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2017-04-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-04-07 02:47|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 After all, what strategic objective would we accomplish by smashing, even removing, Assad?

No Shiia Crescent. No direct exports of Iranian gas to Europe. Expanded Kurdish controlled territory.

Posted by phil_b 2017-04-07 04:00|| 2017-04-07 04:00|| Front Page Top

#2 No Shiia Crescent. No direct exports of Iranian gas to Europe. Expanded Kurdish controlled territory.

If removing Assad could derail Iranian plans, Assad would be finishing decomposing by now - you think Bibi is an idiot?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-04-07 04:11|| 2017-04-07 04:11|| Front Page Top

#3 you think Bibi is an idiot

Well...uh, ahem...cack...urp.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-04-07 09:45|| 2017-04-07 09:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Of course Mattis was correct that Iran was the major threat in 2012 and the years immediately prior. We just finished fighting a proxy war against Iranian trained, equipped, and directed forces in southern Iraq...where we suffered serious loss. Iran did not. That was then.

Now. All of this is moot at this point since the Caliphate established itself in 2013 and all above are united in their focus on confronting this clear and present danger. A danger that is supported by the Wahhabist Sunni Saud regime.

Leave the Iranians alone to check the Saudis...let them grind it out and fight their proxy wars in Yemen or wherever and focus on eliminating the Caliphate please. That is one strategic interest that the Iranians, Russians, Americans, Syrians, and Iraqis share. Lets focus on finishing one thing in a row.

Posted by Tennessee 2017-04-07 09:47|| 2017-04-07 09:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Iran ay be the number one threat but you can't just go after them without provocation. Like it or not currently tea are at peace with them thanks to Obama. If Trump just dumps that without provocation the world will freak.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-04-07 20:17|| 2017-04-07 20:17|| Front Page Top

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