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Originally Posted by alon  Well it isn't the only reason why the west don't support them (peace with israel) but it will help them a lot, of course they will need to stop the connection with Iran, and their support to the terror groups in Iraq, and there is more things, like the Hariri investigation...
Anyway, the israeli lobby has much more power than it has 20 years ago, today the relation of israel and USA are much more stronger than the past, so peace with israel will be a great step for them for joining to this "block".
But what they have to offer to the west in return? They have what any other arab country have, like Egypt, like Lebanon also...When they join to the west they weaken Iran/North Korea alliance, they help the American some how against the Russian which now left without great buyer,...
I'm sure the Syrian will be very happy to join this block, it is obvious, but something stop them, and this something is the golan height and the "war" with israel...After all, like you said it will be much more better to them to be an ally of the west than to be an ally of Iran or North Korea... |
maan!!!
what's that iran-N.Korea allience ur talking about??!!!
there is no such thing
besides mixing any 2 countries in the same perspective is way too wrong.......and u say arab countries are the same!!!
and russia is not a match for US, america has gained the strongest 2 countries in the region as allies "egypt and israel" or more likely gained egypt as it has israel from the beginning -and israel is in no way useful for US like egypt-
before the conversion, the arms race between israel and egypt was a great economical benefit for USA and USSR, but now it's all to the US
let's take a look on mid-eastern countries that use western weapons
-egypt : western, egyptian, chinese weapons with greater dependence on american arms and other arms deals with other nations on a smaller scale
-israel : western, israeli weapons with greater dependence on american arms and other arms deals with other nations on a smaller scale
-jordan : post-american weapons with greater dependence on britich arms
-gulf states : almost 100% western weapons with the greatest dependence on american arms for saudi arabia and on french arms for UAE. including other weapons from egypt at a smaller scale ex. Fahd-240 for kuwait
that show that with the fall of iraq, the only considerable russian arms buyer is syria. i think the west wont care much about it as it -syria- actually show no strong will to enter the arms race in the region.
and about the golan hights, i would have thought like u did if i did not actually know it from syrian members on other forums that the golan hights are no longer an aim for them -they were raised on the idea that while egypt accepted the cease-fire decision along with israel, the heroic syrain forces kept fighting the israelis "alone". ignoring the fact that the war ended with the IDF withdrawal from the canal to deep sinai while gained even more lands on the golan hights -maybe all of it- and was about to enter damascus with the land force but for the initial arab force send to defend it.
so...the dream to "free" the golan is dead!!
i can see that the discussion is getting more to egyptian-israeli-western relations rather than future syrian-western alliance.
let's keep egypt, palestine, and iraq out of the discussion because as i think they have no thing to do with the topic and mentioning egypt from the begining was just one of the examples on countries that have converted to the wast not even a side-topic
Why donot Syria convert into the west?? -
21st September 2007
