Britain Accuses Iran of "Propping Up" Syrian Regime

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The British foreign secretary William Hague blames Iran and Hezbollah for the persistence of the Assad regime.

From Reuters:

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hezbollah were "propping up" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and giving him increasing support.

"It is very clear that Syrian regime is receiving a great deal of support, increasing support in recent months from outside Syria from Hezbollah and Iran. This is a regime that is increasingly dependent on external support,"Hague said in a news conference with his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh.

Hague announced earlier this year Britain was sending military aid to rebels in Syria. Syrian rebels recently blamed Russia's support of Bashar Assad for their inability to topple the government thus far, while the State Department has accused Iran of sending soldiers to Syria to support the Assad regime.

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Comments

[nilecroc]

In other news, The xbox one was announced, and it sucked. Fuck you Microsoft.

[Hyperion]

Angry console fan boys in 3...2...

[Jon Lester]

I always wait for every platform to depreciate 90% in value before upgrading, which means the next console purchase will be an XBox for $30, although I'm still not hurrying myself...

[Anonymous Coward]

British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hezbollah were "propping up" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and giving him increasing support.

And who would know more about propping up regimes than the English? Or have they forgotten about the Hashemite monarchy already?

[Old Man With Candy]

Iran getting itself into a quagmire by inserting itself into other people's fights. Cry me a fucking river.

[tarran]

No, this is a real problem. Those Iranian politicians are so economically savvy that their nation has plenty of surplus production to direct towards foreign aid!

[DJF]

What about those British and American politicians whose country's are in debt but still find money for foreign aid?

[Ptah-Hotep]

Hague announced earlier this year Britain was sending military aid to rebels in Syria. Syrian rebels recently blamed Russia's support of Bashar Assad for their inability to topple the government thus far, while the State Department has accused Iran of sending soldiers to Syria to support the Assad regime.

So Britain is basically saying "quite propping up the government that we are helping to try and topple." Nice.

[Ptah-Hotep]

quite = quit

[Pro Libertate]

In Spanish, quite means "to take away." It's used in bullfighting for the matador's cape movements to distract the bull from the picadors.

[LTC(ret) John]

They can't quite quit!

[Almanian!]

Quiet!

[Hugh Akston]

Quiet!

[Almanian!]

Shorter Britain (and USA): "It's OK when we do it. BUT NOT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE HORNS IN ON OUR TURF!"

[The Last American Hero]

Why won't the Brits (and us for that matter) just follow the prime directive?