shia and Sunni get along?

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

You honestly think the Shia and Sunni get along?

They have always gotten along better when Americans stopped pitting eachother against the other

 

[smokingjacket]

They have always gotten along better when Americans stopped pitting eachother against the other

lol

 

[Rob R]

They have always gotten along better when Americans stopped pitting eachother against the other

Yet somehow the first war between Sunni and Shia's was over 800 years before Christopher Columbus got lost and ended up in the US or were the American Indians to blame for that?

 

[Thegibbsgamble]

Yet somehow the first war between Sunni and Shia's was over 800 years before Christopher Columbus got lost and ended up in the US or were the American Indians to blame for that?

Have a friend from montaray.

Pinches gringo. Do you know what it means and how the term came about?

And yes I conceed your point. Still doesn't change anything but maybe my wording

 

[awaremind]

Have a friend from montaray.

Pinches gringo. Do you know what it means and how the term came about?

And yes I conceed your point. Still doesn't change anything but maybe my wording

Due to Catholics changing sides in the Mexican war?

 

[awaremind]

RuAF giving a big f u to Heather Nuart and the US by launching massive bombing campaign to start the liberation/reconquest of southern Syria after being warned not to. Can only assume this is why Russia suck up to Israel so they feel safe in this operation. Expect torrent of John H tears shortly.

 

[The Warlord]

I knew the Americans would sell out the Kurds, but not this quickly.

Now Turkey v SDF.

I reckon this has the potential to go rapidly pear shaped for both Turkey and the Kurds.

Kurds will fight the Turks hard in the north. But Assad will screw them in the east to get the gas fields.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

I knew the Americans would sell out the Kurds, but not this quickly.

Now Turkey v SDF.

I reckon this has the potential to go rapidly pear shaped for both Turkey and the Kurds.

Kurds will fight the Turks hard in the north. But Assad will screw them in the east to get the gas fields.

I think Assad will reach an accord with the Kurds. I hope it will include recognising the many Kurdish languages as official languages of Syria. I hope it will include recognising Kurdish culture as part of the Syrian State.

I hope it's not a blunt 'surrender or face the Turks'.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

I think Assad will reach an accord with the Kurds. I hope it will include recognising the many Kurdish languages as official languages of Syria. I hope it will include recognising Kurdish culture as part of the Syrian State.

I hope it's not a blunt 'surrender or face the Turks'.

Why would he?

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Why would he?

The al-Omar oil fields? The Afrin hydroelectric dam? A chance to exploit the feeling of abandonment that the Kurds once more feel in the face of Washington's games and against the propspect of Turkish aggression?

If I was Assad that's what I would do.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

The al-Omar oil fields? The Afrin hydroelectric dam? A chance to exploit the feeling of abandonment that the Kurds once more feel in the face of Washington's games and against the propspect of Turkish aggression?

If I was Assad that's what I would do.

Why won't he just take that s**t for himself and burn the Kurds as traitors?

They will never support him, so they are dead peeps walking

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

Why won't he just take that s**t for himself and burn the Kurds as traitors?

They will never support him, so they are dead peeps walking

I dunno. The Turks don't regard Assad as a friend at all. Neither do the Kurds. The U.S has just walked out on the Kurds. The Syrian armed forces are rather war-weary after fighting for their lives for the best part of a decade. It might just be a marriage of convenience masking more backstabbing in the future but I think some kind of negotiation between the two sides would be welcome.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

I dunno. The Turks don't regard Assad as a friend at all. Neither do the Kurds. The U.S has just walked out on the Kurds. The Syrian armed forces are rather war-weary after fighting for their lives for the best part of a decade. It might just be a marriage of convenience masking more backstabbing in the future but I think some kind of negotiation between the two sides would be welcome.

Kurds want independence, Assad will never sanction that. He hates them for the same reason as the Turks.

Kurds are dead

 

[its free real estate]

The Kurds are in the way, and they’re going to take a Ba’ath

 

[The Warlord]

The al-Omar oil fields? The Afrin hydroelectric dam? A chance to exploit the feeling of abandonment that the Kurds once more feel in the face of Washington's games and against the propspect of Turkish aggression?

If I was Assad that's what I would do.

It is tricky, the Kurds won't give up their guns. If he could persuade them to disarm Assad could cut a deal with Erdogan.

But Turkey wont wear a heavily armed exoerienced force on his border that is driven by the ideology of their Bin Laden/Mandela (depending on what one thinks of Ocalan)

 

[awaremind]

The Kurds are already letting saa into parts of manbij , they both have fought isis and the Turks and their terrorist proxies for long enough to realise they are natural allies