Britain, France, push EU to drop Syria arms ban

The leaders of Britain and France want to cash in on selling arms to the Syrian civil war to pull their economies out of recession. The US sold to both sides during the early years of World War I. The 1920′s and 1930′s were years when Europeans referred to the US as “Uncle Shylock,” and the US called Europeans “deadbeats.” The UK and France want to bring back the “good old days” with their nations playing different roles this time.

“Britain, which has called the crisis in Syria a “catastrophe”, has warned that the longer it continues, the more likely it is to attract radical Islamists.”
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Hello ! – Earth to Great Britain. Has everyone at 10 Downing Street fallen asleep at the switch boards or perhaps decided to start their Summer holidays a little early this year ?

Or have they decided it is simply too taxing to keep up with the latest news coming out of the Middle East.

Syria’s rebels have just officially announced that they now vow to ‘liberate the Golan Heights’ after Assad falls. A rather clear sign of just how totally insane and deluded these rebels are.

Syrian rebels operating near the Israeli border criticize the Assad regime for not fighting Israel in recent decades and they threatened on Sunday to fight to regain the Golan Heights from Israel following the toppling of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

A rebel fighter, stated, standing against the backdrop of the Golan Heights, “we are in the occupied Golan Heights, which the traitor Hafez Assad sold to Israel 40 years ago.

“These lands are blessed and the despicable Assad family promised to liberate them, but for 40 years the Syrian army did not fire a single bullet. We will open a military campaign against Israel. We will fire the bullets that Assad did not and we will liberate the Golan.”

Those sound like big fighting words to me although there can be no doubt that Israel will know how to deal with such a challenge should it arise.

The Israel-Syria border has, of course, been mostly quiet since 1974 but that may all be about to change, if Assad falls.

There can be no doubt of the potential and indeed likelihood, for radical Sunni elements to attempt to take power in a post-Assad Syria.

Israel would much prefer not to be dragged into and forced to intervene in what is going on in Syria -unless and except where their vital security interests are threatened.

Meanwhile, the German Der Spiegel magazine reported on Sunday that the United States is secretly providing military training in Jordan to Syrian rebels. According to the report, some 200 rebel fighters have already received training in recent months and there are future plans to train a total of 1,200 members of the Free Syrian Army at two camps in southern and eastern Jordan. The U.S. State Department has declined to comment on the report.

That old deafening silence routine which always tells a great deal.
Ever hear that old saying: “From the frying pan, into the fire”.

The story in Syria is that you can have it bad – or by the US, Great Britain and France, foolishly arming these fanatical “rebels”, you can have it become even more bad, with an upper case “B”.

If- and it will not be a big if, -should the US and the EU get heavily involved in arming the Syrian rebels, it is all but a ‘fait accompli’ that Assad will fall, in a carbon copy replay of what happened in Libya which has now descended into a failed State where brutal War Lords compete for power.

And with the fall of Assad, should the rebels, newly emboldened by their victory, turn their sights on challenging Israel along the Golan Heights, which they now say they plan to do, the entire world better fasten their collective “seat belts” because you will witness a reaction by Israel that will make the entire “rebels versus Assad” saga look like child’s play at the local sand box should other Arab states enter the fray.

“Britain, which has called the crisis in Syria a “catastrophe”, has warned that the longer it continues, the more likely it is to attract radical Islamists.”
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Hello ! – Earth to Great Britain. Has everyone at 10 Downing Street fallen asleep at the switch boards or perhaps decided to start their Summer holidays a little early this year ?

Or have they decided it is simply too taxing to keep up with the latest news coming out of the Middle East.

Syria’s rebels have just officially announced that they now vow to ‘liberate the Golan Heights’ after Assad falls. A rather clear sign of just how totally insane and deluded these rebels are.

Syrian rebels operating near the Israeli border criticize the Assad regime for not fighting Israel in recent decades and they threatened on Sunday to fight to regain the Golan Heights from Israel following the toppling of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

A rebel fighter, stated, standing against the backdrop of the Golan Heights, “we are in the occupied Golan Heights, which the traitor Hafez Assad sold to Israel 40 years ago.

“These lands are blessed and the despicable Assad family promised to liberate them, but for 40 years the Syrian army did not fire a single bullet. We will open a military campaign against Israel. We will fire the bullets that Assad did not and we will liberate the Golan.”

Those sound like big fighting words to me although there can be no doubt that Israel will know how to deal with such a challenge should it arise.

The Israel-Syria border has, of course, been mostly quiet since 1974 but that may all be about to change, if Assad falls.

There can be no doubt of the potential and indeed likelihood, for radical Sunni elements to attempt to take power in a post-Assad Syria.

Israel would much prefer not to be dragged into and forced to intervene in what is going on in Syria -unless and except where their vital security interests are threatened.

Meanwhile, the German Der Spiegel magazine reported on Sunday that the United States is secretly providing military training in Jordan to Syrian rebels. According to the report, some 200 rebel fighters have already received training in recent months and there are future plans to train a total of 1,200 members of the Free Syrian Army at two camps in southern and eastern Jordan. The U.S. State Department has declined to comment on the report.

That old deafening silence routine which always tells a great deal.
Ever hear that old saying: “From the frying pan, into the fire”.

The story in Syria is that you can have it bad – or by the US, Great Britain and France, foolishly arming these fanatical “rebels”, you can have it become even more bad, with an upper case “B”.

If- and it will not be a big if, -should the US and the EU get heavily involved in arming the Syrian rebels, it is all but a ‘fait accompli’ that Assad will fall, in a carbon copy replay of what happened in Libya which has now descended into a failed State where brutal War Lords compete for power.

And with the fall of Assad, should the rebels, newly emboldened by their victory, turn their sights on challenging Israel along the Golan Heights, which they now say they plan to do, the entire world better fasten their collective “seat belts” because you will witness a reaction by Israel that will make the entire “rebels versus Assad” saga look like child’s play at the local sand box should other Arab states enter the fray.

What are they talking about? For two years they’ve been supplying weapons to their mercenary army.

They’re just throwing a tantrum over Russia’s refusal to assist them in their regime-change project.

They have been supplying weapons and training clandestinely almost since the beginning. Britain and France have a long history of making messes in the Middle East. Gives them a chance to make another big mess with EU approval.