If Assad falls....

[Mik]

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

[jon-nyc]

@Mik

and A-10 close-air support attack aircraft "to ensure that ISIS does not seek to take advantage of the current situation to reconstitute in central Syria,"

You know those guys had the most fun.

[Mik]

I still can't believe they want to retire the Warthog.

[taiwan_girl]

@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, ..................

[jon-nyc]

That’s a factor, as is Israel keeping Iran busy.

[bachophile]

Sinwar wanted to change the Middle East on oct 7, and he did, only in exactly the opposite way he had planned.

[George K]

So this new "boss," supposedly has renounced Al-Queda.

THere's a not-too-small part of me that is skeptical.

[Mik]

A battle plan is only good until the battle starts.

[Mik]

@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.

[jon-nyc]

I think he also retweeted one of his commander’s tweets about killing all Yazidi men and turning their women into sex slaves.

[jon-nyc]

The timing of this is just right for Trump to be able to screw the Kurds again.

[Renauda]

@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.

[Mik]

Afghanistan II. Swell.

[Renauda]

@Mik

Probably more like Iraq or, at best, Lebanon.

[taiwan_girl]

@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

[jon-nyc]

Doesn’t he have an English wife? Not that he can go there.

But she must be overjoyed.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in If Assad falls....:

Doesn’t he have an English wife?

Born and raised in London to Syrian parents.

[taiwan_girl]

Some interesting pictures.

https://www.reuters.com/pictures/scenes-along-path-syrian-rebels-lightning-advance-2024-12-07/

[Mik]

Still, harboring Assad will not help them retain their naval base.

[xenon]

@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.

Two things can be true. They don’t get along with them as political group, but the venn diagram of their beliefs can be pretty much (completely?) the same.