dagblog - Comments for "Expect Russia to help?" http://dagblog.com/link/expect-russia-help-21141 Comments for "Expect Russia to help?" en Frankly I'm confused what we http://dagblog.com/comment/228599#comment-228599 <a id="comment-228599"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/228597#comment-228597">Your Huffington arcticle is</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Frankly I'm confused what we should do, though ceding the field to Russia + Syria or implementing Saudi grudges/foreign policy for them or looking the other way as Erdogan carries out purges against Kurds all seem like undesirable, as is leaving ISIS to consolidate its positions. Somewhere I'll probably resign myself to a lesser of evils approach (not that I have any say in the matter anyway....)</p> </div></div></div> Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:48:57 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 228599 at http://dagblog.com Your Huffington arcticle is http://dagblog.com/comment/228597#comment-228597 <a id="comment-228597"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/228596#comment-228596">A rough few days at the UN -</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Your Huffington arcticle is written by London based CFR member  RAGHIDA DERGHAM Columnist and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Al Hayat.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Hayat"> </a></p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Hayat">Al Hayat is</a> one of the leading daily <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Arab" title="Pan-Arab">pan-Arab</a> newspapers, with a circulation estimated over 200,000.</p> <p>It is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_of_record" title="Newspaper of record">newspaper of record</a> for the Arab <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora" title="Diaspora">diaspora</a> and the preferred venue for liberal intellectuals....</p> <p>Al Hayat is owned by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_bin_Sultan">Khalid bin Sultan</a>, of the Saudi royal family, the former deputy minister of defense and a member of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saud" title="House of Saud">House of Saud</a>.</p> <p>There is not a single powerful secular Arab force in Syria.</p> <p>Weapons sent in by the US or Saudis, are sold to the highest bidders, including ISIS and affiliated Islamist groups..</p> <p>Saudi Arabia wants the US to go in and put in a Sunni pro-Saudi W/ahabbi, anti-Iran government.</p> <p>That would merely unite all Syrian groups, against the US infidels, like Iraq.</p> <p><em>'</em>The people in the region will have to decide under who they want to live and at what cost. Make choices.</p> <p>Right now, it seems they support endless war.</p> <p>Russia today is giving them a big dose of it.</p> </div></div></div> Sat, 24 Sep 2016 17:29:12 +0000 NCD comment 228597 at http://dagblog.com A rough few days at the UN - http://dagblog.com/comment/228596#comment-228596 <a id="comment-228596"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/expect-russia-help-21141">Expect Russia to help?</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A rough few days at the UN - will anything really change?</p> <p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raghida-dergham/syria-and-john-kerrys-bom_b_12160696.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raghida-dergham/syria-and-john-kerrys-bom_...</a>?</p> </div></div></div> Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:38:48 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 228596 at http://dagblog.com