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2024-12-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Why did Syria fall so fast and what happens next?

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Posted by Fred 2024-12-12 13:45|| || Front Page|| [11149 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 The Middle East will never be the same again.

They'll still be at each others throats. Players change but the game doesn't. Being sat upon by the Ottomans or the Europeans only gave them a false sense of tranquility.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-12-12 14:53|| 2024-12-12 14:53|| Front Page Top

Prime Minister Netayahu's Message to the Iranian People:
"Your oppressors spent over 30 billion dollars supporting Assad in Syria. After only 11 days of fighting, his regime collapsed into dust." pic.twitter.com/njhjXyHmmF
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) December 12, 2024

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-12-12 16:43|| 2024-12-12 16:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Why didn't our intelligence people see this coming ?

Posted by Besoeker 2024-12-12 16:59|| 2024-12-12 16:59|| Front Page Top

#4 ..to busy trying to overthrow the American Constitution?

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-12-12 17:14|| 2024-12-12 17:14|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Exactly correct! I'd love to have been a fly on the wall at the first Battle Update Brief (BUB) of the 06 in charge of the element in Syria.

* Hey foking OGA weenie, you know anything about this shi* ?

* No, no, no....look at the foking FOX news on the monitor above my head.

* WTF over ?

* How many of your fellow weenies have you got wandering around out there? What's the plan if we have to go 'no notice' wheels up assho*e ?

Posted by Besoeker 2024-12-12 18:01|| 2024-12-12 18:01|| Front Page Top

#6 The plan is: have your Go-bag by the door no matter where you are, and the farthest aircraft on the ramp fills last!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-12-12 18:15|| 2024-12-12 18:15|| Front Page Top

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