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2011-02-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2011-02-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Did someone just hear a methane bubble pop in the swamp of Middle Eastern dictatorship?

As they say, it is easiest to ride a horse in the direction it is going. The trick, of course, is to not get run over in the ensuing stampede.

Posted by SteveS 2011-02-01 00:16|| 2011-02-01 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 RENSE > {Reuters] IFF EGYPT FALLS, SYRIA MUST FOLLOW. IIUC, Syria must be destabilized + militarily occupied ASAP in order for the US-WEST/NATO to save the ME from being dominated or controlled by Iran + Mullahs???

ARTIC = SYRIA MUST BE SEEN AS A "CLEAR + PRESENT DANGER" TO PEACE, + NO LONGER AS A COUNTRY HELPING TO STABILIZE THE ME REGION.

IIUC AGAIN, ARTIC = its Author recognizes the likelihood that Israel risks becoming de facto surrounded by HOSTILE, PRO-ISLAMIST = PRO-IRAN, NUCLEAR-ARMED? MUSLIM GOVTS-STATES, + that POST-JASMINE the region may in time become an "IRANIAN LAKE" = SPHERE OF INFLUENCE/EMPIRE???

Ironically, a US-led INVASION OF SYRIA also has the effect of "SAVING SYRIA FOR SYRIANS", NOT IRAN.

I see shades of KIMMIE'S LOGIC ala INDUCING A SECOND KOREAN WAR in NE ASIA in order to "SAVE NORTH KOREA FOR NORTH KOREANS/KOREANS" from CHINESE MILITARY OR ECON TAKEOVER DUE TO WAR, PRO-CHINA FREE TRADE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-02-01 00:47|| 2011-02-01 00:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Nations that have sizable protests
Iran ->Tunisia -> Egypt -> Algeria -> Jordan -> Syria

I bet Turkey will have some major unrest soon. There are reports of Saudi Arabia starting to have issues too.
Change!

Posted by DarthVader 2011-02-01 12:04|| 2011-02-01 12:04|| Front Page Top

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