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Quackles posted:Can someone explain what the practical geopolitical impact of the fighting in Syria is? I'm still trying to understand it in broader context. Russia wants to keep its warm water port in Tartous secure and Iran wants to keep Syria friendly to its interests, chiefly funneling weapons shipments to Hezbollah in Lebanon as a notional deterrent against Israel. Turkey is pissed because it has a ton of Syrian refugees in country and it also hosts the Syrian political opposition, which has little influence, and also turned a blind eye if not encouraged jihadists from all over the world using Turkey as an easy entrance point to Syria. This includes ISIS fighters. Turkey has its own military and political force that it has been backing against the Kurds, who also receive financial and military support from the West (especially America) because they took the fight to ISIS in a way that no other group did. It’s a big mess.
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Here's some reading material to catch up: https://ctc.westpoint.edu/journey-to-idlib-an-interview-with-wassim-nasr-journalist-france24/ https://ctc.westpoint.edu/jihadi-counterterrorism-hayat-tahrir-al-sham-versus-the-islamic-state/
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Hannibal Rex posted:Here's some reading material to catch up: Thanks, bookmarking that for later.
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Quackles posted:Can someone explain what the practical geopolitical impact of the fighting in Syria is? I'm still trying to understand it in broader context. To add to other goons points, also a lot of refugees to Europe, whose presence is then used to boost the right/alt-right thanks to manufactured fears over social media.
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# ? Dec 1, 2024 08:35 |
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SquirrelyPSU posted:Generally we didn't unless there was ice involved, wind chills were lower than -30 or it was so bad they shut down 79. loving lol. This is the Lake Effect Snow Warning message from NWS in case there is someone out there that was thinking we were going "BACK IN MY DAY WE WALKED BOTH WAYS UP A HILL IN A BLIZZARD": quote:...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
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As a reminder, there is no November 31st.
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