Originally posted by Mr_Trek:[..]
Oh, yeah, because the Syrian government seems so trustworthy. And I doubt they'd want to negotiate Assad's removal from power. And I wonder... wouldn't it be fair if they stopped getting weapons from Russia then?
Russia Today is owned by the Kremlin who gladly sells weapons to Syria. You could even say the Kremlin is a dictatorship itself.
Originally posted by Risto:Well I am in dubio about the Syria situation. There has been substantial proof that some of the parties in war are connected to Al Qaida. And I am also bit pessimistic what the media tells about this all.
Originally posted by Mr_Trek:[..]
And I wonder... wouldn't it be fair if they stopped getting weapons from Russia then?
Originally posted by Yogi:[..]
Higher crime rates are usually in places with lower education and higher unemployment and are not related to gun laws.
Originally posted by Yogi:[..]
Maybe you won't believe it, but Assad has big support in Syria. Yeah, Russia sells them weapons, but just Google a bit about to whom USA and Germany sells their weapons. Iran, which is now big problem for the west has one of the biggest armies in the world and you think that they made their own equipment? No, they use equipment from France, USA and Russia.
Wars are over are not about politics and 'spreading democracy', they are one big business.
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Exactly. It's all very similar to Libya thing. Just like in Libya, opposition forces in Syria are allegedly full of Al Qaida people and financed by the West.
Originally posted by Yogi:[..]
Maybe you won't believe it, but Assad has big support in Syria. .
Originally posted by Ali709:[..]
Yea, I don't...and I'm in Iran, not in a far away place. Assad does not have big support by the people.
Originally posted by Ali709:[..]
Yea, I don't...and I'm in Iran, not in a far away place. Assad does not have big support by the people. He has big support by Iran, Russia and China.
The Iranian government supports Assad because he is the only true ally they have in the region.
The Russians and Chinese support Assad ONLY because of their trades and the money they'll lose if Assad is replaced. Don't make them look like some saints trying to stop another Libiya-like situation.
This of course doesn't mean that the Western countries are saints, after all everyone's working in their national interest...more so than they do in world interest or human rights interest.
The western countries are doing the same thing to Bahrain that the Russians, Chinese and Iranians are doing to Syria.
What's sad here is the people, hopes and dreams sacrificed by all these governments.
Originally posted by Mr_Trek:Haven't watched the latest one yet... but the Daily Show episode I watched yesterday was brilliant with a long interview with Marco Rubio.
Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:[..]
Ovious VP pick for Romney, woulnd't you say?