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leveymg

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3. That is exactly why we should be doing everything to disengage ourselves and prevent escalation.

Reply to FarCenter (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 09:04 PM

Jul 2012

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We have leverage over our "friends" in the Friends of Syria to disengage, but haven't. That makes us complicitous in the killing. We've helped to set off a regional religious war.

Imagine the U.S. Civil War with added dimension of a thousand year old Catholic vs Protestant genocidal conflict - that's what we've gotten ourselves into the middle of in Syria.

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Syrian rebels set sights on �liberating� capital [View all] FarCenter Jul 2012 OP

This regime change narrative is getting many months ahead of itself, and may not come to pass. leveymg Jul 2012 #1

It has gone from Arab Springy peaceful regime change to all out civil war FarCenter Jul 2012 #2

That is exactly why we should be doing everything to disengage ourselves and prevent escalation. leveymg Jul 2012 #3

It is not clear whether the sectarian war can be confined to Syria FarCenter Jul 2012 #5

There is only one clear beneficiary of the conflict. Read leveymg Jul 2012 #6

But ultimately Israel will be surrounded by Sunni theocracies FarCenter Jul 2012 #8

Israel reached an accomodation with KSA and Egypt decades ago. leveymg Jul 2012 #9

It's doubtful that a decades old accommodation will hold going forward FarCenter Jul 2012 #10

I think we largely agree about the "big picture" for peace and stability in the region. leveymg Jul 2012 #11

But the "this is purely defensive" narrative is right on track. Igel Jul 2012 #4

The dissociation between calling foreign-armed militia "protestors" and fact is glaring. leveymg Jul 2012 #7