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The Magistrate

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1. France Used To Run The Place, Sir

Reply to pinto (Original post)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 08:05 PM

Nov 2012

They tend to take a degree of responsibility for former colonial possessions.

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France Recognizes New Syrian Rebel Group, Hints It May Provide Weapons [View all] pinto Nov 2012 OP

France Used To Run The Place, Sir The Magistrate Nov 2012 #1

what are your thoughts about arming the rebels or creating a no fly zone?? Mosby Nov 2012 #2

I've ex-pat Syrian friends - mainly Catholics and Orthodox Catholics. pinto Nov 2012 #4

Assad is losing the Druze as well Mosby Nov 2012 #15

My Personal Inclination is To Keep Clear, Sir The Magistrate Nov 2012 #10

I hadn't thought about the possibility of "payback" Mosby Nov 2012 #16

Agree. Assad is going to go down and there will be more bloodshed. The fall of his family's regime pinto Nov 2012 #18

Yeah. And France may play a unilateral role in all this. pinto Nov 2012 #3

Meanwhile dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #6

The Socialist Party is profoundly immoral. David__77 Nov 2012 #8

True, Sir: Like England, They Still have The Reflexes Of A Great Power The Magistrate Nov 2012 #11

Still the result of Western European/Israeli meddling...remnants of the Ottoman Empire. libdem4life Nov 2012 #5

France's growing militarism is troubling Alamuti Lotus Nov 2012 #7

They keep with all this screwing around, hinting this and that. David__77 Nov 2012 #9

I think they're angling for some Anglo backup Alamuti Lotus Nov 2012 #12

Nice to see the one socialist leader in a sea of European conservative governments lead on this pampango Nov 2012 #13

France recognises new Syria opposition, U.S. hangs back dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #14

Ugh. When Assad is taken out and the place becomes a genocidal free for all, France will regret this riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #17

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