If Assad falls....
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wrote on 8 Dec 2024, 21:40 last edited by
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wrote on 8 Dec 2024, 22:07 last edited by
Aha! I KNEW we were up to our necks in this. Good move and kudos to the Biden admin.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-pounds-isis-camps-in-syria-after-assad-flees/ar-AA1vuk5m
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wrote on 8 Dec 2024, 23:07 last edited by
I still can't believe they want to retire the Warthog.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 01:15 last edited by
@Mik said in If Assad falls....:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/khamenei-loses-everything/ar-AA1vunNr
Interesting article.
To play "what if" - if we hadn't supported Ukraine as much as we did, would President Putin been able to direct more weapons/aid to Syria, which could have kept Assad in power, which could have helped Hezbollah, ..................
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 02:12 last edited by
That’s a factor, as is Israel keeping Iran busy.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 03:53 last edited by
Sinwar wanted to change the Middle East on oct 7, and he did, only in exactly the opposite way he had planned.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 12:54 last edited by
So this new "boss," supposedly has renounced Al-Queda.
THere's a not-too-small part of me that is skeptical.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 13:19 last edited by
A battle plan is only good until the battle starts.
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So this new "boss," supposedly has renounced Al-Queda.
THere's a not-too-small part of me that is skeptical.
wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 13:19 last edited by Mik 12 Sept 2024, 13:30@George-K said in If Assad falls....:
So this new "boss," supposedly has renounced Al-Queda.
THere's a not-too-small part of me that is skeptical.
I'd do that too until I consolidated power. Worked for the Taliban.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 13:46 last edited by
I think he also retweeted one of his commander’s tweets about killing all Yazidi men and turning their women into sex slaves.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 13:47 last edited by
The timing of this is just right for Trump to be able to screw the Kurds again.
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@George-K said in If Assad falls....:
So this new "boss," supposedly has renounced Al-Queda.
THere's a not-too-small part of me that is skeptical.
I'd do that too until I consolidated power. Worked for the Taliban.
wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 15:25 last edited by@Mik said in If Assad falls....:
@George-K said in If Assad falls....:
So this new "boss," supposedly has renounced Al-Queda.
THere's a not-too-small part of me that is skeptical.
I'd do that too until I consolidated power. Worked for the Taliban.
If he can consolidate power. A big if. From what I have garnered the past few days is that there are a lot of bosses and factions among the rebel rabble. Many are quite out there in their militancy and fanaticism. He will have to be sufficiently aggressive and charismatic to remain in the forefront.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 15:55 last edited by
Afghanistan II. Swell.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 17:15 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in If Assad falls....:
The Kremlin said on Monday Russia has granted political asylum to overthrown Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a decision it said was taken by President Vladimir Putin.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on Assad's specific whereabouts and said Putin was not planning to meet with him.
Not surprising at all. The amount of countries he could have go to is quite small.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/syria-assad-aftermath-monday-1.7404999
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 17:29 last edited by
Doesn’t he have an English wife? Not that he can go there.
But she must be overjoyed.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 17:34 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in If Assad falls....:
Doesn’t he have an English wife?
Born and raised in London to Syrian parents.
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 17:47 last edited by
Some interesting pictures.
https://www.reuters.com/pictures/scenes-along-path-syrian-rebels-lightning-advance-2024-12-07/
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wrote on 9 Dec 2024, 17:51 last edited by
Still, harboring Assad will not help them retain their naval base.