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Not so plenty, those times weren't because Poland had dictators, quite the opposite if anything. Besides, it's completely irrelevant to the topic at hand.

And the dictators came as a consequence of commie military intervention, not the other way around.

I don't get your point, if you are making any here.

Kurds are kinda desperate for any funding so probably not. What is it with the "comic books for 7 year olds" understanding of foreign affairs? Just because one side is shit doesn't mean the other one isn't. Anything you can accuse them of, Assad did that and worse. Kurdish commies aren't my...

You mean whatever, if anything, he was going to share with the population, as opposed to paying some of the overdue bonuses for his enforcers? It's not like Assad is some kind of populist hero leader. Syria is a nice example of how you can have a war with many sides and they are various shades...

It's still a delusional thing to believe. Get non shitty news instead of just anti-western propaganda. Boo fucking hoo. Poor Assad. Don't care. If the last Assadist and Kurd commie murdered each other, the world would be better off for it. If Assad wants me to care about his budget, he needs to...

I'll absolutely take those over Assad's mouthpiece, "Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization" (sorry, not a fan of islamic ideology), nor the "peace and socialism" folks over at the Morning Star (had "peace and socialism" where i live, still lots of problems left over from that). It's one...

I asked for a number. >Syrian Arab News Agency AKA "Assad said", it's state owned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehr_News_Agency :LOL: You do realize that 35 trucks, assuming they were full is basically jack shit in the context of Syria's even current oil production of about 150k bbl per day...

How many barrels did USA rob out of Syria so far?

This brings up two questions: a) Should have written the letter in "standard western diplo-speak"? b) Would writting the letter in "standard western diplo-speak" get him closer to the desired result than what he did instead? Disrespect? Not sure if you know that, but politicians behind the...

It's Trump, honestly, if anyone expected poetry or conventional western diplo-speak, well, why, why would you expect that, don't you know anything about Trump? It's written in a way quite similar to his speaking style, like it or not. But de gustibus non est disputandum. The more interesting...

In which case it would be plain corruption then. If USA went to truly gain lots of oil cheaply and did get exactly that, it would have been a very solid national interest argument, whether you would love or hate such an argument.

It's a theory common in certain circles, but now, equipped with the immense power of hindsight, we can verify the "cui bono" part of it. How much oil did USA supposedly get out of it, how much money did it spend on the whole undertaking, and in turn, was the price per barrel even remotely...

One thing to note is that both Japan and Germany were already major industrial powers, or in other words, developed countries of the time, as proven by how much military power they could bring up, with all the implications and requirements in culture, economy, education and governance ability...

If true, it's far from the first sign of the romance of Turkey with Russia going over the line - the F-35/S-400 choice was a pretty clear sign of which way the winds of the great game blow. It's not hard to imagine that it could also have been hammered out on the go too - with enough persuasion...

In official statements, Erdogan said it's temporary. Russian and Assadist reply is "it better damn be". Putin is ballsy enough to press the matter, and i'm not sure if Erdogan would be willing to have that "hybrid war", without NATO support at that. Muslim Brotherhood is it's own massive...

A risky maneuver that may end very badly for him. The islamists certainly have plenty of people more islamist than Erdogan who would want to be the new Sultan. The ultranationalists, well, they are the old Kemalist's base, so, not good material for friendship here. Revenge, though... Yes, that...

If Erdogan is stupid enough to invite islamist refugees, he will soon find out that he has switched an old despised enemy to a new one that can be disturbingly persuasive to his own electoral base, unlike the Kurds. So, Russia is taking Erdogan's job? Because that's about exactly was what he...

I'm not sure who's the winner in this situation, probably time will tell. Russia gets to feel important, Kurds don't get massacred by Turks, USA gets to withdraw from the mess without taking sides between two nominal allies and not having massacred Kurds pointed out afterwards... Assad's case...

Yup. This kind of political mandete "for international dog and pony show" with no regard to practicality is what does "lose the peace" no matter how many wars are won. It's the same reason why USA didn't simply install a military governor in either of these places at least for the time of the...