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To: nuconvert

That would have Iran supporting both sides in the civil war among the insurgents, both Hezbollah and AlQ as well as Assad. Curious.


3 posted on 02/15/2014 3:06:06 PM PST by arthurus (Read Hazlitt'sBorder myu Economics In One Lesson ONLINEhttp://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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That’s correct


6 posted on 02/15/2014 3:09:51 PM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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[That would have Iran supporting both sides in the civil war among the insurgents, both Hezbollah and AlQ as well as Assad. Curious.]

It may be the Iranians believe the Assad government is on the verge of collapse. If that happens and Syria is dominated by a Sunni regime it would create a national security nightmare for the mullahs. But Iran has played this game for a while. They've been shipping weapons and materiel to AQ in Afghanistan for years.

8 posted on 02/15/2014 3:36:36 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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That would have Iran supporting both sides in the civil war among the insurgents, both Hezbollah and AlQ as well as Assad. Curious.

Assad himself has been holding off on bombing the Al Qaeda-linked rebels and has been bombing the moderate ones. This information just highlights that strategy.
43 posted on 02/18/2014 9:23:30 AM PST by Chad_the_Impaler
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