Syria Disintegrating: Part 2

[FunkMonk]

Not sure how I feel about arming rebels.

[Ed Anger]

And obviously kept it for yourself as I'm not wearing it!

I wouldn't wear that orange abomination.

[katmai]

But it is your teams colors, go Browns!

[Sheilbh]

Hardly heating up again.  It's been constant and has possibly started to spread to Lebanon.

[Ed Anger]

But it is your teams colors, go Browns!

Those are fightin' words varmit!

[Zoupa]

Smalls arms and explosives have been coming in from Lebanon and Turkey. It's stupid in both cases.

I can understand the Lebanese wanting to fuck over, finally, the Syrians and Assad, but Hezbollah is starting to stir about it. Firefights (isolated for now) in the south east.

The Turks under the present government are moving further from the EU with every decision they make. That might be a positive at this point though.  In any case, I'm glad they never joined (and never will).

In any case, if (when) Assad falls, Syria will get Taliban-grade islamism. So I don't understand the US arming the rebels.

[Admiral Yi]

I don't undertstand France shielding Hezbollah from the IDF while they restock their rockets either, so we're even.

[Zoupa]

Right.

Link?

[CountDeMoney]

Personally, I think it's completely adorable that the critics of the Libyan action are bleating about Obama not doing anything hardcore about Syria.

[Sheilbh]

Personally, I think it's completely adorable that the critics of the Libyan action are bleating about Obama not doing anything hardcore about Syria.

I'm not.  Intervention in Libya was a mistake, intervention in Syria would be a disaster.

Edit:  Having said that I always thought Libya was more Cameron and Sarko than Obama.

[CountDeMoney]

Personally, I think it's completely adorable that the critics of the Libyan action are bleating about Obama not doing anything hardcore about Syria.

I'm not.  Intervention in Libya was a mistake, intervention in Syria would be a disaster.

Of course you do; you're a European.  It was tough enough getting you people to acknowledge Bosnia '92, Kosovo '98 and Poland '39.

[Syt]

Poland '39.

Uhm, remind me, how long were the Brits/French fighting the Germans/Italians before the Americans joined?

[CountDeMoney]

Poland '39.

Uhm, remind me, how long were the Brits/French fighting the Germans/Italians before the Americans joined?

Wasn't our neighborhood, man.

[Ed Anger]

Fuck bombing Syria. Bomb Iran over the new embassy plot.

[Admiral Yi]

Personally, I think it's completely adorable that the critics of the Libyan action are bleating about Obama not doing anything hardcore about Syria.

Like who?