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In reply to the discussion: Syria's rebels are not an al-Qaeda army [View all]joshcryer
(62,265 posts)45. Who said anything about aiding them? All the OP did was show that al-Qeada was a false claim.
That's all! And here we have al-Qeada trumpeters who, if you didn't know better, are indistinguishable from Bush-era right wingers! It's impossible to tell! I suspect if Bush or a "right winger" were still in charge we'd completely dismiss al-Qeada propaganda as just that. It really blows my mind!
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Sympathizing with a peoples' desire for self-determination is not "selling war."
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#4
So, the ratio to Syrians killed and Americans without healthcare is not yet sufficient...
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#11
You make it sound like I care about the west, I don't. I just care about those being persecuted.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#20
You said "guns are being collected and violence is over except for the next few weeks"
Bonobo
Feb 2012
#23
Says one of the #1 cheerleaders of NATO and US intervention in Libya on DU, evah?
riderinthestorm
Feb 2012
#10
That is a blatant falsehood. I supported Libyan self-determination and got lied about for months.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#12
Please point to me where the OP mentions American military invasion in Syria
ButterflyBlood
Feb 2012
#37
OP IS WRONG........Washington Post : Al-Qaeda infiltrating Syrian opposition, U.S. officials say
stockholmer
Feb 2012
#7
number one, if YOU BOTHERED TO READ MY POST, you would see that I call out A-Q for what it is-
stockholmer
Feb 2012
#29
Your post makes al-Qaeda out to be a real entity worth worrying about. 46 mentions.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#33
a diffuse form of al-Qaeda scare mongering is exacting what you do, you try to bully people
stockholmer
Feb 2012
#39
The Bush admin would be even PROUDER of your efforts to start more wars in the ME. nt
Bonobo
Feb 2012
#46
Your premise might make sense if it weren't for the fact that all revolution ends this way.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#56
Ireland managed to wrest it's freedom, without post-revolutionary violence
riderinthestorm
Feb 2012
#80
oki, I will take you at face value on the 'A-Q as invention of the West' meme, we agree on this, but
stockholmer
Feb 2012
#71
WTF? Can one distort reality more than that? That's the "veto countries" who put a stop to
Fool Count
Feb 2012
#79
yep, pretty darn orwellian, but the answer to your question in the subject line is
inna
Feb 2012
#83
Anyone who supports military intervention in Syria should sign up and put some skin in the game.
Zalatix
Feb 2012
#42
Who said anything about aiding them? All the OP did was show that al-Qeada was a false claim.
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#45
primarily a mercenary force operating at the behest of the wahhabi dictators in Saudi Arabia & Qatar
Alamuti Lotus
Feb 2012
#77