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Syria has long been their toehold in the Middle East AgingAmerican Feb 2013 #1
So what does that mean, exactly? loudsue Feb 2013 #2
Land? Lasher Feb 2013 #5
Good donco Feb 2013 #3
I hope he stays in Damascus. David__77 Feb 2013 #4
Revolting, but I hope he stays as well so they can eventually kill him and his gang of thugs jzodda Feb 2013 #6
I don't think it's revolting to oppose al-Qaeda. David__77 Feb 2013 #10
This is a simmering civil war and you are advocating for it to become a full blown shitstorm riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #16
Well I agree to an extent jzodda Feb 2013 #18
This is not secular v Islamist. Its not an Arab Spring revolution. This is Sunni v Shia riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #19
I was talking about the intra faction not overall jzodda Feb 2013 #20
If you are not considering "overall" than you are speaking from ignorance. riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #21
The "Arab Spring" revolutions are not only grass roots "democratic" movements, but pampango Feb 2013 #22
I don't disagree with hardly any of that pampango BUT there's an element here on DU riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #23
Honestly I think the only ignorance is coming from you jzodda Feb 2013 #29
Please point out anywhere I've said I support Assad. I'll wait. nt riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #30
I can't jzodda Feb 2013 #31
Defending the latest representative of the Assad royal family is not the same as defending Syria. pampango Feb 2013 #7
fantastic post! jzodda Feb 2013 #8
Assad himself is not so important. David__77 Feb 2013 #11
Assad is a royalist because he inherited the right to rule from his father. That's how royal famiies pampango Feb 2013 #14
We don't know who the "rebels" are and to assert that you or anyone else knows is wrong imho riderinthestorm Feb 2013 #15
"Once he goes the entire region will be engulfed in a firestorm..." pampango Feb 2013 #17
I hope he stays as well, so he can face trial for his regime's crimes. geek tragedy Feb 2013 #9
Yes, he belongs to it, and not vice versa. David__77 Feb 2013 #12
he's a dictator responsible for the murder of thousands of his citizens dlwickham Feb 2013 #26
The Russians have a strategic interest in Syria in that their only naval base on the Mediterranean PufPuf23 Feb 2013 #13
What I dont understand is this roxy1234 Feb 2013 #24
because they're attacking Islamic terrorists in Mali dlwickham Feb 2013 #27
And I am ok with it roxy1234 Feb 2013 #28
Russia probably has the decks loaded with more of their WW2 junk to sell there. Sunlei Feb 2013 #25
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