tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post7628610324383536376..comments2023-12-23T02:10:09.875-05:00Comments on howl at pluto: 'Three-way war' in western Iraq LFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-37373592672532634732014-01-14T13:37:48.211-05:002014-01-14T13:37:48.211-05:00Thanks re March 14th movement. It rang a bell but ...Thanks re March 14th movement. It rang a bell but I cdn't quite place it.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-59483707851917282462014-01-14T11:39:56.191-05:002014-01-14T11:39:56.191-05:00The March 14 movement were the anti Syrian occupat...The March 14 movement were the anti Syrian occupation movement that came together in the cedar revolution.<br />I dont know enough about the specifics to say much else about them, but theyre generally perceived as Saudi backed, in oppossition to Hezbollah and so (I assume) in terms of sectarian identities primarily Sunni.<br /><br />Yeah i thought the CT thread was never going to end. Trying to get offline for a bit so trying my best not to get caught up in long threads on CT or LGM anymore. Seems I have weak willpower though!<br /><br />The link is defnitely worse case, but afaict the influx of syrian refugees is seriously upsetting the confessional balance in LebanonRonannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-56835921853584054602014-01-12T15:52:54.180-05:002014-01-12T15:52:54.180-05:00P.s. thank goodness that endless CT thread that st...P.s. thank goodness that endless CT thread that started w the Kristol column finally closed.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-52666828325599799012014-01-12T15:51:04.763-05:002014-01-12T15:51:04.763-05:00I've read the link now, albeit quickly. It is ...I've read the link now, albeit quickly. It is a worst-case scenario, as the writer says. I don't immediately get several of the refs., such as that to March 14th, but that's my own ignorance (which i cd of course take steps to remedy).<br /><br />I also don't know offhand one of the English words in the opening of the post -- "apopotropaic" or something like that -- but I'm not going to look it up right now. (I can sort of guess what it means, maybe, but what's the point. Might as well resort to the dictionary.) LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132520298120231193.post-85635535018913798392014-01-06T17:16:04.200-05:002014-01-06T17:16:04.200-05:00Interesting article aswell on the dynamics that mi...Interesting article aswell on the dynamics that might have lebanon fall apart<br /><br />http://qifanabki.com/2014/01/03/a-levantine-dystopia/<br /><br />might be of interestRonannoreply@blogger.com