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originally posted by: MrSpad
Attacking the regular everyday rebels and doing so with dumb bombs causing civilian causalities is going to tick of moderate Muslims as well.
Which raises the question of who ? Unless if ISIS and the other groups were only there to weaken them before the big dogs moved in . Who in your mind would be the threat of attacking Syria openly ?
I think it has more to do with the perception Russia wont allow an attack on Syria or Iran and less to do with BRICS.
originally posted by: hiddenNZ
a reply to: Agit8dChop
Nah it wouldnt be us Kiwi's....there would be no beer left over there............and everyone knows we dont have an army,lol.
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: InnerPeace2012
To label Holy War is laughable, I think Putin is forcing his religion on the Islamic State, Violence is violence, whether Holy or not, IS have to go and Putin is doing the right thing of bombing the Western backed insurgents.
The problem is, the factions that he has been bombing have not been Daesh for the most part; he is trying to determine the outcome of the civil war. He can do that, but it's going to have major blowback, as they say in the trade.
originally posted by: lightedhype
a reply to: DJW001
Let me clarify. Your scenario wont happen. Why? Because Putin has the support of his people. Putin does not need to allow a false flag or even real terrorist attack happen to his country.
All of these factions declared war on Russia so that means 9/11 Over there?? Lmao. Give me a break.
The entire muslim world has been against the US for over a decade now. How many attacks have we seen? Oh thats right.
Yea. Not counting the bull# events or prevention of events. Sorry.
Basically. Russia gov wont have to terrorize its own people to do anything. They will simply do.
Russia is simply about to make every single American action in the ME moot.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: the2ofusr1
Considering Assad just stated in an interview he would step down if it would help, he immediately contradicted himself by stating there is no need for him to step down.
Syria is not a democracy. If it were it would not be controlled by the Assad's for as long as it has.
You do know that according to the UN charter that the US agreed too and signed that it is illegal for us to be arming any type of opposition groups in any other country?