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Confidential to Slave
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Originally posted by Spanky
Yes. I believe if very strongly and I am surprised you don't. What they want most is for US influence in the region to diminsh. A defeat in Iraq would certainly do that.
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You may believe it strongly, but simply repeating the point is not a good way to convince others.
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Assad does not have to be a religious zealot to want the US to lose. I has nothing to do with zealotry. It is pure power politics. The US constantly works against Iran and Syria, and so our defeat would benefit them both immensely.
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See above.
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