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"We live in a real state of war from all angles," President Assad told members of the cabinet who were sworn in on Tuesday.
"When we are in a war, all policies and all sides and all sectors need to be directed at winning this war."
A growing team of United States Central Intelligence Agency personnel is currently in Turkey overseeing a multinational effort to secretly deliver weapons to Syrian anti-government rebels, according to The New York Times. Quoting “American officials and Arab intelligence officers”, the paper said last week that the weapons are being smuggled into Syria primarily through the Turkish border. The financial cost of smuggling into Syria such weapons as antitank explosives, rocket-propelled grenades, and automatic rifles, has so far been covered by the governments of Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia,
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Just realized it eh?
This shows the man is losing not only his grip on power but of reality.
For the record. I say...
HELL NO!
No US boots on the ground in Syria
I Doubt Obama and co will pay attention to me but I can try.
edit on 26-6-2012 by SLAYER69 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by SLAYER69
reply to post by samsamm9
OK...
So, Being a second generation dictator supposedly now makes one a genius?
Like he [nor you apparently] couldn't see the writing on the wall after Egypt and Libya.
Originally posted by redneck13
reply to post by SLAYER69
Assad could probably be ran out with a couple of days of air strikes. No reason for boots on the ground in Syria but, it would be nice to have a piece of real state with a runway close to Iran.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
HELL NO!
No US boots on the ground in Syria
Complain about "western intervention" all you want - but this and other mid-East dictatorships were not good places, and the world will be better off if they do get some sniff, at least, or democracy.
Proof ? Dead people cant tell you WHY they died under his rule........
Originally posted by samsamm9
Maybe you should be political advisor and stop blogging ...
Originally posted by skuly
reply to post by SLAYER69
May not have boots on the ground but if this report is true then its another
proxy war.
A growing team of United States Central Intelligence Agency personnel is currently in Turkey overseeing a multinational effort to secretly deliver weapons to Syrian anti-government rebels, according to The New York Times. Quoting “American officials and Arab intelligence officers”, the paper said last week that the weapons are being smuggled into Syria primarily through the Turkish border. The financial cost of smuggling into Syria such weapons as antitank explosives, rocket-propelled grenades, and automatic rifles, has so far been covered by the governments of Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia,
intelnews
The clandestine intelligence-gathering effort is the most detailed known instance of the limited American support for the military campaign against the Syrian government.
The Obama administration has said it is not providing arms to the rebels, but it has also acknowledged that Syria’s neighbors would do so.
Originally posted by Hopeforeveryone
THis whole intervention in the middle east thing does seem a bit hypocritical to me. Yeah ok they have dictators in place i.e Iraq, Lybia, Syria etc but when the west gets involved the death toll goes through the roof. A lot of these countries have real ethnic and religious divides ( sunni/shia/ ) and these dictators seem to be manage to keep them from killing each other. When the West steps in either covertly or overtly then the power structures get toppled and the inhabitants get split down religious lines and start blowing each other up.
Also once Assad is wiped out it'll drop out of the news and just like Lybia.
edit on 26-6-2012 by Hopeforeveryone because: (no reason given)