Tuesday, June 19, 2012

WW3 about to begin in Syria

On the one side, Russia, China, Iran, Syria, Hezbollah/Lebanon. These are the Shia Muslims.

"Beijing is reported to have asked Egyptian authorities to permit the passage through the Suez Canal in late June of 12 naval ships heading for the Syrian port of Tartus, where Moscow maintains a naval and marine base."
-- http://www.debka.com/article/22094/Russia-China-Iran-plan-to-stage-in-Syria-%E2%80%9Cbiggest-Mid-East-maneuver%E2%80%9D-

On the other side, the US, NATO/G-20, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Syrian Rebels. The Arabs involved are the Sunni Muslims.

The UN is ineffective is stopping this, just like the League of Nations was ineffective in stopping WW2.
"Moscow, by sending troops to Syria without UN Security Council approval, has set a precedent for the United States, the European Union and Arab governments to follow. They all held back from sending troops to Syria because all motions to apply force for halting the bloodshed in Syria were blocked in the UN body by Russia and China."
--http://www.debka.com/article/22088/US-military-intervention-in-Syria-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%9CNot-if-but-when%E2%80%9D 

 "The President Bashar al-Assad, retains the support of his armed forces because the officer class, and many of the troops, belong to his own Alawite sect. The Alawites, an offshoot of Shia Islam, are a minority in Syria, but they have governed the country for almost half a century.
Without foreign intervention on the side of the rebels, it is likely that Assad would have crushed the revolt by now, doubtless brutally. But the Syrian civil war has been fomented by outside interests. Saudi Arabia and other Sunni states have been backing the rebels, supplying them with money and arms. So has Turkey and so, crucially, has the USA. Assad, however, is backed by Russia, the long time ally of the regime which provides Russia with a Mediterranean port. Iran also supports Assad and it is the link between Iran and Syria, rather than humanitarian impulses, which accounts for American support of the rebellion."
--http://www.scotsman.com/news/allan-massie-syria-remains-mired-in-conflict-as-egypt-evolves-1-2364074

The Suez Canal is open to warships of all countries, in time of war or peace.

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