US-trained Syrian rebels give equipment to al-Qaeda group

[GeorgesAbitbol]

The US involvement in Syria has been overblown. The US has been against the Assad regime going back to the father and the US had little interest in Syria. There is minimal, if any, business connection and it has no strategic importance for the US. The Assad gov't, going back to the dad, were busy playing nasty little tricks, like making counterfeit US dollars and other efforts at undermining the US and it's economy. There were other things the Assad gov't was involved in as well.

As a result, the US does not and will not back the Assad gov't, in the same way it didn't back the Castro regime. It is much more talk than action.

Assad is pretty much the sole cause of his problems.

Oh really?

Nothing about the gas and the pipe line then?

You REALLY think the US wants to free the country? what a joke

Have you done any research on Assad and his father? Please do some. As far as the US goes, they are almost energy independent. The energy resources in Syria mean nothing.

What a joke!the energy in Syria means nothing.. why do you think usa wants to topple those governments? For democracy? Come on you re a grown up, yoy know it is not true otherwise we would have attacked our good friends the saoudi long time ago. You speak about assad but you don t seem to be offended by the saoudi alliance with the usa kn this? To thank them for their economcal support for 9/11 maybe?

No problem neither when the Turkey bombs kurdish opposition. Under assad government, far from nice for sure, there was 12%of christian,even jews luves there.. guess what the moderate Al Nqsra will do to them once feeed from Assad Tyranny.

Just have a look at the pipeline project which must go through Syria to lower the dependency of Europe to russian energy.

Look at the gas reserves recently found in the mediteranean sea? But no, it is not for all this, just to bring freedom right? Like in Irak, Libya,...

But Boko Haram? Who give a sh.t! There is no need of bombing there.. so usa will go soon, right?

[Harsh Jones]

U.S. support for Syria rebels illegal: Putin

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/27/us-mideast-crisis-putin-usa-idUSKCN0RR0H820150927

Hey international law excludes the US.

As it does with Russia? Ukraine, Georgia and now Syria? That sword cuts both ways....

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/14/georgia-accuses-russia-of-violating-international-law-over-south-ossetia

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116819/international-law-russias-ukraine-intervention

No actually. You are wrong. Russia has internationally recognized treaties for their bases in Syria with the internationally recognized govt of Syria. How many times do \i have to say it

[craigt3365]

Hey international law excludes the US.

As it does with Russia? Ukraine, Georgia and now Syria? That sword cuts both ways....

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/14/georgia-accuses-russia-of-violating-international-law-over-south-ossetia

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116819/international-law-russias-ukraine-intervention

No actually. You are wrong. Russia has internationally recognized treaties for their bases in Syria with the internationally recognized govt of Syria. How many times do \i have to say it

That post of mine is not about Syria. Read it again. With regards to Syria, yes, they are invited there. But still possibly breaking international law:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russia-airstrikes-syria-international-law_560d6448e4b0dd85030b0c08

Still, they’ve gone far enough to clarify that the government of Assad in Syria no longer has the right to claim full and unfettered international representation of Syria. Having been disowned by such a large segment of its population, and over such a long period, it can no longer lawfully invite foreign military force to intervene and fight on its behalf. That’s the difference between the positions in Iraq and in Syria.

A lot of legal splitting of hairs, but the really interesting part is how Russia blocked the ban on arms sales to Syria. The only one to do so. Due to money????