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In reply to the discussion: Blasts from the past. Knighthood for Assad, Dinners, Strolls through the gardens [View all]DevonRex
(22,541 posts)23. Seriously????? Hahahahaha!!!!!!! That's all you have?
A Sabrina1 post that has batshit-nothing to do with Syria to prove Assad is OUR puppet, while I've given you actual historical facts to prove the ENTIRE ASSAD FAMILY HAS BEEN RUSSIA'S PLAYTHING SINCE FUCKING 1971.
I'm laughing so hard my sides hurt.
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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