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rinsd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-14-05 03:58 PM
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41. And we've been in SK at the request of their government....
It just seems silly that many rail against US meddling but on this issue, there seems to be a 180 in though and all sorts of justifications for Syria to be an "occupying force".

"Guess we'll have to call the UN peace-keepers "occupiers" now"

If Syria was also an occupier, then to be consistent I guess so. Though I suppose you could make the case that an international force vs. a single nation state is less of an occupying force but that would be more semantics.
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  -Almost a million Lebanese turn out to press for Syrian pullout (Pic's Wow) truthpusher  Mar-14-05 02:27 PM   #0 
  - How big was the pro-Syrian demonstration?  BlueEyedSon   Mar-14-05 02:30 PM   #1 
  - The article says this one was two and half times larger....n/t  Blue to the bone   Mar-14-05 02:32 PM   #3 
  - But  atreides1   Mar-14-05 04:57 PM   #44 
  - I heard on CNN the pro-Syrian demo was 500,000 (n/t)  TwoSparkles   Mar-14-05 02:37 PM   #4 
     - Joe Klein was there and he said it was about a million on Charlie Rose  blm   Mar-14-05 03:26 PM   #28 
  - The whole thing's a fake.......  Blue to the bone   Mar-14-05 02:30 PM   #2 
  - So, Lebanon is headed for civil war, right?  annabanana   Mar-14-05 02:38 PM   #5 
  - Not necessarily  Vladimir   Mar-14-05 02:50 PM   #11 
  - Good analysis.  daleo   Mar-14-05 03:10 PM   #25 
  - What will determine a civil war  Tempest   Mar-14-05 03:16 PM   #27 
  - I give it about a 55% chance of civil war.  Teaser   Mar-14-05 03:43 PM   #34 
     - I'd disagree.  ProgressiveConn   Mar-14-05 06:13 PM   #47 
        - The use of the lebanese flag is a ruse  Teaser   Mar-14-05 06:45 PM   #51 
           - I wouldn't take you up on that bet.  ProgressiveConn   Mar-14-05 11:33 PM   #62 
  - "My demonstration's bigger than your demonstration!"  Career Prole   Mar-14-05 02:38 PM   #6 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-14-05 02:43 PM   #7 
  - ...or genocide happens...but then, freedom's on the march, eh?  MrsGrumpy   Mar-14-05 02:46 PM   #8 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-14-05 02:47 PM   #9 
     - No, that is true  MrsGrumpy   Mar-14-05 02:50 PM   #10 
     - George and his dipshit commandos think it's a bad thing  Vickers   Mar-14-05 02:57 PM   #14 
     - Democracy also means respecting the choices people make  bluestateguy   Mar-14-05 02:59 PM   #15 
     - For many here, the problem is it is happening under Bush's watch.  seriousstan   Mar-14-05 02:59 PM   #16 
     - I agree. This looks like democracy in action whether we  Colorado Blue   Mar-14-05 05:41 PM   #46 
     - There will be no democracy  Tempest   Mar-14-05 03:06 PM   #21 
        - Why do DUers think demanding peace-keeping troops leave means  LynnTheDem   Mar-14-05 03:10 PM   #23 
           - Democracy means  Tempest   Mar-14-05 03:13 PM   #26 
              - And one day when all these nations become democracies and elect  LynnTheDem   Mar-14-05 03:39 PM   #30 
  - Or Bush's poll numbers keep tanking then it's what we fighting for...  joefree1   Mar-14-05 02:51 PM   #12 
  - What do you think of this march for Democracy?  joefree1   Mar-14-05 03:04 PM   #17 
  - wow  Cocoa   Mar-14-05 02:53 PM   #13 
  - Lebanon's Slide Back Into Civil War  Tempest   Mar-14-05 03:04 PM   #18 
  - I oppose this foreign occupation  bluestateguy   Mar-14-05 03:04 PM   #19 
  - Iraqis find irony in Bush's stance on Lebanon, Syria  Tempest   Mar-14-05 03:08 PM   #22 
  - M.E. expert: Hizzbullah will fill vaccum left by Syrian pullout  Tempest   Mar-14-05 03:10 PM   #24 
  - Too bad then that you don't know the FACTS; it;s NOT an "occupation".  LynnTheDem   Mar-14-05 03:43 PM   #33 
     - You left out something  Tempest   Mar-14-05 03:47 PM   #35 
        - Yes and that in fact for 14 years the govt of Lebanon has asked Syrian  LynnTheDem   Mar-14-05 03:55 PM   #39 
  - Population of Lebanon 2.6 million, 60% Muslim pro-Syrian.  LynnTheDem   Mar-14-05 03:05 PM   #20 
  - Invited...14 years ago....hmmmmmm  rinsd   Mar-14-05 03:42 PM   #32 
     - No, but most are pro-Hizzbullah  Tempest   Mar-14-05 03:49 PM   #36 
     - Thanks (nt)  rinsd   Mar-14-05 03:54 PM   #38 
     - Hizbullah is definitely the government in the south.  Teaser   Mar-14-05 04:04 PM   #42 
     - And asked to remain for 14 years by the government of Lebanon. And now  LynnTheDem   Mar-14-05 03:49 PM   #37 
     - And we've been in SK at the request of their government....  rinsd   Mar-14-05 03:58 PM   #41 
     - The country is pretty evenly split  Teaser   Mar-14-05 04:05 PM   #43 
  - I See Busses  Up2Late   Mar-14-05 03:36 PM   #29 
  - The sooner Syria pulls out, the sooner the Civil War can begin. eom  ElectroPrincess   Mar-14-05 03:40 PM   #31 
  - Some observations, and I'm surprised at some of the comments....  Media_Lies_Daily   Mar-14-05 03:57 PM   #40 
  - The size of the crowd is not important.  robcon   Mar-14-05 05:41 PM   #45 
  - Obviously the Size Does Matter  stepnw1f   Mar-14-05 06:27 PM   #48 
  - Your tax dollars at work! n/t  amandabeech   Mar-14-05 06:28 PM   #49 
  - :::sigh:::; Imagine what we could get done if we had a rally like that.  mordarlar   Mar-14-05 06:31 PM   #50 
  - We had a bigger one in London prior to the invasion of Iraq  Vladimir   Mar-14-05 07:17 PM   #52 
  - Can you imagine the uproar if some foreign governments...  Up2Late   Mar-14-05 07:36 PM   #53 
     - The real issue is that Bush wants another war  humanriteswritlarge   Mar-14-05 08:02 PM   #55 
  - This is all bullshit/  IranianDemocrat   Mar-14-05 07:58 PM   #54 
  - I have thought that from the beginning...  Hell Hath No Fury   Mar-14-05 08:29 PM   #57 
  - I think most of us here agree with you  Up2Late   Mar-14-05 09:12 PM   #58 
  - wonder who payed for all those HUGE new flags & all the kinko posters  ElsewheresDaughter   Mar-14-05 08:03 PM   #56 
  - Time for the Cedar Revolution!  makhno   Mar-14-05 09:27 PM   #60 
  - Whatever the numbers, the sheer size of the pro and anti Syrian rallies  da_chimperor   Mar-14-05 09:16 PM   #59 
  - It's quite amusing to note...  Imajika   Mar-14-05 10:01 PM   #61 
     - We are too used to the media distorting things  Rockerdem   Mar-14-05 11:44 PM   #63 
     - Thank you for your post. I agree with your observations. It  Colorado Blue   Mar-15-05 01:19 AM   #64 
     - Folks just don't like to be manipulated so the knee jerk reaction is to  w4rma   Mar-15-05 04:27 AM   #65 
 

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