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To: MeganC

The accusations are not a game.

Rather, they seem right on target in that you support the war criminal Assad who is in fact the surrogate of Russia and Iran.


97 posted on 04/13/2018 10:56:17 AM PDT by bert (RE)
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To: bert

I think Israel is pushing for further conflict in Syria. Interestingly, there are one million Russians in Israel. Many are not even Jewish.


99 posted on 04/13/2018 11:02:20 AM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: bert; Reno89519

I’ve consistently stated that the US has no compelling national security interest in Syria.

I’ve also noted that the US had no concerns about Syria until Qatar and Saudi Arabia were refused the right to build a natural gas pipeline across their country. Then suddenly it was ‘so important’ that Assad had to go.

Syria is a sovereign nation and regardless of what I may or may not think of their elected leader I believe they have the right to say ‘no’ to foreign infrastructure projects.

I do not believe it was in the national interest of the USA to agitate, organize, and then arm the groups that later coalesced into ISIL/ISIS.

Further, Syria is a longtime ally of Russia and (unlike the USA) Russia does have a compelling national security interest in Syria given that their only naval base in the Mediterranean is in Syria. Russia has every right...if not an obligation...to defend their interests.

None of that means I like Russia or Syria.

Stop trying to smear me as if I did.


101 posted on 04/13/2018 11:11:52 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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