Things seem to be escalating in Syria

Syrian protesters target Baath Party offices

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/03/201132616546326475.html

Syria withdraws accreditation of Reuters correspondent

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/26/us-syria-reuters-idUSTRE72P1TD20110326

Any thoughts on where this one is headed?

I see this as a good thing actually. Most of the regimes so far are very oppressive and supported by the US,

But when/if the Saudis fall I assume the US military will jump in to protect "their" oil.

scary stuff though...I hope they land in a good place.

with social media it won't be able to go back to what it was. If they are lucky.

several of these nations have multiple tribes who may then wish to have their own way, making for another level of creating freedom for -all-.

Libya, Syria, Iran.

Syria could qualify for the silver package but, despite the desire for regime change there, I think right now we prefer the Asad regime to any alternative because he keeps tight control on the borders. The House of Saud is doing all it can to exacerbate the situation and destabilize Syria now.

This is where things get dangerous because so many egos are involved. The House of Saud is still furious at the White House for not backing Mubarak with more force.

So much has changed since Vogue magazine ran its Feb 25 splash of how Asama Assad was putting "a modern face on her husband’s regime."


Syria is burning. Official State media is trying to blame the uprising on the Palestinians http://www.alwatan.sy/dindex.php?idn=98047



None of this is heading to anywhere good.

Rec'd

http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm

The more things change?

I put them both right here. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x696362#708611

Syria is one hornet nest we better leave alone.

When Lebanon now ranks as the most stable Arab country in the Middle East, it's time to be very, very careful.

Same crowd, same failed agenda, same failed approach. They want US forces drawn in, and to stay in the region, regardless of the consequences.

The strategy of a thousand cuts, bleeding the overextended U.S. empire, serves the interests of several countries, and that doesn't include the U.S. It's interesting how Israel, Russia and China all seem to benefit the most by America being caught up in chaos in the Middle East. At least, one suspects, they believe they do. That our policy isn't really our own is an explanation that needs to be seriously considered, but isn't being discussed, even here.

I don't believe regional uprisings are entirely caused by accidental or microbial contagion, like political flu. There's an element of unexplained causation in here if you scratch the surface. Any ideas?

soon too and you know who's going to end up out in the cold with everyone pointing fingers at it? The US. Great job America. Keep listening to fools and greedy business interests. Keep allying yourself with bastards like Sarkozy who'll doublecross you as quickly as he double-crossed his good friend Gaddafi.

You call it III, I call it IV. Either way, it's World War.

Look at France and the UK right now. I wish we'd drop out of the empire business and go about tending our own while we still have the means to do so, before we're forced to do so the hard way.

You don't go through a century of imperialism without pissing off a lot of folks.

Poor Gaddafi was foolish enough to allow the Western media to setup camp in his country.