Posted on 10/21/2015 9:55:21 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Qatar, a major supporter of rebels in Syria’s civil war, suggested it could intervene militarily following Russia’s intervention in support of President Bashar al-Assad but said it still preferred a political solution to the crisis.
The comments by Qatar’s foreign minister, made in a CNN interview on Wednesday, drew a swift reply from Assad’s government with a senior official warning that Damascus would respond harshly to such “direct aggression”.
Gulf Arab backers of Syrian rebels such as Qatar have been unsettled by Russia’s three-week-old air strike campaign that has allowed Assad’s forces to wrest back some territory to help secure his strongholds in western Syria.
Qatar has been a leading supporter of anti-Assad rebel groups, providing arms and financial and political backing
(Excerpt) Read more at english.alarabiya.net ...
he could head up their Medina Project. He’s like J. Robert Oppenheimer.
I don’t think that Iraqis would try to stop the Iranians if the Iranians wanted to travel through Iraq to get at say, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
We are sitting her watching these jackasses in Russia and Iran build up enough force to take over and control most of the world’s oil.
And we can’t frack enough oil to supply Germany and Japan and South Korea and.....
Anybody see our President numb nuts doing anything about this?
On which side?
The Russians would demolish thar little shit country in a weekend.
Wow! This Syrian civil war seems to be made to order for Putin. I’m surprised he stayed out of it so long. The ME is his/Iran’s now.
And now we have a Liberal running Canada.
Don’t expect any help from them now.
Can’t wait until he actually tries to make the technical leap from fuses to timers.
It’s important to remember that Saladin was a Kurd.
A very good point, and they are purchased in secret, by American Liberal Socialist DemoRats, in collusion with RINO GOP-E Republicans, with US taxpayer funds, in violation of International law.
I see him doing a lot to achieve exactly what he wants: a weak, punished America.
This means to me that Russia is slaughtering Qatar's ISIS project.
Remember, the USA only wanted to bomb Cuba after the Cuban exiled force failed in the Bay of Pigs.
More popcorn, please!!!
if it’s an old western Putin is the Man With No Name character! Assad the Ugly Mexican and the Saudis the Lee van Cliff character. Obama does not merit an appearance.
Exactly.. I was wondering the same thing...
“Those corrupt “royals” in Qator, Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf states won’t last long if the Russians destroy the Sunni jihadists in Iraq and Syria.”
We should have rolled these malignant little cancers instead of Iraq.
Tiny Qatar better watch out. They could bring down an attack on themselves with talk like this.
They’ll tailor-make clockboy a fancy uniform with lots of ribbons
“Wonder what Israel is doing behind the scenes”
Hedging bets. There is not a trustworthy country out there, for Israel. Not one.
Everyone in the pool!
“The Russians would demolish thar little shit country in a weekend.”
The US, Russian Federation, and China should simply annex the whole thing. Expropriate or sell all of the oil. Justification? The many provocations and subsidies from these countries to world wide jihad. Drain them dry.
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