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Originally Posted by Rochard
Normally you are blocked but I saw what you wrote because someone else quoted you.
As soon as Syria stared to have issues and we discussing what to do with Syria, I asked why Russia wasn't stepping up to the plate. Syria has always been in the Russian sphere of influence and under their thumb; It's up to Russia to step up and take control here. The United States and it's allies shouldn't sending in groups troops or even airplanes into Syria.
And again, the United States has a failed policy of replacing Middle Eastern leaders and trying to convert them over to democracy. This isn't working.
Let Russia handle this. It's their failed state.
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This is all about oil. The whole region sits of a very valuable resource. Ruled by people who still believe in a Dark Ages philosophy. The delusion is that Western Style Politically Correct leaders can rule over them.
There isn't one "PC" correct country in the whole region, not even Israel, Turkey and Russia qualify.
They're all failed states, apart from Israel, only kept alive by the vast amounts of money poured into them for their oil, which they never found on their own. Once it runs out, the funding for their wars runs out with it.
The problem for us is the oil reserves are vital for our economies. Once the conventional oil is gone. The new reserves are expensive and hard to get at. So the West needs friendly despots, like the Saudi Royals, in these countries. to maintain our standard of living, along with China, India, Brazil, etc.
We have built a lot of economies on cheap oil fueling consumerism, and food production. When it collapses, more are effected than we think. Imagine food doubling in price and very few able to buy membership to a dating site. While starving people are on streets rioting, with guns.