Re:Thursday Beirut suicide bombings kill 43
by DominikR on Sunday November 15, 2015 @04:45PM
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Okay, I'll just quote parts of the declassified the document you linked to:
"C. IF THE SITUATION UNRAVELS THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A DECLARED OR UNDECLARED SALAFIST PRINCIPALITY IN EASTERN SYRIA (HASAKA AND DER ZOR), AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE SUPPORTING POWERS TO THE OPPOSITION WANT, IN ORDER TO ISOLATE THE SYRIAN REGIME, WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE STRATEGIC DEPTH OF THE SHiA EXPANSION (IRAQ AND IRAN)."
So a Salafist principality is exactly what the supporters (US, Turkey, Saudi Arabia) of the opposition want.
Re:Thursday Beirut suicide bombings kill 43
by tptacek on Sunday November 15, 2015 @05:31PM
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You picked one of the very few parts of the memo Cole quotes directly, and then applied a meaning to it that was the opposite of the one Cole took. I'm not persuaded.
"C. IF THE SITUATION UNRAVELS THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A DECLARED OR UNDECLARED SALAFIST PRINCIPALITY IN EASTERN SYRIA (HASAKA AND DER ZOR), AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE SUPPORTING POWERS TO THE OPPOSITION WANT, IN ORDER TO ISOLATE THE SYRIAN REGIME, WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE STRATEGIC DEPTH OF THE SHiA EXPANSION (IRAQ AND IRAN)."
So a Salafist principality is exactly what the supporters (US, Turkey, Saudi Arabia) of the opposition want.