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In reply to the discussion: Blasts from the past. Knighthood for Assad, Dinners, Strolls through the gardens [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. We have a history of liking our puppet dictators...until we don't.
Surely Assad was aware of this...
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Blasts from the past. Knighthood for Assad, Dinners, Strolls through the gardens [View all]
Catherina
Aug 2013
OP
And let's not forget this blast from the past which has disappeared from the internet
Catherina
Aug 2013
#1
Yes, but she never said Assad was ours, although I can see where one might think she implied that.
Scuba
Aug 2013
#41
Yeah, and then a little thing called Arab Spring happened, and Assad went apeshit
Pretzel_Warrior
Aug 2013
#3
Catherina, have you heard of the "Arab Spring"? Did you know that Syria has had civil uprisings
KittyWampus
Aug 2013
#6
And DU'ers who hated Wes Clark's guts some years back are rec'ing his speeches now.
KittyWampus
Aug 2013
#9
we never loved them, it was always about what helped us politically, especially during the cold war
JI7
Aug 2013
#11
It's rather in the nature of international relations that one tries to talk with others
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#8
Politics by definition means dealing with an opposition, factions you don't agree with.
KittyWampus
Aug 2013
#10
things are not always the same, people in the Arab World started to rise up against the leaders
JI7
Aug 2013
#12
I honestly think a lot of DU'ers will be profoundly disappointed if there is no war with Syria.
KittyWampus
Aug 2013
#14
yes, there are many hoping it happens, just like they hoped it would happen with iran
JI7
Aug 2013
#17
Ah, the DU'ers who go full on PNAC. LOL! Of course for the FULL PNAC we need a "Pearl Harbor".
KittyWampus
Aug 2013
#21
"If we engage in diplomacy with a dictator, we must support his right to massacre his own people."
geek tragedy
Aug 2013
#24
That handshake happened about 4 months after Saddam used gas on the Kurds
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#44