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BadtotheboneBob

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4. Oh, Bullshit, China...

Reply to jakeXT (Original post)

Sat Feb 25, 2012, 10:03 AM

Feb 2012

... The Arab League is practically begging the UN to do something about the slaughter. What I find ironic is that Western interference and/or intervention in the Middle East is decried, not without good reason, by the region's peoples except for when now they, the Middle Easterners, are powerless to fix a dire situation with one of their own members.

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China accuses US and Europe of having 'hegemonistic' ambitions in Syria [View all] jakeXT Feb 2012 OP

Sounds about right dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #1

"Both China and Russia boycotted the Friends of Syria conference...ended with a "broad consensus" on pampango Feb 2012 #2

I don't need a lecture from China secondvariety Feb 2012 #3

And we are better then them? Arctic Dave Feb 2012 #7

'than' xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #17

Um, not that many but that's not the only metric of humanitarianism. ProgressoDem Feb 2012 #28

Oh, Bullshit, China... BadtotheboneBob Feb 2012 #4

A section of the Arab League dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #5

Which is 90% of the League BadtotheboneBob Feb 2012 #6

Obviously no bias then dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #8

So what's your point? BadtotheboneBob Feb 2012 #10

The Sunnis (re, Saudis) have been trying to overthrow the Shi'ia Ba'ath regime by force for decades. leveymg Feb 2012 #11

Be that as it may... BadtotheboneBob Feb 2012 #12

No, Assad is a bad guy, but so are the ones who are murdering people to replace him. leveymg Feb 2012 #13

So, then, what's to be done? BadtotheboneBob Feb 2012 #19

Do less harm. Prevent the escalation of the conflict by pressuring our "friends" in the region to leveymg Feb 2012 #20

Were it so easy... BadtotheboneBob Feb 2012 #27

We shouldn't be helping one side eliminate the other, then. eom leveymg Feb 2012 #29

It's not an accusation, it's a bald statement of fact. saras Feb 2012 #9

Well, *yeah*. OnyxCollie Feb 2012 #14

LOL, typical accusing others of what you yourself are doing. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #15

Ah, "hegemony"! I've so missed you! It's the '70s again! Bossy Monkey Feb 2012 #16

Hey China - one word xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #18

four more MACARD Feb 2012 #21

And another four Posteritatis Feb 2012 #23

This is only for public consumption, not an accurate view of ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2012 #22

What do you know that we don't, and they aren't telling? leveymg Feb 2012 #24

Only that relations between super powers always have two faces ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2012 #25

+1 - "Palin (would) remove the Red Phone because it would clash with the curtains." leveymg Feb 2012 #26

2 words... jbpdx Feb 2012 #30

Actually... facts would indicate a "FUCK YOU"..... lib2DaBone Feb 2012 #31

Absolutely true. The US thinks it has the right to rule the whole world. David__77 Feb 2012 #32