Add here that Syria’s population grew from 8.8 million in 1980 to 22.8 million in 2012 :-)
China already owns US broadcaster. It's called Congress. Thank you PAC money.
They have best intentions for big companies, no? :)
"As soon as I saw "US did it with best intentions" I dropped it :-)" LOL :-)
Sorry I jumped the gun and now run the risk of dragging others to post OT. Please delete my earlier post.
How it is related to topic?
US gets more oil from Canada than any single Mideast country:
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_epc0_im0_mbblpd_a.htm
http://www.npr.org/2012/04/11/150444802/where-does-america-get-oil-you-may-be-surprised
Other maps:
http://chycho.blogspot.ca/2013/09/target-is-still-iran-clear-cutting.html
He's a documentary film maker that goes through the archives at the BBC, he's done a blog of other "interventions" that have happened in Syria too...
As soon as I saw "US did it with best intentions" I dropped it :-)
Oil link to invasion are not new
Charts is not about oil and invation. Charts are about unsolvable internal problems due to drop in oil production (btw it is same thing in last years in gas too).
Are you familiar with Adam Curtis? He's a documentary film maker that goes through the archives at the BBC, he's done a blog of other "interventions" that have happened in Syria too... http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/posts/THE-BABY-AND-THE-BAATH-WATER
I do not know why it has not happened before. I am watching a Russian HD news channel in English that sound like a proper English language channel. I forgot the channel name. May be RT. Arabs tried it with Al Zazeera. Next will be a cutting edge Chiese English news channel in 4K.
I am glad to see finally old Soviet Russia kind of balancing being bought back to post cold war era. Putin played it well.
Oil link to invasion are not new. Obama run the risk of being first American president in recent history with no war to his credit. ;)
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