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Gulf states plan military response as Putin raises the stakes in Syria
UK Guardian ^ | 10-3-2015 | Emma Graham-Harrison and Saeed Kamali Dehghan

Posted on 10/04/2015 2:56:27 PM PDT by tcrlaf

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There is a lot of money already invested in making the Saudi-Qatar pipeline to Europe possible. I don't think the Kingdoms give up, easily, since their futures likely depend on it.
1 posted on 10/04/2015 2:56:27 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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That’s funny. It’s always about pipelines. You could pick the most mountainous region on the Planet, and someone will come along and claim it’s about pipelines.


2 posted on 10/04/2015 3:01:15 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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Looks to me the ME is getting mighty close to full fledged war.

haven’t heard much from Israel. Or are they preparing quietly maybe?


3 posted on 10/04/2015 3:04:57 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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Hopefully, President Trump will cut off the importing of any oil from the Middle East. We are awash in domestic production and do not need to prop up these disgusting regimes by buying their oil in the future. Let them sink into the desert sand.


4 posted on 10/04/2015 3:05:03 PM PDT by txrefugee
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“There is no future for Assad in Syria,” Saudi foreign minister Adel Al-Jubeir warned, a few hours before the first Russian bombing sorties began. If that was not blunt enough, he spelled out that if the president did not step down as part of a political transition, his country would embrace a military option, “which also would end with the removal of Bashar al-Assad from power”.

What kind of military response?

5 posted on 10/04/2015 3:06:33 PM PDT by CMB_polarization
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Israel has made a deal of some kind with Russia.


6 posted on 10/04/2015 3:07:18 PM PDT by CMB_polarization
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So what does this mean, Saudi jets against Russian jets?

The worst part about such an event would be Obama's response. He would not be able to resist meddling on the behalf of the Saudis. And there would be no prior consultation with Congress, of course.

7 posted on 10/04/2015 3:08:05 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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Bingo! Let’s develop at home, and drop ME oil forever. Nothing good has come from filling their coffers with our cash.


8 posted on 10/04/2015 3:10:11 PM PDT by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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I don't think the Kingdoms give up...

I think the Kingdom's future is up. :-)

9 posted on 10/04/2015 3:11:42 PM PDT by amorphous
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H8w do we pay the Saudis back for 9/11?


10 posted on 10/04/2015 3:12:09 PM PDT by Paladin2 (my non desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
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Who’s going to rein in Hamas?


11 posted on 10/04/2015 3:13:28 PM PDT by Paladin2 (my non desktop devices are no longer allowed to try to fix speling and punctuation, nor my gran-mah.)
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No one outside of dark parental basements gives a hoot about mythological “pipelines.”


12 posted on 10/04/2015 3:13:59 PM PDT by Southack (The one thing preppers need from the 1st World? http://tinyurl.com/ktfwljc .)
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http://www.middle-east-map.com/relief-map.htm
13 posted on 10/04/2015 3:15:45 PM PDT by amorphous
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You say that, forgetting that Russia’s future and economic livelihood depend on being Europe’s sole major
gas supplier, right now.

It’s why doing whatever Obama could to stop the South Stream Pipeline project was so important.

This is becoming an existential fight.


14 posted on 10/04/2015 3:21:03 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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see #14


15 posted on 10/04/2015 3:21:35 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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I think it’s an Alex Jones thing . . . it’s only a matter of time before one goes full-pipeline . . . .


16 posted on 10/04/2015 3:22:03 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: txrefugee

I second that!


17 posted on 10/04/2015 3:22:07 PM PDT by Captain7seas
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To: tcrlaf

All coming out now since Russia started bombing.

Saudi’s have paid the Western Govts off,. Obama has not been bombing ISIS, but instead Assad forces, therefore Obama has started another war with another country and the media stays silent about the Nobel peace prize winner.


18 posted on 10/04/2015 3:40:32 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: tcrlaf

Pipelines = money and power. The Gulf states are realizing they may have to fend for themselves as long as Obama is groveling to Putin.


19 posted on 10/04/2015 3:42:16 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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“Pipelines” are a fantasy narrative. People completely out of the loop of active geopolitics, such as kids living in their parents’ basements, buy off on “pipelines” as the excuse for every action in the M-E.

It’s silly, clueless, and utterly wrong.

No one cares about pipelines. Heck, the Nigerians can’t keep bogies from stealing from and/or igniting their pipelines. Impossible to defend.


20 posted on 10/04/2015 3:50:16 PM PDT by Southack (The one thing preppers need from the 1st World? http://tinyurl.com/ktfwljc .)
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