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Syrian state media: "We are moving north to counter the Turkish aggression". (Original Post) roamer65 Oct 2019 OP
Assad? Doesn't Russia control Syria now. Iliyah Oct 2019 #1
all we need is an all out war between Syria & Turkey...then Iran and SA will jump in... FirstLight Oct 2019 #2
Yup...the beginning of the Great Middle East War. roamer65 Oct 2019 #4
Indeed. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #6
Maybe they can all meet up at Megiddo. gordianot Oct 2019 #3
That party is a ways off yet. roamer65 Oct 2019 #5
Anybody... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #8
.. roamer65 Oct 2019 #9
Have they broken through Alexander's Gate? Adsos Letter Oct 2019 #10
If putin says stop! bluestarone Oct 2019 #7
My guess is Putin wants maximum chaos there, and have everyone in the Blue_true Oct 2019 #14
oh yea for sure bluestarone Oct 2019 #16
Well Syria is a sovereign country malaise Oct 2019 #11
I would as well. roamer65 Oct 2019 #13
Isn't Turkey supposed to be a NATO country? doc03 Oct 2019 #12
I think that kicks in only if Syria invades Turkey to stay. Blue_true Oct 2019 #15

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
2. all we need is an all out war between Syria & Turkey...then Iran and SA will jump in...
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 04:17 PM
Oct 2019

While we're at it, why not Israel... oh and don't forget France & Germany are there...so is Russia...


This is a clusterfuk of scary proportions

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
5. That party is a ways off yet.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 04:25 PM
Oct 2019


I really wonder if the blood will run as deep as a horse’s bridle for 180km, per Rev 14:20.

The distance in the verse is the same distance from Megiddo to Elat, which on the Red Sea.

Adsos Letter

(19,459 posts)
10. Have they broken through Alexander's Gate?
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 04:41 PM
Oct 2019

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A popular belief in the Middle Ages was that Alexander the Great had enclosed the nations of Gog and Magog behind giant brass gates, somewhere in the Caspian region.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
14. My guess is Putin wants maximum chaos there, and have everyone in the
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 09:02 PM
Oct 2019

region hating the USA once it calms down.

malaise

(269,053 posts)
11. Well Syria is a sovereign country
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 04:55 PM
Oct 2019

If I were the Syrian government, I'd run the Turks out of my country as well.

doc03

(35,346 posts)
12. Isn't Turkey supposed to be a NATO country?
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 05:45 PM
Oct 2019

If they are aren't we obligated to come to their aid, therefore getting into a war with Syria and their alli Russia?

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
15. I think that kicks in only if Syria invades Turkey to stay.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 09:04 PM
Oct 2019

If Syria is defending it's own territory, Turkey can't invoke Article 5.

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