If the Russians make it to Syria, their weapons will be used to slaughter thousands of innocent civilians.

So? Really??

Have you been watching the footage from Homs? From Haffa??

SOMETHING has to be done. How about INTENSE economic pressure on Syria, Russia and anyone allied with them?

How many loads of military gear have we conveyed to Afghanistan? Israel? Saudi Arabia? and many, many, more, despotic and/or murderous regimes?

Is the Syrian opposition not killing anyone?

“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy.” - Mohandas K. Gandhi

innocent people is not a liberal value, at least not one that i want to be associated with.

How about Vietnam? Our countless, but sorta/kinda proxy wars in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe?

Do you think arming the rebels in Syria is a good idea? Will they not kill people?

fine with just watching these people die?

So, how about we just bring all the people in Syria, who want to leave, here?

I have been around long enough to understand that our "help" usually ends in disaster for the people involved.

If Russia does a scorched earth policy the US will have to put sanctions on them. We're not there yet.

This is absolutely criminal. Putin whines and complains about OUR wars but then turns around and helps a regime who are murdering people themselves? Fuck this shit. And this only serves to stoke the fires of WW3 fearmongering, too. It makes me wonder if there's a conspiracy of some sort underfoot.....

...and that he had WMDs.

What's the point?

And if they are publishing "classified" information, how is that not criminal?

-- Mal

And rights near the port city of Latakia. They did the same last year.

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to secure that base I'd think they were pretty stupid. They aren't.

And that's understandable, I guess. I don't approve of arming Assad, of course. But I can see why they would want to make sure that their naval facility is prepared for any eventuality, up to and including collapse of the Assad government.

If that's all they were doing. Unfortunately, the criminal factions of Russia's government have seen to it that they will be arming the fascist Assad.
I do wonder, and worry, if perhaps they might end up arming the equally criminal Muslim Brotherhood once Assad's regime collapses.