Arab League re-admits Syria after 11-year absence

I'm surprised they ever removed Assad in the first place as barrel bombing and chemical weapons attacks seems right up the league's alley.

That the Gulf Dictatorships have in the past few months given up their US backed wars to prevent the spread of democracy in the ME shows how rapidly its power is crumbling. That even the Saud family is willing to risk offending America again and again is significant coming so soon after the murder of Kashoggi, because it shows they know that the US cannot afford to even try to punish them because of its economic and military fragility.

The reality that in the new Saud ruler's time, demand for oil is going to crash (even a straight line projection sees China's need to import oil dropping by the time MbS turns 60) means it HAS to either turn its deserts into the world's largest solar farms by covering them in Chinese solar panels or turn its historical sites into a tourist destination for Iranians (the region's largest nonpetroleum economy and only full SCO member) is something he has to deal with, because unlike a democracy, a dictator cannot either blame the lack of preparation on the opposition party being in power when it should have been done, or take a hiatus from power and come back with a different face blaming the lack of progress on the other party's poor handling.

The reality that in the new Saud ruler's time, demand for oil is going to crash (even a straight line projection sees China's need to import oil dropping by the time MbS turns 60) means it HAS to either turn its deserts into the world's largest solar farms by covering them in Chinese solar panels or turn its historical sites into a tourist destination for Iranians (the region's largest nonpetroleum economy and only full SCO member) is something he has to deal with, because unlike a democracy, a dictator cannot either blame the lack of preparation on the opposition party being in power when it should have been done, or take a hiatus from power and come back with a different face blaming the lack of progress on the other party's poor handling.

Would say they have to... listen to their people?

That even the Saud family is willing to risk offending America again and again is significant coming so soon after the murder of Kashoggi, because it shows they know that the US cannot afford to even try to punish them because of its economic and military fragility.

Stock market up for the year. Dollar still strong. US Army not crushed in Ukraine.

barrel bombing and chemical weapons

people who say this are obviously are paid by white helmets or USAID or CIA

people who say this are obviously are paid by white helmets or USAID or CIA

Can't handle the truth? If you don't like who your heroes back you have to change your heroes.

People who think that a field expedient weapon designed to counter DAESH's tactic of holding entire buildings of civilians hostage to serve as human shields by strafing the roof with shrapnel to clear it of DAESH snipers is a war crime are those who also think that the American invasion and occupation of Syria is completely legal and just, while screaming that invasion and occupation by anyone else is a Crime Against Humanity.

American invasion and occupation of Syria is completely legal and just, while screaming that invasion and occupation by anyone else is a Crime Against Humanity.

The US "invasion and occupation" of Syria is being done by less than 1000 troops. If Assad had any control of his country it would be no problem to push that out. And the Syria example does not allow Russia to have an adventure of its own and have it not be a War of Aggression and war crime. Russia already showed its level of criminality with its illegal annexations.