shane39 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Id love to know what Russia and China are playing at. If ever there was a need for intervention then this is it. Syria buy a lot of military hardware from Russia,thats why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Dome Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Does the Arab league have the will and the troops to sort out Syria? I hope you're not suggesting that Westerners should poke their noses into Arab affairs? We may not really need to, we should just hit Iran.. Assad will soon step down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mapleboy Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Does the Arab league have the will No, you're just being silly suggesting that . and the troops to sort out Syria?Ah, the much vaunted fighting prowess of Arab soldiers. Yes indeed, if the Arab League sent troops in, there would very quickly be a mass surrender and/or running in the general direction of away. By both the Syrian army and the Arab League troops at exactly the same time at a guess. Just saying like. :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafya Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Sounds like you're the one wishing for war mate. How do you come to that conclusion Einstein? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 No, you're just being silly suggesting that . Ah, the much vaunted fighting prowess of Arab soldiers. Yes indeed, if the Arab League sent troops in, there would very quickly be a mass surrender and/or running in the general direction of away. By both the Syrian army and the Arab League troops at exactly the same time at a guess. Just saying like. :hihi: You cannot expect tanks equipped with reverse only shifts to come into contacr with each other. They could of course make contact be reversing towards each other and swinging their gun turrets around in the opposite direction but that would take brains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ugo stiglitz Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 what is it with that part of the world ? Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia etc etc etc are their governments really all that corrupt and think so little of their own people/infrastructure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernStar Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Originally Posted by MrMoran View Post Id love to know what Russia and China are playing at. If ever there was a need for intervention then this is it. Syria buy a lot of military hardware from Russia,thats why. I've just been reading an article that says that Russia had arranged talks with the Syrian regime with a view to finding a solution before committing to a military intervention. They had apparently asked the UN for more time before the vote was to take place which was denied by the UN, and if given more time would have gone along with military intervention had their final effort proved fruitless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 You cannot expect tanks equipped with reverse only shifts to come into contacr with each other. They could of course make contact be reversing towards each other and swinging their gun turrets around in the opposite direction but that would take brains Are the M-1A2 Abrams tanks (supplied by the US to Saudi Arabia) really that crappy? The Saudis also have Tornadoes, F-15s, Apache and Little Birds. The Jordanians have F-16s, F-5E/Fs, Mirages and Cobras. (More crap with reverse gears only ) They also have Challengers and some (rather dated) Centurions. The Arabs should be able to sort their own problems out. Though I do wonder (with the possible exception of Jordan) whether the majority of Arab states are talking out of the sides of their mouths? How many of them would genuinely be happy to see the people in a neighbouring state take control? I wonder whether any Arab 'ruler' thinks: "Well, if that upstart Assad kills a few thousand of his people, it might make my people think twice about deposing me" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Vader Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 I've just been reading an article that says that Russia had arranged talks with the Syrian regime with a view to finding a solution before committing to a military intervention. They had apparently asked the UN for more time before the vote was to take place which was denied by the UN, and if given more time would have gone along with military intervention had their final effort proved fruitless. I wonder why this wasn't reported in our media? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I wonder why this wasn't reported in our media? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16921412 Russia's foreign minister and the head of the country's foreign intelligence service are heading to Damascus for talks with President Bashar Al-Assad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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