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Originally posted by travis911
If America and its allies
"I have a guy working for me from Damascus. His mother and sisters are there now, and they talk every day by phone. I let this go because you have been on vacation, and didn’t want to bother you and E. This stuff is going to unroll as it will regardless, because Americans are disconnected from their government until they decide to unite and TTBO (throw the bastards out).
My guy told me that his family is now on a hill on the outskirts of the city, along with thousands of others. They are surrounded by “rebels”, and it is Syrian army that is protecting them at this point, and trying to get them out and away from the city. The “rebels” are composed of unknown people, mostly not Syrians and many of them that are Syrians are known jihadistas – end of the world types known as local nutjobs anyway. Looting is rampant, and everyone that has left their homes has had all their possessions stolen or burned – they have nothing.
Yes, there are Syrian troops firing into the city, but the resident Syrians are (mostly) not there anyway. The army has been moving them out so they can get at the “rebels”. Tariq told me that his sisters have seen the rebels murdering women and children for weeks, simply shooting anyone that doesn’t profess to wanting a jihad and to destroy the Assad regime. Men are not questioned but shot if they do not take up arms with the “rebels”.
Many men have taken up arms to avoid being shot when cornered by rebels. Many sneak away and try to flee at first opportunity. His family has been in a state of running and hiding for 4 weeks, calling him many times during the day. They are trying to get to the Lebanese or Turkish border. The hill they are on is Qudissah or something like that, but they were trying to get to Lebanon and got cut off by ”rebels”.
There are “rebel” strongholds in Lebanon from what they were telling him. The rebels all have radios – they are always talking to each other or someone via radio – so there is likely someone in charge of coordinating them somewhere, but this is no spontaneous uprising of rebels. Tariq literally spits when anyone tries to tell him these are “freedom fighters” and gets all unglued, so I had to tell the others to keep their politics to themselves in the shop.
Anyway, thought I would get this to you since you should be back by now. Tariq’s position is that this is actually a huge Middle East thing where the progressives (moderate folks who want business and civilization and a degree of freedom) are being coerced and made to embrace jihad by the not-so-fringe Muslim jihadistas.
As a method to get a regime toppled, this has ‘low hanging fruit’ all over it, because arming these types, bringing more in and then pouring a little religious zealotry gas on it meant instant ignition. Same thing could happen here with rabid Christian right types if things are framed correctly by those wishing it…
Originally posted by travis911
There is a very easy way to take down the Assad regime without him using chemical weapons on his own people.
If America and its allies gave the Free Syrian Army anti-tank weapons, radios and simple arms, things that could not be used against America in the future, Assad's forces would be overwhelmed. For example, if America gave the opposition the RG-7, a simple anti-tank weapon, Syria's old tanks would be destroyed. Such a weapon can't damage American tanks, so there is very little for us to loose..
Or we can just keep watching every day hundreds of innocent people die.
thediplomat.com...
Originally posted by harryhaller
Originally posted by travis911
If America and its allies
did anything EXCEPT fuel more violence, the world would be a happier place.
Seriously, give guns to alciada to make things peaceful and happy?
Seriously?
There are other things you can give people that don't kill them. You do know that?
Originally posted by travis911
There is a very easy way to take down the Assad regime without him using chemical weapons on his own people.
If America and its allies gave the Free Syrian Army anti-tank weapons, radios and simple arms, things that could not be used against America in the future, Assad's forces would be overwhelmed. For example, if America gave the opposition the RG-7, a simple anti-tank weapon, Syria's old tanks would be destroyed. Such a weapon can't damage American tanks, so there is very little for us to loose..
Or we can just keep watching every day hundreds of innocent people die.
have you not been watching the news the syrian rebels (alquieda) have been getting arms they got the arms first to start this so called rebellion the British sas American cia and Israeli mossad are all over this , they have got exactly what they wanted and that is Syria unstable so they can go in to Iran
Originally posted by travis911
There is a very easy way to take down the Assad regime without him using chemical weapons on his own people.
If America and its allies gave the Free Syrian Army anti-tank weapons, radios and simple arms, things that could not be used against America in the future, Assad's forces would be overwhelmed. For example, if America gave the opposition the RG-7, a simple anti-tank weapon, Syria's old tanks would be destroyed. Such a weapon can't damage American tanks, so there is very little for us to loose..
Or we can just keep watching every day hundreds of innocent people die.
thediplomat.com...
Originally posted by travis911
There is a very easy way to take down the Assad regime without him using chemical weapons on his own people.
If America and its allies gave the Free Syrian Army anti-tank weapons, radios and simple arms, things that could not be used against America in the future, Assad's forces would be overwhelmed. For example, if America gave the opposition the RG-7, a simple anti-tank weapon, Syria's old tanks would be destroyed. Such a weapon can't damage American tanks, so there is very little for us to loose..
Or we can just keep watching every day hundreds of innocent people die.
thediplomat.com...
Originally posted by optimus primal
Originally posted by travis911
There is a very easy way to take down the Assad regime without him using chemical weapons on his own people.
If America and its allies gave the Free Syrian Army anti-tank weapons, radios and simple arms, things that could not be used against America in the future, Assad's forces would be overwhelmed. For example, if America gave the opposition the RG-7, a simple anti-tank weapon, Syria's old tanks would be destroyed. Such a weapon can't damage American tanks, so there is very little for us to loose..
Or we can just keep watching every day hundreds of innocent people die.
thediplomat.com...
why should we? seriously, why?
/start rant
I'm getting tired of my country getting in the affairs of every backwater country on the planet. I'm getting really tired of my country trying to help oppressed people of the world and then being called monsters and warmongers when things don't go exactly to plan. I'm getting tired of my country's wealth being slowly siphoned off into the coffers of third world countries and then being chastised by some D-bags from Europe for "not doing enough".
If i had my way, America would return to it's isolationist stance, at least politically and militarily. We'd let the rest of the world work their own crap out, and let some other western nation take all the financial burdens, all the ugly rhetoric, all the negativity, all the military deaths etc.
But even though that's my stance, and it would probably make my country thrive like never before, I'll be called names and told i don't get it or some other nonsense or that I'm cold-hearted for not wanting to help oppressed peoples around the world.
And people wonder why Americans in general are so snobby towards the rest of the world.
/end rant