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  • #451
    Re: Bashar al-Assad, Syria and the Armenian people

    Originally posted by Mher View Post
    Syrian regime says it's taken over the key city of Qusayr

    http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/05/wo...nn-disqus-area
    Syrian Army in main square of Qusair. Big victory for the Assad government.

    Azerbaboon: 9.000 Google hits and counting!

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    • #452
      Re: Bashar al-Assad, Syria and the Armenian people

      Originally posted by Federate View Post
      Syrian Army in main square of Qusair. Big victory for the Assad government.

      A more realistic outlook might be "a few more victories like this and we've lost". Unless it is going to be the start of a greater and much quicker offensive and be used to encourage its success, there is little to be gained by capturing with great effort a town that has been almost completely destroyed in its capturing. And nothing at all if a lot of solders are going to be tied up there to make sure it is not lost again. The real victory would have been to have never lost it in the first place.
      Last edited by bell-the-cat; 06-05-2013, 08:21 AM.
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      • #453
        Re: Bashar al-Assad, Syria and the Armenian people

        Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post
        A more realistic outlook might be "a few more victories like this and we've lost". Unless it is going to be the start of a greater and much quicker offensive and be used to encourage its success, there is little to be gained by capturing with great effort a town that has been almost completely destroyed in its capturing. And nothing at all if a lot of solders are going to be tied up there to make sure it is not lost again. The real victory would have been to have never lost it in the first place.
        Syrians on both sides are very much past the point of caring about destruction in Syria. The point is not the town itself but what role the town played for the rebels. It is part of a month long offensive to secure the road from the Lebanese border to Homs which is central to Syria. The FSA weapons supply from Lebanon has been cut.

        See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...c_Significance

        The battle for Qusayr is considered by both sides in the conflict to be critical.

        For the government and Hezbollah the capture of Qusair allows for President Assad to link Homs to Damascus. Both to reinforce Homs but also to connect his forces to the Mediterranean coast and to the port of Tartous. For Hezbollah this is about protecting their assets and supporters in Lebanon from rebel attacks.

        For the rebels Qusayr is a major supply route for both supplies from Lebanon but also Lebanese Sunni fighters who cross the border to fight alongside the rebels in Syria. In the past rebels have also used this route to cross into Lebanon to avoid government forces and have used Lebanon as a base to trade fire with government soldiers.
        Last edited by Federate; 06-05-2013, 08:28 AM.
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        • #454
          Re: Bashar al-Assad, Syria and the Armenian people

          While Hezbollah involvement might of altered the balance in Qusair. The FSA have already lost the political battle. As it's not in the interests of any of the regional major powers to have heart eating, Islamist goons turn Syria into another Somalia. Even if the US, UK, France and Turkey are keen to sell arms to Gulf clients and knock Syria out of Russia/Iran's orb.

          Israel/Turkey stand to gain more from a weakened Syria, than actually toppling Al-Assad and Russia's Mediterranean fleet is enough to ward off NATO intervention.

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          • #455
            Re: Bashar al-Assad, Syria and the Armenian people

            Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post
            The real victory would have been to have never lost it in the first place.
            Syria neglected it's security and moved far to close to Iran. Hence this plot against Syria by her delightful neighbors and this so-called "revolution". Nevertheless they miscalculated al-Assad's regime support and now these state fear reprisals.

            This war is very unfortunate as in many respects Syria is one of the better Arab nations. It's a interesting country Syria and the History of the region is very interesting.

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            • #456
              Re: Bashar al-Assad, Syria and the Armenian people

              Democracy? That’s for other Arabs- The Economist

              Democracy? That’s for other Arabs
              http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21579063-rumours-change-top-do-not-include-moves-democracy-democracy-thats?fsrc=scn%2Ffb%2Fwl%2Fpe%2Fdemocracythatsforotherarabs
              Rumours of a change at the top do not include moves to democracy


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              Lol the hypocrisy of the world's most true dictatorships pushing democracy and dissent in other places when the mere suggestion of such things in there own countries would mean painful death

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              • #457
                Re: Bashar al-Assad, Syria and the Armenian people

                Originally posted by Mher View Post
                Lol the hypocrisy of the world's most true dictatorships pushing democracy and dissent in other places when the mere suggestion of such things in there own countries would mean painful death
                The Gulf Arabs are a pack of babbling, Wahhabist monkeys. That want to install a puppet regimes in the Levant, murder non-Sunnis and cart off the local women.

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                • #458
                  Re: Bashar al-Assad, Syria and the Armenian people

                  and here we go

                  White House: Syria crosses 'red line' with use of chemical weapons on its people

                  White House: Syria crosses ‘red line’ with use of chemical weapons on its people | CNN Politics
                  http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/13/politics/syria-us-chemical-weapons/index.html?hpt=imi_c2
                  Syria has crossed a “red line” with its use of chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin gas, against rebels, a move that is prompting the United States to increase the “scale and scope” of its support for the opposition, the White House said Thursday.

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                  • #459
                    Re: Bashar al-Assad, Syria and the Armenian people

                    Originally posted by Mher View Post
                    and here we go

                    White House: Syria crosses 'red line' with use of chemical weapons on its people

                    http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/13/po...tml?hpt=imi_c2
                    A major sectarian regional war is on the cards and they're deliberately destabilizing region.

                    Next it will be: We can't allow Syria's chemical weapons to fall into the wrong hands.

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                    • #460
                      Re: Bashar al-Assad, Syria and the Armenian people

                      Originally posted by retro View Post
                      A major sectarian regional war is on the cards and they're deliberately destabilizing region.

                      Next it will be: We can't allow Syria's chemical weapons to fall into the wrong hands.
                      imperialist pieces of s***
                      its okay, let america keep digging its own grave
                      arm mujahedin in Syria, so they can send weapons to Afghanistan, so they can kill more Americans
                      all while America goes bankrupt

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