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dipsydoodle

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5. Those arms were contractual obligations under an exisitng contract.

Reply to okaawhatever (Reply #4)

Wed May 22, 2013, 09:00 PM

May 2013

If the EU change the embargo on Syria to allow arms to the opposition only there would be nothing to prevent Russia supplying arms outside the previous contract to Assad should it chose to do so.

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This message was self-deleted by its author dipsydoodle May 2013 #1

I'm also reading John2 May 2013 #2

clearly this is a surrogate war, but Russia has announced giving arms to syria (they claim they are okaawhatever May 2013 #4

Those arms were contractual obligations under an exisitng contract. dipsydoodle May 2013 #5

Well exactly I think the idea is that we know Russia is supplying them now, more so than is okaawhatever May 2013 #6

You are clearly missing John2 May 2013 #8

Is John Kerry lost in space? Anyone have his last coordinates? leveymg May 2013 #3

Nothing better than a full fledged war in the middle east to shift the focus of current day Purveyor May 2013 #7