Helter Skelter: Mexico, Iran, Australia, Yemen

[Bengalzona]

(02-02-2017, 01:29 PM)michaelsean Wrote: That's because of that stuff they chew on.  Can't remember what it's called, but I'm pretty sure I'd like it.

LOL!

In some ways, Yemen mirrors Syria. Because of the convoluted nature of the conflict there, our government has ended up sending arms to Al Quaida in the Arabian Peninsula.

Speaking of Syria, get this. When their civil war started, Russia was building a huge oil refinery in Syria. The Russians kept working on it as the conflict was going on. The area it is in was overrun by ISIL. ISIL left the Russians alone and they completed the facility. ISIL made a deal with Russia and began sending crude from its captured territories to the facilities for processing. Eventually, the Syrian government retook the area. A deal was made and now both, the Assad regime and ISIL, pay the Russians to develop their crude at this facility (the Syrian government allows ISIL to transport to the site).

Things are never quite as simple and black or white as they may seem, particularly when dealing with governments and even more particularly in the Middle East.