Latest on Syria

[LongBlade]

Do you want me with the organ grinder or without? That really didn't come out right.

No, that came out perfectly.

The entire staff should be equipped with organ grinders. Possibly two.

[MIGMaster]

I had no idea Gus could turn conversations into monkey porn ! Now that's talent !

[Gusington]

That and the little dances I do during staff meetings is why I'm still here. Oh and content writing as well :)

[Martok]

I had no idea Gus could turn conversations into monkey porn ! Now that's talent !

Gusington is our very own Chekhov's Gun. 

[bayonetbrant]

two news updates on Syria:

Russian "anti-terror" troops heading to Syria

http://grognews.blogspot.com/2012/03/russian-troops-to-syria.html

Syrian state TV accuses a soccer team of passing iso to the rebels in the way they play on the field

http://grognews.blogspot.com/2012/03/syrian-tv-says-soccer-team-is-acting.html

[Barthheart]

two news updates on Syria:

Russian "anti-terror" troops heading to Syria

http://grognews.blogspot.com/2012/03/russian-troops-to-syria.html

Syrian state TV accuses a soccer team of passing iso to the rebels in the way they play on the field

http://grognews.blogspot.com/2012/03/syrian-tv-says-soccer-team-is-acting.html

Wow. First story is not good news.  :-\

The second is hysterical!  ;D

[TheCommandTent]

It will be interesting to see how the rest of the world especially the US responds to this move by the Russians.

[LongBlade]

It will be interesting to see how the rest of the world especially the US responds to this move by the Russians.

Everyone and their dog seems to want in on this fight.

Except us.

[bayonetbrant]

Everyone and their dog seems to want in on this fight.
Except us.

http://grognews.blogspot.com/2012/03/questions-to-answer-before-going-to-war.html

[LongBlade]

Good points.

1. HOW IS THIS OUR FIGHT? Depriving the Iranians of a client shuts down yet another avenue to export terror. If we prevail we have the opportunity to shape that region and further stabilize it.

2. AT WHAT COST? So far no full-blown forces have intervened; it's more like a classic Cold-War style proxy war.

3. OR WHAT? Cede the results to players hostile to our interests.

4. AND WHO ELSE? Everyone is already in the game. Except us.

5. THEN WHAT? Then we return to classic Mid-East tensions, but this time with a Syria that is less hostile to Israel and more hostile to Iran. Lebanon stabilizes. Iraq is relatively stable. We can then turn our attention to Egypt to help it stabilize, and to the Straights where Iran now has to calculate how it will act up with one significantly less puppet state to wreck havoc and complicate the issue.

[Gusington]

Hmm Russians in Syria...very 1983. This cannot be good in the short term. The Mideast gets more like Europe in the 1930s or the 1910s every day.

[LongBlade]

Norway has just closed its embassy there.

The Norwegian Foreign Ministry says it has decided to close down its embassy in Damascus due to security concerns.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03/26/norway-closes-embassy-in-syria/?test=latestnews#ixzz1qEjARhAe

[Windigo]

the ruskkies want a look at the nuke program....
the ruskkies want a tripwire in the region....
the ruskkies do not want their chinese buddies to have all the fun in the region (like they have in Africa)

[Gusington]

The Turks also pulled out their diplomats: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hZgzmwsad8cWvxCPJVjWIOMhrE2w?docId=0f039ad08ee940b896dfd7cf2f9995a9

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Do NOT get a monkey!  They're like pure evil mixed with yellow dye #5.

I was dating a nurse in ajapan and she had a pet monkey.  Every time I went over to her place, the thing would start freaking out and screeching.  She'd have to put it in another room and throw a blanket over its cage to shut it up, but even that wouldn't last.  If we started getting busy, the thing would go nuts and shake its cage until it would fall off it's stand.  That's right, I was repeatedly cock blocked by another species.