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In reply to the discussion: Syria loads chemical weapons into bombs; military awaits Assad's order [View all]David__77
(23,369 posts)23. Of course intervention would be for "regime change."
I do not think that Turkey hosting and arming terrorists and insurgents is an example of "restraint" with its neighbor country.
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Syria loads chemical weapons into bombs; military awaits Assad's order [View all]
David__77
Dec 2012
OP
There are better ways to do military invention that can result in a positive reception
ButterflyBlood
Dec 2012
#20
What would keep one of these pilots from turning around and dropping one on assad sorry ass
madokie
Dec 2012
#10
Desperate men do desperate things, Kissinger was right in one thing you always give your enemies an
Kurska
Dec 2012
#12
Middle Eastern nation with chemical weapons...we must invade...why does this seem so familiar?
Puregonzo1188
Dec 2012
#13
"Any intervention is BAD intervention!" is the robotic motto, w/o an ounce of subtlety or nuance.
DRoseDARs
Dec 2012
#16
If I supported "R2P," I'd say to intervene to smash the insurgents, not the government.
David__77
Dec 2012
#19
Notice, the President has said we'd intervene to secure the weapons, not secure Assad's ouster.
DRoseDARs
Dec 2012
#22
The only sources of this "Turkey hosting and arming terrorists and insurgents" are ones that are
DRoseDARs
Dec 2012
#24
Some on the hard left (mostly Stalinists) will support any anti-American dictator.
geek tragedy
Dec 2012
#27
People were "sad" that the US-led NATO led an aggression against an independent country.
David__77
Dec 2012
#42