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EX500rider

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10. Assads free & democratic? hahahahaha!

Fri Feb 24, 2012, 10:54 PM

Feb 2012

Last edited Sat Feb 25, 2012, 12:48 AM - Edit history (1)

Right, the Ba'athest totalitarian dictatorship? That one?

Syria's human rights situation is among the worst in the world, according to human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch.
The Syrian government's actions at Hama in 1982 have been described as possibly being "the single deadliest act by any Arab government against its own people in the modern Middle East".
And now they are at it again, randomly shelling a city and killing civilians in great numbers.

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Hillary is right center rising Feb 2012 #1

Yeah, but put very badly. Igel Feb 2012 #5

Hillary is lying. There is no "slaughter" of civilians. There is a fight for peaceful and secular Fool Count Feb 2012 #2

Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik would disagree with you. Paul Convoy does disagree with you. joshcryer Feb 2012 #3

I see no shame in disagreeing with "professional journalists", most of whom are no more Fool Count Feb 2012 #7

You're not there. joshcryer Feb 2012 #12

Orwell's quote becomes relevant again: joshcryer Feb 2012 #13

As much as I despise the fascist Salafis...... AverageJoe90 Feb 2012 #4

The Assads are better. For decades they operated a secular regime which provided for the rights Fool Count Feb 2012 #6

Assads free & democratic? hahahahaha! EX500rider Feb 2012 #10

Baseless and grotesque demonization of a target is a cornerstone of every propaganda Fool Count Feb 2012 #16

Right, Human Rights Watch, so full of shit... EX500rider Feb 2012 #18

I'll take a "Ba'athest totalitarian dictatorship", whatever that is, over a fanatical Salafist Fool Count Feb 2012 #20

""Ba'athest totalitarian dictatorship", whatever that is" EX500rider Feb 2012 #22

No, they're not. AverageJoe90 Feb 2012 #26

Yes, they are. Even if that vastly exaggerated number was correct, it would still be orders Fool Count Feb 2012 #27

I would actually wholeheartedly agree with you re: Afghanistan. AverageJoe90 Feb 2012 #34

How much did Assad pay you to say that? Odin2005 Feb 2012 #21

Roughly the same rate as Qaddafi UnseenUndergrad Feb 2012 #24

There is a small clique on DU that I call the "West is evil" brigade. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #25

There is nothing more disgusting than impressionable Western TV viewers Fool Count Feb 2012 #28

You just proved my point. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #29

Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #30

I was against the Iraq War. "Warmonger" my ass. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #31

Here's a question UnseenUndergrad Feb 2012 #32

We could have had Ho Chi Minh on OUR side... Odin2005 Feb 2012 #36

They're a strange lot indeed. Bad_Ronald Feb 2012 #35

There is no "slaughter" of civilians???????????? Beacool Feb 2012 #33

to be sure.... unkachuck Feb 2012 #8

"Killing its own people" is just a meaningless meme used every time when powers-that-be Fool Count Feb 2012 #9

"Killing its own people" is just a meaningless meme!?!?! EX500rider Feb 2012 #11

The dead women and children of Homs can thank murderous terrorist thugs who have taken Fool Count Feb 2012 #15

No, they can thank the Syrian government for indiscriminate shelling. n/t EX500rider Feb 2012 #17

Yeah, and the murderous terrorist thugs and the foreign commandos operating in the city Fool Count Feb 2012 #19

Well since "the murderous terrorist thugs and the foreign commandos" EX500rider Feb 2012 #23

Actually I agree, somewhat Sabayon65 Feb 2012 #14