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Western Europe is well aware of this fact this is why they are desperate to get the pipeline from Qatar built - which is not going anywhere because of destabili

Western Europe is well aware of this fact this is why they are desperate to get the pipeline from Qatar built - which is not going anywhere because of destabilization in Syria (The pipeline needs to pass through Syria). Hmm.. I wonder which foreign power is helping prop up the Assad Regime Also Germany is building HVDC lines from solar power plants is Spain. Depending on Russia has already got us in the mess where Europe is unable to hold them accountable for a lot of crimes they have committed on European soil.

mladenkovacevic 8y ago
Because Assad was going to let a Qatar pipeline go through Syria in the first place? Hmm I wonder which foreign powers destabilized Syria and have been trying to overthrow the current government for close to 7 years now.
- wrong_variable 8y ago
  " On 1 June 2012, President Assad vowed to crush the anti-government uprising. On 12 June 2012, the UN for the first time officially proclaimed Syria to be in a state of civil war. " - Wikipedia I am sorry but the conspiracy Theory that the US had anything to do with starting the Syrian conflict is simply not true.
  - dragonwriter 8y ago
    > I am sorry but the conspiracy Theory that the US had anything to do with starting the Syrian conflict is simply not true. The US had a lot do with it, but by (among other things) bungling the occupation of Iraq, not by any deliberate policy.
  - mladenkovacevic 8y ago
    I didn't mention US in my post, but since you insist... here is what is declassified and publicly known: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Sycamore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Sycamore
    - wrong_variable 8y ago
      I do not see anything wrong with providing weapons to people who are being literally slaughtered by their own govt. There is no evidence that any foreign govt helped cause the Syrian Civil War in the first place.
      - mladenkovacevic 8y ago
        You first said that the Qatar pipeline is not going anywhere because of destabilization in Syria... I guess you should've been honest from the beginning and said that it's not going anywhere because the project to remove Assad from power has failed.
  - dang 8y ago
    You started this flamewar, took it into increasingly off topic politics, and (elsewhere) attacked another user personally. None of this is ok on HN and we ban accounts that do it, so please don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

mladenkovacevic 8y ago

Because Assad was going to let a Qatar pipeline go through Syria in the first place? Hmm I wonder which foreign powers destabilized Syria and have been trying to overthrow the current government for close to 7 years now.

wrong_variable 8y ago
" On 1 June 2012, President Assad vowed to crush the anti-government uprising. On 12 June 2012, the UN for the first time officially proclaimed Syria to be in a state of civil war. " - Wikipedia I am sorry but the conspiracy Theory that the US had anything to do with starting the Syrian conflict is simply not true.
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > I am sorry but the conspiracy Theory that the US had anything to do with starting the Syrian conflict is simply not true. The US had a lot do with it, but by (among other things) bungling the occupation of Iraq, not by any deliberate policy.
- mladenkovacevic 8y ago
  I didn't mention US in my post, but since you insist... here is what is declassified and publicly known: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Sycamore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_Sycamore
  - wrong_variable 8y ago
    I do not see anything wrong with providing weapons to people who are being literally slaughtered by their own govt. There is no evidence that any foreign govt helped cause the Syrian Civil War in the first place.
    - mladenkovacevic 8y ago
      You first said that the Qatar pipeline is not going anywhere because of destabilization in Syria... I guess you should've been honest from the beginning and said that it's not going anywhere because the project to remove Assad from power has failed.
- dang 8y ago
  You started this flamewar, took it into increasingly off topic politics, and (elsewhere) attacked another user personally. None of this is ok on HN and we ban accounts that do it, so please don't do it again. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html