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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts) Sat Sep 7, 2013, 04:34 PM Sep 2013

It's not about the gas. This is a proxy war

Israel, Saudi Arabia, and others are trying to pull us in to fight against Russian, Iranian, and other sponsors.

They are using gas and horribly pictures of children being gassed to sway the emotions of people to bring them into a proxy war.

Dead kids are horrible, but there will be thousand more if/when we start raining death from above onto the country.

Don't let your heart override your brain.

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It's not about the gas. This is a proxy war (Original Post) NightWatcher Sep 2013 OP

TOUCHE, NightWatcher Carolina Sep 2013 #1

It is not about Sarin gas. With that I agree. Laelth Sep 2013 #2

+1 nt Live and Learn Sep 2013 #3

You think Assad trying to stay in power is about gas? You'd be wrong. It's about a lot more than gas KittyWampus Sep 2013 #5

That's not what I meant to say, certainly. Laelth Sep 2013 #7

there are going to be thousands more regardless. We are going to need each other. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #4

+1 nt tblue37 Sep 2013 #6

Carolina

(6,960 posts)

1. TOUCHE, NightWatcher

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2013, 04:35 PM

Sep 2013

K&R

Laelth

(32,017 posts)

2. It is not about Sarin gas. With that I agree.

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2013, 04:54 PM

Sep 2013

It is about gas, however ... natural gas. The UK, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany want it. Russia has it, and they exert a lot of influence on the European natural gas market. Our Western European allies want a pipeline through Syria to bring natural gas from Northern Iraq to the Mediterranean so that they can evade the stranglehold of Russia's near monopoly. Russia, obviously, doesn't want their lucrative natural gas market threatened, so they're propping up Assad (who has promised not to allow the pipeline). We're "subtly" pushing for Assad's removal so that the pipeline can be built to aid our European allies.

It is about gas. It is not about poison gas.

-Laelth

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)

3. +1 nt

Reply to Laelth (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 7, 2013, 04:57 PM

Sep 2013

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)

5. You think Assad trying to stay in power is about gas? You'd be wrong. It's about a lot more than gas

Reply to Laelth (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 7, 2013, 05:00 PM

Sep 2013

It's also about tribalism, tyranny and the beginnings of Democracy in the ME (whatever their version will look like).

It's about Oil, Gas and Israel.

It's about a great many things.