Ammianus wrote:monster,
The safety and security of those Christians and Alawis don't come cheap you know. They need the the blood supplies from cities like Deraa and Homs to keep their life force up to par and eke just another few months of existence.
Thank you Very Much for your post, Ammianus.
They need the the blood supplies from cities like Deraa and Homs to keep their life force up to par and eke just another few months of existence.
Blood & life force...........
That reminds me of Vampires....... Space Vampires at that...........
And Matilda Waltzing
Naked
around London in the month of May
........
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathilda_May
Very sexy and Very scary.........
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeforce_%28film%29
Warning: brief nudity. May be NSFW in prudish or workaholic locations........
KqNquDlAanE
Are you saying that the
Green Mu
Slime Brothers are actually "Fearless Vampire Killers"
Roman
around Syria rather than just dirty desert demon dog MUTTaween
schoolgirl burning infidel hating wannabees.........
1q-sukI-ZpU
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_Vampire_Killers
That would be a
"Milestone"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milestones ... olytheists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Slime
I may be wrong......... But am in NO hurry to topple Dr. Assad after Iraq which was a fiasco for the Christians there..........
Are we/US/Uz going to evacuate the Syrian & Iraqi Christians here?
IMVVHO if Assad, the Alawites, and the Christians can hold on on their own, we/US should let them do so rather than kicking over another ME Witches' Brew Cauldron over like we/Us/Uz did in Iraq..........
Am reminded of Dracula saying "I prefer things as they are......." when questioned by the "Openers" why a person like him was joining the Closers in "A Night in Lonesome October"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Night_in ... me_October
Sometimes having "Big 'T' ", "Big 'D' "
or "Big 'A' " * as boss beats ethnic cleansing..............
Hans also appears to disagree with me but I remember him posting that New Boss Same as the Old Boss cartoon about things in Libya being as bad after Gaddaffy Duck as before.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnn
Wonder why Hans is unhappy with what happened in Libya but seems to support doing it in Syria?.............
What is the difference................
Let's Wiki!
Libya:
By far the predominant religion in Libya is Islam with 97% of the population associating with the faith.[193] The vast majority of Libyan Muslims adhere to Sunni Islam, which provides both a spiritual guide for individuals and a keystone for government policy, but a minority (between 5 and 10%) adhere to Ibadism (a branch of Kharijism), above all in the Jebel Nafusa and the town of Zuwara, west of Tripoli. A Libyan form of Sufism is also common in parts of the country.[194]
Mosque in Ghadames, close to the Tunisian and Algerian border. About 97% of Libyans are followers of Islam.
Before the 1930s, the Senussi Movement was the primary Islamic movement in Libya. This was a religious revival adapted to desert life. Its zawaaya (lodges) were found in Tripolitania and Fezzan, but Senussi influence was strongest in Cyrenaica. Rescuing the region from unrest and anarchy, the Senussi movement gave the Cyrenaican tribal people a religious attachment and feelings of unity and purpose.[195]
This Islamic movement, which was eventually destroyed by both Italian invasion and later the Gaddafi government,[195] was very conservative and somewhat different from the Islam that exists in Libya today. Gaddafi asserts that he is a devout Muslim, and his government is taking a role in supporting Islamic institutions and in worldwide proselytising on behalf of Islam.[196] A Libyan form of Sufism is also common in parts of the country.[194]
Other than the majority of Sunni Muslims, there are also small foreign communities of Christians. Coptic Orthodox Christianity, which is the Christian Church of Egypt, is the largest and most historical Christian denomination in Libya. There are over 60,000 Egyptian Copts in Libya, as they comprise over 1% of the population.[197][198] There are an estimated 40,000 Roman Catholics in Libya who are served by two Bishops, one in Tripoli (serving the Italian community) and one in Benghazi (serving the Maltese community). There is also a small Anglican community, made up mostly of African immigrant workers in Tripoli; it is part of the Anglican Diocese of Egypt.
Libya was until recent times the home of one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, dating back to at least 300 BC.[199] In 1942 the Italian Fascist authorities set up forced labor camps south of Tripoli for the Jews, including Giado (about 3,000 Jews) and Gharyan, Jeren, and Tigrinna. In Giado some 500 Jews died of weakness, hunger, and disease. In 1942, Jews who were not in the concentration camps were heavily restricted in their economic activity and all men between 18 and 45 years were drafted for forced labor. In August 1942, Jews from Tripolitania were interned in a concentration camp at Sidi Azaz. In the three years after November 1945, more than 140 Jews were murdered, and hundreds more wounded, in a series of pogroms.[200] By 1948, about 38,000 Jews remained in the country. Upon Libya's independence in 1951, most of the Jewish community emigrated.
Syria:
Sunni Muslims account for 74% of the population,[143] while the remaining 12% are Shia – Alawite, Twelvers, and Ismailis combined [143], Druze 3%,[143] Christian 9%[143] (majority Antiochian Orthodox, other Christian include Greek Catholic, Assyrian Church of the East, Armenian Orthodox, Protestants and other various denominations).
Great Mosque of Aleppo, Aleppo
President Bashir Al-Assad's family is Alawite and Alawites dominate the government of Syria and hold key military positions.[144]
Christians, a sizable number (2.5 million) of which are also found among Syria's population of Palestinian refugees, are divided into several groups. Chalcedonian Antiochian Orthodox ("Greek Orthodox"; Arabic: الروم الارثوذكس, ar-Rūmu 'l-Urṯūḏuks) make up 45% of the Christian population; the Catholics (Melkite, Armenian Catholic, Syriac Catholic, Maronite, Chaldean Catholic and Latin) make up 16%; the Syriac Orthodox Church 27%, the Armenian Apostolic Church 8%, Assyrian Church of the East and several smaller Christian denominations account the remainder. Many Christian monasteries also exist. Many Christian Syrians belong to a high socio-economic class.[145]
Biggest difference I can note is that Libya is 97% pure Muslims so mayhem is more likely to be be Muslims against Muslim.
Syria is more diverse........... Lots more Christians and heretics like Alawis to kill................
Could be wrong........... May be I am.............
Maybe Her Majesty Sweetness N. Light will reign once Dr. Assad opens a Lasik eye surgery clinic in London, Paris or Moscow............
But I'm not betting on it........
Given the history, I suspect that the Alawis may go down hard:
The Alawis number about 2,350,562 or 11% of the population in Syria, constitute Syria's largest religious minority. They live chiefly along the coast in Al Ladhiqiyah/Latakia Province, where they form over 80 percent of the rural population. For centuries, the Alawis constituted Syria's most repressed and exploited minority. Most were indentured servants and tenant farmers or sharecroppers working for Sunni landowners. However, after Alawi President Hafez Assad and his family clan came to power in 1970, the living condition of the Alawis improved considerably. Split by sectional rivalries as the Alawis lack a single, powerful ruling family, has lead, since independence, to the emergence of many individual Alawis who have attained power and prestige as military officers. Although they are settled cultivators, Alawis gather into kin groups much like those of pastoral nomads. The four Alawi confederations, each divided into tribes, are Kalbiyah, Khaiyatin, Haddadin, and Matawirah
.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Syria#Alawis
Sounds a little familiar............. Way Down South in the Land of Cotton.......
Almost as if the Tuskegee Airmen had managed a military coup...........
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Airmen
Irony is that I am a supporter of Israel............
Irony is that I seem to be aligning with Iran's position except that I want Dr. Assad/Syria to quit messing with Israel...........
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