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"It's not that bad to have behind you the Russians, the Chinese and Iranians," Qadri Jamil, Syria's deputy prime minister for economic affairs, told The Financial Times. Read more: www.upi.com...
Those three countries are helping us politically, militarily -- and also economically." Read more: www.upi.com...
Originally posted by Agit8dChop
looks like the west is needing another win,
Originally posted by Agit8dChop
whats Russia really gunna do about it?
Originally posted by beezzer
So we should side with the rebels, yet when we do we are imperialists.
The sad thing about war is that even when you win, you end up losing so much.
Originally posted by EarthCitizen07
Originally posted by beezzer
So we should side with the rebels, yet when we do we are imperialists.
The sad thing about war is that even when you win, you end up losing so much.
Who is "we"? I am tired of all these middle eastern wars. Too much money being drained from the national budget that could be put to better use. And we are making new terrorists from the losing side. Some folks will have an axe to grind.
Originally posted by all2human
Yes but one stands on the side of the law and the other doesn't.
Originally posted by all2human
And of coarse there are winners in war
Originally posted by all2human
reply to post by sonnny1
But Russia and China are backing-up Syria militarily,politically and financially, many of the so called victims of war are the ones fighting for there beliefs, even seaking out a death in battle,so most of the dead (in this case) would say I am right.
The ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan have taken a tremendous toll on the people of those countries – resulting in the deaths of between at least 158,000 to 202,000 civilians. The decade long war in Afghanistan has continued to take lives with each passing year. As of February 2013, between 17,000 and 19,000 civilians have died as a result of the violence. The total number killed in Pakistan may be as high or higher than the toll in Afghanistan, with NGO estimates ranging widely between 18,000 and 49,000 recorded deaths. In Iraq, over 70 percent of those who died of direct war violence have been civilians. Iraq Body Count conservatively estimates that at least 134,000 civilians have been killed in direct violence due to war between the invasion and early March 2013. If trends continue, another 4,000 or so Iraqis can be expected to die in 2013 from continued violence. In addition to the direct consequences of violence represented by these numbers, thousands more Iraqis, Afghans and Pakistanis are falling victim to the dangers of a battered infrastructure and poor health conditions arising from wars. In the case of Iraq, excess deaths indirectly resulting from the war add several times the 134,000 civilians killed directly by violence.
Originally posted by all2human
Russia IS honouring there defence treaty with Syria and many victims of this conflict are the ones asking for it ,i'll leave it at that.
Originally posted by sonnny1
Too bad no one will make the obvious point, cause its easier to blame the evil "West". Right?
Originally posted by EarthCitizen07
Originally posted by sonnny1
Too bad no one will make the obvious point, cause its easier to blame the evil "West". Right?
The obvious point is that NATO has infiltrated many more countries than russia has after the collapse of the soviet union. Russia did all its conquering shortly after WW2 ended extending between eastern europe to central asia.
Russias imperialism ended when warsaw pact dissolved, BUT nato keeps at it. Russia is trying to keep whatever influence it has left in the middle east via syria and iran. They already lost libya. The middle east was and still is a cash cow for all the super powers including china.
Blame NATO more and warsaw pact less. Stating the truth is unbiased and unfortunately some will consider it "antiamerican" much like telling people that two planes cannot bring down three buildings in new york.