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2013-09-11 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Arab League to support Russia's proposal on Syria

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Posted by Steve White 2013-09-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Russia doesn't actually have a final proposal yet

there may be some un pleasant details in it

Posted by lord garth 2013-09-11 00:26|| 2013-09-11 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Lord Garth ---

"there may be some unpleasant details in it"

There WILL be some unpleasant details in it... just sayn'

Posted by Sherry 2013-09-11 01:13|| 2013-09-11 01:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Strange is it not, the Russians didn't make a similar proposal when they moved the chemical weapons out of Iraq.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-09-11 07:32|| 2013-09-11 07:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Russia will get their pound of flesh.

Posted by newc 2013-09-11 09:38|| 2013-09-11 09:38|| Front Page Top

#5 rumors of the still not finalized Russian proposal are coming out

one item is that Russia gets to sell more military stuff to Iran

another item is that US warships near Syria redeploy (or retreat in less PC terms)

another is a long time for Syria to identify sites and a longer time to inspect them and even longer to secure them (the last of these is actually reasonable given the logistical problems)

Posted by lord garth 2013-09-11 09:55|| 2013-09-11 09:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Just so happens there are about a 1000 3rd party Chinese who just showed up. Put about 30 at High Value Targets, 10 at Mid Value, and that eliminates any meaningful strike vs. war with China. Its not even checkers, its Sorry! but without the high brow strategic considerations.

As International Troops come in to secure chemical facilities, that frees up Assad's troops to continue the fight. And what good are international security forces without their own air assets to protect the, uhem, removal of chemical weapons.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-09-11 11:29|| 2013-09-11 11:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Strange is it not, the Russians didn't make a similar proposal when they moved the chemical weapons out of Iraq.

Conditions on the ground were different.

Posted by Pappy 2013-09-11 14:16|| 2013-09-11 14:16|| Front Page Top

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