tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post944122534338574154..comments2024-03-28T09:43:20.058-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The (very) tangled web in SyriaPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-49322566251126457762018-03-23T15:36:34.741-05:002018-03-23T15:36:34.741-05:00@Anonymous: Clearly the solution to American debt ...@Anonymous: Clearly the solution to American debt held by foreign nations is to nuke those nations into oblivion, so there's nobody alive to collect the debt. As an added bonus, eliminating nations that loan the US money may finally force the clowns in Washington to stop spending more money than they take in - or at least have Washington go up in a nuclear blast in retaliation.TheOtherSeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141473483312725136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-5846051133491685892018-03-23T14:43:22.835-05:002018-03-23T14:43:22.835-05:00I thought the we (The USA) were against the Assad ...I thought the we (The USA) were against the Assad government?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-27353850251526241492018-03-23T13:21:40.725-05:002018-03-23T13:21:40.725-05:00And our commitment to opposing ISIL would be a lot...And our commitment to opposing ISIL would be a lot more convincing if we hadn't been arming them (whether inadvertently or by design)in an attempt to oust Assad. And interfering in the attempts by Russia to aid the government in putting down the IS revolt. 'Course, that was under Obama . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-90718369033772441142018-03-23T12:38:44.883-05:002018-03-23T12:38:44.883-05:00@McChuck Pray tell, what personal benefit will br...@McChuck Pray tell, what personal benefit will bring You that pile of dead "sandnaggers"? <br />This kind of brilliant strategy ensures that even your supposed European allies will reconsider trusting America with anything. And Russians, Germans and Chinese will just fill that void. The whole Arab Spring mess looks more like an excuse to destabilise region for the sake of Israel and thus has zero advantages for average Europeans.<br />Poland is pretty much the most pro-American country in UE, but even here more and more people blame America for ruining Syria and Libya and thus indirectly causing flood of Arab "refugees" to Europe. Believe me, few of us are willing to sacrifice one penny or even a vote to back up either Israel or America during another Middle Eastern war, if you are going to strike there first with some lame excuses. Yeah, yeah, You are self sufficient global superpower, and do not need some silly europoors. I dig that, but maybe stock markets and foreign owners of american debt will not be as understanding.<br />And Kurds will not trust you even a bit, when they will realize, what they are - expendable pawns, exactly just like in 1991, after the Gulf War ceasefire. To be frank, we do not want to end like Kurds from Afrin, if you guys, for example, intend to provoke some kind of all out confrontation with Russians, or perhaps win Wowa Putins backing in your confrontation with PRC by turning us over to Russian sphere of influence. Thats what American credibility looks like, when someone is watching news from Syria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-76544253022942082192018-03-23T11:59:17.195-05:002018-03-23T11:59:17.195-05:00It is stupid for us to be involved in Syria. Our f...It is stupid for us to be involved in Syria. Our fracking revolution has made us energy independent of Middle-eastern crude. The Chinese are now the biggest customer of Middle-eastern crude. If the Russians and Chinese want to piss away their money on this custerf**K of a region of the world, let them as far as I'm concerned. <br /><br />Peter Zeihan has the most intelligent comments about the region:<br />http://zeihan.com/the-turks-return/<br /><br />He says:<br /><br /><i>The United States has no meaningful interests in Syria. Israel is safe. Iran is locked into a combat it cannot possibly win. The United States no longer has a stake in the region’s oil. And the newest power player – Turkey – just made an open-ended commitment to a multi-sided land war. There has never been and likely never will be a better time for the Americans to disengage.<br /><br />So what’s the problem again?</i>kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-11678805865003858192018-03-23T06:50:03.395-05:002018-03-23T06:50:03.395-05:00Arab Muslims are killing other Arab Muslims, with ...Arab Muslims are killing other Arab Muslims, with the aid of Turkish Muslim son one side and Persian Muslims on the other.<br /><br />This is the definition of a win-win. No matter which side eventually wins, a whole bunch of Muslims die along the way. Then there are fewer of them for us to have to deal with later.<br /><br />My solution - Recognize Kurdistan, with new borders drawn to annoy every other player in the region. Build a consulate and send them military aid and advisers. Kick Turkey out of NATO - what have they done for us lately? They can handle the miniscule threat from Russia themselves. I would prefer to give every Syrian city the Dresden treatment, <i>pour encourager les autres</i>, but that would cost money.McChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243337792601085456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15590294842437465822018-03-23T06:35:55.888-05:002018-03-23T06:35:55.888-05:00And Israel is taking away Hamas tunnels.
Iran is ...And Israel is taking away Hamas tunnels.<br /><br />Iran is still having demonstrations.<br /><br />US is attacking herzbollas finances...<br /><br />Turkey is becoming more Islamic and anti American.<br /><br />Saudi leadership is going against ultra conservative Islam - this is huge.<br /><br />Low oil prices are hurting all the right countries.<br /><br />Would it be so bad if Turkey left NATO?<br /><br />Interesting times!Ray - SoCalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293232996007277071noreply@blogger.com