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Originally Posted by Bucco
If VK objects to me adding this to the thread I will take it away and begin another one but I consider Iran interwoven with Russia and Syria and think that entire area is now a tinderbox.
In that light, I read this tonight...
" A Russian cargo ship loaded with weapons is en route to Syria and due to arrive at a Syrian port this weekend, Al Arabiya television said in a report that Western diplomats in New York described on Friday as credible.
Syria is one of Russia's top weapons customers. The United States and European Union have suggested the U.N. Security Council should impose an arms embargo and other U.N. sanctions on Syria for its 14-month assault on a pro-democracy opposition determined to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad."
Russian arms shipment en route to Syria: report | Reuters |
Yeah, and I think I read in the last few days that other Arab states, specifically Saudi Arabia, have asked the U.S. whether it would be OK with us if they provided weapons to the Syrian insurgents.
What, the Saudis asking us if they can send weapons into Syria? Why ask us? I wonder how long it will take for our administration to make up its mind on how to answer? In the meantime the Russian weapons for the Syrian army have already arrived.
No, Bucco, it's all tied together. If Israel attacks Iran there will be a major regional war in the Middle East. A major interruption of the flow of oil to the U.S. and western Europe will almost certainly result. The effect on the U.S. and the world economy will be devastating. It will be very difficult for the U.S. to simply stand by and do nothing--even though that's what the public would desire I think, and even though we really can't afford to finance the blood and treasure required to get involved in another war. If we think that an Israeli attack won't result in retaliation against the U.S., both on our own shores as well as elsewhere in the world, we're more delusional than I thought.
Our elected officials aren't saying or doing anything because they're clueless as to what to say. I guess all we will do is keep talking, wait to see what happens and then react.
To be honest, if I was faced with the same set of problems, I'm not sure I'd be doing anything different.