Syria

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    it's also about geopositioning (hence why i was talking about chess) - syria as a russian ally is no good to us, but positioned right there with turkey and with such proximity to israel and iraq, if the united states had an asset there instead of an enemy, it improves the threat on iran and also creates a generally dominant territory.

    (for "liberty" of course, not "oil")

    but since the rebels aren't doing this with any sort of sense of trust in america, again, it just needs to be handled delicately. the US obviously - egypt being proof - has no ability in the middle east to instate trusted rule, and so it's all become about using fractured governments to get what we/they want.

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