Thread: Syria

Marcus: Главная вина Сирии - ее относительная независимость от США и связи с Россией и Китаем.

Maybe. Officially, the главная вина of Syria (as far as I know) is its support of Hezbollah, which does NOT recognize Israel's right to continue existing.

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Maybe. Officially, the главная вина of Syria (as far as I know) is its support of Hezbollah, which does NOT recognize Israel's right to continue existing.

So, rephrasing this a little bit
Independence of Republic of Abkhazia (thus it's existence) is not recognized by many countries including the US, but it is recognized by Russia. Does that mean that Russia has a "right" to invade the US based on this denial of recognition?
Hezbollah is in Lebanon BTW, does this mean Lebanon will be next ? Oh, wait, Lebanon doesn't have oil, Syria does, how silly of me


From what I see the States prefer Israel's friendship over Syria's but I'm certainly not sure that is is the right move in this century. Israel is pretty much the same aggressor as Syria. Economy of Israel is already developed and I don't think it is needed to be supported, Syria however would have been a risky but good investment

Originally Posted by Throbert McGee

Maybe. Officially, the главная вина of Syria (as far as I know) is its support of Hezbollah, which does NOT recognize Israel's right to continue existing.

Look. This is a first sane comment here from the pro-US side. And this is a valid argument.
But I am quite sure that

- nobody ever put any real pressure on Syria to discontinue the support for Hezbollah. The most current pressure is for that Assad to resign.

- Hezbollah is accused by the UN in killing the Lebanon prime minister. As far as I know, this this the most heavy charge against Hezbollah by the UN. Hezbollah promised to cooperate in investigation

- Hezbollah positions itself as a patriotic pro-Lebanon party. They do not declare an aim to invade Israel. There was a kidnapping incident that provoked the last Israel-Hezbollah war but Hezbollah came under heavy criticism in Lebanon after that
and Nasralla had to apologize before the Lebanon public saying that they would not do so if they knew it will lead to a war with Israel.

- When asked Nasralla said he is not against peace with Israel if Israel reaches a peace agreement with the Palestinians.

Notice also that the most close US allies such as Saudi Arabia, Quatar, Bahrain do not recognize Israel as well. Should not the US be bombed for support of them?