# Syria soon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 27, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-soon/594271 "2011-08-27T06:41:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-soon/594271/61 "2011-11-30T20:37:15Z")
I think that for some of the more autocratic countries supporting the sanctions, like Saudi Arabia, they’re intended to act more as a quarantine - lock the patient inside, wait till the disease kills him, and hope it doesn’t spread. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-soon/594271/62 "2011-11-30T21:04:06Z")
If Assad falls, what happens to Hezbollahs lines of supply? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-soon/594271/63 "2011-11-30T21:08:49Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > If Assad falls, what happens to Hezbollahs lines of supply? I guess Iran would have to find some direct supply-route to Lebanon. And I guess they have as much legal right as any country to land ships there. ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Liam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryan_liam/32/3965_2.png) [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-soon/594271/64 "2011-11-30T21:36:27Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I guess Iran would have to find some direct supply-route to Lebanon. > > And I guess they have as much legal right as any country to land ships there. Isn’t most of the coast controlled by the Sunni heartland of Lebanon, not to mention Israeli and Western efforts to block any Iranian ships bound for them? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-soon/594271/65 "2011-12-01T00:56:36Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > Isn’t most of the coast controlled by the Sunni heartland of Lebanon, not to mention Israeli and Western efforts to block any Iranian ships bound for them? Also true, that’s what makes it interesting. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-soon/594271/66 "2011-12-27T03:09:42Z")
[Arab League monitors arrive in Syria.](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/12/2011122675532134954.html) Let’s hope that stops the killing, which the army apparently kept up to the last possible moment. They’ve killed at least 5,000 people since this started. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-soon/594271/67 "2011-12-30T22:38:04Z")
Apparently emboldened by the presence of Arab League observers, [a new wave of demonstrations is sweeping Syria, “hundreds of thousands” in the streets,](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/12/201112301351830614.html) 32 dead so far. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-soon/594271/68 "2012-01-17T17:49:20Z")
[The Emir of Qatar suggests deploying Arab League troops into Syria.](http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/01/2012117144237812928.html) First time an Arab League leader has suggested it. The Syrian government reacts furiously and vows to resist any attempt. All Assad’s neighbors are sick of him – but that much? I suppose a joint action could topple Assad in a week if the Turks joined in. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-soon/594271/69 "2012-02-20T02:37:13Z")
[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/20/world/middleeast/mccain-and-graham-suggest-helping-syrian-rebels.html?\_r=1&hp](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/20/world/middleeast/mccain-and-graham-suggest-helping-syrian-rebels.html?_r=1&hp) Senators McCain and Graham call for armed aid to the Syrian rebels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syria-soon/594271.md?page=3)