The Coming War With Syria

SafeSurfer · 01-06-2012 09:22PM #1

Here we go again. Western intervention in support of Syrian rebels seems increasingly inevitable. It is a familiar story. The west helps to arm the rebel faction, thus escalating the violence, the media reports civilian deaths as government atrocities while ignoring the killings of government troops and supporters.

Cue UN, or since the Libyan fiasco, more likely unilateral military intervention by a "coalition of the willing". Some cabal of western powers who see instability in Syria as an opportunity to advance their regional agendas.

The big prize is, of course Iran and tightening the noose on the Iranian regime by isolating it, eliminating its allies and clearing an air path to its borders for a US or Israeli strike.

Far fetched? BS? Conspiracy?

Lets wait and see.

FANTAPANTS · 01-06-2012 09:23PM

i wouldnt say you are a million miles from the truth!!!

John Doe1 · 01-06-2012 09:23PM

Banned and Assassinated

DrumSteve · 01-06-2012 09:24PM

And once again, the innocent will suffer the most.

recylingbin · 01-06-2012 09:24PM

I know war is meant to be tough and all that, but let's hope it's on at a reasonable time, I'm not staying up all night like I did with Iraq.

admiralofthefleet · 01-06-2012 09:24PM

why havent the americans gone in and robbed the oil yet? they were like flies around shite in libya last year

Kylo Ren · 01-06-2012 09:25PM

The coming war you say? Hmmmm

I'm in.

Biggins · 01-06-2012 09:25PM

We will know when/if the fighting might start when the Bilderberg lot decide to let us know!
Just hang on a little while longer!

Run_to_da_hills · 01-06-2012 09:27PM

"The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap" Isaiah 17:1

Biggins · 01-06-2012 09:31PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

"The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap" Isaiah 17:1

...And thats after Justin Beiber visits! :eek:

summerskin · 01-06-2012 09:32PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

"The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap" Isaiah 17:1

You scare me, you really do. According to you Obama is the anti-Christ, the Olympics are a gateway for a new world order and now you spout this biblical nonsense.

Please, no more.

MaxSteele · 01-06-2012 09:33PM

We're a small, neutral nation on the fringes of Europe, thousands of miles away from these middle eastern conflicts, which have no real impact on us.

As long as we have plentiful supply oil .... fcuk the lot of that arab spring, war mongering NATO ****e I say.

ejmaztec · 01-06-2012 09:34PM

Two reasons for the hesitancy of the US going on an all expenses paid trip to Syria, China and Russia don't want them to.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 01-06-2012 09:37PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

why havent the americans gone in and robbed the oil yet? they were like flies around shite in libya last year

There isn't large enough reserves in Syria.

admiralofthefleet · 01-06-2012 09:39PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

There isn't large enough reserves in Syria.

there was some ironing in my post

01-06-2012 09:40PM

Keno 92 wrote: »

The coming war you say? Hmmmm

I'm in.

It's gonna get sticky.

bilston · 01-06-2012 09:41PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

why havent the americans gone in and robbed the oil yet? they were like flies around shite in libya last year

Did the Americans go into Libya though? The Americans were involved in the first few days but after that was it not more of an Anglo/French adventure?

Rebelkell · 01-06-2012 09:41PM

SafeSurfer wrote: »

Here we go again. Western intervention in support of Syrian rebels seems increasingly inevitable. It is a familiar story. The west helps to arm the rebel faction, thus escalating the violence, the media reports civilian deaths as government atrocities while ignoring the killings of government troops and supporters.

Cue UN, or since the Libyan fiasco, more likely unilateral military intervention by a "coalition of the willing". Some cabal of western powers who see instability in Syria as an opportunity to advance their regional agendas.

The big prize is, of course Iran and tightening the noose on the Iranian regime by isolating it, eliminating its allies and clearing an air path to its borders for a US or Israeli strike.

Far fetched? BS? Conspiracy?

Lets wait and see.

Way to go to make a cheap political point on other peoples misery. Hope we never have to live under a regime like the one in Syria. Makes gaza look like butlins but so long as the bad guys ain't jews who cares?

Waiting for i'm not anti semetic reply Yawn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bilston · 01-06-2012 09:42PM

summerskin wrote: »

You scare me, you really do. According to you Obama is the anti-Christ, the Olympics are a gateway for a new world order and now you spout this biblical nonsense.

Please, no more.

Listen to the man, it's all getting a bit close to the 21st December 2012 (the date the Mayans predict the world will end or at least go through some marvellous transformation) for my liking for the West to start more military adventures in the Middle East.

