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Posted by trailing wife 2012-07-23 00:00||
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#1 This is hard to believe. The Russians have long considered Syria to be a good customer for Russian armaments.
The stuff about Syria being a bulwark against Sunni revivalism seems goofy
Posted by lord garth 2012-07-23 01:14||
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#2 Russians do consider Sunni Islam a threat---that's why they support Iran.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-07-23 03:19||
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Posted by Dale 2012-07-23 06:51||
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#4 Morely likely Putin's is afraid that if Assad falls, Syria will not pay the Russian debt.
Posted by bernardz 2012-07-23 07:16||
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#5 Maybe Russia has picked up on our cynical old strategy of keeping the various Muslim factions in balance militarily, and pre-occupied with killing each other.
Posted by Glenmore 2012-07-23 12:12||
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#6 Russians do consider Sunni Islam a threat---that's why they support Iran.
Maybe they will have an epiphany one day and realize that Iranian Shites are also a threat.
Posted by JohnQC 2012-07-23 14:32||
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#7 Maybe they will have an epiphany one day and realize that Iranian Shites are also a threat
A case of being too smart for their own good. They believe that MM are the Soviet leadership---nationalists masquerading as ideologists.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-07-23 15:02||
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#8 are the ---> are like the
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-07-23 15:20||
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#9 The overwhelming majority of Muslims in Russia is Sunni. Here you go.
Posted by European Conservative 2012-07-23 17:25||
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#10 Also Chechnyan rebels are Sunnis and supported by Saudi Arabia, Iran's mortal enemy.
Posted by European Conservative 2012-07-23 17:27||
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#11 "Morely likely Putin's is afraid that if Assad falls, Syria will not pay the Russian debt."
Doncha' just hate it when a cash-paying customer goes bankrupt - or their corrupt regime just collapses? Sheeesh ... it's hard to find stable third world dictatorships these days.
Posted by Raider 2012-07-23 20:28||
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#12 nnaaahhhhh. I'm sure Iran will make good on that debt. Right?
Posted by Frank G 2012-07-23 20:38||
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