....first of all why do we even have an embassy in Syria? 4 Terrorists drove up to the front gate jumped out, yelled religious slogans and opened fire and exploded the vehicle. A second van filled with 6 propane tanks & explosives was found at the back gate undetonated.
Al Queda terrorists are suspected, but anti U.S. sentiment is huge after the U.S. backed Israel in the Jordan attacks. No Americans were hurt. Why are we there????
Washington recalled Ambassador Margaret Scobey after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005, amid suspicions that Damascus had a role in it. She has not returned since, effectively downgrading U.S. diplomatic representation to the level of charge d'affaires.
Washington recalled Ambassador Margaret Scobey after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005, amid suspicions that Damascus had a role in it. She has not returned since, effectively downgrading U.S. diplomatic representation to the level of charge d'affaires.
So this is all just symbolic bullshit? The US media is praising Syrian police for saving American lives and is calling on Syria to help stop terrorism. Lots of rhetoric, but sounds very convenient.
The problem is that the politics over there are complicated and we as Americans always like to simplify things as a them vs us thing (kinda like we do in our own politics).
Sunni Muslim extremists such as al-Qaida fiercely despise President Bashar Assad's regime because of its secular ideology and because his father, the late President Hafez Assad, led a crackdown on Muslim fundamentalists that killed thousands in the city of Hama in 1982. They also reject Assad's rule because he belongs to the Shiite Alawite sect of Islam.
This harkens back also to the fact that Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein also hated each other. Al Queda is probably as scary to Assad if not more so than they are to us.
It's complicated over there and just because two groups both hate the USA doesn't mean automatically that the have any love or interest in helping each other.
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The problem is that the politics over there are complicated and we as Americans always like to simplify things as a them vs us thing (kinda like we do in our own politics).
Sunni Muslim extremists such as al-Qaida fiercely despise President Bashar Assad's regime because of its secular ideology and because his father, the late President Hafez Assad, led a crackdown on Muslim fundamentalists that killed thousands in the city of Hama in 1982. They also reject Assad's rule because he belongs to the Shiite Alawite sect of Islam.
This harkens back also to the fact that Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein also hated each other. Al Queda is probably as scary to Assad if not more so than they are to us.
It's complicated over there and just because two groups both hate the USA doesn't mean automatically that the have any love or interest in helping each other.
What happened to "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"?
What happened to "the enemy of my enemy is my friend"?
That's the reason that we at one time actually supported Saddam and the progenitors of the Taliban in Afghanistan, et al.
Hell we even sold weapons to Iran while we were supporting Iraq.
Lol: the two guys who are both enemies are both therefore my friends. Lol.
Lol. Truly that is bad policy. Assad trusting Al Queda is an invitation for his head to end up on a pike. It would be equally insane for us to support Al Queda in an attempt to destabilize Assad though I wouldn't put such a hare brained scheme past our CIA.
Once the enemy of your of you enemy is gone or if your new found "friend" sees an opportunity to get one up on you your "friendship" will be long gone.
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