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Russia is in the early stages of "blowback" the longer this thing goes. They already lost 1 ambassador and a plane full of civilians, not that Putin gives a shite about them.

Much better Russians than Americans....I hate that innocent people are being killed but frick 'em...the ignorant fricks shouldn't have went to the mosque the second time...I tried the catholic church once and knew within a few minutes those bastards were crazy....the entire region can become southern Russia for all I care....we have oil here and Russia would have to sale that shite anyway and I for one would rather buy it from Russians who at least think somewhat like Europeans and not altogether like Asians than I would Arabs....

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Posted by CelticDog

Member since Apr 2015

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Posted on 12/23/16 at 9:14 pm to Sevendust912

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so Assad is the GOOD guy in all of this? who do the people of Syria support?

I guess i am as confused as the OP

tribal

you are talking about Arabs and tribes.

same issue in Libya.

same issue in Iraq

Nigeria too.

tribes vs tribes.

the following are the tribes of the arabian peninsula whose tribe name begins with the letter M.

Al-Murrah
Al-Maadeed
Maqil
Al Mahri
Mehri people
El Mahroky
Banu Makhzum
Banu Malik
Al Manaseer
Banu Mustaliq
Banu Mustafa
Banu Muttalib
Mutayr

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Posted by beerJeep

Louisiana

Member since Nov 2016

35007 posts

Posted on 12/23/16 at 9:40 pm to CelticDog

fricking Mongols had to go and ruin the middle east. The sack of baghdad was the turning point of the whole area. Ever since then it has been complete shite

For the downvoter... The siege of baghdad resulted in the biggest literary and scientific loss second only to the loss of the library at alexandria. Before the Mongols invaded and sacked the city it was a scientific and literary haven. Hundreds of miles of canals helped keep the area fertile. The destruction laid down by the Mongols was something the Region has yet to recover from and probably never will. You're ignorance of history is showing.

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Posted by Scoob

Near Exxon

Member since Jun 2009

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Posted on 12/23/16 at 9:45 pm to Sevendust912

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wait. so Assad is the GOOD guy in all of this?

No, Assad is not a good guy. But he's a secular strongman/dictator who can keep things in line, which is required in certain parts of the world.
And as such, it's pretty easy to know his motivations and angles, and deal with him accordingly.

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who do the people of Syria support?

Probably at least 50% of the people there want to kill Israelis, each other, infidel Westerners (especially Americans), and generally devolve into lawlessness and/or a religious zealotry.

Assad prevents this.

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Posted by Tigerbait46

Member since Dec 2005

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Posted on 12/23/16 at 9:51 pm to FishinTygah84

LINK

Good overview if you'd rather read from a legit source rather than some goofs on the internet

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Posted by larry289

Holiday Island, AR

Member since Nov 2009

3858 posts

Posted on 12/23/16 at 10:06 pm to MrCarton

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Those dudes(extreme radicals) really think the end of the world IS near.

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Please tell me this is satire

Your thinking of an end executed by a divine being. What they are referring to is "they want to end and rid the world of infidels", i.e., non-Mohammadist.

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Posted by IAmReality

Member since Oct 2012

12229 posts

Posted on 12/24/16 at 12:38 am to FishinTygah84

There's a huge civil war going on in Syria between the government and 3-4 differing rebel factions.

And pretty much every side involved is horrible.

And Aleppo is sort of the epicenter of all the warfare as it's a major city where many of the groups territories brush up against each other.

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