Posted on 12/04/2012 8:12:24 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
After nearly two years of fighting, Syria’s vaunted war machine is showing serious cracks as emboldened rebels snap up more bases and airfields and force army units to retrench behind defensive lines in major cities, Western officials and military analysts say.
Bolstered by a steady flow of arms from foreign backers, opposition forces have scored a series of tactical victories in the Damascus suburbs in recent days and are advancing steadily toward the city’s airport, adding to what some analysts view as a sense of momentum that has been building since late summer.
Powerful antitank and antiaircraft weapons have helped level what was once a lopsided contest, the officials say, so much so that army commanders have been unable or unwilling to challenge rebel assaults on large military bases on the capital’s outskirts.
“The regime isn’t intervening to defend its positions,” said Jeffrey White, a former Middle East military analyst with the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency. “And when it does try to counterattack, it often fails.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
And I wonder if the Post will notice.
Thank goodness the rebels are doing well! I was beginning to worry that we would never have another Christian hating, moslem brotherhood, Egypt clone.
Right about now the rebels are probably changing their plans about using chemical weapons on the Syrian Military - Boy that Hillary is a complex creature. And pretty soon the young Arab Spring protesters all over the Middle East will realize that the masks they wear from the movie “V is For Vendetta” are really really gay.
Interesting dynamics in Syria.
If Assad falls then does Iran stop supplying them? Does Hezbollah unite with fellow muzzie rebel bros and get even more aggresive with Israel? Don’t forget that Russia has some skin in the Syrian game?
Just another ME muzzie mess no matter how the cards are dealt over there.
What a joke. Those rebels are dead by the thousands. This is over.This is a sovereign country killing criminals. STAY OUT OF IT!! Can’t care.
Thanks MinorityRepublican.
Yep, and that's a good thing. We should never "MEDDLE" in other countries affairs. At least that's what I thought I heard from Hillary and gang way back.
MinorityRepublican ( from the article) : “ Bolstered by a steady flow of arms from foreign backers, opposition forces have scored a series of tactical victories in the Damascus suburbs in recent days and are advancing steadily toward the city’s airport, adding to what some analysts view as a sense of momentum that has been building since late summer. “
The flow of arms since 9/11/12 at Benghazi is what should be stated in the article, along with the freighter leaving Lybia and going immediately to Turkey ( 30 miles from where rebels renewed their attack )
The flow of arms is “Fast and Furious”, Part Deux !
The Big Lie Continues: The US is reporting that Assad is mixing sarin gas
...which side are we rooting for now?
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One Islamist militia with suspected ties to al-Qaeda has seized two government military bases in the past two weeks.
Someone must have a plan....right?
Fears grow for fate of Syria's chemical weapons
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There are even persistent reports in the US that preparations are being made to secure such stocks in the event of a regime meltdown.
0bama started WWIII on Sept. 11th 2012
OBAMA'S SINISTER MOTIVE FOR ENABLING THE MIDDLE EAST UPRISINGS AT ELECTION TIME
see just above.
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