Do you think he meant Iraq? This will be splashed across news tomorrow.romney called syria "iran's path to the sea".
no, he did not mean iraq. the subject was syria.Do you think he meant Iraq? This will be splashed across news tomorrow.
draw the syria-iran border for me, please.Iraq does not have the military to resist Iran even if they wanted to. If Syria falls in line with Iran, the middle doesnt mean much.
Probably something to do with the fact that we blew it up a few times over the last few decades...
Whoops! Past time for history/geography now.no, he did not mean iraq. the subject was syria.
Draw me a picture of how Iran gets to the sea without syria...draw the syria-iran border for me, please.
draw the syria-iran border for me, please.
wait, are you trying to be stupid now?Draw me a picture of how Iran gets to the sea without syria...
dude. really.Draw me a picture of how Iran gets to the sea without syria...
thats bullshit! you cant just draw that shit up in MS Paint and... ohh. ummm... errr....Well in fairness Romney's experts do work for FOX NEWS creating mapsView attachment 2383096
They can't strategically draw that picture without Iran going north through Turkey or a more southern route through Lebanon, rotsa ruck with those routes! LOLDraw me a picture of how Iran gets to the sea without syria...
BTW, love your map made of crayons Bucky!wait, are you trying to be stupid now?
The Caspian is a lake with pretensions; conceded. But Iran doesn't come close to the Black Sea. However the Gulfs to the south are a seaway to the Indian Ocean, and the circumnavigation of Arabia to use the Suez is a lot less onerous than having to round the Horn and then sail the full length of the Med. Fwiw. The whole thing is as artificial as Poland laying claim to the Gdansk corridor, or Austro-Hungary seeking to grab the Istrian coast. cnBTW, love your map made of crayons Bucky!
I'll bet the blogger who started this comedy was stoned and not paying attention (wonder why lol) to the debate. Although it makes for a cute little gottcha moment, for those who understood what Mitt Romney was talking about, it makes perfect sense.
Here's what I got out of it. Romney specifically said that Iran's only ally in the region is Syria and Syria is Iran's path to the sea. For those still stoned, the Black Sea and the Caspian are not true seas connected to the open ocean, they're lakes.
The only other strategic paths to the open sea (Mediterranean) is either Turkey to the north or Lebanon to the south, neither of these two countries are close to being allies of Iran.
Therefore it is in Iran's best interest to keep Syria as a strategic ally!