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Originally posted by mr10k
Then let France go to war. We all know how that'll turn out
Originally posted by TheMagus
reply to post by OtherSideOfTheCoin
Syrian President Bashar al Assad was behind a "massive and coordinated" chemical attack, the French government has claimed.
could sarkozy owe assad money,
like he did with qadaffi?
Originally posted by Rodinus
Originally posted by TheMagus
reply to post by OtherSideOfTheCoin
Syrian President Bashar al Assad was behind a "massive and coordinated" chemical attack, the French government has claimed.
could sarkozy owe assad money,
like he did with qadaffi?
Sarko is no longer the French president, its François Hollande now.
Kindest respects
Rodinus
Originally posted by TheMagus
Originally posted by Rodinus
Originally posted by TheMagus
reply to post by OtherSideOfTheCoin
Syrian President Bashar al Assad was behind a "massive and coordinated" chemical attack, the French government has claimed.
could sarkozy owe assad money,
like he did with qadaffi?
Sarko is no longer the French president, its François Hollande now.
Kindest respects
Rodinus
somebody in france owes money
sarcoma not being le prez does not cancel any debts
point being french oligarchs stand to benefit economically
as seen recently in libya.
Originally posted by canucks555
People really think if Assad was killing unarmed civilians by the thousands that russia and china would sit on the sidelines?
Absolutely.
I know almost everyone here thinks that Putin is some kind of hero. They're wrong, he's no better than any other leader in this day and age, Actually he's a lot worse.
Originally posted by canucks555
People really think if Assad was killing unarmed civilians by the thousands that russia and china would sit on the sidelines?
Absolutely.
I know almost everyone here thinks that Putin is some kind of hero. They're wrong, he's no better than any other leader in this day and age, Actually he's a lot worse.
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
'Assad Regime Behind Chemical Attack'
This seems to be consistent with British and US reports that it was indeed Assad behind the chemical attacks.
What probably makes this one more interesting is that the French seem much more up for military action than anyone else.
This may be the catalyst or not, time will tell.
news.sky.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
Syria is an Asian republic of 22,530,746 in the Middle East bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south and Israel to the southwest. It is primarily populated by Arab Sunnis although it is a place of historic significance to Christians. Kurds, Druze, Alawite Shias, Armenians and various other minorities have historic ties to the land as well. Syria’s borders as a modern state were drawn by European colonial powers after the First World War under the French Mandate for Syria and The Lebanon (ratified in 1923). 23 years later, Syria gained independence in April of 1946 and suffered a long period of turmoil and coups until the modern era. Syria is one of the oldest civilizations known in the world today. There is evidence of human activity in Damascus going as far back as 7000 BC.
If France decides to join the United States in a strike against Syria, it would be the first time American and French forces have conducted a joint military operation since the Siege of Yorktown at the end of the American Revolutionary War. France and the U.S. have had their famous disagreements over military action, most notably the Iraq war and France's decision to leave Afghanistan before NATO and U.S. troops planned their drawdown. The two countries have also had some near-misses on joint operations. For example, in 1954, U.S. forces proposed an operation that would have saved French forces in the Battle of Dein Bien Phu against Communist militants in Vietnam. American planes would have taken off from bases in the Philippines. But the political risks of getting involved in the fight were too much for President Eisenhower, and he nixed the operation, called Operation Vulture.