Iran and Russia Now Helping Syria's Massacre

[pockybot]

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Syria: Iran's elite Quds force 'advising Assad regime'
The head of Iran's elite Quds force is reportedly visiting Syria to advise the regime on repressing protests and the armed resistance, as consternation grew in Western capitals on Thursday about Iranian and Russian meddling in the crisis.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9072798/Syria-Irans-elite-Quds-force-advising-Assad-regime.html

One of the top headlines today is that Iran is now actively assisting Syria on a number of fronts in their brutal massacres going on which have killed over 6000 people recently. Reports indicate Iran is providing some of it's senior military leaders to help in the war room with Syrian president Assad, as well as provide Quds and Hezbollah forces, intelligence gathering etc.
Meanwhile Russia openly is selling arms to Syria and blocking any UN resolutions

The West intervened in Libya when there was only the threat of a full out massacre. Here, well over 6000 have been killed: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9066804/Graphic-Death-toll-in-Syria-reaches-6000.html

Now people know me as a general anti war person, but ...
1. what options could work here other than the slow arming of Syrian rebels?


2. The bigger question, how does this effect the international spotlight on Iran and the possibility of a US/Israeli strike?

[Wraith of Azrael]

Hey look at that, another god damn proxy war...

So many proxies...

There is no other choice besides ignoring it or a proxy war because if there is troop deployment in Syria...expect for s**t to hit the fan.

Expect for s**t to hit the fan since if American troops support rebels and Iranian troops support Syria and they just so happen to clash...you can expect for an Iran/US war.

Russia might just want to profit off of it by selling them arms but if they get troops in and they clash with American troops...

Bad news...

Really bad news...

So avoid if possible, proxy war if inevitable, never a full scale invasion.

[CH1YO]

It's called sharing, we got Libya so they are allowed Syria.

[pockybot]

Wraith of Azrael

Hey look at that, another god damn proxy war...

So many proxies...

There is no other choice besides ignoring it or a proxy war because if there is troop deployment in Syria...expect for s**t to hit the fan.

Expect for s**t to hit the fan since if American troops support rebels and Iranian troops support Syria and they just so happen to clash...you can expect for an Iran/US war.

Russia might just want to profit off of it by selling them arms but if they get troops in and they clash with American troops...

Bad news...

Really bad news...

So avoid if possible, proxy war if inevitable, never a full scale invasion.

Yeah I mean the head of the military, then Defense Secretary Robert Gates said this one year ago

Quote:

"In my opinion, any future Defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should 'have his head examined,' as General MacArthur so delicately put it," Gates said in a speech to cadets at West Point.

Youd NEVER hear Rumsfeld say that

Anyways, the modern tradition for Western proxy wars is NEVER good

1. 1979-1989 Afghanistan. The CIA along with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia dedicated a lot of effort to radicalize Afghans and foreign fighters to take on the Soviet occupiers. Millions died,
and Afghanistan was destroyed, thus creating what would become the Taliban, al Qaeda and worldwide global jihadist foot soldiers

2. 1992-2001 Balkan Conflict. Once again, the US, this time with Germany and NATO openly financed, armed and trained mujahadeen Islamic warriors(including al Qaeda linked groups) to fight the Serb armies in Bosnia, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, etc. Then 9/11 happens

The worry is that with Libya, the same thing might happen.

See if Iran was SMART, they would be actively trying to HELP the rebels in Syria overthrow Assad, so Syria can install yet another puppet regime like in Lebanon and modern day Iraq.

Now..it just puts a bigger crosshair on the Iranian/Syrian area. ie: Iran just dug a deeper hole for themselves.

Also I sometimes feel China has Russia beat in the ol' finance/arm massacres and war to reap major profit scheme.

[Anaria Kuruba-no-imoto]

pockybot

Meanwhile Russia openly is selling arms to Syria and blocking any UN resolutions

Not all, but only 'bomb-them-all' resolutions. Russia and China have proposed some amendements to the project of UN resolution; these amendements were ignored by Western countries.