09-03-2013, 05:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-03-2013, 06:09 PM by FireIceTalon.)
I'm a bit hesitant to say its entirely about Snowden, but it would not surprise me if that was also part of it. Who knows. Either way, you know they will never come out and say that, hehe. Cause they know very well that would be an extremely flimsy and unpopular excuse among most American citizens to attack Syria, even if some people think Snowden is guilty of treason. The alleged use of chemical weapons by Assad, however, is something people are much more likely to buy, even if in reality they should know better from the Iraq war. But people tend to forget things over the long term. You are correct for sure about Russia not wanting Assad thrown out, as this would be detrimental for their political and economic interests. At the end of the day, this is all about competition between the ruling classes between East and West.
*edit*: whether this is because of Snowden or not, western action against Assad seems likely to lead to something much worse than what is going on now - perhaps even a new proxy-war between the US and Russia? Not good. I know its still early but I doubt Russia is just going to let America come in and do a Syrian regime change that is almost certainly against Russian interests.....
*edit*: whether this is because of Snowden or not, western action against Assad seems likely to lead to something much worse than what is going on now - perhaps even a new proxy-war between the US and Russia? Not good. I know its still early but I doubt Russia is just going to let America come in and do a Syrian regime change that is almost certainly against Russian interests.....
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"Your very ideas are but the outgrowth of conditions of your bourgeois production and bourgeois property, just as your jurisprudence is but the will of your class, made into law for all, a will whose essential character and direction are determined by the economic conditions of the existence of your class." - Marx (addressing the bourgeois)