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(01-27-2017, 08:11 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(01-27-2017, 06:50 PM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote:Fishing=NATO bombing the hell out of Islamic radicals for the NATO/Kurdish army & Russia bombing the hell out of Islamic radicals for the Syrian army. I assume there will be a line drawn where the Kurdish/NATO & Syrian forces meet and shake hands and begin the diplomatic process to make the line permanent. Result. A new Kurdistan backed by NATO and a more democratic Syria backed by Russia.(01-27-2017, 05:48 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(12-31-2016, 05:22 PM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote:(12-31-2016, 08:56 AM)David Horn Wrote: So by your measure, Syria is no-win. What would you propose? Other than the Kurds, we have no real friends in the area -- including the current regime in Turkey.
Fish or cut bait?
Syria, like [Afghanistan,Iraq,Libya] are all no wins. I'm not sure what "fish or cut bait" means, but the fish pond where said fish reside are chock full of mercury which means we should just leave it be or suffer getting poisoned.
That would be cutting bait - cutting the fishing line and abandoning the bait and the fishing.
I can buy that. Cutting the fishing line = attempts to oust Assad, Bait = Assad , fishing = bombing the hell out of Syria. Mercury poisoning = blowback
That won't work.
1. Turkey is in NATO and Turkey hates the Kurds. that means NATO and Kurds = fluorine + cesium = explosion. 2 things that can't exist in close proximity.
2, The happy faces happen when Syria absorbs the Kurds , lets them be as before the US decided to make a mess, and Russia/Syria diplomacy provides security guarantees for Turkey as far as Kurds messing in Turkeys internal affairs. There is no need for the rest of NATO besides Turkey to do anythings. The democracy thing is a red herring since the US is really a flawed democracy.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nat.../97041946/
The US is more of an oligarchy. You know we're pretty much just like Russia. It's the dough that counts, not the votes, man.
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