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09-21-2013, 07:41 PM | #91 | |
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1) Iran is shia - and so is Syria (largely). Saudi's are shiite, and to say that they don't get along, is the biggest understatement, you could ever make. Most of the attacks in Iraq today, are shia vs. shiite. 2) Iran's military build up over the last several decades, has been alarming to every nation in the middle east. Now more than ever, since the potential that Iran will build nuclear weapons. The last thing anyone except Iran wants in the volatile middle east, is a nuclear arms race. What Iran wants is never perfectly clear, but a greater military strength is clearly one major goal. |
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09-21-2013, 11:53 PM | #92 |
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Correction to the above post ^^^ : Substitute Sunni, in the above post, in place of Shiite.
Shiite is another term for the Shia branch of Islam, and they are very common in Iran, Syria, and Lebanon, and a majority in Iraq, as well. Sunni's are the most common branch of Islam, in the Saudi Kingdom, Pakistan, and etc. |
09-23-2013, 06:13 AM | #93 |
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Humans did it. Which proves all Americans were complicit. Should that be too general, then also too general is to associate any extremist Sunni or Shiite with the actions of any other non-atheist.
The conflicts are directly traceable to extremists. The enemy of all good and decent people - moderates. All extremsits - atheists or non-atheists - are the source of or give comfort to this problem. They use extremist propaganda and hearsay, rather than adult intelligence, to justify their actions and beliefs. They (and not any one religion) are the problem. |
10-06-2013, 11:50 AM | #94 | |
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I did not know they were working under a deadline...
Washington Post 10/5/13 UN official says chemical weapons inspectors begin destroying Syrian stockpile, machinery Quote:
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10-07-2013, 04:21 AM | #95 |
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We're reporting that all is going well, atm. Props to Assad on this matter, at least.
He sure had a shitload of chemical weapons! Holy Moly! |
12-14-2013, 11:39 AM | #96 |
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Apparently our buddies in Syria lost their warehoused materials to a more Islamic outfit. We're thinking of solving this problem by backing them (the nutters) instead.
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