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riderinthestorm

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6. Yes. Its demonstrably proven if you read the first hand accounts.

Reply to On the Road (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 11:56 PM

Nov 2012

Sorry to say but most of the Arab Spring "revolutions" were manufactured. Tunisia may have been spontaneous but clearly it was co-opted by Islamist/Salafi groups early on. The composition of the "revolutionaries" was always a problem, outside influences were clearly manifest. Wish it weren't so but there you have it.

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Syrian Rebels Seize Military Base, Munitions [View all] pampango Nov 2012 OP

The Syria civil war was purposely created Cynicus Emeritus Nov 2012 #1

Don't agree at all dcmfox Nov 2012 #2

You Think the Same of Tunisia and Egypt? On the Road Nov 2012 #3

And Libya too Cynicus Emeritus Nov 2012 #5

Yes. Its demonstrably proven if you read the first hand accounts. riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #6

I disagree 100% backwoodsbob Nov 2012 #4