Notice how close Syria is to Israel Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Maybe this is Iran's ticket to the Mediterranean through northern Iraq.
Syria Could Crash The U.S. Dollar (UUP)
July 9th, 2012
excerpts:
"One or both of these doomsday catalysts for a U.S. lock down took a giant leap forward in France, Friday. Cold War-like comments made at the “Friends of Syria” conference in Paris by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton toward Russia and China strongly suggest that a showdown between the former Cold War rivals, now to include China, is on. The prize: oil—and by implications the future of the U.S. petrodollar standard and the American way of life.
“I don’t think Russia and China believe they are paying any price at all – nothing at all – for standing up on behalf of the Assad regime,” Clinton told an audience comprised of delegations from more than 60 nations. “The only way that will change is if every nation represented here directly and urgently makes it clear that Russia and China will pay a price . . .”
Auspiciously, delegations from Moscow and Beijing did not attend the meeting.
The U.S. Secretary of State went on to accuse Russia, China and Iran of supporting Syria’s Assad regime economically and militarily, and called upon other nations to comply with UN sanctions levied upon Syria—sanctions which would also include refusing oil shipments from Syria’s vital economic support and trusted ally, Iran.
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"Though, Russia and China have already agreed to a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war, signing off on the Security Council plan drafted by former-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, it’s more likely that Moscow and Beijing are playing politics of cooperation to buy more time for the Assad regime. Russia and China do not want regime change in yet another Middle Eastern country for a host of economic and political reasons, of which, the primary one is to stop the U.S. from controlling the region’s oil supplies to Russia’s ally and co-founding member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), China."
Authors John Barry and Dan Ephron of a Sept. 2004 Newsweek article, titled, War-Gaming the Mullahs: The U.S. weighs the price of a pre-emptive strike explain that Syria and Iran have been targets of interest of the U.S. for quite some time, as Washington under the George W. Bush Administration had known that a day would come when the U.S. and China would bang heads for precious crude supplies in the Middle East. Whether it’s the Obama Administration or another neocon U.S. president in control of the executive branch, the petrodollar standard must be defended in the Middle East. The Iranian/Syrian alliance has stood in the way of total U.S. dominance in the region, but now the matter has become urgent following Iran’s announcement in Feb. 2012, that it has broken ranks in the petrodollar scheme. It now will not accept the dollar as payment for Persian oil.
http://etfdailynews.com/2012/07/09/syria-could-crash-the-u-s-dollar-uup/
No worries. Obama will just re-draw that red line!
Yes there is a good military option, keep our military out of Syria.
That being said, the media has been telling me for about a year that Assad is about to fall --
He's about to fall! Well, he's rallying and may not fall this week.
He's about to fall! Well, he's rallying and may not fall this week.
He's about to fall! Well, he's rallying and may not fall this week.
In such a situation, exactly how much involvement from the US would really be needed to turn the tide? Now, if we wanted to pacify the entire country and then rebuild the entire country, that would take some serious effort -- but I never understand why we think we should be in that particular business.
The actual primary one is that the rebels are worse than the Assad regime - a fact recognized by everybody in the world except the head-in-the-clouds US Government.
Duh.
I could have told them that without spending money.
Access is limited (though not as badly as Afghanistan). It is a client state to rival powers who will take a dim view of our intervention. It is a heck of drive from the coast to Damascus. We don’t have any allies in the country and there is no side on whose behalf it is worth intervening.
So when can I get check?
Good thing we didn’t do something stupid like declaring a “Red Line.”
There is one good option
Nuke Mecca and end that religion once & for all
Just leave it alone. Why must more of our young die or be mutilated for a politicians purse. If the Syrians want to kill themselves, let them.
Notice how close Syria is to Israel Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Maybe this is Iran's ticket to the Mediterranean through northern Iraq.
Better to save our own military strength and materiel for work in North Korea or Iran.
If the Chief Panty Waist had responded when they crossed the first “red line”, it would have been simple.
We told them not to enter the storage location.
We should have had a MOAB on standby and used it when they entered the compound.
But....that was just before the election, you see.......