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MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
76. I care. However, we seem to screw up every
Wed Dec 21, 2011, 12:51 PM
Dec 2011

effort we undertake in the Middle East, so I'm not sure what the US is supposed to do about the situation. I can't see how we've helped in any situation there...ever.

I care. Their time shall come! Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #1
everyone cares when shit happens but it has to stand in line with the ten thousand other things that roguevalley Dec 2011 #100
People care. But they do not intend to be fooled again, as they were in the Libya situation sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #2
Fiction. tabatha Dec 2011 #4
Fiction, on Libya? They are not even hiding it anymore. sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #11
I am talking about SYRIA - SYRIA !!! tabatha Dec 2011 #12
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really? Care to back that up, because she's one of the MOST honest people here fascisthunter Dec 2011 #60
No, she's not. TheWraith Dec 2011 #86
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A picture is worth a thousand words here Catherina Dec 2011 #5
And EXACTLY what does that say about Syria? tabatha Dec 2011 #9
It says the US already OVER-Involved in policing the World fascisthunter Dec 2011 #61
How many left to go? sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #18
So, if that is the case, I am surprised that the Iranian uprising failed. tabatha Dec 2011 #27
We're almost done with the 7 of the list Catherina Dec 2011 #29
Appalling. tabatha Dec 2011 #31
It is appalling, particularly the feigned "support" for Syria... joshcryer Dec 2011 #42
Lol Catherina Dec 2011 #43
I feel the same way, not even worth responding to, but funny as hell nevertheless. sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #88
This Looks like an overextended military position. tonybgood Dec 2011 #97
It's not about your opinion or that of anybody else whom you think was 'fooled' RZM Dec 2011 #7
Right, it is not about anyone in the Western world's opinion. It is about THEIR sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #15
Your posts are like word salads. tabatha Dec 2011 #19
A good sign that they'll sign off on their defeat? RZM Dec 2011 #23
No, the regime is a dictatorship and will not give up its power. sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #90
The Libyan's said no occupation forces and asked for NFZ and R2P. joshcryer Dec 2011 #40
My head hurts reading your posts. Muskypundit Dec 2011 #50
You don't speak for the Libyan people, thankfully. joshcryer Dec 2011 #36
Yep...Iran and Syria on the list. Good catch. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #59
Always worth watching Gen Clark warn the nation: Syria, Iran, Iraq before a superpower challenges us Catherina Dec 2011 #65
and remember Zbigniew Brzezinski's The Grand Chessboard dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #69
We're sticking to the plan Catherina Dec 2011 #75
Too much truth for DU. You're gonna pay... saras Dec 2011 #74
a fair, just, moral world? Catherina Dec 2011 #77
Some of those dates are inaccurate RZM Dec 2011 #82
another powder keg in the Middle East. Pressure is building around the world. banned from Kos Dec 2011 #3
Sadly I care but I am not surprised nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #6
I'm willing.... unkachuck Dec 2011 #8
NATO cannot and will not get involved. tabatha Dec 2011 #10
Agree with Tabatha that it won't happen RZM Dec 2011 #16
Yes, the Neocons are with you. They are salivating. sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #20
first the regime, then the neocons....n/t unkachuck Dec 2011 #24
It's the same scripts over and over again Catherina Dec 2011 #79
Yes, not to mention the revelations in the Wikileaks cables about 'regime change' in sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #84
Another glorious liberation awaits! quinnox Dec 2011 #13
So you think the people who have been demonstrating in Syria tabatha Dec 2011 #14
WTF quinnox Dec 2011 #17
I was talking about the crap that is going on in Syria - of the Syrian govt against Syrian people. tabatha Dec 2011 #22
That happens a lot here. And I agree with you completely. sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #26
LOL. The 'real protesters' are the ones who are willing to listen to the proposals that they STFU? RZM Dec 2011 #28
Do you follow any of the Syrian news? tabatha Dec 2011 #30
