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2006-01-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Syria: Already Carving Up The Unbaked Pie

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-01-13 18:51|| || Front Page|| [13 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Who writes this shit? Mario Puzo?

Posted by Brett 2006-01-13 22:17|| 2006-01-13 22:17|| Front Page Top

#2 ROFL, Brett! Indeed.

Syria, and Lebanon, aren't falling because of London or Paris. WhoTheFuck do they think they are? We're cleaning up the fucking disasters they left behind post-WW-II now (Can you say Sykes-Picot?) Why would we trust these morons to "carve up" anything? Arrogant assholes.

Fucking insanity.

Posted by .com 2006-01-13 22:22|| 2006-01-13 22:22|| Front Page Top

#3 The assumption is a palace coup will determine the next leader of Syria, who will be Assad MKII. I'd dispute this assumption, not least because in modern times, I can think of an example of it happening, except perhaps in the darker parts of Africa (and excluding pure military coups). My analysis would have either a conventional military coup with promises of more democracy that might be fulfilled or a slide into disorder and a slow lose of control especially in the Kurdish North East, which we hear almost nothing about, yet must be full of weapons and men with Pergamesh training from Iraqi Kurdistan. My guess is large parts are already a no-go area for the Syrian military and the Kurds are biding their time.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-01-13 22:24|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-01-13 22:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Rifaat al-Assad, exiled brother of the dead king Hafez al-Assad

King? The presumption of that label on that jumped up bully boy is laugh out loud funny!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-13 22:35|| 2006-01-13 22:35|| Front Page Top

#5 phil_b, that would be "Peshmerga". I hope that you are not being deliberately cryptic. ;-)

TW, that may be some kind of inference that Hafez acquired similar status like Elvis...with a difference that no one is claimimg about the first seeing him alive. ;-)

Posted by twobyfour 2006-01-13 23:35|| 2006-01-13 23:35|| Front Page Top

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