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(CBS/AP) BEIRUT - The U.S. Embassy in Damascus urged its citizens in Syria to depart "immediately," and Turkey's foreign ministry urged Turkish pilgrims to opt for flights to return home from Saudi Arabia to avoid traveling through Syria.
"The U.S. Embassy continues to urge U.S. citizens in Syria to depart immediately while commercial transportation is available," said a statement issued to the American community in Syria Wednesday and posted on the Embassy's website.
The U.S. State Department urged all U.S. citizens to leave Kuwait due to the threat of war. The warning followed Sunday's notice for all U.S. Embassy nonemergency staff and family members to depart.
Originally posted by Fractured.Facade
Any U.S. citizen even being in Syria at this point would be a fool.
Which is why this is nothing more than scare tactics aimed directly at the Assad regime.
They are hoping to frighten them with these public warnings, and ominous language.
Seriously, the language being used in this case has only one objective primarily, and the secondary objective may be to force the Assad regime to make its next moves prematurely.
Read between the lines here.
edit on 23-11-2011 by Fractured.Facade because: (no reason given)
Defense officials in Israel say Turkey is likely to set up secure buffer zones in Syria, near the border, to allow armed Syrian opposition groups to battle against the regime.
Originally posted by jcord
Now, go get that oil boys.
Originally posted by CALGARIAN
Originally posted by jcord
Now, go get that oil boys.
Ummm... Syria doesn't have that much oil. Not even top 30...
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en.wikipedia.org...edit on 23-11-2011 by CALGARIAN because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by jcord
I don't know. I think we stirred it up in Libya. However, I think Syrians legit hate their government. Assad is an actual, true to life, asshole.
Originally posted by Fractured.Facade
reply to post by CALGARIAN
Syria is of major strategic importance to Russia than any resources they may have.
The USA is very close to losing all influence in the region, with the only exceptions being Israel, and the Saudis.
Losing to Russia and China.
Both Iran and Syria are about much more than just their "resources" oil/gas etc. or even the Zionists paranoia and fear of them.
If the US backs out, and backs down now it will only indicate defeat of democracy and capitalism in the region, rejection of western influence and power globally, and the USA will ultimately be further isolated in it's slow steady decline from global dominance on every level.
You cannot be the greatest super-power on the planet without asserting that power, and aggressively maintaining your dominance in every category.
That has all changed a lot over the past two decades, and the erosion of power and dominance is accelerating.
There is a much bigger picture here.