Originally posted by Bosse de Nage A good article: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139874/michael-weiss/how-to-oust-assad
Both Assad and AQ are providing excellent martyrs for the rebel cause. That picture of the beautiful Catholic girl lying dead with the cross stuck in her mouth...
Did killing Jesus with the cross work for the Jews and Romans? Did it get rid of Jesus and cow his followers into submission?
Jesus' name is praised daily and his followers are the most powerful force on Earth.
Al Qaeda should know better than to provide martyrs for the enemy. I mean...they're radical Muslims. Martyrdom is what they exist for. They know the power of martyrs.
Originally posted by Bosse de Nage Read in detail: http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-intelligence-seen-as-central-to-us-case-against-syria/
“[The Americans] are incapable of starting a new war in the region, because of their lacking economic capabilities and their lack of morale,” said Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the commander of the Republican Guards’ elite Basij force.
Why do dictators around the world keep making this stupid assumption?
Not sure what that means - is the Catholic warranty no good because the Church doesn't have a Imperial army any more?
Neither does Al-Qaeda. The Caliphate is long gone. This game is more subtle than that.
Yeah, Arabs are rich and can religiously manipulate people. They learned how to do that from Rome. The richest man in the world is a Mexican-Lebanese Catholic.
Originally posted by moon1969 Yes minor actions such as that, are constitutionally well within the sphere of the Commander-in-Chief. Even the constitutionally-questionable War Powers Act does not apply
Of course, ultimately, Congress will have to fund as they did in Libya.
So they are way upset over the gas attacks which killed all those people so their response is to go in and kill more people?
Originally posted by AThousandYoung Not sure what that means - is the Catholic warranty no good because the Church doesn't have a Imperial army any more?
Neither does Al-Qaeda. The Caliphate is long gone. This game is more subtle than that.
Yeah, Arabs are rich and can religiously manipulate people. They learned how to do that from Rome. The richest man in the world is a Mexican-Lebanese Catholic.