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1. There has also been recent reporting

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:04 AM

Jan 12

of troop incursions into southern Syria well beyond the supposed "zone" that the IDF and Netanyahu said was their extent of troop deployment. Villagers reported a line of tanks and bulldozers came and ripped up agricultural land and destroyed buildings. The general media is so dishonest regarding what the Western motives in Syria have been and still are about. Oil and strategic deployment. The story-line spoon fed to the media is always about the "plight of the average Syrian" and their "freedom".

Syria has over 2 trillion barrels of proven reserves as of 2016 figures. There are the various powers in the world with their troops and air-power in Syria for years now and they don't look to be leaving anytime soon despite calls from the Syrian people to do so. It is not to say that Syrian oil production is on the level of the big players but 2 trillion barrels is still a huge amount of money and carving off a percentage here and there makes billions of dollars for lots of entities. It's a pretty safe bet that the "average Syrian", who is supposed to be what the Western military actions has all been about, will see little to nothing much like several other countries.

Suffice it to say that if there was no oil or strategic geographic position regarding Syria then the West and others would barely register a blip about the plight of the "average Syrian" and any repression. Examples of the US and others ignoring situations in resource poor countries are sadly well known. Examples of the US and others exploiting countries with resources and propping up repressive regimes are also out there. The jockeying going on behind the scenes in Syria is now enormous and you can be sure that promises and percentages are flying hot and heavy. Israel may just be jockeying for strategic deployment reasons but the West would never make this huge investment of military involvement and money if there wasn't a financial component.

https://www.newarab.com/news/what-will-syrias-oil-and-gas-industry-look-post-assad

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There has also been recent reporting moniss Jan 12 #1

There is no reporting, or even mention of troop incursions into southern Syria, Beastly Boy Jan 12 #3

There is reporting but not in publications you read. I'm waiting to see if the AFP or Reuters will pick up on it but in moniss Jan 12 #5

I didn't intend to single out Western media in my criticism, Beastly Boy Jan 12 #12

I don't, as I said, reserve criticism for just a few. nt moniss Jan 12 #13

However, you only itemize criticism of Israel, in rather meticulous detail, to the exclusion of the many. Beastly Boy Jan 12 #15

I have been civil and patient over many, many exchanges moniss Jan 12 #18

No, Mr Moniss, I m not painting you as antisemitic! Beastly Boy Jan 12 #20

"or simply you move the goal posts or imply personal aspersions" endgenocide Jan 13 #22

No, I imply goal posts and move personal aspersions. Beastly Boy Jan 13 #27

There is very little reporting about the middle east in general endgenocide Jan 12 #8

I agree on the reporting and moniss Jan 12 #10

There is plenty of mostly negative reporting on Israel. Beastly Boy Jan 12 #11

I can't think of any other country endgenocide Jan 12 #14

Of course you can't. That is the whole point. Beastly Boy Jan 12 #16

Syria isn't the largest recipient of foreign endgenocide Jan 12 #17

I rest my case: only the largest reecepient of US aid comes to your mind. Beastly Boy Jan 12 #19

Ukraines aid is temorary, Israel has been the largest recipent of US endgenocide Jan 13 #21

Like I said, and I don't know why you need this repeated to you again, Beastly Boy Jan 13 #23

I don't need anything repeated and I have stopped reading your posts endgenocide Jan 13 #24

Obviously you do. You just dont want to hear it. But it's not what you want to hear, it's what I want to repeat to you. Beastly Boy Jan 13 #25

Thank-you, the one-sided bias of some is so obvious. The fact that many of the "Israel is always wrong" posts, JohnSJ Jan 13 #26

Most sources cite different numbers. Igel Jan 12 #6

It's possible. nt moniss Jan 12 #9

Welp, bottom line is MarineCombatEngineer Jan 12 #2

Hezbolla has resources worth tens of billions of dollars. Beastly Boy Jan 12 #4

And according to the UN, a large segment of Lebanon's medical infrastructure was purposely devastated. C0RI0LANUS Jan 12 #7