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28. So the people of the Middle East are better off living under brutal dictators...

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 08:45 PM

Dec 2012

we'll find out in another 20 years, won't we? lather, rinse, repeat.

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So the "rebels" in Syria get a pass on killing 28 school children? [View all] kelliekat44 Dec 2012 OP

I hope not. But I wouldn't be surprised. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #1

Link? UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #2

Report on Syrian state television jberryhill Dec 2012 #3

Yeah, that's journalism gold standard. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #6

They reported a 100% accuracy rate in a study of their reportin jberryhill Dec 2012 #7

The New York Times version: Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #13

You've got one hell of a nerve... jberryhill Dec 2012 #4

Why not? Some post opposition Twitter feeds here. leveymg Dec 2012 #8

You fail to quote grasp the OP jberryhill Dec 2012 #9

How is what someone posts elswhere relevant to this thread? jberryhill Dec 2012 #11

I heard this reported on NPR. Someone else posted a NYTimes link... riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #14

What the OP did was a tad more than reporting what a source said. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #17

Unlike leftists? Nice gratuitous slur. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #20

How is calling it as I see it a slur? UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #23

There are several different groups fighting the government in Syria tabasco Dec 2012 #30

Picking the good faction in the Syrian civil war is a futility. Chan790 Dec 2012 #5

So the people of the Middle East are better off living under brutal dictators... UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #18

Your saying something for many years doesn't make it true. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #21

I do. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #24

Never said that OR implied that. riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #25

Best comment in this thread so far eissa Dec 2012 #19

+1 That 'axis of evil' sure keeps getting bigger n/t leftstreet Dec 2012 #22

Thank you. woo me with science Dec 2012 #26

This. Thanks sabrina. nt. polly7 Dec 2012 #29