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In reply to the discussion: Kerry: Arab Countries Offered To Pay for (Syrian) Invasion [View all]King_Klonopin
(1,306 posts)The lure of a "Free War" may be too great a temptation for the
war lusters. Kerry tries to soft-shoe around the term "full invasion"
and emphasize the "free" part.
We are, once again, getting ourselves mixed up in Arab in-fighting.
Can anyone clearly dilineate who are the players involved in this ?
The region is a mess. There are so many factions that you would
need to use calculus to figure out who's who. Who comprises "the
rebels"? What does Al Queda and Iran stand to gain? Who backs
Assad, besides Russia? What are the possible unintended
consequences?
"Arabs" are not all one, big, indiscernably happy family, as we are
lead to believe. Tribal and political fueds date back to Ishmael. The
Saudis, Turks, Jordanians, Iranians, and even some Lebanese would
just love for us to do their dirty work. The heads of those families
want Assad (the head of the Syrian family) to be whacked, and we
are their Luca Brazzi.