Big Guy Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Posted October 15, 2015 The involvement of Iran and Russia is changing the direction of the war. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/iran-deploys-troops-syrian-army-offensive-aleppo-homs-151015053316090.html On the ground, Syrian state television and the Syrian Observatory say, government forces and other pro-government groups from Iran, backed by Russian jets, have launched an attack on opposition-held towns north of the city of Homs. Still cannot find any indication of why, where or what our Canadian aircraft are doing. I assume that it is a question of National security so we will probably get that info through CNN rather than through the Harper communications machine. Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
Big Guy Posted October 18, 2015 Author Report Posted October 18, 2015 The Iranian nuclear deal appears to be holding; http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/iran-nuclear-agreement-enters-phase-151018053832582.html As of Sunday, Iran is obliged under the terms of the deal to start the work of dismantling components of its nuclear programme that could be used to build nuclear weapons, according to a briefing given by senior US administration officials to reporters on Saturday. Officials also said that US President Barack Obama was to issue a memorandum to federal agencies to prepare for possible lifting of sanctions against Iran. Time for Canada to engage with Iran in economic opportunities. Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
Canada_First Posted October 19, 2015 Report Posted October 19, 2015 Hopefully Israel will attack Iran and destroy it's nuclear hopes. Launch a missile onto the Iranian enrichment site. Quote
jbg Posted October 20, 2015 Report Posted October 20, 2015 Israel is more likely to set up an appointment between Iran's leadership and clergy with Allah. Their waiting till Allah has time in his busy schedule of welcoming people on their way to visit the 72 virgins. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
dre Posted October 20, 2015 Report Posted October 20, 2015 Israel is more likely to set up an appointment between Iran's leadership and clergy with Allah. Their waiting till Allah has time in his busy schedule of welcoming people on their way to visit the 72 virgins. As much as youd like to see as many dead Iranians as possible, thats not too likely. Quote I question things because I am human. And call no one my father who's no closer than a stranger
jbg Posted October 20, 2015 Report Posted October 20, 2015 As much as youd like to see as many dead Iranians as possible, thats not too likely.I didn't advocate killing them. They want a deep, up close, personal relationship with Allah. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
Big Guy Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Posted October 20, 2015 Saudi Arabia is becoming very uncomfortable with Iran and vice versa: http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-saudi-not-tehran-destabilising-middle-east-094457439.html The counties in the area understand that Iran will be the key to any solution. Canada should also understand this shift and move for better relations with Iran. Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
Big Guy Posted October 21, 2015 Author Report Posted October 21, 2015 The Iran nuclear deal has passed the last hurdle in Iran: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/iran-supreme-leader-endorses-nuclear-deal-caveats-151021111716656.html I hope with our new government, Canada will embrace the deal and start to wash our hands of Israel. Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
bush_cheney2004 Posted October 21, 2015 Report Posted October 21, 2015 .....The counties in the area understand that Iran will be the key to any solution. Canada should also understand this shift and move for better relations with Iran. Canada already understands the shift....that's why Canada will export LAVs to Saudi Arabia...a contract worth many billions of dollars. In return, Canadian companies will continue to receive lucrative contracts for projects in Saudi Arabia. That's what I would call "good relations". Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
SpankyMcFarland Posted October 23, 2015 Report Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) Hopefully Israel will attack Iran and destroy it's nuclear hopes. Launch a missile onto the Iranian enrichment site. But Israel does not threaten Iran? How many times a day are we told that? Edited October 23, 2015 by SpankyMcFarland Quote ‘How small we make our worlds. Gather them in, tighten them up into little castles of fear.’
SpankyMcFarland Posted October 23, 2015 Report Posted October 23, 2015 In the end, Assad will lose Syria. It's a numbers game. His allies Iran and Russia also have limited appetites for a protracted losing war. Quote ‘How small we make our worlds. Gather them in, tighten them up into little castles of fear.’
Big Guy Posted October 23, 2015 Author Report Posted October 23, 2015 In the end, Assad will lose Syria. It's a numbers game. His allies Iran and Russia also have limited appetites for a protracted losing war. You may well be correct - but if Assad loses Syria then who is going to take over with the support of all Syrians? Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
Bonam Posted October 23, 2015 Report Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) You may well be correct - but if Assad loses Syria then who is going to take over with the support of all Syrians? No one. There is no reason that Syria has to be kept as a single state. There are clearly different ethnic/religious groups that don't get along well and their sectarian strife had only been kept in check by a dictatorship, much as in Iraq. Both Iraq and Syria should be re-partitioned along new borders that properly reflect tribal, ethnic, and religious divisions. The Kurds, in particular, deserve their own independent and sovereign state which includes portions of Syria, Iraq, and Turkey. Edited October 23, 2015 by Bonam Quote
DogOnPorch Posted October 23, 2015 Report Posted October 23, 2015 It seems like a bit of Pan-Arabism is making its way back into the Middle East rather than any great drive to settle this by building dubious nation states....the Palestinians excepted...of course. But they have a different reason for doing so... Quote Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.