Pottler · 01-06-2012 09:57PM

bilston wrote: »

Listen to the man, it's all getting a bit close to the 21st December 2012 (the date the Mayans predict the world will end or at least go through some marvellous transformation) for my liking for the West to start more military adventures in the Middle East.

ah will ya stop, just stop. Feckin Mayans didn't even see their own demise coming, let alone that of the world, feckin rock stacking slavers. Just because some people from long ago predicted somthing, that makes it no less of a crock of sh1te than if all us Paddies predict the end of the world as 12 July 3015.

gurramok · 01-06-2012 10:01PM

SafeSurfer wrote: »

The west helps to arm the rebel faction, thus escalating the violence, the media reports civilian deaths as government atrocities while ignoring the killings of government troops and supporters.

Far fetched? BS? Conspiracy?.

Trying to rewrite history are we? The violence began to escalate when state forces started to murder thousands of unarmed civilians. Do you expect the population to accept their loves ones dying every day for the crime of wanting their civil rights?!

Far fetched your side of things indeed.

Tym · 01-06-2012 10:02PM

Far fetched? BS? Conspiracy?

Lets wait and see.

Yeah, if it does happen that doesn't in anyway prove it's a conspiracy or not BS.

You've said there will be war wiht Syria, and the only other thing that could happen is...there isn't war with Syria.

Seems pretty 50/50 to me.

And Iran is a haven of equality.

smash · 01-06-2012 10:02PM

AMERICA.... FUCK YEA!!!

Benny-c · 01-06-2012 10:09PM

Should this thread be in Conspiracy Theories??:D

SafeSurfer · 01-06-2012 10:14PM

Rebelkell wrote: »

Way to go to make a cheap political point on other peoples misery. Hope we never have to live under a regime like the one in Syria. Makes gaza look like butlins but so long as the bad guys ain't jews who cares?

Waiting for i'm not anti semetic reply Yawn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Im not sure what point you are trying to make

Millions of people are living under as bad and worse regimes than that of Syria. As long as the powers of the west have a use for these regimes they are tolerated. Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain torture and murder their citizens every day of the week but be it for extraordinary rendition or other air bases or whatever they are useful so a blind eye is turned.

Dont even mention non interventionism in Africa, Darfur etc.

Not all criticism of Israel can be simply labeled anti semetic and dismissed. It is the default reaction but when Israel is supplying tonnes of weapons to a neighbouring country's rebels and escalating civil war this should be pointed out.

Pottler · 01-06-2012 10:27PM

FFS, There is only so much warehouse space available to store armaments, at some stage they have to be used up to make more room for current production. This would be a logistical matter. Syria, your ticket came out of the hat in the "where the feck can we flog all this old crap" Military Industrial Complex Lottery. Congratulations. Soon you will be entered into their draw for "Lets sell them lots of building materials and services" Lottery and I fancy their chances somthing rotten.

Doc Ruby · 01-06-2012 10:31PM

Pottler wrote: »

ah will ya stop, just stop. Feckin Mayans didn't even see their own demise coming

Actually their prophecies mentioned white, bearded demigods arriving to save them, so in a roundabout way they did. Or the Aztecs or whoever. They just mixed up "save" and "slaughter". Its a common typo.

KerranJast · 01-06-2012 10:36PM

The Americans really can't win. They intervene (in a very limited fashion in Libyas case) to stop Dictactors massacring their populace and they're Imperialist Nazis.

They decide to try and use UN channels instead and get blocked by those fun chaps in Russia and China and they're called callous bastards who only care about oil.

Damned if you do damned if you don't. :rolleyes:

golden lane · 01-06-2012 10:45PM

it is amazing how problems can be solved.....sitting on your arse criticising....brave heroes no doubt.

Hande hoche! · 01-06-2012 10:49PM

Pottler wrote: »

FFS, There is only so much warehouse space available to store armaments, at some stage they have to be used up to make more room for current production. This would be a logistical matter. Syria, your ticket came out of the hat in the "where the feck can we flog all this old crap" Military Industrial Complex Lottery. Congratulations. Soon you will be entered into their draw for "Lets sell them lots of building materials and services" Lottery and I fancy their chances somthing rotten.

Sure that's what Libya was for. It's less appealing when the enemy has something approaching credible air defences.

ejmaztec · 01-06-2012 10:51PM

golden lane wrote: »

it is amazing how problems can be solved.....sitting on your arse criticising....brave heroes no doubt.

I've never heard of a cowardly hero.

The Coming War With Syria

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