Meanwhile, In Syria
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I don't know what all these things are but Saudi seems to have a heck of a lot of kit for its size/population.
http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-compariso...
Iran has manpower.
I suspect that the nation state is the wrong prism to view it through though. It would be an all out war between a bewildering array of factions.
In a way SA and Iran, two of the most evil regimes on the planet, destroying each other would be a good thing.
Quite what the west or Russia hope to gain by being involved in this is beyond me.
http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-compariso...
Iran has manpower.
I suspect that the nation state is the wrong prism to view it through though. It would be an all out war between a bewildering array of factions.
In a way SA and Iran, two of the most evil regimes on the planet, destroying each other would be a good thing.
Quite what the west or Russia hope to gain by being involved in this is beyond me.
Madman Erdogan has told the US to choose between the Kurds or Turkey. The man is the definition of looney tunes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-355410...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-355410...
Elroy Blue said:
Madman Erdogan has told the US to choose between the Kurds or Turkey. The man is the definition of looney tunes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-355410...
This man is the real danger in the region, very unpredictable, with Neo-Ottoman empire delusions, an undercurrent of religious fervour, weapons grade corruption, dictatorial, happy to openly blackmail the EU and relying on NATO to back him, when he oversteps the mark. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-355410...
Erdogan in NATO, is being tied to a rabid caffeine overdosed Jack Russell in a lions pen. You know something bad is going to happen to him and you.
Edited by QuantumTokoloshi on Wednesday 10th February 14:37
A very interesting story here.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/aleppo-notebook...
"Again and again I was asked: why is Britain supporting the terrorists? Western media rightly emphasise Assad’s atrocities. But the Aleppans I spoke to regularly pointed out that under Assad’s regime women can walk alone down the street and pursue a career; that a broadly liberal curriculum is taught in the schools; that Christians can worship at their churches and Muslims in their mosques. These Aleppans have lived under siege from groups hellbent on the imposition of a mutant version of Wahhabi Islam. They know that many of their fighters are foreigners whose ambition, encouraged by Turkish and Saudi sponsors, is to extinguish Aleppo’s tolerant culture and drive every last Christian out of the city. "
http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/aleppo-notebook...
"Again and again I was asked: why is Britain supporting the terrorists? Western media rightly emphasise Assad’s atrocities. But the Aleppans I spoke to regularly pointed out that under Assad’s regime women can walk alone down the street and pursue a career; that a broadly liberal curriculum is taught in the schools; that Christians can worship at their churches and Muslims in their mosques. These Aleppans have lived under siege from groups hellbent on the imposition of a mutant version of Wahhabi Islam. They know that many of their fighters are foreigners whose ambition, encouraged by Turkish and Saudi sponsors, is to extinguish Aleppo’s tolerant culture and drive every last Christian out of the city. "
XM5ER said:
A very interesting story here.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/aleppo-notebook...
"Again and again I was asked: why is Britain supporting the terrorists? Western media rightly emphasise Assad’s atrocities. But the Aleppans I spoke to regularly pointed out that under Assad’s regime women can walk alone down the street and pursue a career; that a broadly liberal curriculum is taught in the schools; that Christians can worship at their churches and Muslims in their mosques. These Aleppans have lived under siege from groups hellbent on the imposition of a mutant version of Wahhabi Islam. They know that many of their fighters are foreigners whose ambition, encouraged by Turkish and Saudi sponsors, is to extinguish Aleppo’s tolerant culture and drive every last Christian out of the city. "
You could have said much the same of Gaddafi and Libya. A poor situation made much worse.http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/aleppo-notebook...
"Again and again I was asked: why is Britain supporting the terrorists? Western media rightly emphasise Assad’s atrocities. But the Aleppans I spoke to regularly pointed out that under Assad’s regime women can walk alone down the street and pursue a career; that a broadly liberal curriculum is taught in the schools; that Christians can worship at their churches and Muslims in their mosques. These Aleppans have lived under siege from groups hellbent on the imposition of a mutant version of Wahhabi Islam. They know that many of their fighters are foreigners whose ambition, encouraged by Turkish and Saudi sponsors, is to extinguish Aleppo’s tolerant culture and drive every last Christian out of the city. "
andy_s said:
XM5ER said:
A very interesting story here.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/aleppo-notebook...
"Again and again I was asked: why is Britain supporting the terrorists? Western media rightly emphasise Assad’s atrocities. But the Aleppans I spoke to regularly pointed out that under Assad’s regime women can walk alone down the street and pursue a career; that a broadly liberal curriculum is taught in the schools; that Christians can worship at their churches and Muslims in their mosques. These Aleppans have lived under siege from groups hellbent on the imposition of a mutant version of Wahhabi Islam. They know that many of their fighters are foreigners whose ambition, encouraged by Turkish and Saudi sponsors, is to extinguish Aleppo’s tolerant culture and drive every last Christian out of the city. "
You could have said much the same of Gaddafi and Libya. A poor situation made much worse.http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/02/aleppo-notebook...
"Again and again I was asked: why is Britain supporting the terrorists? Western media rightly emphasise Assad’s atrocities. But the Aleppans I spoke to regularly pointed out that under Assad’s regime women can walk alone down the street and pursue a career; that a broadly liberal curriculum is taught in the schools; that Christians can worship at their churches and Muslims in their mosques. These Aleppans have lived under siege from groups hellbent on the imposition of a mutant version of Wahhabi Islam. They know that many of their fighters are foreigners whose ambition, encouraged by Turkish and Saudi sponsors, is to extinguish Aleppo’s tolerant culture and drive every last Christian out of the city. "
A total and utter success for Cameron, AKA BLair-lite. He really has followed in his mentors footsteps.
del mar said:
Neocon drivel.scherzkeks said:
del mar said:
Neocon drivel.http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/entries/d11d...
Russian major General Syrian update. How the other side see things.
I do get the feeling that, if push, comes to shove, the Russians will push back this time.
http://thesaker.is/most-interesting-statement-of-m...
The goodies and baddies in Libya, how humanitarian militarism, intervention with the best intentions, morphed into a monster we have today.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2011/03/good...
Edited by QuantumTokoloshi on Friday 12th February 19:01
k[QUOTE]Ludger Woessmann, a professor of economics at the University of Munich, tells German magazine Zeit 65 percent of Syrian refugees fail to meet international standards on basic reading and writing skills. Just 10 percent of the one million arrivals in the country this year have a college degree, which may force unemployment rates and demand for social welfare to rapidly go up.[/QUOTE]
Jesus. So much for the argument Syrians could replace an aging German workforce.
Jesus. So much for the argument Syrians could replace an aging German workforce.
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