Syria Disintegrating: Part 2

[mongers]

Given all the difficulty the US and allies have had with the Afghanistan generation of islamists/terrorists, I wonder what this new generation from the Syrian conflict will bring ?

For one thing there's going to be a lot more of them, given Syria is a relatively short hop across a land border for many, compared to the previous long trip to the north-west Pakistan mountains

[Razgovory]

He'd be crazy not to use chemical weapons at this point.

meh, he can still show up in Riyhad and get asylum.. after gassing saudi volunteers maybe not so much

I doubt that.  There aren't that many places he can go.  Iran might take him.  I'm sure the Russians would gladly take him, and then sell him back for concessions.  You might be able to find some loopy African state to take him, like Sudan or possibly Chavez in Venezuela.  Chavez seems to enjoy making provocative moves for little or no gain.

The saudis have a long history of providing asylum for the truely evil that happen to be muslim. They take this guardianship of the two mosques thing seriously. If assad goes on haji with a shitload of money in his pocket he can stay.

Uh, he's a secularist, an Alawite, and an ally of Saudi Arabia's biggest enemy.

[Viking]

Uh, he's a secularist, an Alawite, and an ally of Saudi Arabia's biggest enemy.

assuming he's a better muslim than idi amin he's still in with a chance

[Razgovory]

Uh, he's a secularist, an Alawite, and an ally of Saudi Arabia's biggest enemy.

assuming he's a better muslim than idi amin he's still in with a chance

I'm guessing you just don't get it.  It's be like Napoleon trying to get asylum with the Church of England.

[Syt]

He's also been reduced to dropping naval mines on the enemy from the air.

It looks so sad it didn't explode.

lol, it does, doesn't it.  Looks like it's crying.  It has failed to do the one thing in life it was supposed to do.

Let there be light!

[Darth Wagtaros]

He'd be crazy not to use chemical weapons at this point.

meh, he can still show up in Riyhad and get asylum.. after gassing saudi volunteers maybe not so much

I doubt that.  There aren't that many places he can go.  Iran might take him.  I'm sure the Russians would gladly take him, and then sell him back for concessions.  You might be able to find some loopy African state to take him, like Sudan or possibly Chavez in Venezuela.  Chavez seems to enjoy making provocative moves for little or no gain.

The saudis have a long history of providing asylum for the truely evil that happen to be muslim. They take this guardianship of the two mosques thing seriously. If assad goes on haji with a shitload of money in his pocket he can stay.

He's not a Muslim.

[Malthus]

Let there be light!

Heh, I wonder if I'm the only other person to have seen that movie on this board? 

[Syt]

Heh, I wonder if I'm the only other person to have seen that movie on this board? 

Considering the amounts of nerds here: unlikely. I guess Yi hasn't seen it, though.

[Razgovory]

I don't know, Dark Star?

[Tamas]

I remember seeing it as a kid but I can't remember its title

[garbon]

Raz was right.

[Queequeg]

Are you fucking serious? It's Dark Star.   Inspiration for Alien. Of course I've seen it. 

[Malthus]

Heh, I wonder if I'm the only other person to have seen that movie on this board? 

Considering the amounts of nerds here: unlikely.

Wadaya know, you were right. 

[Razgovory]

Raz was right.

I didn't think it was that good of a movie.

[Sheilbh]

I'm not sure what you are talking about.  I'm not a big fan of the Assad regime, I'm just not a big fan of the rebels either.  But you know me, I'm not a big fan of revolutions.

The Baathist regimes seem to be fine with sectarianism when divvying up the spoils.  The original Baathism may have been secularist, I think that's far too grand a description for the Assads or the Husseins.