On March 19 2015 18:33 lastpuritan wrote: okay, ez $40 million dollars... this assad guy is shooting anything that enters his region, im guessing this is the second attack he commits after downing turkish jet, killing the pilots. iran and russia should stop selling missiles to that guy.
Assad is the reason ISIS hasn't taken over Syria yet, the FSA is a joke, Assad is the best thing the people have, not the greatest... but compared to the others the best, and he has the people's support
Here is what i think:
Coalition help and western armament is the reason ISIS has not taken Syria entirely. FSA is holding their ground and they are under training, note that FSA is not an united army but mixture of many groups that have no military experience. Assad is the worst thing people have after ISIS, people started to support him because FSA is not the old FSA, and members of the opposition either left the country or dead. Assad is still killing people with barrel bombs and yet refusing it with a smile on his face.
On March 19 2015 18:33 lastpuritan wrote: okay, ez $40 million dollars... this assad guy is shooting anything that enters his region, im guessing this is the second attack he commits after downing turkish jet, killing the pilots. iran and russia should stop selling missiles to that guy.
Assad is the reason ISIS hasn't taken over Syria yet, the FSA is a joke, Assad is the best thing the people have, not the greatest... but compared to the others the best, and he has the people's support
Here is what i think:
Coalition help and western armament is the reason ISIS has not taken Syria entirely. FSA is holding their ground and they are under training, note that FSA is not an united army but mixture of many groups that have no military experience. Assad is the worst thing people have after ISIS, people started to support him because FSA is not the old FSA, and members of the opposition either left the country or dead. Assad is still killing people with barrel bombs and yet refusing it with a smile on his face.
But Coalition weapons are what let ISIS rise up in the first place. ISIS started as just one of those many FSA groups you mentioned. And then they captured hundreds of millions worth of US equipment in Iraq.
Western equipment is why ISIS has been as successful as it has.
On March 19 2015 18:33 lastpuritan wrote: okay, ez $40 million dollars... this assad guy is shooting anything that enters his region, im guessing this is the second attack he commits after downing turkish jet, killing the pilots. iran and russia should stop selling missiles to that guy.
Assad is the reason ISIS hasn't taken over Syria yet, the FSA is a joke, Assad is the best thing the people have, not the greatest... but compared to the others the best, and he has the people's support
Here is what i think:
Coalition help and western armament is the reason ISIS has not taken Syria entirely. FSA is holding their ground and they are under training, note that FSA is not an united army but mixture of many groups that have no military experience. Assad is the worst thing people have after ISIS, people started to support him because FSA is not the old FSA, and members of the opposition either left the country or dead. Assad is still killing people with barrel bombs and yet refusing it with a smile on his face.
But Coalition weapons are what let ISIS rise up in the first place. ISIS started as just one of those many FSA groups you mentioned. And then they captured hundreds of millions worth of US equipment in Iraq.
Western equipment is why ISIS has been as successful as it has.
ISIS was never one of those FSA groups, not by a long shot.
Ahrar al Sham and Suqour al Sham announcing a complete merger.
(Reuters) - Nine British medical students have traveled to Syria, apparently to work in hospitals controlled by Islamic State, Britain's Observer newspaper reported on Saturday.
The group of four women and five men crossed into Syria from Turkey last week, having traveled from Sudan where they had been studying, said the story, published on the website of the Observer's sister paper, the Guardian.
It quoted Turkish opposition politician Mehmet Ali Ediboglu, who had met members of the students' families who were trying to persuade the students to return.
On March 19 2015 18:33 lastpuritan wrote: okay, ez $40 million dollars... this assad guy is shooting anything that enters his region, im guessing this is the second attack he commits after downing turkish jet, killing the pilots. iran and russia should stop selling missiles to that guy.
Assad is the reason ISIS hasn't taken over Syria yet, the FSA is a joke, Assad is the best thing the people have, not the greatest... but compared to the others the best, and he has the people's support
Here is what i think:
Coalition help and western armament is the reason ISIS has not taken Syria entirely. FSA is holding their ground and they are under training, note that FSA is not an united army but mixture of many groups that have no military experience. Assad is the worst thing people have after ISIS, people started to support him because FSA is not the old FSA, and members of the opposition either left the country or dead. Assad is still killing people with barrel bombs and yet refusing it with a smile on his face.
But Coalition weapons are what let ISIS rise up in the first place. ISIS started as just one of those many FSA groups you mentioned. And then they captured hundreds of millions worth of US equipment in Iraq.
Western equipment is why ISIS has been as successful as it has.
ISIS was never one of those FSA groups, not by a long shot.
What he said. they got their weapons from being an al quieda off shoot well before they went on their Iraq invasion.
Editor's note: The Associated Press outlines how the conflict in Yemen underscores political complexities for the U.S. in the Middle East. The U.S. is working to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran, who has said it provides diplomatic support of the Shiite rebels in Yemen known as Houthis. At the same time, the al-Qaida branch in Yemen is also fighting the Shiite rebels. The al-Qaida branch is also the target of a U.S. drone campaign. The U.S. is a traditional ally of Saudi Arabia, who have begun bombing the Houthi rebels. In Iraq, the U.S. and Iran are both helping the Shiite-led Baghdad government battle the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State group but are avoiding any actual contact. - Stephanie
The Middle East is turning into such a convoluted quagmire it's unreal. At this point it appears that just preventing the spread of chaos and instability is already a win.
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