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Related: About this forumI know that there are many former sailors and airmen here at DU.
Any of you that wish to join in on this disscussion, please check it out.
we have a bunch of Navy and Air Force vets here banging the war drum.
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I know that there are many former sailors and airmen here at DU. (Original Post)
Rebellious Republican
Sep 2013
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Lots of folks here do not understand the complexities of this part of the world.
Rebellious Republican
Sep 2013
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Downwinder
(12,869 posts)1. All I say is "Volunteer."
Just remember you become a target for both sides in a domestic dispute. in Syria there are at least ten sides.
Shias
Sunnis
Alawites
Christians
Druze
Kurds
Armenians
Assyrians
Turks
Arabs
Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)2. Lots of folks here do not understand the complexities of this part of the world.
If they have never been there.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)3. Syria was a dissident dumping ground for the Ottoman Empire.
I am sure I left some groups out.
Rebellious Republican
(5,029 posts)4. Given their history, yes it is hard to include them all.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)5. Missed:
Palestinians
Syrian Jews (800K in Israel) Aleppo was a major Jewish center going back to biblical times