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Originally posted by MrSpad
Think about the rebels catching you and ending up like the last few dictators in arab states. Maybe using those chemicals weapons becomes much more appealing then. Even more so when all your yes men are telling the West is to weak to do anything about it.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Okay.... Boo Hiss Boo on whatever Media moron throw Biological into the mix like it was interchangeable with Chemical. If Syria had BIO weapons in routine warhead production and in full deployment ready form ...I'd be for putting Syria into a freeze right now. Whatever that took. Chemical weapons can kill a city. Bio weapons can kill humanity.
Originally posted by Ravinski
reply to post by Iwinder
Can you explain to me why the UN would support terrorists?
I guess to give Assad a bad name, but why does the UN want Assad out of the way so badly?
What's their real agenda...?
If you can back up the answers, I guess it is the end of this story...
Originally posted by Hopeforeveryone
reply to post by Ravinski
I think the general idea is that they're aligned with Iran, the big baddy in the Middle East. They're much weaker than Iran so fermenting a civil war is an ideal way of alienating Syria from Iran so if a war with Iran kicks off there's no highly complicated cross border shenanigins. Anyway that's my take on it. There's also talk of Israel involvement, Saudi etc. All gets a bit dubious in the Middle East.
Originally posted by Ravinski
reply to post by Iwinder
Thanks for explaining! My first pick would allso be oil, but I keep hearing that there is little oil in Syria.
So they are "securing" the area for further control in the oil region.
I just can't believe that oil is that important
If they spend the money on research and development of sustainable energy instead of securing the relative short term oil reserve we would all be in a far better place...
Originally posted by Hopeforeveryone
reply to post by ausername
Time will tell i guess. If Assad falls and Iran gets attacked soon after then all will become clear. Funnily enough the main befefactor of the war in Iraq seems to have been Iran. More influence there now than ever before. I do worry about the US and the UN. They seem to be rubbish at this real life game of Risk.
Originally posted by Hopeforeveryone
I'm still waiting for them to find Sadam's weapons of mass destruction !
Not sure i believe anything i hear in the mainstream these days, especially during an ongoing war in a country that has been an "enemy" of the west for decades.
Originally posted by Krono
Originally posted by Hopeforeveryone
I'm still waiting for them to find Sadam's weapons of mass destruction !
Not sure i believe anything i hear in the mainstream these days, especially during an ongoing war in a country that has been an "enemy" of the west for decades.
They found them in Dick Cheineys bunker along with, Bin Laden, UFOs and little green men. Oh and reptilians how could I forget reptilians?
Originally posted by Hopeforeveryone
reply to post by ausername
Time will tell i guess. If Assad falls and Iran gets attacked soon after then all will become clear. Funnily enough the main befefactor of the war in Iraq seems to have been Iran. More influence there now than ever before. I do worry about the US and the UN. They seem to be rubbish at this real life game of Risk.edit on 12-12-2012 by Hopeforeveryone because: caps
Originally posted by Hopeforeveryone
Originally posted by Krono
Originally posted by Hopeforeveryone
I'm still waiting for them to find Sadam's weapons of mass destruction !
Not sure i believe anything i hear in the mainstream these days, especially during an ongoing war in a country that has been an "enemy" of the west for decades.
They found them in Dick Cheineys bunker along with, Bin Laden, UFOs and little green men. Oh and reptilians how could I forget reptilians?
That's quite a party !! How come I never get invited to partys like that. I'm going to have to have words with my local Lizard Overlord and see if i can swing a free ticket.