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Why on earth should we get involved?

Steve

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Syria: A war within a war?
After more than two years of fighting Syrian government forces, rival opposition factions turn their guns on each other.

After more than two years of fighting the forces of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, opposition fighters have started to turn their guns on each other for power and territory.

The in-fighting has led the Free Syrian Army (FSA) to reiterate their demand for more weapons from the international community. The intensified rivalry among opposition groups comes after Kamal Hamami, a member of the FSA's Supreme Military Council was shot dead in Latakia province in north Syria.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday; fighters from the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) announced they will set up a command and control centre in Syria.

The Free Syrian Army is now fighting other rebels linked to al-Qaeda for territory and control.

There are several hardline position groups fighting in Syria. The most prominent are the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

The group has been responsible for the deaths of thousands of Iraqi civilians as well as members of the Iraqi government and its international allies.

By late 2012 the group was said to have renewed its strength and more than doubled its number of members to about 2,500.

And in April 2013, the group changed its name to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and became deeply involved in the Syrian civil war.

Another hardline opposition group fighting in Syria is the al-Nusra Front.

The group was established in January 2012 and since then has used car bombs and suicide attacks in its efforts to bring down the Assad government.

It has around 6,000 members, and is believed to be largely funded and trained by al-Qaeda in Iraq. In April, the head of the organisation pledged its allegiance to al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

The al-Nusra Front, being the biggest jihadist group in Syria, is often considered to be the most aggressive and violent part of the opposition.

Why on earth would we want to get involved?
 

ANGUS327

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I think it's incumbant upon the West to make sure each side is properly armed to ensure the continued fighting until all sides are obliterated. :D
 

jigs

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I agree...let them fight it out, then go in and take out the remaining few....

and BINGO, a nice new empty nation for rent
 

Steve

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sadly it is the weak and innocent that get hurt the most..

Al-Qaeda linked terrorists in Syria have beheaded all 24 Syrian passengers traveling from Tartus to Ras al-Ain in northeast of Syria, among them a mother and a 40-days old infant. Gunmen from the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and Levant stopped the bus on the road in Talkalakh and killed everyone before setting the bus on fire. According to media reports, the attack was carried out because the passengers who were from three different villages in Ras al-Ain, supported anti-terrorist Kurdish groups which were formed recently to defend Kurdish population against anti-Syria terrorists.

Saleh Muslim, a Syrian Kurdish leader said that the Kurd minority is facing an ethnic cleansing by these jihadists. The al-Qaeda jihadists, including al-Nusra, are capturing Kurdish territories to enlarge an Islamic state.

These are the savages that we are being told we have to support because "Assad is a thug and a murderer." Well then I must ask, "What are these people?"








BTW,.. the Kurds were the people who for the most part supported and assisted US during the Iraq wars.. and do not wish to annihilate the Jews..

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/The-World-from-Here-Kurds-Jews-and-a-new-Mideast-314650

http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-a-free-kurdistan-and-a-new-israeli-ally-upon-us/
 

Mike

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kolanuraven said:
We should stay on our side of the Atlantic.
True in this case. The reason Buckwheat wants to go in is because he made a huge mistake a challenged Syrian Muslims with that "Red Line". :roll:

Iran & Hezbollah is chomping at the bits to have an excuse to harass Israel now. As are other Muslims.

This could get ugly..................and for what? What's the best scenario outcome?
 

kolanuraven

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Mike said:
kolanuraven said:
We should stay on our side of the Atlantic.
True in this case. The reason Buckwheat wants to go in is because he made a huge mistake a challenged Syrian Muslims with that "Red Line". :roll:

Iran & Hezbollah is chomping at the bits to have an excuse to harass Israel now. As are other Muslims.

This could get ugly..................and for what? What's the best scenario outcome?


I agree that President Obama should have NEVER used the " cowboy" speech like Pres. Bush did with his " bring it on" statement during the Iraq War.

With that said, he made the statement and has really backed himself into a corner. I do like the fact that Congress, as sorry as they are, is being brought into the discussion this time.

I fear that if we " pop a cap" on Syria , they in turn will let loose on Israel.

With Israel being the burden and 'red headed stepchild' of the US, it will suck us in the mix.

My G-Uncle had a saying, " the more you stir it...the more it stinks"...and it is best applied to this situation it seems.
 

Mike

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I do like the fact that Congress, as sorry as they are, is being brought into the discussion this time.

Me too. Libya was a waste and is a mess now.....................

Maybe Buckwheat thinks bombing Syria will boost our economy? :lol: :lol:
 
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