Daily Mail: Reports from sources within Syria that there is a split in the Syrian Army who are in Deraa, from reports it seems that that parts of the Syrian Army are protecting the protesters while they are being shot at for not following orders to suppress the opposition. If the Syrian Army can be made to split from the Assad Regime then it’s a new ball game, as was shown in Egypt, once the Army smells the coffee or is looking to protect its own future then a regime is heading for the toilet. Lets hope the Syrian protesters have more luck than the Libyan people did it getting the Army to turn. In Libya Colonel Gaddafi has kept bought the loyalty of the Army but has also bought in mercenaries to kill his own people. Will Syria follow Libya or Egypt folks, to early to say, but money has to be on the Regime, they are brutal murders who will not give up without a bloody fight.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Libya vs. Tunisia - Libyan Conflict
Telegraph: Reports that Security Forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi crossed the border between Libya and Tunisia to fight the Libyan rebels and Tunisian Forces. This is the problem with the conflict in Libya, so far it has been kept internal thanks to the military strikes by NATO, but the military stalemate will force the Gaddafi Security Forces to take greater risks to counter the rebels. The advance in Tunisia can be seen as a move to prevent Tunisia becoming a safe heaven for the Western Rebels, think Pakistan/Afghanistan border and you get the idea. Thus as the conflict becomes a stalemate each side has the greater advantage to take greater risks to end the conflict. Should the conflict drag in Tunisia in the West and Egypt in the East it could get very messy for the Western Allies folks. Lets hope this border clash was a one off, otherwise the conflict could drag Western Forces to get some order back in to Libya.
48 Killed in Syria - Friday Unrest
BBC News: Reports from sources within Syria that forty eight people have been killed today by Syrian Security Forces, this adds to the estimated five hundred killed since the unrest started in Syria. The World Community will do nothing about Syria, the US has taken independent action on Syria, individuals and institutions are to face sanctions The UN has been blocked from taking action by Russia. In the Cold War period Syria received military equipment from the Soviet Union. Thus as stated the Assad Regime might be the lesser evil for both Israel and the US, with NATO in Libya the West does not have the ability to deal with another Middle East military operation, thus fine rhetoric from the West but bugger all in action. Lets hope the Syrian people don’t suffer to much in the search for freedom.
The Royal Marriage
Telegraph: Follow the Royal Marriage Day in Detail - Click Here. Also Read the Full Official Programme.
49% Disapproval Rating for POTUS = Gallup
Gallup: Reports that President Obama has a 49% disapproval rating among average voters, while 42% approve of the job performance of President Obama. This Chicago Re-Elect Committee of President Obama have to start to move these ratings, the political wisdom is that Obama will win a second term, well its not the political wisdom of this blog, this blog still predicts that POTUS could lose by 48/49 States next year. The Washington Beltway still thinks that President Obama is Candidate Obama of 08, well folks that was yesterdays news, the Obama of 2012 will have a Foreign and Domestic record, and lets be honest here folks, the record is not that great, Afghanistan is a mess, lets see if NATO can rally get out by 2014, Iraq is quite on the whole, but when the final US troops leave at the end of this year, lets see if Iran moves in, the US voter wont be best pleased to see Iraq, a country that has cost the US blood and treasure handed over to Iran. Then we have the Arab Spring, if Gaddafi is still in charge in Libya the Obama White House will have a PR problem. Lets see how Syria works out. Then on the domestic front, ObamaCare is a political disaster for Obama, he is stuck with a policy that he will have to defend, also the US Courts at the end of the day could throw the Law out. Recently President Obama has stated that he wants to raise taxes on the rich as to cut the US deficit, lets see him run on that in 2012, voters are not fools, they know sooner or later that Democrats would want to start to tax the middle class, there are not enough rich people to pay for ObamaCare and cut the deficit folks. President Obama might need that billion dollar election war chest, it just might be a hard fight folks.
CONGRATS = The Royal Couple
Congratulations to the Royal Couple on this day of their Marraige
God Save the Queen
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