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Syria regime to accept de facto partition of country

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What was all this talk posters were having about siding with Assad? Yeah, let's side with the losing team.

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Both sides are losing teams.

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What was all this talk posters were having about siding with Assad? Yeah, let's side with the losing team.

Are you sure that the US situation in Iraq and Afghanistan is better?

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The US position improves the closer we get to the day we GTF out!

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The USA needs to GTF OUT of Okinawa, too. The USA can't even pay its senior citizens' social security and medicare after 2030, but it can be the cop on the block everywhere in the world.

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Let them have their caliphate. All that will happen is that it will stagnate, especially if we keep air dropping all the stuff they ban, such as music, TVs, cell phones, alcohol, magazines, medical supplies, books etc. It will be cheaper than fighting a war with them.

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noriyosan: Japan is sort of lucky to have gotten Okinawa back, wouldn't you agree?

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The western powers(primarily USA) are responsible for having given support to the various "rebel" groups with the intent of toppling Assad(after having supporting him for many years). The dirty politics of state-instigated regime change.

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SMH at the commentators here that think this is all a US conspiracy. Watch Kremlin news much? It will be good for everyone to be rid of Assad. As for ISIS they are terrible at running a state anyways. When they control the country we can just cut off all supplies to the country, period. Then, when they are done killing each other for food, we can resettle with more reasonable people from the surrounding areas.

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The Syrian government is supported by its population and it is being assailed by Islamic terror groups aided by outside funding.Look up interviews on YouTube with Assad and you will see that rather than a dictator (we are led to believe) that he is a thoughtful and unassuming individual,trying to defend his country.....

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"The world must think about whether the establishment of two terrorist states is in its interests or not,” he said, in reference to IS’s self-proclaimed “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq, and al-Qaida affiliate Al-Nusra Front’s plans for its own “emirate” in northern Syria "

Spot on. That seems exactly the Western position. Actually, Western policies have created a third terrorist state already, namely Al-Qaeda run mullah state in Libya. And the Western madness continues.

Will the fools in Washington and London ever wake up?

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The USA needs to GTF OUT of Okinawa, too.

Yeah, that's exactly what China is hoping for as well.

The USA can't even pay its senior citizens' social security and medicare after 2030, but it can be the cop on the block everywhere in the world.

Thanks to our commander in chief, his policies have just made that much more of a bearer.

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In the future, Assad's body will be dragged through the street much the same way as Gaddafi's was. He will suffer immensely and he will deserve it. It will come as no surprise and he will garner no sympathy. The hugely predictable nature of his demise may produce a yawn or two. The only two things people will remember is that his favourite musical artistes were Right Said Fred. And that he murdered thousands of people.

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“The world must think about whether the establishment of two terrorist states is in its interests or not,” he said, in reference to IS’s self-proclaimed “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq, and al-Qaida affiliate Al-Nusra Front’s plans for its own “emirate” in northern Syria.

The unmitigated gall of the Assad regime to try to pedal this kind of crap. If he truly cared one bit about his people, he would have negotiated a peaceful transition years ago. But, instead, with Russian backing, he stayed in power, and this is the result. Not one bit of foreign blood should be shed to play his silly game. Both he and Russia have blood on their hands, as these jihadists ruthlessly murder people who will not cower to them, as well as them destroying thousands of years of historical and cultural treasures.

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“The world must think about whether the establishment of two terrorist states is in its interests or not...” The 'World' has already thought about it, and brought it about. Check the 1982 'Yinon Plan'; 'Balkanisation' of the large Arab and Muslim countries around Israel. Two British planes have been shot down by Iraqi forces whilst airdropping arms to 'IS', as has an American helicopter. Coalition forces, especially American, frequently 'accidentally' target anti-IS forces; now there is talk of Turkish/US support for a protective 'no-fly zone' to protect terrorists in Syria.

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Paul_Barbara, quote: " Two British planes have been shot down by Iraqi forces whilst airdropping arms to 'IS', as has an American helicopter."

Please give your sources.

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If the US starts providing air support to terrorists then Russia should supply S300's to the Syrian government. Instead of all the bluster we have to see just how good Russian and US weapons technology really is. Iraq dont count since they were using locally made inferior weapons against the latest US made depleted weapons banned by the USSR because it creates 3 eyed children. The only reason Syria lost those regional cities is because of indirect fire support from another terrorist state Turkey. So better to move and consolidate where you can do the most good in protecting your population. I doubt Turkey or the US would go near the Russian base in Syria. The terrorists can have the desert and when Qatar and Saudi wahabis start building their pipeline them bomb them to smithereens. Rememebr, Russia has oil and gas development rights in Syria.

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@mmiriww And one wonders how Russia will be able to execute on those oil and gas development rights when their puppet Assad falls. This is despite the absolutely zero principles Russians have on who they will do business with. One thing is for sure: Russia, Syria, and ISIS all deserve each other.

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