The motive of Syria is to somehow survive the pressures that they are under....giving up Saddam's brother? ....WOW...you know they were pulling in a lot of CASH from that....
And yesterday ...in a late night AP report, there was this little kicker....Saturday's Baghdad newspaper Al-Mada reported that Syria provided information that led Iraqi authorities to breaking up 35 insurgent cells in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul and arresting some 750 suspected militants.
when they give up Al Douri, we'll know things are getting serious.
How does any of this square with Russia squarely throwing its weight behind Iran, and Iran throwing its weight behind Syria? Strategically, a retreat makes no sense at this point. Maybe down the road, but really, do you think they're going broke with Russia and petrol-dollar-rich Iran as patron states? Heck, Russia's openly selling them weapons.
Does not compute.
FWIW, my take...you have Hezbollah entrenched in southern Lebanon, virtually a political entity....thousands of terrorists and they have huge supplies of those missiles that can reach Israeli settlements in the north..Now, if Syria pulls its trops out..and the Lebanese form a government, where do these Hezbollah go?
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FWIW, my take...you have Hezbollah entrenched in southern Lebanon, virtually a political entity....thousands of terrorists and they have huge supplies of those missiles that can reach Israeli settlements in the north..Now, if Syria pulls its troops out..and the Lebanese form a government, where do these Hezbollah go?
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