dunno. prob oil lol.
both russia and the us have kept their cold war era 3rd world friends around just to spite the other.
but syria is like ultra close allies with them.
it does give russia the only excuse to stroll their navy around the mediterranean as well.
Syria is like Russia's only ally in the region. Russia wants influence in the Middle East. It's not really about oil.
Btw the US is a big hypocrite as always on this: "Of course the hypocrisy is extraordinary. The United States has apparently rediscovered the significance of the ethics and laws of war, but in Syria - not Guantanamo. The US snoops on the world's email and does nearly nothing about a bloody coup in Egypt but tells us we should all be especially shocked about a few hundred deaths from a chemical attack in Syria.
In 1988, the US supplied Iraqi officials with the location of Iranian troops with full knowledge that the Iraqis would use the information to launch nerve gas attacks."
Source: Aljazeera
I have doubts that Al Assad would be behind this chemical attack, even though while the chemical missiles were being dropped, regular artillery strikes were also accompanying them. This may have been the work of some of the rebels but the problem is, there are many different types of rebels. Some are extremists while some are army defectors and regular civilians who are fighting for freedom.
Edit: Oh yeah, and screw anyone who is calling for a region wide leveling of an entire population. I despise people who even jokes about these kinds of things. You idiots have no say in who nukes what, so get out. Your asinine opinions are irrelevant.
Also, there is nothing "dope" about seeing people get killed in an explosion. Does anyone have a sense of sympathy anymore?
