Syria can do whatever it likes on itâs own territory, as can any over country, if it has the permission of the Syrian government.
Youâre looking at the wrong people again. Look at the one that hurried over to Russia the other day. The timing is not coincidental.
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No you didnât. You read it in the book you read then wrote it down. I thought it was the straits of Malacca anyway?
Itâs not as though the Golan heights has been a contentious area is it?
Also note the recent elections in Lebanon which returned an even more resounding win for Shia/hezbolah affiliated candidates. Israel is rattled and emboldened by Trumps grandstanding.
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Err no, the straits of Mallaca are another, Artic, Suez, straight of Hormuz, the obvious thing is the heights are the high ground, you can fire all sorts of things from there, its contentious as its grade A 1 top strategic ground, if Syria go for itâll end up carnage, the Russians wonât act as a peacemaker unless it benefits them, if it doesnât theyâll shit stir and try and gain an advantage from the fallout.
Not rocket science.
Israel is in for a World of trouble I think over the next 50 years, they have a demographic timebomb nevermind their neighbours whoâll have more power as the US will pull back from protectng them, and we go back to energy and shale. Also the Muslim demographic in the US will play a part in elections more and more.
Not rocket science.
Did Ukraine invite invasion?
Ok hands up - who is reading that Prisoners Of Geography book?
Have just finished it myself - affirms a lot of stuff Iâve read elsewhere.
I do wonder why the media doesnât seem to grasp the bigger picture - politicians are probably quite relieved. Could be awkward otherwise.
What invasion would that be? Ah, you mean the one where the US Neo Cons and the CIA invested $5billion to promote âdemocracyâ, funding neo nazis to overthrow the government who then installed themselves as leaders. That invasion? Exactly the same tactics they have used in Syria, using Al Qaeda and assorted Islamic Jihadist âmoderate rebelsâ to do it there. Same shit - different continent.
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My post was merely a reference to your trumpet blowing. We have a Syria thread by the way. And an Israel thread.
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Did you mention energy Barry?
It certainly goes back to that and has done for at least 100 years.
Shale is a bullshit pipe dream, that wonât save America or anyone else.
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I saw some footage of a girl band from the region. They were pretty good. The Golan Sisters.
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If youâre talking about Crimea, then yes.
Itâs called the Crimean Status Referendum. It happened four years ago. There was a resounding majority of Crimeans saying they wanted to return to Russia.
Did they hit the heights?
Old article about gas, not oil. You do understand which one is far more important?
Have you had a look at the subsidies they get, but are still failing because itâs still too expensive(EROI). Then look at total energy used and the percentage gas supplies. Then think about all the important things it canât power, or be used to make(want to stop eating?). Then just wait for the first truly major environmental catastrophe it will inevitably cause.
Itâll be used, but never in as an important way as you seem to think. More a desperate necessity, in a vain attempt to cling on the lifestyle we all believe we deserve.
Oh and change the thread title to âthe desperate fight for energyâ as you have said less than @fatso about the Golan hills. Anything under the ground there?
More up to date Barry.
Production may have peaked in the US? The US would still rather trade energy with Canada than Russia/Middle East, donât you think?
The US will trade with whoever it has too(Russia being obvious last choice). But thatâs not what you claimed. You claimed Shale would change the whole game. It wonât and never would.
Hereâs a reminder of the the energy source and use that does change thinking(first picture. The rest is a dull read).
You miss the point, as it stands the US are in the black, their view and outlook on policy will change accordingly, they canât invade Iran but they can sanction it back to the stoneage.