I need to ask a question... nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #32
Thanks, Nadine for a few words of sanity. tabatha Dec 2011 #35
Well Said! Sherman A1 Dec 2011 #56
I am well aware of the history of Syria. Very much like all the other dictatorships sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #80
We have not supported the Assad Regime like for ever nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #81
We had not supported Saddam Hussein in forever either. sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #83
I am not missing your point nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #87
But wait, dear quinnox...Hillary just said last week we have Rights! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #63
The reactions to your post are alternately fascinating and depressing. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2011 #21
and bizarre. tabatha Dec 2011 #25
Bizarre is puitting it midly nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #33
People were claiming the Iranian protests were a Rovian plot at the time, too Posteritatis Dec 2011 #39
They are typical when it comes to people who supported Libya. joshcryer Dec 2011 #37
They are probably the same people who think Mugabe is a nice guy. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #101
Trying to care here elfin Dec 2011 #34
The US did not intervene in tabatha Dec 2011 #38
Nothing wrong with that at all RZM Dec 2011 #44
That's quite a charge, please point to those 'shilling for dictators here' or apologize sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #85
Calling out people by name is not allowed on DU and usually results in hidden posts RZM Dec 2011 #89
If you are accusing me of being a shill for dictators, do so. I will not alert sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #91
OK RZM Dec 2011 #92
No it is not shilling. It is opposition to Western Imperial interference in MEastern sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #93
I'm not criticizing your opposition to Western interventions RZM Dec 2011 #94
I pointed out facts, stated by the UN regarding that regime, as I did when sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #95
+1000 Vattel Dec 2011 #103
Syria has nothing to offer except sand. The_Casual_Observer Dec 2011 #45
Assad would be on a pike by now Muskypundit Dec 2011 #53
I care - Russia is the determinant as Russia has a military base in Syria. PufPuf23 Dec 2011 #46
Under Obama the US doesn't act unilaterally against entire states, unlike Bush. So no scenario... joshcryer Dec 2011 #47
One could say the USA was unilateral and under the radar regards to Honduras PufPuf23 Dec 2011 #48
Under Obama? joshcryer Dec 2011 #49
Zelaya pushed for land reform, higher minimum wage, and for the conversion of the USA Airbase to a PufPuf23 Dec 2011 #51
Why don't you care, and are assuming that others feel the same way? boppers Dec 2011 #52
I care , :(, but I am only one. n/t UndertheOcean Dec 2011 #54
k&r n/t RainDog Dec 2011 #55
Now just how do you know Sherman A1 Dec 2011 #57
Care? Yes, I care. bluestateguy Dec 2011 #58
So now we should invade Syria? fascisthunter Dec 2011 #62
I don't think that "nobody cares", I think the problem is not having a viable way to change karynnj Dec 2011 #64
K&R'd. snot Dec 2011 #66
If Assad continues this civil war and bloodshed, agentS Dec 2011 #67
Too many don't care, that's correct. They care more about marijuana than closeupready Dec 2011 #68
Bahrain, too. duhneece Dec 2011 #70
Because the "good guys", Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, sent troops to aid the crackdown. Prometheus Bound Dec 2011 #96
I care, but not enough to go to war over it SixthSense Dec 2011 #71
Bad stuff is going on here, too. Jester Messiah Dec 2011 #72
Priorities.... JohnnyRingo Dec 2011 #73
I care. However, we seem to screw up every MineralMan Dec 2011 #76
This is different than the; greiner3 Dec 2011 #78
Oh God. I should have just read the OP and not the idiotic foolishness in this thread Number23 Dec 2011 #98
Thanks for the reminder. DirkGently Dec 2011 #99
Reports on Al Jazeera are that the Syrian government is losing its Arab allies Cleita Dec 2011 #102
I care Warpy Dec 2011 #104
I care. REC. nt bertman Dec 2011 #105
CARE riverwalker Dec 2011 #106
I care (I guess). But my heart is only the size of a fist, and I care about me more. closeupready Dec 2011 #108
I Care Vehl Dec 2011 #109
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