As the crisis in Syria intensifies, so too does the international community's involvement there.
More than 60 countries calling themselves "Friends of Syria" are holding a series of meetings to discuss the path forward for the international community. The name "Friends of Syria" is a bit of a misnomer, however, as they could better be described as "Opponents of the Assad Regime," even though not all of them are calling for the Syrian leader to step down right now.
There is no doubt that an overwhelming majority of countries in the world are in favor of the immediate end of the current Syrian regime, but Syrian President Bashar al-Assad still has some friends who are trying to influence the outcome of the current crisis.
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While many countries, both in the Middle East and beyond, will be affected by what happens in Syria there is a small group of countries with special interests and outsized influence on the crisis. The key players in Syria are the U.S., Israel, Turkey, Russia, Iran and the Arab League. While there are countless others - China, France, Britain, and Iraq, to name a few - who will be involved in and affected by the crisis moving forward, those five appear at this time to be the ones who will have the largest interest and involvement.
david393071 said, "That is NOT the reason for this "Rebellion". In 2010 US Ally Turkey Attacked the Main Islamic Jihadist Training Camps that are directly supported by Fundamentalist Islamic Iran with Iranian Military Advisers... RESULTS MATTER NOT OPINIONS.
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"David", many of your specifics are accurate, but your argument is not. You clearly are not a native American, nor is your perspective.
From all appearances, you have a heavy axe to grind (as our expression goes), and there is a great deal of hidden agenda in your comments. Accordingly, we American readers might well suspect your own efforts in this CBS forum support the current Israeli campaign to attack and neuter Iran.
Turkey's scattering of Iranian Islamic Jihad camps does not automatically spearhead a revolution-- "jihadi", "people's" or otherwise. And to make your case, you must apply huge discredit to efforts of other, non-jihadi / non-Iran-supported groups involved in the Arab Spring, the final outcome of which-- like so many other things in the MidEast now-- is still pending.
Israel's current disinformation campaign against Iran has gone so far as to claim the recent assassination of an Iranian engineer was a measure to reduce the Iranian nuclear threat. That engineer, unfortunately, was not connected with any evidence of nuclear weapons research, even if his death does lead directly to Israeli terror (disguised as "counter-terrorism"). And so it goes.
BTW, did you have any AIPAC publications to offer?
david393071 said, "That is NOT the reason for this "Rebellion". In 2010 US Ally Turkey Attacked the Main Islamic Jihadist Training Camps that are directly supported by Fundamentalist Islamic Iran with Iranian Military Advisers... RESULTS MATTER NOT OPINIONS.
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"David", many of your specifics are accurate, but your argument is not. You clearly are not a native American, nor is your perspective.
From all appearances, you have a heavy axe to grind (as our expression goes), and there is a great deal of hidden agenda in your comments. Accordingly, we American readers might well suspect your own efforts in this CBS forum support the current Israeli campaign to attack and neuter Iran.
Turkey's scattering of Iranian Islamic Jihad camps does not automatically spearhead a revolution-- "jihadi", "people's" or otherwise. And to make your case, you must apply huge discredit to efforts of other, non-jihadi / non-Iran-supported groups involved in the Arab Spring, the final outcome of which-- like so many other things in the MidEast now-- is still pending.
Israel's current disinformation campaign against Iran has gone so far as to claim the recent assassination of an Iranian engineer was a measure to reduce the Iranian nuclear threat. That engineer, unfortunately, was not connected with any evidence of nuclear weapons research, even if his death does lead directly to Israeli terror (disguised as "counter-terrorism"). And so it goes.
BTW, did you have any AIPAC publications to offer?