Big Guy Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Posted October 28, 2015 The World is beginning to realize that the stability of the Middle East will depend on Iran: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/iran-top-diplomat-attend-syria-talks-vienna-151028110501085.html Iran's relationship with Russia is growing stronger, with the two nations setting up a joint intelligence centre in Baghdad, to work with Syrian and Iraqi forces. Renad Mansour, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, said dialogue with Iran is essential to end the war in Syria."Iran has now accomplished the nuclear issue, which was the top priority and now they're moving on. And Iran isn't happy with the situation in Syria. It wants to move away from being a pariah." Time for Canada to build ties with Iran. Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
socialist Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 The World is beginning to realize that the stability of the Middle East will depend on Iran: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/iran-top-diplomat-attend-syria-talks-vienna-151028110501085.html Iran's relationship with Russia is growing stronger, with the two nations setting up a joint intelligence centre in Baghdad, to work with Syrian and Iraqi forces. Renad Mansour, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, said dialogue with Iran is essential to end the war in Syria."Iran has now accomplished the nuclear issue, which was the top priority and now they're moving on. And Iran isn't happy with the situation in Syria. It wants to move away from being a pariah." Time for Canada to build ties with Iran. It seems like there are more then just US boots on the ground: Germany’s premier combat division has just trained in Israel for upcoming Mid-East war: Quote Thankful to have become a free thinker.
GostHacked Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 In the end, Assad will lose Syria. It's a numbers game. His allies Iran and Russia also have limited appetites for a protracted losing war. Assad won't lose Syria. After 4 years of everyone bombing Syria, Assad is still in control. What is really stupid is John Kerry saying that there can only be a diplomatic solution to the crisis. I guess they should have taken that route before the west and NATO decided to back the rebels. 'Civil war' my f'n ass. Quote
SpankyMcFarland Posted November 1, 2015 Report Posted November 1, 2015 Assad won't lose Syria. After 4 years of everyone bombing Syria, Assad is still in control. What is really stupid is John Kerry saying that there can only be a diplomatic solution to the crisis. I guess they should have taken that route before the west and NATO decided to back the rebels. 'Civil war' my f'n ass. He's partly in control - of a progressively shrinking amount of the country. I just can't see a good outcome for him here. Quote ‘How small we make our worlds. Gather them in, tighten them up into little castles of fear.’
GostHacked Posted November 2, 2015 Report Posted November 2, 2015 No one. There is no reason that Syria has to be kept as a single state. There are clearly different ethnic/religious groups that don't get along well and their sectarian strife had only been kept in check by a dictatorship, much as in Iraq. Both Iraq and Syria should be re-partitioned along new borders that properly reflect tribal, ethnic, and religious divisions. The Kurds, in particular, deserve their own independent and sovereign state which includes portions of Syria, Iraq, and Turkey. How did those borders come to be? Who created them? And then tell me why it was always going to fail. Quote
GostHacked Posted November 2, 2015 Report Posted November 2, 2015 He's partly in control - of a progressively shrinking amount of the country. I just can't see a good outcome for him here. The rest of the country had been bombed to shit between the west, east and Syria itself. There is nothing to govern when there are no cities/towns to speak of. Everybody is getting out and flooding Europe. Quote
Moonlight Graham Posted November 4, 2015 Report Posted November 4, 2015 The World is beginning to realize that the stability of the Middle East will depend on Iran: Ultimately, the middle east will continue to depend the US as the lynch-pin of security, as it has for many decades. Who the US does or doesn't align with is the biggest changing (or changeable) variable in the region. The shia-sunni-jewish divide isn't going anywhere. Unfortunately, the US is so entangled with military and economic alliances in the region that to do what is necessary to gain some of kind semblance of security in the region would take a revolution in US foreign policy in the ME. Rand Paul or Bernie Sanders are the only candidates capable of that (forget Obama, he's a joke). Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
bush_cheney2004 Posted November 4, 2015 Report Posted November 4, 2015 U.S. foreign policy in the ME has changed in the past and will do so again in the future to support U.S. interests (e.g. Cold War, Suez Crisis, Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, Gulf War I, Lebanese Civil War, Iraq War, etc.). Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders are only two candidates among many, and neither will be rolling over for Iran. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Big Guy Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Posted December 22, 2015 So the Russians keep advancing their political chess pieces in Iran. Now Russians will be on the ground building nuclear reactors in Iran. Why was Canada not in the bidding war to build these reactors? http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/russia-start-building-iran-nuclear-reactors-151222131134565.html Russia has inserted itself as the major power in the Syria/Iraq/Iran/ISIS debacle. So Russia controls the air space over Syria, is blasting the bejeebers out of Syrian rebels, encouraging the Kurds to do mischief on the ground and look towards gaining Turkish land. Now it is setting its sights on establishing stronger ties with Iran - at the same time deciding what kind of nuclear fuel and waste will be produced in Iran. Meanwhile Canada sits on the sidelines and twiddles its thumbs while staying blind to what Israel is doing to the Palestinians. Time for Canada to get our military out of Iraq and Syria, get our ambassadors and trade development bureaucrats into Iran, come out vocally and accusingly against the atrocities Israel is visiting upon the Palestinians and develop a foreign policy which will benefit Canada and not Israel and the USA. Quote Note - For those expecting a response from Big Guy: I generally do not read or respond to posts longer then 300 words nor to parsed comments.
bush_cheney2004 Posted December 22, 2015 Report Posted December 22, 2015 .....Time for Canada to get our military out of Iraq and Syria, get our ambassadors and trade development bureaucrats into Iran, come out vocally and accusingly against the atrocities Israel is visiting upon the Palestinians and develop a foreign policy which will benefit Canada and not Israel and the USA. As long as 75% of Canada's exports go to the USA, this kind of double talk will always be hilarious. Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
Rue Posted December 23, 2015 Report Posted December 23, 2015 Ironically what world events have shown so far is Iran is not the key to ME peace. Quote
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