thats funny that some people are about to judge after hearing story from one source and from one side of the table
Here is something to think about.:
Sirian army occupy Lebanon since end of WW2. Official Sirian reason for that occupation is to keep peace in that area, because of "possible" civli war.
Sirian consider themself generous friend of Lebanon, who pay for Lebanese peace.
(thats funny, their official story remind me someone)
They also claim that they are not interesting in wasting money in Lebanon and they had dialog with Mr. Hariri about their army on Leanese territory.
So lets have a look on situation.
Big mouth in US doesnt like Siria
Siria isnt friend of big mouth and doesnt sell cheap oil ( so they have big black minu in their profile)
Sirian king have very strong possition in Siria. ( coup is impossible)
Siria is blamed by US and Israel, that they support Hisbalah. ( no evidence has been given )
Israel voilate Sirian territory, to check military scope.
Now its clear that Siria doesnt have powerful military, coz it ordering new SAMs from Kreml.
So .... Who benefit from assasination of Mr. Hariri ?
Mr. Hariri were supposed to be absolut winner in next election. He wanted to bring stability and get rid of Sirian occupation ( "peace keeping process" ).
If he were able to done it, there would be one problem less in the region. But somebody would be dammaged or somebody could lose some form of "profit" in case that he win.
Its clear, that he were killed by some islamistic fanatic, so it doesnt point on anyone. We already know that all countries around the world use terrorist group to make dirty work for them.
Some people here (this BBS) think that Siria should be attacked now, coz its next full of terrorists.
However those people have information only from one player. That player prepared them for sutch situation and they react exactly how he need them to react, because he need free hands. So if there will be war on Siria, no matter why , what will that bring ?
Instead of possible withdrawal of Sirian troops from Lebanon it will bring/keep US troops in ME. Israel already attacked some Sirian harbour past week, so there are no doubts, that Israel is willing to provide support.
So we should have another destabilized Iraq like country.
So what does it mean for players. If Siria will risk something like assasinate mr. Hriri, they could give nice chance to their enmy to rape their arse. However there is no rational reason, why they should do that, coz it cause double minus for them. They will not withdraw and they will get arse kicked.
Ofcourse, there can be OR. Somebody can say, that Siria benefit from occupation of Lebanese. If somebody think so, please post some material, coz i dont have sutch links right now. (and i will not google for them coz i wanna go home asap)
What doest it means for US is quite clear. Interesting oportunity to escalate preasure on another non-proamerican country in region. What benefits does US have from that is another question. But they would like to get rid of Siria and its quite clear official attitude.
F U All im going home.. sweet home..
correction of typos will follow